At the Center for Climate Literacy, we strive to be inclusive, cooperative, and collaborative in our work. After all, achieving a sustainable, ecological, just Earth will require all of our talents. This is why we welcome and invite many ways of contributing. 

For more information about how you can get involved, email us at [email protected].

Leadership Team

 

Leadership Team

Earthlings who are active in the direction and operation of the Center for Climate Literacy

Operations Team

 

Faculty Fellows

Earthlings who are actively involved in one or more key projects 

Undergraduate Staff

Student Earthlings who contribute their time to the Center for Climate Literacy

Kai Resler
Katherine Applegate Undergraduate Fellow 2023-24; Linguistics, Class of 2024
Emma Ambrosi
Undergraduate Fellow in Media Production; Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Class of 2026
Anna Wollaeger
Kristie Camp
Anaam Awad
Beatrice Handlin
Hagar Abousidara
Asha Kaliappan
Undergraduate Volunteer; Biology, Society, and Environment, Class of 2024
Malachi O'Reilly
Ethan Balikalaba
Ari Alvarado
Jinx Acharya
Nicholas Broske
Undergraduate Fellow in Operations; Finance, International Business, Class of 2025
Aneesa Jamal
PhD Candidate
Alexandra Delacruz
Undergraduate Fellow in Content Creation; Computer Science, Class of 2025
Aigul Rakisheva
PhD Student
Yufei Chen
Rebekka Bischof
Hemangi Salunke
Michael Mayfield
History Instructor
Allyson Tran
Sean Haase Oliva
Undergraduate Fellow in Development; Philosophy, Class of 2025
Audrey Hanson
Kachina Yeager
Fouzia Bhat
Mara Levine
Undergraduate Assistant '22-23
Oothsuma Chumphong
Janelle Konrad
Sarah Fogel
Fouzia Bhat
Graduate Student
Isabelle Durre
Julie Bondy
Graduate Student
Eli Blascyk
Amber Armstrong
PhD Candidate
Priyanka Raj
Gabriela Kauls

Teacher Fellows

 

Teacher Fellows

Earthlings actively implementing climate literacy in their classrooms

Elvira Randall
English
Mckeel Academy of Technology
Kim Douillard
Cardiff School District
Aigul Ishangaliyeva
Almaty, Russia
Tyler Kenney
Environmental Justice Literacy
LAUSD
Gino Villeza
English
ISD 38
Rebecca Robertson Konz
ESL
Bloomington Public Schools
Kelsey Bingham
CAL
RCLL
Joseph Lin
Chinese
Central High School
Awo Salad
Social Studies
Aim Academy of Science and Technology
Sam Northey
Science
Saint Paul Public Schools
Elesa Wedemeyer
Environmental, Stewardship, & Sustainability Ed
Taproot Nature Experience
Luke Gliddon
Science
Coon Rapids High School
Sarah Hilligoss-Moe
English Language Arts
Sandburg
Felicia Boyages
English
Sydney, Australia
Mackenzie Bevins
Global studies and Minnesota Studies
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
Abby Hartzell
English Language Arts
Fridley High School
Dongmei Lian
Math
Lake International Language Academy
Theresa Cosgriff
English
Academy of Holy Angels
Zach Johnson
Science
Columbia Heights High School
Emiliano Amaro
EAL / Math / Science
Shanghai American School

Advisors

 

Advisors

Scientists, scholars, public intellectuals, visionary leaders, activists, and other professionals who support the Center's work

Darcia Narvaez
Founder of EvolvedNest.org, president of KindredMedia.org, professor emerita at Notre Dame
Richard Beach
climate literacy & pedagogy expert, professor emeritus at University of Minnesota
Rupert Read
Climate activism leader, professor at the University of East Anglia, Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project
Paul Hawken
Environmentalist leader, entrepreneur, author; founder of Project Drawdown
Jeremy Lent
integrator philosopher, author; founder of the Deep Transformation Network
Mary Woodbury
eco-fiction expert, founder of Dragonfly.eco
Kimberley Reynolds
children's literature scholar, OBE, professor emerita of Newcastle University
Patrick Curry
Editor-in-Chief of The Ecological Citizen, expert in ecological ethics
Bill McKibben
Award-winning environmentalist, author, and climate activist leader; co-founder of 350.org, and founder of Third Act
Morag Gamble
Founder, Permaculture Education Institute
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Award-winning historian, Anthropocene expert, founding editor of Subaltern Studies, the Lawrence A. Kimpton Professor at the University of Chicago
Jack Zipes
fairy tale, folklore & myth expert, professor emeritus at University of Minnesota

Ambassadors

 

Ambassadors

Artists, poets, illustrators, novelists, musicians, actors, and other creators who endorse and promote the Center's work

Katherine Applegate
Newbery Medal winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author
Todd Mitchell
American Fiction Award winning author
Margarita Engle
Newbery Honor winner, multiple Pura Belpré Medalist, and Poetry Foundation's 6th Young People's Poet Laureate
Karina González
Pura Belpré Honor winning author and speech pathologist
Alan J. Hesse
Founder of Captain Polo Academy; Author and illustrator
Jon Scieszka
First U.S. Library of Congress-nominated National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
David Wiesner
Three time Caldecott Medal-winning author-illustrator
Steven Weinberg
YALSA Reader’s Choice Award Winner, Parents Magazine Best Children’s Book Award Winner
Juana Martinez-Neal
Caldecott and Pura Belpré-winning illustrator
Kate Messner
Green Earth Book and E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winning author
Julie Flett
American Indian Youth Literature Award Winning Author-Illustrator
Adam Gidwitz
Newbery Medal award winning author
Eliot Schrefer
Stonewall and Printz Awards Honor winning author
Shaun Tan
Academy Award, Hugo Award, and Kate Greenaway Award-winning author-illustrator
Barbara Henderson
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite shortlisted author
Fiona Barker
Author of Setsuko and the Song of the Sea
Carol Dines
Judy Blume Award-winning author
David Bowles
Pura Belpré and Walter Dean Myers Honors winning author
Carole Lindstrom
Caldecott Award winning and NYTimes bestselling author
Emma Reynolds
Founder of #KidLit4Climate, author-illustrator
Vandana Singh
Climate Imagination Fellow, PhD in particle physics, author of Ambiguity Machines
Jason Chin
Caldecott Medal and Orbis Pictus Award winning author-illustrator
David Bouchard
Award-winning author and Order of Canada inductee