Kate Kirwan ‘26

Kate Kirwan is a junior studying anthropology and Spanish with a minor in history. Currently, she is assisting Professor Debra Javeline with reviewing literature for a systematic literature review titled: Where Should Humans Go? Kirwan’s work will focus on whether scholars have published literature on suitable resettlement locations as climate impacts worsen. And if scholars have written about this, how many, and what locations do they provide as examples of climate havens? This past summer, Kirwan received a Summer Language Abroad grant through the Center for the Study of Languages and Cultures and traveled to Granada, Spain to prepare her language proficiency for her spring semester abroad in Santiago, Chile. The previous summer Kirwan traveled to San José, Costa Rica with the Center for Social Concerns’ ND Bridge program where she worked with climate refugees from Nicaragua, at a community garden, and at an environmental office. Kirwan hopes to continue pursuing questions related to urban planning and climate justice through her work with the Kellogg Institute and Professor Javeline. Kirwan's additional research interests include place-identity, the evolution of human beings, and third places.