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Camden Robertson 򽴫ý23 Awarded for Best Undergraduate Thesis; Dyson Faculty, 򽴫ý Present at Peace and Justice Association Annual Conference

By
Amanda Delfino
Posted
September 26, 2023
򽴫ý's Peace and Justice Studies student Camden Robertson at the table with others for the Peace and Justice Association Annual Conference
򽴫ý's Peace and Justice Studies student Camden Robertson with her award

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 14򽴫ý17 at Iowa State University. Robertson򽴫ýs 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

򽴫ý's Peace and Justice Studies students and faculty

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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