Entry Date:
September 7, 2023

Climate and Environmental Justice (CEJ) inclusion: Exploring CEJ Teaching Practices Across Departments, Labs, or Centers at MIT

Principal Investigator John Fernandez

Associated Departments, Labs & Centers

Project Start Date September 2023


Higher education institutions -- including MIT -- lack a full integration of CEJ into its environmental and sustainability programs. This exclusion leads to underrepresented students, including Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) individuals, feeling discrimination and isolation within these programs. To truly address global climate justice, it is crucial for higher education to understand how CEJ is taught and its impact on BIPOC students' sense of belonging.