Jasmine Lamb receives 2026 Switzer Fellowship
Congratulations to Jasmine Lamb who was recently awarded a 2026 Switzer Fellowship. This one-year fellowship is for graduate students from diverse academic and personal backgrounds whose career goals focus on environmental improvement. Switzer Fellows demonstrate leadership in their field, as well as commitment and competency to advance social equity as a fundamental part of their environmental problem-solving.
Lamb is a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point and a current Ph.D. candidate in Ecology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Maine. Lamb has worked in the space of environmental justice for Wabanaki Tribal Nations since 2021 and founded the Sipayik Resilience Committee in 2022 to support citizen-led tribal resilience initiatives, including increasing access to energy efficiency and renewable energy technology and other climate resilience actions.