Graduate program
If you are a graduate student working with me, here is what you can expect.
You will integrate practical work with youth and educators in community settings with your research. Your work can be in urban or rural US or international communities.
You will be part of a diverse group of students who share a passion for exploring questions related to science and sustainability education, environment, community, culture, civic participation, and democracy in the US and internationally.
I will help you to define your research questions and approaches, establish collaborations with community and non-governmental organizations integral to carrying out your work, communicate your ideas and findings, and seek funding. I will expect you to think critically and logically, write well, give professional presentations, publish your work, and participate in a community of graduate and upper level undergraduate research students supporting and learning from each other. You will seek out faculty in the Education, Communication, and related departments at Cornell for course work and advice related to your research.
Current Graduate and Undergraduate Research Students, and Humphrey Fellows (spring 2006)
Olivia Aguilar (PhD)
(conducting research in south Texas).
Situated learning and communities of practice in environmental
and science education for Hispanic youth
Laura Galen D'Amato (senior undergraduate)
Significance of
wilderness adventure programs as environmental education.
Flavien Glidja (Humphrey Fellow)
Water resources and
environmental education in Benin
Ragy Ibrahim (MPS)
Environmental policy and
wildlife in Egypt
Alexey Kostesha (MS)
Public access to
environmental information in Russia and the US
Alexey Kudryavtsev (MS)
Role of computer-mediated
communications in professional development and program
implementation in community-based educational settings
Kendra Liddicoat (PhD)
Assessing the learning
outcomes of residential outdoor environmental education programs
Tony Marks-Block (undergrad)
Youth social and
environmental justice programs
Tania Schusler (PhD)
Educator practice integrating
civic engagement, science education, and youth
development through environmental action
Jennifer Shirk (PhD)
Citizen Science: Scientist
motivations and practice
Jamila Simon (MS)
Role of local and exotic contexts in motivating
minority students to learn science
Keith Tidball (PhD)
Urban greening and environmental security