Join us for the Urban & Environmental Policy Senior Comprehensive Poster Presentation!
Location:
Lower Herrick
Event Date: Dec. 5, 2025
Open to the Oxy Community!
Urban & Environmental Policy Department
Senior Comprehensive Poster Presentation
Session 1: 1:00-2:25 PM - Climate Resiliency in Urban Environments: Case Studies of Land-use, Agri-food Systems, and Environmental Justice
- Cali Carter: Conservation and Regenerative Agriculture in Sonoma County: Climate Resilience and Support for Small-Scale Farmers
- Vadim Fedutinov: The Contested Foodscape of Affluence and Exclusion in Eagle Rock and Highland Park
- Sarah Jageler: ‘City of Trees:' Understanding Shade as an Issue of Environmental Justice through D.C. Tree Canopy
- Graham Luethe: Defensible Space in the Eaton Fire: How Landscaping and Maintenance Impacted Home Survivability
- Mia Ness: The Intersectionality of Reproductive and Environmental Justice in Post-Roe Texas
- Gianna Nguyen: New Shady Horizons: A Look into Shade Interventions in the Context of LA28
- Simone Origel: Historical Prioritization in San Gabriel: How the Built Environment Conflicts with the Preservation of Indigenous Histories
- Elizabeth Reedy: A Regional Analysis of Cross-Jurisdictional Coordination Challenges in Emergency Management and Preparedness and Its Effects on Excess Mortality from the 2021 Heat Dome in Spokane, Washington
- Alex Rucker: Reimagining Plastic Regulation In California: Evaluating Senate Bill 54 using a Just Transition Framework
- Audrey Sohn: Who has Control—Who has Sovereignty: Agricultural Gene Editing in the Global South
- Ruby Vogel: The Nano Future: Assessing the Utilization of Nanosensors in Industrial Agriculture
Session 2: 2:35-4:00 PM - The Right to Sustainable Cities: Case Studies of Social, Housing, and Economic Justice
- Margarita Alonso: Putting Our Trust in Community Land Trusts (CLTs)? Assessing Care in the L.A. CLT Trust Pilot Program
- Ariana Estela Carranza: Textile Waste Reduction and Recycling Practices: Observing the Impacts of Informal Markets in Los Angeles Fashion District’s Santee Alley
- Clay Carson: What Counts as Sustainable Development? A Case Study of Repurposing Urban Space
- Evan Caulfield: Cacher les Pauvres: Neoliberal Urbanism, Class-Cleansing, and the Olympics
- Maya Christianson: Opening the Tenant Toolkit: Understanding the Tactics and Strategies of the K3 Tenants Council
- Dante D'Amico: Park Access in Los Angeles: Policy Gaps, Funding Inequities, and Spatial Impacts
- Dylan Gould: Pepsi’s Positivity: How Corporate Initiatives Can Cripple Sustainability
- Carys Liebgold: Affordable for Whom? A Case Study of Local Policy and Affordable Housing Distribution in Los Angeles
- Steven Lock: Housing Affordability and Its Impact on Recruitment in LAUSD
- Sophia Pitrowski: Exploring the Potential of Community Land Trusts as a Housing Solution in L.A.’s Skid Row
- Claire Wilson-Black: In Lieu of a Plaza: Exploring Urban Vitality on Sidewalks in Highland Park
Congratulations, Class of 2026!
Margarita Alonso, Zoe Bush, Ariana Carranza, Clay Carson, Christopher Cassel, Ellie Chang, Maya Christianson, Dante D'Amico, Annabel Ewing, Vadim Fedutinov, Sarah Jageler, Madalena Larkins, Carys Liebgold, Steven Lock, Graham Luethe, Gianna Nguyen, Tram Nguyen, Simone Origel, Sophia Pitrowski, Elizabeth Reedy, Alexander Rucker, Emma Sindel-Dempcy, Audrey Sohn, Ruby Vogel, Claire Wilson-Black, and Safiya Zavala Sweet. Not pictured: Cali Carter, Evan Caulfield, Dylan Gould, and Mia Ness
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