Miraj U. Desai, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
RESEARCH INTERESTS
community mental health; qualitative and participatory research; global health; prejudice and discrimination; philosophy of science; and South Asian studies
Dr. Desai is interested in psychological and political perspectives on climate change. His main concern is understanding and addressing issues of climate justice, e.g., that those most affected by climate change (the global poor, islanders) are the ones least responsible for it. He has written on psychology and climate justice for the Huffington Post and was a participant at the first-ever Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit. He recently received the Certificate of Outstanding Recognition from the Yale Office of Sustainability and served as Co-Chair of the Inclusion and Justice Subcommittee, Yale Sustainability Implementation Steering Committee.