Our Team
Professor Neacsu is the faculty advisor overseeing Mapping Environmental Injustice (MEI); she is passionate about engaging students on all levels with Environmental Law. She initiated this project with her 2021 Barnard Class where she teaches environmental law, policy and research as an adjunct professor. Two of her most recent environmental law articles are: The aesthetic ideology of Juliana v. United States and its impact on environmentally engaged citizenship, and "Applying Bentham’s Theory of Fallacies to Chief Justice Roberts’ Reasoning in West Virginia v. EPA" 61 Duq. L. Rev. 95 (2023) https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1130&context=law-faculty-scholarship.
Ashley Ahn, BC ‘26
Ashley is a third-year Philosophy major at Barnard College with academic interests in ethics, political theory, and environmental justice. She is passionate about making environmental research accessible and using storytelling, whether fiction or nonfiction writing, as a means of advocacy. Ashley currently serves as the third student project manager of MEI, where she connects her studies with her commitment to environmental justice.
Skylar Nieman, BC ‘24
Skylar is a senior at Barnard College majoring in U.S. History and the second student project manager of MEI. As a climate organizer involved with groups such as Sunrise Movement NYC and various action-based coalitions, she is invested in the national transition to a Green New Deal and radical climate justice. As a past student of Prof. Dana and TA Havah, she learned about the power of Environmental Law to protect communities vulnerable to the fossil fuel industry. She is also interested in the potential collaboration between Environmental Law and Labor Law.
Havah Bernstein, BC ‘23
As a senior at Barnard College majoring in Political Economics, Havah was the first student project manager of MEI, in the Spring ‘23 semester. She is passionate about creating tools that work to combat poverty and inequality. She was a student for Prof. Dana, where she discovered her interest in environmental law as a tool to combat economic disparities.
Barnard Environmental Law, Policy, and Research Class of 2024
Ashley Ahn: Pollution Caused by Proximity to Coal Mining
Caroline Beisher: Human Rights and a Livable Future for Youth
Yilin Cai: Renewable Electricity Recourses
Jetisha Airi Edwards: The Flint Water Crisis and Environmental Racism
Hirsch: Environmental Impact Statement Alternatives
Vivian Miller: Nuclear Energy Storage
Samantha Candelo Ortegon: Environmental Impacts of Oil Extraction
Ashley Pelham: Endangered Species
Renge Shirai: Threatened Species due to Climate Change
Violet Thompson: Water Conservation
Anyiang Yak: Mitigation of Extreme Temperatures Due to Climate Change
Emmy Yan: Agriculture and Pesticide
Barnard Environmental Law, Policy, and Research Class of 2023
Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928
Jane Collins
Clean Air Act
Anand Chitnis
Amelia Harris
Brandon Jo
Kailey Jones
Skylar Nieman
Endangered Species Act
Maura Mulholland
National Environmental Policy Act
Andie Madsen
Miguel Rodriguez Martinez
Nia Paz-Diaz
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Antonella Fasulo
Safe Drinking Water Act
Megan Yang