Elizabeth B. Hessami, J.D., LL.M.

Elizabeth B. Hessami, J.D., LL.M. (Environmental Law) is a Faculty Lecturer for The Johns Hopkins University. She was a founding member of The Environmental Peacebuilding Association for which she is currently a Visiting Scholar and Co-Chair of the Law Interest Group. She has researched post-conflict natural resources management and armed conflict and the environment with a focus on water and Central Asia for over a decade. She is a member of the Washington, D.C. and United States Supreme Court Bars.

Professor Hessami has served as a consultant on Afghanistan and Ukraine, natural resources and armed conflict, peace treaties, and peacebuilding. She was appointed in 2019 to serve on the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. Previously, she served as the Co-Chair/Vice-Editor of the International Environmental Law Newsletter (Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources) for the American Bar Association (2016–2017) and has received commendations for her research on Afghanistan from the World Bank Group. Her writings on Afghanistan have appeared in Foreign Policy, The Washington Post (via The Conversation), The Wilson Center for Environmental Change and Security, and The American Bar Association Publications. She was honored to be awarded The Johns Hopkins University 2021 "Excellence in Teaching Award".