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Camden Robertson ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½23 Awarded for Best Undergraduate Thesis; Dyson Faculty, Students Present at Peace and Justice Association Annual Conference
Camden Robertson ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½23, Peace and Justice Studies, was awarded the by the Peace and Justice Studies Association for her work ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½Extinction Rebellion: A Case Study of Nonviolent Climate Activism.ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½
Robertson was presented with the award at the Peace and Justice Studies Association Annual Conference, held from September 14ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½17 at Iowa State University. RobertsonΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½s work was a case study on Extinction Rebellion NYC, an environmental movement using nonviolent civil disobedience to advocate for government action. Through ethnographic data and interviews, Robertson explored ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½the human capacity to resist forces of social, economic and political power and demand action in the face of crisis.ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½
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Several Dyson faculty members and students also . Associate Professor of Peace and Justice Studies Emily Welty, PhD, and students Dante Dallago ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½24, Peace and Justice Studies, and Kalina Walaski ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½24, Peace and Justice Studies, presented as part of a panel on Peacebuilding and the Arts.
Welty and Robertson were also joined by Assistant Professor Garrett FitzGerald, PhD, and Peace and Justice students Mikayla Meachem ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½24 and Natale Maclay Tijerina ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½26 on a panel on Intersectional Approaches to Peace and Justice.
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A record-number 30 ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ students have been accepted into the 2023 class of the , the University today announced.