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Malissa Hubbard

A woman with shoulder-length hair that's brown at the roots and purple at the ends smiles at the camera. She is wearing brown cat-eye glasses and holding a lizard (possibly a chameleon) by her face. She is standing in an open field with a cloudy sky in the background.

Malissa Hubbard is a 6th year Ph.D. student in the department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies. She earned a Bachelor of Environmental Science from the University of Arizona and a Master of Environmental Management with a Certification in Geospatial Analysis from Duke University. Her Master’s Project mapped land use land cover in the Western Ghats, India to look at the effects of human modification and use on protected areas. Malissa has over a decade of teaching experience in K-12 and as a University instructor. Her dissertation focuses on overcoming the climate change knowledge-action gap by preparing preservice teachers to teach climate action. She is the Assistant Managing Editor of the Journal of Environmental Education. Malissa enjoys traveling, hiking, camping, gardening, and spending as much time outside as possible. 

CARSON SCHOLARS PROGRAM SPONSORED BY

Thomas R. Brown Family Foundation

College of Engineering 

College of Science Galileo Circle

Graduate College

Arizona Institute for Resilience

Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment & Social Justice

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences