Statement of Purpose Writing Workshop - Nov 29, 2018

CSEAS is hosting a Statement of Purpose writing workshop on Thursday at 3:30 in Founders 293. While some of the focus will be on those applying for the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, this should be helpful for any student considering graduate school, applying for fellowships, etc.  

Graduate and PhD Student Fellowships - University of Delaware

We are pleased to invite applications for graduate student fellowship in wind energy and the storage of intermittent renewables at the University of Delaware. Delaware houses a leading wind power research program with emphasis on the burgeoning offshore market. Twelve-month stipends are approximately $28,000 for Ph.D. students and slightly less for Master’s students.

We are particularly interested in fellows whose research interests are in one of the following topics:

1. environmental risk assessment
2. geological and geotechnical aspects of wind projects
3. grid integration
4. marine logistics, including deployment and installation
5. remote sensing for offshore wind power site characterization
6. socio-economic and cultural dimensions of wind power
7. spatial planning
8. wind meteorology, resource assessment and wind turbine wakes

Fellows will be advised by a faculty member whose principal appointment is in Marine Policy (MP), Physical Ocean Science and Engineering (POSE), Oceanography, Geography or Geological Sciences, depending on interest and research interest match.

Each fellow is required to be admitted to the master’s or PhD program in MP, POSE, Geological Sciences, Geography or Climatology (PhD only).   You must apply and be accepted as a graduate student to be eligible for the fellowship.

Interested prospective graduate students should visit here and see the attached which provides additional details.  If you intend to apply for the fellowship, you should notify, Sharon Weigner, swiegner@udel.edu, and Jeremy Firestone, jf@udel.edu.

PhD and MS Degrees at University of Delaware - Department of Geography

The Geospatial Data Science Cluster at the University of Delaware’s Department of Geography

(https://www.ceoe.udel.edu/schools-departments/department-of-geography) invites

applications for PhD and MS positions. The department offers PhD and MS degrees in

Geography, a PhD degree in Climatology, and a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information

Science. Students can also pursue the university’s MS degree in Data Science through the

Geospatial Data Science Cluster.

We have a growing faculty in Geospatial Data Science specialized in GIScience, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics and Modeling, with applications in Land Change Science, Human Dimensions of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Climatology. The department also has strength in regional and large-scale climate modeling, weather forecasting, atmospheric observation, ecohydrology, political ecology, and critical geography.

Geospatial Data Science Cluster Faculty:

Tracy DeLiberty (tracyd@udel.edu)

geographic information systems, remote sensing, climatology

https://www.ceoe.udel.edu/our-people/profiles/tracyd

Pinki Mondal (mondalp@udel.edu)

remote sensing, GIS, environmental geography, land cover and land use change, agriculture,

food security, climate impact

http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/our-people/profiles/mondalp

Jing Gao (jinggao@udel.edu)

geospatial data science, machine learning, human dimensions of climate change, urban land

change, spatial population, uncertainty analysis and modeling

http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/our-people/profiles/jinggao

We look for self-motivated creative thinkers, with excellent written and verbal communication

skills, and ability to work in interdisciplinary environments. Ideal candidates have strong

backgrounds/interests in quantitative methods (e.g., spatial analysis and modeling, statistics),

programming (e.g., Python, R), database management, and geo-computation. Prior research

experience in geography and environmental science is a plus.

Competitive funding packages will be offered. Applications are accepted by January 5, 2019for Fall 2019 enrollment athttps://grad.udel.edu/apply, but interested applicants are encouraged to contact faculty of mutual interests in advance. Women, underrepresented minorities, and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. International students are welcome. General questions may be directed to our Graduate Director Dr. April Veness (veness@udel.edu).

GEOG 490/690: Community Geography

Community Geography (GEOG 490/690) is our service learning course where students will work with the instructor in the development and execution of an applied research project in service to a local community agency. This spring, the research project will be for the DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation and will incorporate perception, place making, and place utilization in the campus area in support of planning for the recently approved Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability. 

This course also contributes to the undergraduate GIS and Graduate GIA Certificate programs, and pre-requites can be waived with instructor approval. 

Please contact Dr. Autumn James (ajames11@niuedu) with any questions or for further information.

Graduate Research Opportunities

Our research group, led by Dr. Peleg Kremer and Dr. Kabindra Shakya at the department of Geography & the Environment at Villanova University, is recruiting graduate students at the Masters level interested in studying fine scale spatial patterns in urban air pollution and the relationship between urban structure and ecosystem services. 

Our project, briefly outlined here, is supported by the NSF GSS program. Accepted students will pursue an MS degree in Environmental Science and design thesis projects aligned with project parameters. Full funding and travel allowances are available. Additional competitive funding opportunities exist within the department. Background in environmental science and/or GIS and remote sensing are highly desirable. 

Interested students should review the website of the graduate program in Environmental Science for program and application information as well as Dr. Kremer and Dr. Shakya’s webpages.

Informal inquiries can be directed to Dr. Kremer at peleg.kremer@villanova.edu and Dr. Shakya at kabindra.shakya@villanova.edu  

Master's Level Internship Opportunity in France

Two master's internships will be offered in France on the interactions
between pastoralism and the reintroduction of the brown bear in the

Pyrenees. 

Ideal candidates would be master students on Environmental

Anthropology and Ecology. These internships will be in partnership with the
association Dissonances and the Laboratoire GEODE (Toulouse). Candidates
should send their CV and motivation letters by Dec, 20th 2018 to
ruppert.vimal@univ-tlse2.fr and lluis.ferrer@mail.mcgill.ca

Madagascar Study Abroad - June 7-July 7 2019

Topics include (1) goals and methods of studying primates in the wild, (2) Madagascar's evolutionary history and recent extinctions, including lab work at the University of Antananarivo and (3) current conservation threats. The course is largely experiential, with an independent project (on either extant fauna or recently extinct lemurs) dominating the students' time in the field. Whereas our main focus is primates (specifically lemurs, extinct and extant), students interested in studying other elements of the ecosystem are welcome.

Resource Conservationalist Job Opening - Sycamore, IL

**Applications due by December 5, 2018**

ILAS 440: How to Find a Job

Webinar: Changing the World 101 on November 27

Bard MBA in Sustainability and Bard Center for Environmental Policy present

Changing the World 101

Impact Careers in Business, Government, and NGO's

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 / 7-8 PM EST

Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director of Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College  will outline career strategies in the mission-driven space for both soon-to-be and recent college graduates, and for professionals looking to make a move. Goodstein will offer guidance with career direction in social and environmental sustainability, explore opportunities to gain skills, provide  participants with a concrete job-search strategy, and also field questions in a live, interactive webinar.

Register here for log-in information.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail ebangood@bard.edu.

Population Geography Course

Congressional Internship

Note that the deadline is Nov. 9

[Summer Research/Internship Opportunity] Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program -- University of Michigan

Doris Duke Conservation ScholarsProgram (DDCSP UM). DDCSP UM is a two-year research and internship opportunity for bright, curious undergraduate students interested in conservation, nature, and the environment. The program is aimed at bringing more undergraduates currently underrepresented in the environmental field into the conservation arena. 

The DDCSP UM offers unique learning and development opportunities for a diverse group of undergraduate students. It also provides generous funding and alumni support to better equip our scholars to build successful careers in the conservation and environmental fields. Our team led by Dr. Dorceta E. Taylor, James E. Crowfoot Collegiate Professor of Environmental Justice and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), is very excited to welcome our fourth cohort of scholars next summer 2019. 

Please note that applications open November 12th, 2018 and the deadline is on February 1st, 2019 with a priority deadline of January 11th. Please see attached flyer for more information. For graduate students interested in an environmental summer program, kindly refer them to this link. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at (734) 936-0900.