Columbia University Dept' of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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Columbia UniversityDept. of Earth and
Environmental Sciences

• Graduate Student Demographic Information
  2006-2007
• (and some comments on our programs)

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Gender
Masters Programs Climate and Society Earth and
Environmental Science Journalism
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Nationality
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Race
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Field of Research
Boldface indicates fields relevant to CICAR
(74/104 students)
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DEES Undergraduates

• 21 undergraduate majors and concentrators
• 3 Earth Science, 18 Environmental Science
• 12 men and 9 women
• 1 Black, 1 Hispanic, 3 Asian, 16 White

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Climate and Society MAClass of 2006
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some alumni
Asefaw Getachew Malaria Control Department Health
Bureau Ethiopia
Kuena Morebotsane Lesotho Met. Service
Diriba Korecha Dadi Meteorologist, Early Warning
Forecast Team Leader Ethiopia
Kareff Rafisura Philipines Climate Risk
Management Asian Disaster Preparedness
Center Bangkok
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CS students research has resulted in a number
of products that benefit society

• A better prediction scheme for Ethiopian
  rainfall
• Integration of climate information into malaria
  control efforts in Ethiopia
• Better understanding of climate influences on
  locusts in the Sahel
• A curriculum on Climate and Society for secondary
  schools
• Improved agricultural data sets for south India
• Climate-based reservoir analysis for New York
  City
• Information on the impact of climate on water
  scarcity and malaria
• Analysis of risk in the Deduru Oya basin of Sri
  Lanka
• A hurricane vulnerability index useful for
  hurricane risk management and development in the
  Caribbean and Latin America.

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Climate and Society Alumni

• International Work
• Malaria Control Department
• Health Bureau
• Ethiopia
• Climate Risk Management
• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
• Thailand
• Meteorologist/Early Warning Forecast Team Leader
• Ethiopia
• Second National Communication on Climate Change,
• Lesotho Meteorological Department
• Lesotho

• Academic Routes
• Energy and Resources Group M.A.
• University of California at Berkeley
• PhD, Climate Applications
• University of Miami-Rosenstiel School of Marine
  and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS
• PhD, Geography
• Rutgers University
• PhD, Geography, Concentration in Public Health
• Michigan State University

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Climate and Society Alumni

• International Environmental Consultant
• Lower East Side Ecology Center
• New York, NY
• Water/Natural Resources Division Staff
• Los Angeles Environmental Affairs Department
• Los Angeles, California
• Communications Associate
• Pew Center on Global Change
• Washington, D.C.
• Corporate Partnerships Program
• Environmental Defense
• Washington, D.C.
• Researcher, The Climate Group
• New York, NY

• Vulnerability and Adaptation Intern
• World Resources Institute
• Washington, D.C.
• Program Assistant
• ICCEI-Local Governments for Sustainability
• Oak Harbor, WA
• Photovoltaic Installer
• HelioPower
• Fallbrook, CA
• Climate Change and Energy Projects Coordinator
• British Embassy
• Washington, D.C.
• Middle School Math and Science Teacher
• New York, NY

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Columbia Universitysprogram in Earth
Environmental Science Journalism

• Kim Kastens
• (kastens_at_ldeo.columbia.edu)
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
• of Columbia University

Earth Environmental Science Journalism
program http//www.ldeo.columbia.edu/eesj/ Diver
sity in Environmental Journalism
program http//www.ldeo.columbia.edu/edu/eesj/sej
web/
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Columbia EESJ Masters Program

• Goal
• . to train journalists who have both the
  scientific background and the communications
  skills to inform the public about discoveries,
  processes, insights, and controversies about the
  Earth and environment, in a manner that is
  simultaneously interesting and accurate.

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Columbia EESJ Masters Program

• Where do the graduates work?
• Science-oriented publications
• Scientific American, Geotimes, Discover
• Environment-oriented publications
• On Earth, Audubon
• Mainstream Media
• Houston Chronicle, New York Times, Wall Street
  Journal, Albuquerque Journal, Albany
  Times-Union
• freelance
• out of journalism
• environmental consulting

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EESJ GeoDiversity Project

• Collaboration between Columbia/EESJ and
• Society of Environmental Journalists
• National Association of Black Journalists
• Native American Journalists Association
• National Hispanic Journalists Association

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EESJ GeoDiversity Project

• Fellowships for minority journalists to attend
  SEJ meetings
• Co-organized sessions and field trips on
  environmental topics at NABJ, NAJA, and NAHJ
  meetings
• Environmental category in journalism awards
  programs of minority journalism organizations

Brenda Box of WTOP-AM radio, Washington DC, ran a
conference mini-tour on the Bayou Savage National
Wildlife Refuge at the 2003 SEJ New Orleans
conference.