• Faculty

Mia Montoya Hammersley

Titles

• Director, Environmental Justice Clinic

Degrees

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Biography

Mia Montoya Hammersley is the Director of the Environmental Justice Clinic and an Assistant Professor of Law. She is a member of the Piro-Manso-Tiwa Indian Tribe, Pueblo of San Juan de Guadalupe, and a Yoeme (Yaqui) descendant. In her work, Mia has represented conservation organizations in protecting land from extractive industries, Tribes in defending and asserting their land and water rights, and communities experiencing disproportionate environmental health harms. Her chapter, “The Water-Energy Nexus and Environmental Justice: the Missing Link Between Water Rights and Energy Production on Tribal Lands” was published in the UA Press Series, Indigenous Environmental Justice, in 2020. In 2021, she was a recipient of the Young, Gifted, and Green 40 Under 40 Award by Black Millennials for Flint for her work in the field of environmental justice.

Expertise

• Environmental Justice
• Environmental Law
• Native American Law

Departments

• Environmental Justice Clinic
• Environmental Law Center