Lawrence Chamunorwa is a PhD student in the Comparative Literature Department with affiliations in the Department of African American Studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute.

He has served as a peer mentor in the Graduate Scholars Program (GSP) through the Access, Diversity & Inclusion Office and a University Administrative Fellow working in liaison with Princeton University Press. And in 2021, he was appointed a RISE Fellow for environmental justice.  Prior to attending Princeton, Lawrence attained his BA and BA (Hons.) degrees in Philosophy and Classics respectively from University of Zimbabwe as well as an MA in Languages and Cultures- Classics from Texas Tech University.