Claire Wang

Biography

Claire R. Wang was born and raised in North Salt Lake, Utah. She is a current senior and Angier B. Duke Scholar at Duke University, majoring in Environmental Science and Policy, with minors in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and in Economics. In 2018, she was also named a Truman Scholar and Udall Scholar. As president of the student organization Duke Climate Coalition, Claire has led successful campaigns for Duke University to support renewable energy policy reform and to halt a natural gas plant proposed to be built on Duke's campus. She aspires to a career as a climate change policy advocate to create a just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy worldwide. At Oxford, Claire plans to pursue masters degrees in Environmental Change and Management, and Global Governance and Diplomacy.