Just City Summer Fellowship

Connecting mayors and GSD students

The Just City Summer Fellowship is a competitive 10-week summer program for GSD students supporting Just City Mayoral Fellowship mayors and cities. The 2026 cohort of Just City Summer Fellows will deploy a variety of research and implementation skills to contribute to and help make progress on the 2026 Just City Mayoral Fellows’ priority projects, developed as part of the semester-long Just City Mayoral Fellowship curriculum. 

The 2026 Just City Summer Fellows and the respective cities with which they have been paired are:

  • Montréale Jones (MArch I ’27), Broadview, IL

  • Javier Zarazua (MDes ’27), Columbia, MO

  • Xiluva Mbungela (MDes ’26), Durham, NC

  • Shane Wooley (MUP ’27), Fairbanks, AK

  • Matías Griffiths (MAUD ’27), Gresham, OR

  • Milena Almetica (MUP ’27), Moline, IL

  • Zhaoyi (Max) Wang (MDes ’27), Salem, MA

  • Nisreen Tarbell (MAUD ’27), Santa Monica, CA