Shabnam Islam

Academic Director of Greener By Default

Dr. Shabnam Islam is an academic, certified exercise physiologist, and pioneer in developing sustainable and affordable public health initiatives within higher education. With over a decade-long career as teaching faculty in CSUN’s Kinesiology department, Shabnam has earned special recognition by organizations like the Clinton Global Initiative University for developing student-led fitness programs for at-risk communities as an effective, obesity-prevention public health strategy. She completed her doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy and has earned a master’s in Kinesiology from California State University Northridge. As the Academic Director, she aims to help US-based academic institutions develop evidence-based, sustainable, and cost-effective initiatives that advocate for improving individual and community-wide health.