Kimi Waite

Dr. Kimi Waite is an Asian American scholar-activist, author, and social justice educator focused on climate change and environmental justice education. She is an assistant professor of child and family studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and has nearly a decade of experience teaching and leading in Title I public schools in South Los Angeles and Compton.

Waite is a coauthor of What Teachers Want to Know About Teaching Climate Change: An Educator’s Guide to Nurturing Hope and Resilience (Grades K–12), published by Corwin in 2025. Her other listed book is Teaching Environmental Justice in the Elementary Classroom: Entry Points for Equity Across the K–5 Curriculum. She has also been recognized for her work in environmental education, including being named a 2019 Environmental Education 30 Under 30 awardee.