Khue Tran

Khue Tran (she/her) is a Senior from San Jose, CA in the College of Arts and
Sciences. As an Earth and Environmental Science major Asian American
Studies minor, she is passionate about the unique environmental practices
of marginalized communities and sustainability in urban environments. Her
research project, “Asian American Participation in Climate Adaptation
Planning: A Case Study of New York City's Heat Adaptation Strategies,”
looks at New York City as a case study to investigate the relationship between
Asian American communities and climate adaptation planning for extreme
heat, an increasingly pressing concern for urban areas. Asian Americans
remain severely understudied by environmental researchers, and this lack
of existing scholarship directly impacts the amount of research-based
environmental policy created to serve these communities. At Penn, she has
been involved in the ASAM Undergraduate Advisory Board, the Vietnamese
Students’ Association, and the Penn Institute for Urban Research. In her
free time, she enjoys reading, live music, and trying out new cafes in Philly.