Columbia Local weather Faculty Provides 4 New College Members
The Columbia Local weather Faculty has added 4 new college members, mentioned the varsity’s interim dean, Jeffrey Shaman. The appointees work in areas together with environmental justice, city design, conservation biology, and the historical past of local weather science.
Leah Aronowsky, a historian of science and environmental historical past, has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Local weather, efficient Jan. 1, 2024. Aronowsky’s printed analysis to this point has centered on the historical past of local weather science, the historical past of local weather denialism, and the historical past of local weather coverage inaction. Most lately, she was a postdoctoral fellow within the Columbia Society of Fellows within the Humanities. Earlier than becoming a member of Columbia, she was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Humanities on the College of Illinois. She obtained a B.A. (with excessive honors) from Wesleyan College and a Ph.D. within the historical past of science from Harvard College.
Leah Aronowsky
Sheila Foster, Professor of Legislation and Public Coverage at Georgetown College, has been appointed as Visiting Professor of Local weather for the 2023-24 tutorial yr. Foster is a number one scholar of environmental and local weather justice. Her analysis spans a broad vary of matters, together with progressive useful resource governance regimes, land use coverage, and the function of subnational governments and native leaders in addressing cross-border challenges similar to climate change. She obtained her undergraduate diploma in English (with honors) from the College of Michigan and her legislation diploma from the College of California, Berkeley.
Sheila Foster
Jenna Lawrence has been appointed as Lecturer within the Self-discipline of Local weather, efficient Sept. 1, 2023. Lawrence is a behavioral ecologist and conservation biologist. Since acquiring her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Columbia College, she has taught numerous programs on conservation biology and environmental sustainability at Columbia and different establishments throughout the New York Metropolis space, together with New York College, Metropolis Faculty of New York, Hunter Faculty and the American Museum of Pure Historical past.
Jenna Lawrence
Kate Orff, Professor of Structure, Planning and Preservation, with tenure, has been collectively appointed as Professor of Local weather, with tenure, efficient July 1, 2023. Orff will retain her present appointment at Columbia’s Graduate Faculty of Structure, Planning and Preservation, the place she can be director of the City Design Program. She is a extremely revered practitioner of city design and panorama structure in addition to an influential scholar with a concentrate on resilience and adaptation within the constructed atmosphere. Her analysis and design apply facilities on cities, nature-based infrastructure and group engagement.
Kate Orff
