Sustainability and Social Justice
In the Sustainability and Social Justice department (formerly IDCE - International Development, Community and Environment up until 2024), we strive for a more just and sustainable world. We embrace the complexity of urgent social, political, and ecological problems and seek to approach these challenges through multidisciplinary teaching and learning, collaborative scholarship, and innovation.
We offer master’s degrees in Community Development & Planning, Environmental Science & Policy, International Development, and Geographic Information Science. Our degree programs are organized around nine cross-cutting concentrations, for example ‘Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation’, ‘Refugees, Forced Migration and Belonging’ and ‘Gender and Development’.
from 2016
Land Change Modeling: Summer 2015 Internship with Clark Labs, Xiaoyang Kong
Masters of Science in Environmental Science and Policy Portfolio, Annalise B. Kukor
The Future of Transportation Alternative Fuel Vehicle Policies In China and United States, JIyi Lai
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLICY MASTER’S PORTFOLIO, Nathaniel K. Lapides
MOBILE HEALTH AND ITS ROLE IN ADDRESSING MATERNAL HEALTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, Tarikwa M. Leveille
REMOTE SENSING SPECIALIST SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT GEOADAPTIVE LLC., Zehan Li
SITES PRIORITIZATION OF COMMERCIAL SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS USING GIS RESOURCES IN MASSACHUSETTS, Zifeng Li
Natural Disasters Aren't the Problem: Poverty and Environmental Degradation in Rural Coastal Tanzania, Sarah R. Martin
COMPARATIVE ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENTS AND PARTENSHIP POTENTIAL FOR SEKOU POU NANM-YO AND ASIRANS COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER, Lauren M. Mawe
INADEQUACY OF BENIN'S AND SENEGAL'S EDUCATION SYSTEMS TO LOCAL AND GLOBAL JOB MARKETS: PATHWAYS FORWARD; INPUTS OF THE INDIAN AND CHINESE EDUCATION SYSTEMS., Kpedetin Mignanwande
The Political Economy of Wasted Food Policies in the United States and European Union: A Multi-Scale Analysis, Rebecca Miller
Shareholder Advocacy In Corporate Elections: Case Studies In Proxy Voting Websites For Retail Investors, Robin Miller
The Sustainable Development Goals: Promoting Education for Utility or Transformation?, Radhika Mitter
Changes in Floristic Composition in the State Forests in Worcester County (Massachusetts) Over 34 Years, Flor A. Monroe
Fostering Household Energy Saving Behavior and Socialization of Smart Grid Technologies: Outcomes of a Utility Smart Grid Program, Josephine W. Munene Ms
When reality crashes the Imagination: experiences of young Qurbojoog (foreign raised) Somalis in Somaliland, Amina Musa
A Study That Critically Engages Secondary Language Acquisition And How It Relates To Immigrants Developing Cultural Competence, Susan Alecia Nelson
Summer 2015 Internship: Enterprise GIS Support for the National Audubon Society, Monica Noon
Redefining The Impact of Public-Access Media in Worcester, MA, Anthony Ortiz
Gender Disparity and UN Peacekeeping Missions: The Case of Nepalese Peacekeepers, Aakriti Pandey
AidData GIS International Fellowship: Ghana West-Africa, Jason N. Ready
Supporting Mentor Competency At African Community Education, Kelsey Renner
AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERCULTURAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION (IBE) OF THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON, Rubi Rojas vASQUEZ
Stay Woke: Creating a Path Towards Critical Consciousness and Self-Awareness, Florcy Romero
Cloud-based Land Change Modeler Application: Summer Internship with Clark Labs, Lei Rong
Urban Synagogues-Changing Relationship with Tikkun Olam, Rena Schuman Stoler
Institutional Memory of the Nivonim Program at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, Robin (Aviva) Schwartz
Climate Change Instability and Gender Vulnerability in Nepal: A Case Study on the Himalayan Region, Akriti Sharma
An Integrated Strategy for Strengthening Worcester's Regional Food System: Key Roles for Education and Information, Joel Simonson
GREEN BUILDING RETROFITS IN A CORPORATE SETTING, Edward M. Snook Jr.
Environmental Conservation as an Instrument of National Political Economy: Culture, Livelihoods, and territorial rights of the Emberá of Panama, Sara M. Taylor
Textron Systems, Geospatial Solutions Technical Writing Internship, Casia L. Terenzoni Ms.
GIS Professional Portfolio for William Thoman, William M. Thoman
Innovations in City-Level Climate Policy: Building Energy Efficiency and Retrofitting Programs in C40 cities, Benjamin Tweed
Breaking the Legacy: Recognizing and prosecuting sexual violence as a violation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Miranda L. Weinstein
Evaluating Home Lending Patterns for Discrimination in Worcester, MA, Curtis B. Wiemann
The Effect of Athletic Stadiums on Communities, with a Focus on Housing, Dominique Wilkins
The Gendered Politics of Natural Resource Management: Gender Mainstreaming in UN-REDD+ Programs in Latin America, Hannah Yore
(Between the Streets) In Worcester : Redefining Professional Education in Community Development to Cultivate Empathy Through a Community Theatrical Framework, Chiu Yi Hannah Yukon
PARK MANAGEMENT GIS INTERN IN NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PARK & RECREATION, Dongjun Zhou 3125032
GIS and Coastal Basemap Research Summer Internship with Clark Labs, Zhuoyue Zhou and Po Hu
Development of a Decision Support System for Post Mining Land Use on Abandoned Surface Coal Mines in Appalachia, Matthew Zimmerman
from 2015
Examining the Effectiveness of an Online Community of Practice: The New Tactics Program, Frances Mary Rashmi Boehnlein
GIS AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT: SUMMER 2014 INTERNSHIP WITH THE TOWN OF ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, Heather Marie Cormier
Energy Poverty and Justice: Using Renewable Energy in Marginalized Countries to Overcome Climate Change and Support Human Development, Drema Khraibani
Resident Advisors React: Autoethnographic Reflections on High-Intensity Situations, Brenna A. Merrill
Trilogy of Violence: Religion, Culture and Identity The Abused Muslim Woman in the Age of Secular Modernity, Hasnaa T. Mokhtar
THE “ART OF RENT”: PAINTERS, TOURISTS, AND CHANGE IN SAN JUAN LA LAGUNA, GUATEMALA, Laura Riddering
Cyanobacteria Monitoring in the Charles River Lower Basin: Water Quality Assessment and Implications for Future Practice 2006-2014, Anjana Tamrakar
MONITORING INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES: SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT HABITAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, BELMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, Holly M. Zanoni
GIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH CLARK LABS, Zikang Zhou
