Carlie D. Trott, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cincinnati, where she directs the Just Climate Futures Lab and advises doctoral students in the Community and Organizational Research for Action (CORA) Ph.D. program. A social psychologist by training and community psychologist in practice, Dr. Trott’s climate justice research aims to bring visibility to, and work against the inequitable impacts of climate change, socially and geographically.

             Core themes in her research include youth- and community-led climate action, ecopolitical psychology, and the psychosocial dimensions of societal transformation. Beginning with her doctoral research funded by the NOAA Planet Stewards Education Project a decade ago, a central focus in her work has been climate and environmental education — particularly how participatory, action-oriented, and justice-driven approaches can cultivate learners' critical awareness, collective agency, political imagination, and locally meaningful action. Dr. Trott's work centers the knowledge, experiences, and actions of people most affected by environmental injustice and the climate crisis, and often uses community-engaged, arts-based, and action-oriented research methods.

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