Graduate Student Opportunities
Last updated on October 6, 2025
Below is a list of current graduate opportunities at the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS) for a graduate degree in Social and Ecological Sustainability and the researcher is offering the opportunity. If you don't see an opportunity, please see our faculty research interests page.
Masters or PhD
Marta Berbés - Master or PhD student for the project 'Blackwards' to the Future: Past, present, and futures of the African American community of South Phoenix, AZ Follow this link for more information and to express interest.
Blackward to the Future is a community-led, participatory action research initiative dedicated to reclaiming the past, present, and future of the African American community in Phoenix, Arizona. The project seeks to address the erasure of Black histories from the city’s cultural landscape by documenting oral histories, preserving community archives, facilitating intergenerational dialogue, and co-creating future urban visions. Drawing on the Adinkra concept of sankofa—the principle of looking to the past to move forward—the project emphasizes joy, resistance, and self-determination over damage-centered narratives.