SUNY-ESF Introduces Environmental Studies Graduate Programs
Dear GEP-ed Colleagues: The Department of Environmental Studies at the State College of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), in Syracuse, is pleased to report that we have recently been authorized to offer two new, interdisciplinary Master's programs in environmental studies. *Approximately 27% of graduate students at SUNY-ESF are international, adding to a robust, stimulating graduate environment. *Applications for fall admissions are being accepted through February 1 (for priority consideration). The press release attached below contains further information, as does our website, also referenced below. Please share this information with any outstanding undergraduates you think may be interested. Thank you Kind regards, David Sonnenfeld *** ESF Introduces Graduate Programs in Environmental Studies SYRACUSE — The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has established two new graduate programs in environmental studies. These programs focus on the social and policy dimensions of environmental issues, and take an interdisciplinary approach to solving environmental problems. These are programs that can make a real difference in the world, said Dr. David A. Sonnenfeld, chair of the Department of Environmental Studies at ESF. The new programs are a master of science (MS) and a master of professional studies (MPS), both in environmental studies. The MS program is research-focused, offering students an interdisciplinary understanding of environmental issues, the problems that underlie them, and the paths that lead to sustainable communities, said Sonnenfeld. It is intended for students with a wide range of undergraduate degrees. The MPS program is a non-thesis degree aimed at professionals already working in various environmental fields and others seeking a graduate program with less emphasis on research. Those choosing the MPS track will find a more career-focused program, often including an internship that adds real-world applications to the curriculum. Both graduate programs offer unique blends of social science, humanities and physical science, and allow students to take a hands-on approach to developing their own personal curriculum. Working with a graduate advisor, students establish a plan of study, learning and career objectives, said Sonnenfeld. Students think systematically about what they want to accomplish. At ESF, the Department of Environmental Studies is a well-defined, interdisciplinary academic unit with its own faculty members who are experts in their respective fields. This provides an important advantage over the more loosely defined programs found at many other colleges. The department is enhanced also by ESF's diverse expertise in related environmental fields in the natural sciences and engineering, and by the focus and mission of the entire college. There are few places with so many environmentally focused experts in one place, said Dr. Susan Senecah, professor in the environmental studies program. Students in the environmental studies graduate programs also will benefit from ESF's relationship with neighboring Syracuse University (SU). Students can take supplemental courses from SU in closely related social science areas, including energy and climate policy, environmental history, environmental and/or ecological economics, anthropology, religion, human ecology, management methods* *for public agencies and non-profits, and environmental law. In addition, environmental studies graduate students at ESF may work toward concurrent degrees at SU's Newhouse School of Public Communications, or the Maxwell School of Citizenship Public Affairs. ESF's environmental studies programs identify several core areas. These include: sustainability, policy, governance, conflict resolution, advocacy, ethics, and perception and behavior. For further information about the environmental studies graduate programs, visit http://www.esf.edu/es/graduate.htm.http://www.esf.edu/es/graduate.htm http://www.esf.edu/es/graduate.htm -- David A. SONNENFELD, Ph.D. Professor and Chair Dept. of Environmental Studies 107 Marshall Hall State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) 1 Forestry Drive Syracuse, NY 13210–2787 USA tel. +1.315.470.4931/ 6636 fax +1.315.470.6915 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] homepage: http://www.esf.edu/es/
Call for Submissions: ISA Environmental Studies Section Newsletter
We welcome all news related to environmental studies. Newsletters are available through email to members of the ISA's Environmental Studies Section, and are also posted at: http://environmental-studies.org/ Thanks, Richard Matthew Bryan McDonald Editors, ESS Newsletter -- Call for Submissions for Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association Newsletter We are currently soliciting information for the next edition (Winter 2008) of the ESS newsletter. We welcome submissions about section news, publications, websites, job and funding opportunities, announcements and upcoming conferences and meetings. Please send your items by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by Friday, January 25, 2008. Bryan McDonald Center for Unconventional Security Affairs University of California, Irvine Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.cusa.uci.edu
Fwd: Did Hillary cry her way to victory? See the animation!
Dear all- Now I realize this does follow on the thread, which, it was noted by one of our Canadian colleagues, is probably of no or less interest to those not voting in US elections, but I pass it on because I think it is interesting more broadly to see how crying by politicians is perceived. So apologies to all who are not interested in this...but I may add that the Fiore website where this short video is to be found, is also (usually, but not always) a good repository of political humor. cheers, Syma Note: forwarded message attached. (*(*(* Syma A. Ebbin, PhD. ---BeginMessage--- Go here for this week's animation, America's Guide to Crying, introducing Weepy! http://www.markfiore.com/ You'll laugh, you'll cry . . . -Mark To Unsubscribe, please click here : http://www.markfiore.com/email/box.php?funcml=unsub2nl=1mi=10email=saebbin%40sbcglobal.net---End Message---
Re: frameworks for social-ecological studies?
Michael - Since you already mention resilience - I definitely would point you to the work of the Resilience Alliance and the countless cases and studies and more conceptual/theoretical writings of allied researchers that are published in the RA's scientific outlet called /Ecology and Society/ - which is an open access, online journal. Easy to find, if you haven't already. You may want to be aware that in the resilience and global change literatures there are fine differences (and grand debates) over whether to call these systems socio-ecological, social-ecological, or coupled human-natural systems, or any other such flavor. Search under each keyword and you will uncover a wider range of relevant literature, and a discussion of the differences. Best, Susi Kathy McAfee wrote: Michael, The framework for understanding human-environment relations and challenges that I find most useful is political ecology, especially work by geographers. There are many classics in that field, starting with Piers Blaikie 1985/ The Political Economy of Soil Erosion/ Methuen Some more recent synthesis include: Roderick P. Neumann 2005/ Making Political Ecology/ Oxford Univ P Hodder Arnold Paul Robbins 2004/ Political Ecology: A Critical Introduction/ Wiley-Blackwell Tim Forsyth 2003/ Critical Political Ecology: The Politics of Environmental Scienc/e Routledge Karl Zimmerer and Thomas Bassett 2003/ Political Ecology/ Guilford Raymond Bryant and Sinead Bailey 1997/ Third World Political Ecology/ Routledge There are also several recent edited collections that may contain gems you could use for yourself it not your students. A 2008 issue of/ Geoforum/ in assesses the field via a focus on the legacy of Piers Blaikie. Also germane to your question: Noel Castree/ Nature/ Routledge 2005 Kathy McAfee Hi everyone, I'm currently teaching a course on People and the Environment, and I'm trying to find a few different analytical frameworks for studying human-environment interactions for this class and for a paper that I'm finishing up. I am currently using the IAD Framework and theories of resilience to study these interactions. Ultimately, I'm looking for ways of thinking about social systems that will resonate with people struggling with challenges in conservation. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Mike Michael L. Schoon Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis School of Public and Environmental Affairs Indiana University 513 N Park St. Bloomington, IN 47408 (w): (812) 856-2693 (m): (812) 360-9681 Skype: mlschoon1 -- Kathleen McAfee Department of International Relations San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94321 Spring 2007 office hours: Mon. 3:30-5:30 in HSS 381 /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- Susanne C. Moser, Ph.D. Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (ISSE) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 303.921.6539 Url: http://www.isse.ucar.edu/moser/ *** NOTE: I am on leave from NCAR from August 2007 through July 2008 at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. You can continue to reach me via this email and phone number. ***
Posting to Gep-ed
Dear Colleagues, When posting to gep-ed, please keep in mind the focus of this list (on global governance, international environmental issues, and teaching and research challenges associated with both), and its global membership (perhaps 30% or more of the 300+ listmembers lie outside the United States). We're an eclectic group, with wide-ranging interests, so it's understandable that useful postings will sometimes stray from the stated aims and goals of the list. Not every posting, moreover, will be of interest to every member. Our collective stewardship over the years of the list's enviable signal-to-noise ratio (that is, most of what goes out on the list is useful and on-point, without a lot of side chatter or fluff) is what makes gep-ed so valuable to so many of us. I think it's time, then, to bring the postings on Clinton and crying to a close. Several other listserves are actively covering this issue. I'd be pleased to point folks to those lists if they wish to email me privately. Yours, Mike Maniates ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Michael Maniates Professor of Political Science Environmental Science Allegheny College, Box E, Meadville, PA 16335 USA o: 814-332-2786 f: 814-332-2789 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://webpub.allegheny.edu/employee/m/mmaniate/es/maniates.htm My new project, slowly evolving: http://www.beyondeasy.org/BeyondEasy Still going strong: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=514NJX2Z0Pisbn=0262661284Confronting Consumption, MIT Press One scary cover: http://www.rowmanlittlefield.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Searchdb=^DB/CATALOG.dbeqSKUdata=0847695417thepassedurl=[thepassedurl]Encountering Global Environmental Politics, Rowman Littlefield Forthcoming: Selling Us Short: Large, Difficult, and Rewarding Ways to Save the Planet ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ At 12:17 PM 1/11/2008, you wrote: Dear all- Now I realize this does follow on the thread, which, it was noted by one of our Canadian colleagues, is probably of no or less interest to those not voting in US elections, but I pass it on because I think it is interesting more broadly to see how crying by politicians is perceived. So apologies to all who are not interested in this...but I may add that the Fiore website where this short video is to be found, is also (usually, but not always) a good repository of political humor. cheers, Syma Note: forwarded message attached. (*(*(* Syma A. Ebbin, PhD. X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] via 68.142.201.110; Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:05:20 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [204.10.66.215] Authentication-Results: mta164.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com from=markfiore.com; domainkeys=neutral (no sig) Received: from 207.115.20.59 (EHLO flpi090.prodigy.net) (207.115.20.59) by mta164.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:05:20 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [204.10.66.215] Received: from osf.hostasaurus.com (osf.hostasaurus.com [204.10.66.215]) by flpi090.prodigy.net (8.13.8 inb regex/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0B25HNg001585 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:05:18 -0800 Received: (qmail 9891 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2008 21:05:18 -0500 Received: from osf.hostasaurus.com (HELO ?204.10.66.215?) (204.10.66.215) by osf.hostasaurus.com with SMTP; 10 Jan 2008 21:05:18 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@flpi090.prodigy.net From: Mark Fiore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Did Hillary cry her way to victory? See the animation! Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:02:14 -0500 X-LibVersion: 3.3.1_4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_=_swift-192232947847866bb73fd1f0.86831316_=_ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced by SwiftMailer 3.3.1_4 X-mid: c2FlYmJpbkBzYmNnbG9iYWwubmV0ICwgbTEw X-Mailer: AC Mailer Content-Length: 613
