Kimi Waite, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
California State University, Los Angeles Department of Child and Family Studies
Dr. Kimi Waite’s professional praxis is situated at the intersections of environmental justice education, geography, critical pedagogy, and social studies. An Asian American educator-activist-scholar with over 10 years of teaching experience, she has received both national and state recognition for her leadership in environmental education, social studies, and climate change education. She has a multiple subjects teaching credential from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, an M.Ed. from UCLA, and a Ph.D. in Sustainability Education from Prescott College. Her work has been published by outlets such as PBS, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Ms. Magazine, The Progressive, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Grist, Cal Matters, Rethinking Schools, and The Journal of Curriculum & Pedagogy. She has been a requested presenter for The National Education Association, Cornell University’s Civic Ecology Lab, The North American Association for Environmental Education, and The National Geographic Society. She is an Early-Career Fellow with UCLA’s Center for Diverse Leadership in Science.