Mehrnush (Nushy) Golriz

Mehrnush (Nushy) Golriz

Ph.D. Candidate

Email: mgolriz@ucla.edu

Biography

resource and environmental governance, legal geographies, lithium extraction, just transitions, energy geographies, Latin America (Chile)

Education

2021 M.A. Geography, University of California Los Angeles

2015 B.A. Geography modified with Portuguese Language, Hispanic Studies, cum laudeDartmouth College

Grants & Awards

2023 Foreign Language and Studies Fellowship Award (FLAS) in Advanced Spanish

2023  AAG Energy and Environment Specialty Group Fieldwork Award

2023  AAG Political Geography Specialty Group Student Travel Award

2020-2022  UCLA Department of Geography Research Travel Grant

2022  CLAG Student Travel Award

2021  CLAG Master’s Field Study Grant

2021  AAG Latin American Specialty Group Master’s Field Study Award

2019-2024  National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

2019-2021  UCLA Graduate Dean’s Scholarship

2018-2019  Dartmouth College James B. Reynold’s Scholarship for Foreign Study

2018  Brazilian Studies Association Brazil Initiation Scholarship

Advisors

Helga Leitner (co-advisor)

Shaina Potts (co-advisor)

Kelly Kay

Javiera Barandiarán