PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropological and Film Studies
Biography
Avery Newell, J.D., received her Bachelors Degree in Sustainable Development at the University of St Andrews. She attended Vermont Law School, receiving a Juris Doctor degree in Law with a specialty in Environmental and Energy Law and Policy with particular focus on research, legal writing and analysis, and oral argument. Avery returned to the University of St Andrews to complete her Masters Degree in Global Sustainable Development in 2025. She is currently in her pre-fieldwork year for her PhD under the supervision of Prof Mette High (Department of Social Anthropology) and Dr Ale Boussalem (Geography & Sustainable Development). Avery’s PhD project will focus on gendered legacies in coal mining regions of Pennsylvanian Appalachia. Her project seeks to identify women’s connection to coal both as miners and as individuals living in an extractive landscape as well as the ethical implications of women working in fossil fuels.
