DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM: Professor Jamieson

DIRECTOR OF SCIENCE: Professor Volk

The Program in Environmental Studies aims to provide students with the breadth of understanding and skills necessary for resolving environmental questions and creating a sustainable future on scales ranging from local to global. It does so through integrated, problem-oriented study and a broad range of courses across disciplines and schools. The program draws upon NYU’s strong faculty base in the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS), such as in the departments of biology and philosophy, the Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science (CAOS, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences/FAS), the Center on Environmental and Land Use Law (School of Law), the M.A. Program in Bioethics: Life, Health, and Environment (GSAS), and the Environmental Conservation Education program (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development), as well as in the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the Stern School of Business, the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, and the School of Medicine, reflecting the wide-ranging expertise and concerns of the program.

The program offers opportunities to develop interests in a number of areas, including environmental science; environmental values, policy, and law; earth system science; public health; urban environmental problems; climate change; energy systems; environmental monitoring; environmental justice; and our complex relations with both domesticated and wild nature.

Faculty

Professor:
Jamieson, Volk

Assistant Professors:
Jerolmack, Rademacher

Associated Faculty:
Appuhn (History), Molotch (Sociology, Social and Cultural Analysis), Radner (Economics; Information, Operations, and Management Sciences—Stern), Rampino (Biology), Ruddick (Philosophy, Bioethics), Stewart (Law), Zimmerman (Wagner)

Affiliated Faculty:
Chaudhuri (English; Drama—Tisch), Fagin (Journalism), Hoffert (Physics Emeritus), Holland (CAOS; Math), Jeremijenko (Art and Art Professions—Steinhardt), Leou (Teaching and Learning—Steinhardt), Pauluis (CAOS; Math), Rugg (Chemistry), Smith (CAOS; Math), Smoke (Wagner), Thurston (Medicine; Public Health), Wyman (Law), Zwanziger (Physics)