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Camden Robertson ý23 Awarded for Best Undergraduate Thesis; Dyson Faculty, ý Present at Peace and Justice Association Annual Conference
Camden Robertson ý23, Peace and Justice Studies, was awarded the by the Peace and Justice Studies Association for her work ýExtinction Rebellion: A Case Study of Nonviolent Climate Activism.ý
Robertson was presented with the award at the Peace and Justice Studies Association Annual Conference, held from September 14ý17 at Iowa State University. Robertsonýs 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 ýthe human capacity to resist forces of social, economic and political power and demand action in the face of crisis.ý
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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 ý24, Peace and Justice Studies, and Kalina Walaski ý24, 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 ý24 and Natale Maclay Tijerina ý26 on a panel on Intersectional Approaches to Peace and Justice.
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