The Center for Progressive Reform consists of a full-time staff and more than 60 Member Scholars who volunteer their time to support and provide independent policy research, advocacy, congressional testimony, legal insight and analysis, and more.
Our Scholars represent dozens of colleges and universities in every region of the country. They live and work in big cities and small towns, on the coasts and in the heartland, and in about half the states — including blue, purple, and red ones.
Dr. Michael Méndez is an assistant professor of environmental policy and planning at the University of California, Irvine, an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, and Visiting Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. He specializes in climate change policy, as well as climate and environmental justice. Already in 2023, Michael has provided expert commentary on climate and climate justice issues to a range of high-profile media outlets. Recent outlets that have featured his insights and expertise include NPR, PBS NewsHour, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and ABC 7 – Los Angeles. Michael is also the author of the 2020 book, Climate Change from the Streets: How Conflict and Collaboration Strengthen the Environmental Justice Movement.
University of Texas Law School
University of Alabama School of Law
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Wake Forest University Law School
Harvard Law School
CUNY School of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
University of California, Irvine School of Law
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
University of California, Riverside
Syracuse University College of Law
Saint Louis University School of Law
Vermont Law School
University of Richmond School of Law
University of Alabama School of Law
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Case Western University School of Law
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Lewis & Clark Law School
University of New Mexico School of Law
The George Washington University Law School
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
The George Washington University Law School
Formerly UCLA School of Law
American University Washington College of Law
University of Minnesota Law School
University of San Francisco School of Law
University of Michigan Law School
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Wake Forest University School of Law
Yale Law School
University of California, Irvine School of Law
American University Washington College of Law
St. John’s University School of Law
University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York
University of Texas School of Law
University of Michigan Law School
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center
Texas Tech University School of Law
University of California, Irvine
Lewis and Clark Law School
University of Kansas School of Law
UC College of the Law, San Francisco
George Washington University School of Law
Lewis and Clark Law School
Lewis and Clark College School of Law
University of Richmond School of Law
Wake Forest University School of Law
Temple University Beasley School of Law
University of Wisconsin Law School
Chicago-Kent College of Law
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
University of Texas School of Law
University of Pennsylvania-Carey School of Law and Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Penn State University College of Law
Lewis and Clark Law School
Wake Forest University School of Law
Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana