Meet David Herrera, 2022 Fund for Latino Scholarship Recipient

David Herrera is a Ph.D. Candidate in political science at Brown University. His research interests include racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, community organizing, and environmental politics and policy. David’s dissertation explores how the community organizing practices of local environmental justice organizations in Oakland and San Diego shape the policy agenda of local government on air pollution issues. His dissertation research has been supported by the Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Brown University’s Political Science Department, and the APSA Fund for Latino Scholarship. The Fund for Latino Scholarship will support David’s data collection including in-depth interviews, participant observations, and archival research. 


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