Research Assistants

MOLLY GREENBERG, MSW

Molly Greenberg is a research fellow with the Tishman Environment and Design Center. She is a full-time Ph.D. Candidate in the Public and Urban Policy program at the New School’s Milano School for International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy. She has a broad research interests include scholar activists; social movements, the environmental justice movement and gender justice.  Her dissertation research will focus on the role of scholar activists and in engaging the environmental justice movement on the issue of gender as represented and defined by the academy and by the social movements themselves. Molly has over 7 years of environmental justice policy and advocacy work at Ironbound Community Corporation in Newark, NJ. She received her Master’s in Social Work as part of the International Community Development from Monmouth University in 2010.

TIAN-TIAN HE

Tian-Tian He is an MA student in International Affairs at the New School. She holds a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Rice University, and her main interests are in the intersection of environmental and gender studies, global supply chains, and craft. At the Tishman Center, she works in both research and communications and hopes to help bring TEDC research to a wider audience through design.

CARLY NICOLE SANCHEZ

Carly Nicole Sanchez is a Research Assistant with the Tishman Environment and Design Center. She was raised in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles by her Honduran father and Mexican mother along with her two sisters, but has travelled around the world with her family throughout her life. Her exposure to different regions and cultures led her to achieve a BA in Environmental Studies. She is currently pursuing an MS in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management at The New School - Milano.

She has a professional background in the natural and environmental sciences as a research assistant to various projects such as the Small Mammal Undergraduate Research in the Forest (SMURF) Program at UC Santa Cruz, Rick Ostfeld’s Tick Project at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and the SUPERDAR program guided by Stacy Philpott where Carly co-authored Social Context Influence on Urban Gardener Perceptions of Pests and Management Practices. Carly is now involved in research and organizing that promotes Environmental Justice and Community Building through an interdisciplinary approach that can mitigate direct and indirect consequences of the climate crisis. She works to highlight creative ways in which access to resources, education, and self-determination are being redirected to frontline communities and grassroot organizations.

JENNIFER VENTRELLA

Jen Ventrella is a PhD student in the Public and Urban Policy program at the New School. She is interested in studying the politics of climate change adaptation strategies and the effects of climate-induced migration on livelihoods. She holds a dual Master's degree in mechanical engineering and applied anthropology from Oregon State University.