Kendra Kintzi

Kendra Kintzi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. Trained as a political ecologist and digital media scholar, her research focuses on the intersections of decarbonization, digitalization, and development, with particular attention to how energy infrastructures and environmental media reshape landscapes and livelihoods. Grounded in infrastructure studies, geographical political economy, and postcolonial theory, her work examines how global climate change mitigation efforts are mediated through uneven urban environments, especially in Southwest Asia. She studies how evolving forms of environmental media, smart infrastructure, and digital governance intersect with social mobilization and alternative visions of collective climate futures. Her scholarship has been published in leading journals across geography, political ecology, and sustainability studies, including Environment and Planning C and D, Antipode, Sustainability Science, and Big Data & Society. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Development Sociology from Cornell University and her B.A. in Development Studies and Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and brings extensive experience in international development, action research, and public engagement on issues of climate, gender, and global inequality.