Nyla Howell

Nyla Howell is a second-year PhD student in geography at Rutgers University–New Brunswick and a Bill Anderson Fund Fellow. Howell is passionate about collaborating with nonprofits, community-based organizations, and emergency management professionals to address inequalities in disaster preparedness within Black, working-class communities. Bridging research, practice, and advocacy, she hopes to work with communities and practitioners to develop equitable disaster preparedness programming. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in geography and sociology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.