Brown University: Masters Degree (continued) Works for the World Wildlife Fund. Sustainability Professional: Consultant, Organizer, Change Agent. Pursuing a PhD from UC Santa Barbara in Geography. Researcher at the Uzbek Academy of Sciences and an environmental expert at the UNDP office in Uzbekistan. Vice Chair for the Committee on Sustainable Energy in the Town of Concord, MA. Currently Project Director for Mass Audubon's shaping the Future Community Outreach and Assistance Program, formerly Director of Programs for Design Trust for Public Space. Gwynn’s Falls Trail Program Coordinator for the Parks & People Foundation in Baltimore and Research Assistant with Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse Coordinator at the Northeast Waste Management Official's Association. Environmental analyst at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Worked for years as an Environmental Planner before pursuing doctorate at UCSB. Stay-at-home-mom and organizer of urban garden projects. Former Energy Coordinator for Clean Water Action. Bachelors Degree Healthy Residents, Healthy Homes Coordinator/Consultant at the RI Parent Information Network, Project Manager at the Building a Healthy Newport Environment Coalition, and Info Group Consultant at the Providence Plan. GIS associate at the War Preservation Trust. Program Associate for WWF in the Kamchatka/Bering Sea Ecoregion. Alliance Communications Associate for the National Audubon Society. Broker, Nuclear Fuel Markets, Evolution Markets, Inc. Financial analyst at Kohlberg Capital, formerly financial analyst for TerraCycle. Received an MA in Environment and Literature from the University of Nevada, Reno. Program Coordinator at California Coastkeeper Alliance. Administrative Assistant at Glen Canyon Institute. Works on the Climate Risk Management team at RiskMetrics Group. Head of Production at Instructables.com Member of the Common Vision fruit tree crew. Immediately after graduation traveled to Ecuador to promote health education through clowning. Research Analyst at Health Research and Analysis Attending graduate school in sociology at UC Berkeley. Greenpeace Student Network Coordinator on the Kleercut campaign. Olympic athlete competing in the steeplechase. Worked for a consulting firm in New York City that specializes in advocacy and communications around global health issues and co-founded a nonprofit that teaches New York City high schoolers about human rights and how to effectively advocate for social and policy change. Research Associate at the Environmental Law Institute. with NRDC’s “Biogem” program in Chilean Patagonia. Attended Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
USC M.A. in Environmental Studies In the junior year of the B.A. or B.S. program, a student has the option of applying for a progressive Master of Arts degree in Environmental Studies. Requirements for admission to this program include an overall grade point average of 3.2 or better and completion of at least 32 units of the core curriculum prior to attaining senior status. Once accepted, the progressive degree student begins taking a mix of graduate and undergraduate course work in the fourth year, followed by a fifth year of graduate course work. Course work in the Master of Arts program includes professional training in the preparation and review of environmental planning documents.
The Department of Environmental Studies The mission of the Department of Environmental Studies is to affirm and work within the broader mission of Huxley College -- interdisciplinary education for undergraduate and graduate students through diverse programs. Through the integration of the natural and social sciences, and allied professions, the Department endeavors to educate problem solvers who are able to meet the environmental challenges of our times. Students, faculty, and staff in the Department of Environmental Studies approach environmental understanding and problem solving through diverse programs that examine interacting social and natural systems. By putting the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities into direct dialogue, the department’s curriculum is designed to help students make the intellectual connections and gain the practical skills necessary for building socially and environmentally sustainable futures. The department enables students to pursue their interest in the environment through a diverse range of options. Major programs include specializations in environmental education, environmental policy, geography, and urban planning and sustainability. Joint programs, including environmental economics, and a range of minors, including Geographic Information Science (GIS), are also available. These programs direct students to specific environmental career paths or provide an excellent background for advanced study in education, law, natural resource management, public administration, and urban and environmental planning. The department also offers graduate degrees in Environmental Education and Geography.