Archive for March, 2007

Environmental Studies Section Business Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Chicago Hilton
Friday, March 2, 2007

1. The meeting was called to order at 12:30 PM

2. Elections were held, with nominees and results as noted

Chair (2 year term)
Beth DeSombre-elected

Executive Committee (6 members, rolling 2 year terms, continuing members:
Liliana Andanova,
Henrik Selin, Stacy VanDeveer)
Karin Bäckstrand-elected
Pamela Chasek-elected
Maria Ivanova-elected
Michele Zebich-Knos

Nominations Committee (4 members, rolling 2 year terms; continuing members:
Michelle Betsill, Ken Conca)
Ronnie Lipschutz-elected
Jacob Park
Dimitris Stevis-elected
Fengshi Wu

Panel suggestions for ISA 2008

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

I have created a page to suggest panels and papers for next year’s ISA Convention. You can simply add and edit suggestions yourself. See: http://nanotechregulation.org/microwiki/wiki.php?page=Home+Page

2nd ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SUMMIT at Syracuse; June 7-10, 2007

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

*** This is not an Environmental Studies Section Event (in fact, one goal of the summit is the establishment of a new environmental studies professional organization), nevertheless it should be of interest to the community ***

A gathering of faculty and future faculty in Environmental Studies to discuss the direction of our field and other professional concerns.

You can REGISTER ONLINE or by mail at http://enspire.syr.edu/Summit/registration.htm

Preparing Ph.D. Graduates for Climate-Change Careers

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

DISCCRS, Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research, brings together graduates across the entire spectrum of natural- and social-science fields relevant to climate change/impacts. TheDISCCRS III Symposium is scheduled for Sept. 8-15, 2007 ( Hawai’i Island). Application deadline is April 2, 2007. More information: http://www.disccrs.org/