The Aftermath Learning Lab team includes investigators, research staff, students, and community partners.

Primary Collaborators:

Dr. Julia Devoy

This image is a portrait of Julia DeVoy, PhD, MTS, MBA, principal investigator for the lab.

 
Matilda Lartey

This image is a portrait of Matilda Lartey, a co-investigator and collaborator in the lab.

 
Dr. Brian Smith

This image is a portrait of Brian Smith, PhD, a co-investigator and collaborator in the lab.

 
Professor Mark Cooper

This image is a portrait of Professor Mark Cooper, MFA, a co-investigator and collaborator in the lab.

 
Dielle Lundberg

This image is a portrait of Dielle Lundberg, MPH, a co-investigator and project manager in the lab.

 
 
Professor Sunand Bhattacharya

This image is a portrait of Professor Sunand Bhattacharya, MFA, an advisor and collaborator in the lab.

 
Dr. Julia Devoy and Dr. Brian Smith

This image shows principal investigator Dr. Julia DeVoy (left) and co-investigator Dr. Brian Smith (right).

Professor Mark Cooper and Professor Sunand Bhattacharya

This image shows co-investigator Professor Mark Cooper (left) and collaborator Professor Sunand Bhattacharya (right).

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Current Research Assistants:

Carrie Kandall

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Carrie Kandall (she/her)

  • Undergraduate student and research assistant at Boston College

  • Major: Operations Management

  • Minors: Managing for Social Impact & Public Good and Global Public Health & the Common Good

  • Research Interests: Carrie is interested in how businesses develop their processes and allocate their resources. She is also interested in studying health equity, focusing on how addressing social determinants of health can reduce disparities. She was drawn to the lab because of its focus on how post-consumer textile waste disproportionately affects individuals and communities in the Global South and a desire to learn more about the public health impacts of the textile waste trade. 

 
Jacqueline Alice

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Jacqueline (Jackie) Alicea (she/her)

  • Undergraduate student and research assistant at Boston College

  • Majors: Elementary Education and Applied Psychology

  • Minor: Special Education Concentration

  • Research Interests: Jackie is passionate about teaching and is especially interested in promoting diversity and equity in education. Jackie began working as a research assistant in the Aftermath Learning Lab during her Junior year at Boston College. She was drawn to the project due to MFC’s mission and a desire to make a personal lifestyle change by learning from this project. Through this experience, Jackie has gained a new perspective on textile waste and has made a change in her life to raise awareness about environmental racism and clothing overconsumption. Jackie hopes to learn more about environmental justice through her continued work on the project and in the lab.

 

This image is a portrait of research assistant Addie Metzger.

Addison (Addie) Metzger (she/her)

  • Undergraduate student and research assistant at Boston College

  • Majors: Secondary Education and English

  • Research Interests: Addie was drawn to the Aftermath Learning Lab because of its interdisciplinary problem-solving approach. After joining the lab in 2021, Addie has worked on a variety of projects from creating art to educational materials. As a future teacher, Addie is interested in developing tools that empower the next generation to address the climate crisis. She believes that education is a critical piece of social and environmental justice and Aftermath Learning Lab's innovative projects are exciting tools to bring into K-12 classrooms. 

Dr. Devoy and Professor Cooper

This image shows lab principal investigator Dr. Julia DeVoy and co-investigator Mark Cooper.

This image shows lab principal investigator Dr. Julia DeVoy and assistant project manager Cecelia Cheng.

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Additional Collaborators:

Other Student Contributors:

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Former Research Assistants & Student Contributors:

Jiayu (Jocelyn) Liu (2023)
Yuxin (Cynthia) Zhang (2023)

Kate Canniff (2022-2023)
Qingwan (Cecelia) Cheng (2022-2023)
Evelyn Kotch (2021-2022)
Griffin Lawler (2022-2023)
Lourdes Macaspac (2022-2023)

Sarah Findeisen (2020-2021)
Eva Ottum (2020-2021)
Evan Warns (2020-2023)

Danielle Abate (2019 - 2020)
Elizabeth Congiusta (2019 - 2020)

Matilda Lartey LEAPS Presentation

This image shows affiliated collaborator Matilda Lartey presenting at the LEAPS 2023 Textile Waste Conference.

Sunand Bhattacharya and Research Assistants

This image shows affiliated collaborator Sunand Bhattacharya (middle right) with research assistants Addison Metzger (far left), Evan Warns (middle left), and Evelyn Kotch (far right)

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Community Partners:

The MFI Foundation:

The Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation (The MFI Foundation) is a non-profit community-based organization in Greater Accra, Ghana. The organization operates an upcycling studio at which artisans and trainees who have been displaced by the global fast fashion and secondhand clothing industries create tie-dye and denim products out of textile waste sent to Ghana from the Global North. The organization centers women, disabled people, and parents of children with disabilities in its programs and advocacy around the barriers to basic income these groups often face in the community and globally. The organization was founded by Matilda Lartey, a fashion designer and environmental educator, and is governed by a board of local activists and artisans. Learn more at mfifoundationghana.org, or follow MFI on Instagram at @mfifashionghana.

Make Fashion Clean (MFC):

Make Fashion Clean (MFC or MFC Tie-Dye Inc.) is a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce global fashion pollution by upcycling textile waste and educating about pollution. MFC creates repurposed denim and tie-dye products out of textile waste sent to Ghana from the Global North in partnership with a non-profit community-based organization in Greater Accra, Ghana called The Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation (The MFI Foundation). This upcycling partnership generates employment and job training in the creative economy for artisans who have been displaced by the global fast fashion and secondhand clothing industries. It also diverts textile waste from landfills, open-air dumps, and the environment to reduce the impacts of pollution. MFC also collaborates with the The Aftermath Learning Lab on research and art projects at the intersection of textile-related pollution, policy, education, environment, and health. Learn more at makefashionclean.org, or follow MFC on Instagram @makefashionclean.

Aftermath Learning Lab Team

This image shows Aftermath Learning Lab research assistants, student contributors, and several alumni from the lab.

 
Aftermath Wilmington Memorial Library

This image shows principal investigator Dr. Julia DeVoy and research assistants from The Aftermath Learning Lab presenting at the Wilmington Memorial Library.

 
Eva Ottum Landfill Simulator

This image shows research assistant Eva Ottum presenting about the lab’s landfill simulating reactor prototype.

 
Aftermath Design Thinking

This image shows The Aftermath Learning Lab research assistants and student contributors from 2022-2023 participating in a series of design thinking workshops for a game-based learning project.

 
Evan Warns Aftermath Presentation

This image shows research assistant Evan Warns presenting about The Aftermath Sculpture.

 
Aftermath Team ACCelerate Festival

This image shows members of The Aftermath Learning Lab team and other student contributors at the ACCelerate Festival at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in April 2022.

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Get Involved with the Lab:

They are several ways to get involved with the Aftermath Learning Lab. Learn more.