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Students

There are many emerging opportunities to become engaged in the CoLab's work. Email colab-info@mit.edu to tell us about your interests and request a meeting with a project coordinator.

First Name Last Name Email CoLab Project Research Interests
Bernadette Baird-Zars bbz[at]mit.edu NOLA Fellow - Financing Green Affordable Homes  
Anna Brand analivia[at]mit.edu NOLA Fellow - Deepening Democracy, Mainstreet Redevelopment and Bayou/Wetland Redevelopment  
Benjamin Brandin bbrandin[at]MIT.EDU Stimulus - Green Jobs Coalition Building in Lynn, MA  
Gayle Christiansen gaylec[at]MIT.EDU MIT@Lawrence - Youth Development Minority and women owned businesses in camden
Jackie Dadakis jdadakis[at]mit.edu NOLA Fellow - Mainstreet Redevelopment and Participatory Media  
Zahir Dosa dossa[at]mit.edu Global Green Hub -  
Anne Emig aemig[at]mit.edu MIT@Lawrence - Youth Development  
Elisha Goodman elishag[at]MIT.EDU Emerald Cities - Urban Agriculture Agriculture, system dynamics, local knowledge capture, and cooperatives
Nick Iuviene iuviene[at]gmail.com Emerald Cities - Organizing Community-Labor Coalitions in New York City Cooperatives and community-labor partnerships
Marianna Leavy-Sperounis mleavy[at]mit.edu MIT@Lawrence - Stimulus Policy Development for Post Industrial Cities National policy and small Post-industrial cities
Eric Mackres emackres[at]mit.edu Neighborhood Retrofits and Community-Labor Partnerships in Boston's Chinatown Partnership building for large-scale green retrofits
Aditi Mehta aditim[at]mit.edu NOLA Fellow — Thermo-coupling and Financing Energy Efficiency Retrofits  
Sarah Nusser nusser[at]mit.edu Leveraging The Stimulus  
Annis Sengupta awhitlow[at]MIT.EDU Stimulus - Action Research Coordinator  
Lily Song lsong[at]MIT.EDU Stimulus - Adopting Project Labor Agreements in Boston Shaping market structures, work arrangements, and labor conditions around green retrofits
Athena Ullah athena.ullah[at]gmail.com Emerald Cities - Green Workforce Development in Los Angeles  
Barika Williams bxw[at]MIT.EDU Stimulus — Partnering for Economic Justice in Greensboro, NC  

Alumni

First Name Last Name Email CoLab Project Research Interests
Uyen Le uyenle1[at]gmail.com Emerald Cities - Community/Labor Coalitions in Los Angeles  
Cyd McKenna cmckenna[at]MIT.EDU Stimulus - Sustainable Farm Enterprise Development in Mississippi  
Benji Power bpower[at]mit.edu    
Lakshmi Sridaran sridaran[at]mit.edu NOLA Fellow - Deepening Democracy and Youth Organizing