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Social Sciences Division
Lecturer
Faculty
Nat Sci 2 Main Building
459
Not available Fall 2025
Environmental Studies
Emily Murai (she/her) is a Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Department and Director of the Emerging Leaders Fellowship program (ELF) at the Center for Reimagining Leadership (CRL). Since joining UCSC in 2009, she has also held appointments in the Writing Program and at College Nine. Her scholarly work explores interdisciplinary writing, critical environmentalism, and inclusion and belonging in higher education.
She is co-editor, with Environmental Studies Professor Flora Lu, of Critical Campus Sustainabilities: Bridging Social Justice and the Environment in Higher Education (Springer, 2023) and the author of multiple articles on pedagogy and professional development in higher education. Dr. Murai earned her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is a proud UCSC alum.
Education:
Ph.D, Geography, University of Minnesota
M.A., Cultural Sociology, New School for Social Research
B.A., Psychology and American Studies, University of California Santa Cruz
Critical Environmentalisms and Inclusive Sustainabilities
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education
Writing Across the Curriculum/Writing in the Disciplines (WAC/WID)
First-Year Writing (FYW) and Student Success
Convening of Care Collective. (2024). Care in the Academic Research Enterprise: Reflections and a Call to Action from the Inaugural Convening of Care. https://doi.org/10.14433/2017.0169
Lu, F., Murai, E., Campbell, S. and Angelo, H. (2024). Building more epistemically inclusive and environmentally equitable universities. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 14, 511–524. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-024-00935-z
Lu, F. and Murai, E. (Eds.). (2023). Critical Campus Sustainabilities: Bridging Social Justice and the Environment in Higher Education. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30929-8