Rouzbeh Rahai
Climate change related weather events increasingly threaten our homes and surrounding environments, placing significant stress on human health and well-being. My research examines the impact of adverse weather events—particularly extreme heat and air pollution—on human health and learning. I also investigate how environmental systems in urban schools and neighborhoods can mitigate these exposures, thereby enhancing health and learning across the life course. Through utilizing spatial modeling and land surveying methods, I identify high-priority areas for
- May 13, 2024
- by Robin Roger
- Social Impact + Justice
Kerri Lee Alexander named inaugural director of social impact and justice
Kerri Lee Alexander has joined Cornell Human Ecology as its inaugural director of social impact and justice. In this role, Alexander will develop and lead a college-wide strategy aimed at creating, advocating for, and sustaining a diverse community of faculty, staff and students with a climate of belonging and inclusion. This new position supports the college’s priority, laid out in the strategic Vision 2030, of building a flourishing Human Ecology community.
Alexander comes to
Tim Mateer
Timothy J. Mateer is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Human Centered Design at Cornell University. He received a dual PhD from the Pennsylvania State University in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and the Environment & Recreation, Park and Tourism Management. His research focuses on how exposure to natural environments through recreational and educational experiences helps to support thriving social and ecological systems.
Gary Evans
Professor Evans is an environmental and developmental psychologist interested in how the physical environment affects human health and well being among children. His specific areas of expertise include the environment of childhood poverty, children's environments (housing, schools, playgrounds, toys), cumulative risk and child development, environmental stressors, and the development of children's environmental attitudes and behaviors.
- Aug 15, 2024
- by Robin Roger
- Alumni, Donor, Student Life
100 scholarships to celebrate CHE’s 100th year
On the eve of the college’s 100th anniversary celebration, an alumnae-led fundraising initiative in Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) has achieved a milestone. As part of the university’s campaign To Do the Greatest Good, the ‘100 at 100’ initiative has increased the number of endowed undergraduate scholarships from women donors to 100, marking a commitment to student access and affordability, honoring the college's history of women's leadership, and paving the way for future generations of
Kenjin Chang
Kenjin is a doctoral candidate interested in the design of food environments and its role in promoting transitions to healthier, more sustainable diets. In addition to his position within the Department of Human-Centered Design, he also serves as the Co-Chair of Research and Education for the Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (MCURC).
Kenjin received his master's degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and, prior to joining the College of Human