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M'Lis Bartlett

M'Lis Bartlett
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Environmental Justice
Cities + Mobility + Built Environment
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M’Lis is passionate about environmental and place-based education that incorporates issues of social justice. With over 25 years of experience as an urban environmental educator, activist, artist, and researcher in communities including New York City, Detroit, and Flint, Michigan, she is dedicated to building supportive and ethical partnerships between communities and institutions. Her research interests include participatory design, environmental education, environmental justice, and community-based participatory research. She was formerly the director of the Friends of the High School for Environmental Studies, NYC, where she ran a city-wide environmental internship program for teens and provided professional development for teachers working to integrate environmental issues into the curriculum.

 

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PhD Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan

MLA Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan

BS Oberlin College

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April 17, 2025

Four of five Sustainability Catalyst Grants include SEAS faculty

Five research projects tackling key sustainability issues have received funding through the Sustainability Catalyst Grant program, and four of them include University of...

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SEAS alumna Cecilia Garibay: Moving forward

Within a month after taking a new position as project coordinator at Moving Forward Network (MFN) in Los Angeles, University of Michigan School for Environment and...

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Women’s History Month: Perspectives from SEAS Women in Sustainability

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