Roan Hollander is pursuing an EVST BA in Urban Resilience, a custom concentration she created by taking classes on urban design, coastal development and communities, and wetlands. She is also completing an Energy Studies certificate and has taken numerous environmental data science courses. Roan is in Pierson College, is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and loves to go hiking in the forests of Connecticut that remind her of home! On campus, she works for Urban Resources Initiative and manages social media for Environmental Studies and Environmental Humanities, was a coordinator of Dwight Hall’s First-Years in Support of New Haven and a FOCUS leader, and is a member of the Yale Student Environmental Coalition.
She has held a variety of environmental jobs around campus, working for the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, the Office of Sustainability, and the Yale Bird-Friendly Building Initiative. She would be happy to talk to anyone about how to get involved in environmental work on campus! This past summer she worked for World Resources Institute through the Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability’s fellowship program. In previous summers, she has studied abroad in Spain, Morocco, and Germany, and worked as a Community Forestry Intern with Urban Resources Initiative through the President’s Public Service Fellowship. You can usually find her wandering around Rainbow Park, walking to East Rock, or trying one of New Haven’s many coffee shops. She is always happy to talk so feel free to contact her at any time!