Hixon Fellows
The Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability engages and supports Yale students who are interested in conducting urban sustainability research that bridges science to practice. Every year, Hixon Fellows are chosen from a pool of competitive applicants based on the relevance of the research proposal to the Center's mission.
Socio-cultural and Ecological Interactions
Exploring co-governance structures of public parks in the Bronx, New York City
![Headshot of Liana Smale against a green forested backdrop.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/liana_smale_2.png?h=939ca0a8&itok=Wb-AuOlE)
Energy Cultures in Peri-urban Beijing
![Headshot of Vivian Bi against a green floral backdrop.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/vbheadshot_small.jpg?h=992f4bba&itok=x7die618)
Urban Ecology and Faith Practices at Stillmeadow Community Fellowship Church
![Headshot of Gabe LePage against a green forested backdrop.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/thumbnail_gabelepage.jpg?h=c358b4bc&itok=MSOK0LBD)
Food, Rumor, and Otherness: An Ethnographic Study in Chinatown Wet Market in Lower Manhattan, New York City
![Gray silhouette of human upper body](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/2024-04/no_photo_0.png?h=fec564f0&itok=8pKHrJQI)
The Public Realm and Public Reason: Environmental Justice and Its Public Grounds
![Headshot of Julian Macrone in a suit.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/thumbnail_julian_macrone.jpg?h=dff9ae4a&itok=ciES68NA)
Industrial Legacies and Remediation Work in Urban Japan
![Headshot of Shoko Yamada against a forested backdrop.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/yamada_web_profile_photo_1909_cropped.jpeg?h=fe13a2b5&itok=4apuBdBH)
Environment and Public Health
A Space-Time Analysis of Electricity-Based Adaptive Capacity to Extreme Heat in Urban Nepal
![Photo of Tyler Stotland sitting in a chair.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/tyler_stotland.jpeg?h=b8339432&itok=mjvh3Ete)
Urban Air Pollution Exposure of Children Living in the Dwight Neighborhood in New Haven, CT
![Headshot of Weixi Wu on a beach.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/weixi.jpeg?h=5e3d1a03&itok=m4g03NLM)
Effect modification of greenness on the association between heat and mortality: a multi-city multi-country study
![Hayon Michelle Choi underneath cherry blossom trees.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/hayon.jpg?h=703a3a1f&itok=aXl__zqp)
Water Quality and Hydrology
Variation of Microplastic Concentrations in Urban Stormwater with Rainfall Events
![Alexandra Morrison standing over a stormwater drain system](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/amorrison.jpg?h=cdfdd9f8&itok=EX2K49Xc)
Land Use Planning and Management
Participatory climate adaptation planning in New York City: Analyzing the role of community-based organizations
![Headshot of Kieren Rudge against a green forested backdrop.](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/images/fellow/kieren_headshot.jpg?h=7c25e5c6&itok=OXBqs0Bk)
Historical agriculture increases nuisance species abundance in urban forests via carbon controls on nitrogen cycling
![Gray silhouette of human upper body](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_400x530/public/2024-04/no_photo_0.png?h=fec564f0&itok=8pKHrJQI)