2014-15 Sustainability Leadership Fellows named at Colorado State University
The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) at Colorado State University has announced the selection of 20 early career academics as Sustainability Leadership Fellows for the 2014-15 academic year. The School’s prestigious Sustainability Leadership Fellows program cultivates future innovators and thought leaders capable of effectively communicating with peers, the public and media, and as future leaders on issues of sustainability.
“We’re excited to see these new Fellows representing areas that are key to building collective understanding and new solutions for the many issues in sustainability,” said Diana Wall, director of SoGES. “We had an overwhelming number of candidates apply, making it the most competitive year yet.”
SoGES recognizes that CSU’s academic researchers are a primary informational resource for the complex decisions that will determine our environmental future. Early career academics often overlook communication and leadership skills as they build their professional careers.
Over the course of one year, Fellows receive state-of-the-art training in environmental communication and developing solutions to address the complex global issues that span multiple disciplines. They also work on strategies for engaging with businesses, nonprofits, academia, and government, as well as techniques for collaboration and transdisciplinary synthesis.
For more information about SoGES at Colorado State University, visit http://sustainability.colostate.edu/
The 2014-2015 Global Sustainability Leadership Fellows at CSU are:
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
Wahid Awad, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor Patrick Byrne, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Grace Miner, Ph.D. Student with co-advisors Bill Bauerle and Jay Ham, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Andrea Clements, Postdoctoral Fellow with mentor Jeffrey L. Collett Jr., Department of Atmospheric Science
Timothy Hansen, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor H. J. Siegel, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hannakaisa Lindqvist, Postdoctoral Fellow with mentor Christopher O’Dell, Department of Atmospheric Science
Joel Sholtes, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor Brian Bledsoe, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Jonathan Care, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor Elissa Braunstein, Department of Economics
Ch’aska Huayhuaca-Frye, Ph.D. Student with advisor Kathleen Galvin, Department of Anthropology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Megan Ruxton, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor Kyle Saunders, Department of Political Science
Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor Lori Peek, Department of Sociology
COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES
Brian Gill, Ph.D. Candidate with co-advisors W. Chris Funk and Boris Kondratieff, Department of Biology and Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
David Martin, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor N. LeRoy Poff, Department of Biology
Kevin Wilcox, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor Alan Knapp, Department of Biology
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Anna Fagre, Ph.D. Student with advisor Sue VandeWoude, Professional Veterinary Medicine Program
WARNER COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Eleanor Campbell, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor Keith Paustian, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Travis Gallo, Ph.D. Student with advisor Liba Pejchar, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Ashley Gramza, Ph.D. Candidate with major advisor Kevin Crooks and co-advisor Tara Teel, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Joseph Northrup, Ph.D. Candidate with advisor George Wittemyer, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Jason Sircely, Postdoctoral Fellow with mentor Richard Conant, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Tungalag Ulambayar , Ph.D. Candidate with advisor Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
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