Sohinee Bera

Sohinee Bera is a PhD Student in the graduate field of Communication at Cornell University. Her work focuses on science, risk, and environmental communication, especially at the intersection of well-being and inequity. She is currently researching how social and cultural mechanisms shape how people think about the environment and using those insights towards encouraging and communicating pro-environmental behaviors.  

At Cornell, Sohinee has served as a summer instructor for COMM 2850 (Communication, Environment, Science, and Health) and as a graduate teaching assistant for COMM 2850 and COMM 2450 (Communication and Technology).  

Previously, Sohinee was an English Teaching Assistant through the U.S. Fulbright Program, where she fostered community and inclusion at a German secondary school with a significant number of students from refugee and migrant backgrounds. She also has a breadth of experience in conservation and ecological restoration, with past appointments on the Visitor Damage Mitigation Team at Joshua Tree National Park and with the American Conservation Corps.