Hadley Tallackson, Editor in Chief
Hadley Tallackson is an environmental researcher and artist. Hadley has an artistic focuses on human connectivity and researches the relationships between urban governance, land development, community ownership, and urban ecology. Calling several states in the western U.S. home, Hadley loves to observe plants, lichen, seaweed, moss, stones, water, and the way the natural world sparkles with us.
McKenzie Blaine, Social Media & Events
McKenzie Blaine is a research scientist, environmental and social advocate, artist, and jeweler who is pursuing a masters at Yale School of the Environment. Her current studies investigate the intersection of human ecologies, social justice, and ecosystem health. McKenzie values the way art can inspire change in the world— recognizing the power it has to inform, shape, and change people’s perspectives. A quote which she continues to live by states, “the world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” – Albert Einstein
Kajol Gupta, Digital Editor
Kajol Gupta calls California home: born in Los Angeles & living all throughout the state, with a particular affinity for Northern California. Currently, she lives in Connecticut, pursuing a Master of Environmental Management at Yale School of the Environment. Before graduate school, Kajol worked with historically underserved communities in California to facilitate access to safe drinking water through SB 685 (CA Human Right To Water). She eventually became an environmental scientist, installing flow meters along the border of Oregon and California, measuring hydrologic flow to determine drought curtailment policy for the state. Kajol views herself as an interdisciplinary scientist, weaving connections between natural science, social science, & art for freshwater and coastal ecosystems. Adding biological oceanography and coastal management to her professional repertoire, she is excited to follow where the sea takes her.
Kei Kohmoto, Digital Editor
Kei Kohmoto is a second-year joint degree student at the Yale Schools of Environment and Public Health focusing on water and climate health. She is interested in the various ways that people navigate their relationship with the environments around them, and how that is expressed through various media and emotions. She aspires to lead a life and career that supports and uplifts the health of the ecological and human communities around her. She enjoys playing the trumpet in community orchestra, ultimate frisbee, and gardening.
Previous Staff
2024
Editor in Chief: Julia Jacobson
Managing Editor: Elisabeth Schreiber
Community & Events: Katie Davis
Social Media: McKenzie Blaine
2023
Co-Editor in Chiefs: Sam Fiebel & Shaylyn Austin
Staff Editor: Athena Sofides
Managing Editor: Julia Jacobson
2022
Co-Editors in Chief
Sawyer Cresap, Lauren Ashbrook
Arts Editor
Sam Feibel
Managing Editor
Shaylyn Austin
Staff Editors
Molly Ryan, Elizabeth Himschoot
2020
Editor in Chief
Trevor Dolan
Managing Editor
Karam Sheban
Arts Editor
Samuel Cordon
Staff Editors
Megan Edwards, Abigail Chan, Pat Wiedorn, Emma Johnson, Elizabeth Himschoot, Maximillian Schreck, Britta Dosch, Becca George
2019
Editor in Chief
Caleb Northrup
Staff Editors
Trevor Dolan, Karam Sheban, Sam Corden, Emma Johnson, Jen Shin, Meredith Brown, Alejandra Hernandez, Michael Storace, Nick Lo
2018
Editor in Chief
Mark DeSantis, Natural Resource Policy Analyst at Congressional Research Services
Senior Editor
Noah Sokol
Associate Editor
Rachel Gulbraa, Recreation and conservation consultant at WCS Adirondacks; Writer at Yale Climate Connections
Digital Communications Manager
Rachel Weston, Rachel Weston, Natural Resource Manager (NRM) Coordinator (Region 10) at US Forest Service
Staff Editors
Laura Brush
Nathalie Woolworth, National Partnership Coordinator at US Forest Service
Faculty Advisor (2006-2018)
Fred Strebeigh
2017
Editor in Chief
Max Webster, Evergreen Forests Program Manager at Washington Environmental Council
Creative Director
Alex Co, Pittsburgh Living Product Hub Coordinator at International Living Future Institute
Senior Arts Editor
Allyza Lustig, Senior Associate, Program Coordinator at United States Global Change Research Program
2016
Editor in Chief
Will Murtha, Emissions Markets and Policy Reporter at Argus Media
Senior Arts Editor
Katie Christiansen Holsinger, Editor at The Artists Field Guide to Greater Yellowstone
Features Editors
Shelley Clark, Legal Assistant at The Chanler Group
Elias Kohn, Lewis and Clark Environmental Law Fellow
Breanna Lujan, Global Climate Program Assistant at Environmental Defense Fund
2015
Editor in Chief
Timothy Brown, Writer, Editor and Multimedia Storyteller at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Managing Editor
Joseph Calamia, Senior Editor at Yale University Press
Features Editor
Sarah Austin Casson, Yale Law School Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellow in Global Justice at The WILD Foundation
Contributing Editors
Paul Burow, PhD Student at Yale University
Kristin Dreiling, Practice Manager, Environment and Natural Resources at Chemonics International
Christopher Halfnight, Policy Manager at Urban Green Council
Gina LaCerva
Amy Weinfurter, Research Analyst at Yale Data-Driven Environmental Solutions Group
2013
Editors in Chief
Ben Goldfarb, Correspondent at High Country News
Jason Schwartz
2012
Editors in Chief
Aaron Reuben, Science Writer, Conservationist, Neuropsychologist-In-Training
Michael Parks, Executive Director, San Francisco Business Council on Climate Change
2011
Thomas Chase, Project Manager, New Ecology, Inc.
Dylan Walsh, Freelance Writer