Graduate Programs in Environmental Sociology and Environmental Studies
We have compiled a list of graduate programs in environmental sociology and environmental studies. If your college or university offers an environmental sociology or environmental studies concentration at the graduate level, please send information on your program to the section's Teaching and Training Committee Chair, Sherry Cable, at scable(at)utk.edu**, so that we can include your program in the lists below.
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Environmental Sociology Programs
The following universities offer concentrations in environmental sociology at the graduate level (M.A. and/or Ph.D.). Environmental Studies programs are listed immediately following.
Brown University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: Ph.D. (Students earn an M.A. as they work toward their Ph.D.)
Contact person: Phil Brown, phil_brown(at)brown.edu
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Sociology/California State University - Sacramento
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Judson R. Landis, lindan(at)csus.edu
http://www.csus.edu/soc/Clemson University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.S.
Contact person: Douglas K. Sturkie, camoble(at)clemson.edu
http://business.clemson.edu/socio/index.htmColorado State University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Michael Carolan, mcarolan(at)lamar.colostate.edu
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Sociology/Cornell University
Department of Development Sociology
Degrees offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: Max J. Pfeffer, mjp5(at)cornell.edu
http://devsoc.cals.cornell.edu Back to topDuquesne University
Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Joseph D. Yenerall, socialpolicy(at)duq.edu
http://www.policycenter.duq.eduEast Carolina University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Don Bradley, bradleyd(at)ecu.edu
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/soci/Florida International University
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Laura Ogden, ogdenl(at)fiu.edu
http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/socant/Humboldt State University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Sheila Steinberg, sheila.steinberg(at)humboldt.edu
http://www.humboldt.edu/~soc/Idaho State University
Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Ann Hunter, soccj(at)isu.edu
http://www.isu.edu/sociolog Back to topMichigan State University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Linda Kalof, lkalof(at)msu.edu
http://www.soc.msu.edu/
http://environment.msu.eduNew Mexico State University
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Brenda Benefit, bbenefit(at)nmsu.edu
http://www.nmsu.edu/~anthro/sociology.htmlNorth Carolina State University
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Brett Clark, brett_clark(at)ncsu.edu
http://sociology.chass.ncsu.edu/index.phpNorth Dakota State University
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Emergency Management
Degrees offered: M.S. in Sociology; M.S. and Ph.D. in Natural Resource Management and Env. & Conservation Sci.
Contact person: Chris Biga, chris.biga(at)ndsu.edu
http://www.ndsu.edu/saem/Northeastern University
Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative
Degrees offered: Ph.D. (Students earn an M.A. as they work toward their Ph.D.)
Contact person: Daniel Faber, d.faber(at)neu.edu
http://www.socant.neu.edu/graduate/ Back to topNorthern Arizona University
Department of Sociology and Social Work
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Kooros Mahmoudi, kooros.mahmoudi(at)nau.edu
http://home.nau.edu/sociologyOklahoma State University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: Thomas E. Shriver, barbie.teel(at)okstate.edu
http://sociology.okstate.edu/Oregon State University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.P.P., MAIS
Contact person: Rebecca L. Warner, sociology(at)oregonstate.edu
http://oregonstate.edu/cla/sociology/Sam Houston State University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Alessandro Bonanno, soc_aab(at)shsu.edu
http://www.shsu.edu/sociologySimon Fraser University
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Jane Pulkingham, kwhiteb(at)sfu.ca
http://www.sfu.ca/sociology/ Back to topTexas State University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., M.S.
Contact person: Chad Smith, clsmith(at)txstate.edu
http://www.soci.txstate.edu/University of Alberta
Department of Rural Economy
Degrees offered: M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Rural and Resource Sociology with emphasis on environment
Contact person: Debra Davidson, debra.davidson(at)ualberta.ca
http://www.re.ualberta.ca/University of British Columbia
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Neil Guppy,
http://www.soci.ubc.caUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: Ph.D.
Contact person: Ben Crow, bencrow(at)ucsc.edu
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/University of Central Florida
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Penelope Canan, pcanan(at)mail.ucf.edu
http://sociology.cos.ucf.edu Back to topUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: Ph.D.
Contact person: Lori Hunter, Lori.Hunter(at)colorado.edu
http://socsci.colorado.edu/SOCUniversity of Essex
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Rob Stones, sociology(at)essex.ac.uk
http://www.essex.ac.uk/sociology/University of Florida
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Brian Mayer, bmayer(at)soc.ufl.edu
http://www.soc.ufl.edu/University of Kent at Canterbury
School of Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research
Degrees offered: MSc (taught); MA, MPhil, PhD (by research)
Contact person: Chris Rootes, c.a.rootes(at)kent.ac.uk
http://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/postgraduate/taught/envsocsci.html
http://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/postgraduate/research/index.htmlUniversity of Montana
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Daniel P. Doyle, dan.doyle(at)umontana.edu
http://www.umt.edu/sociology Back to topUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: J. Allen Williams, Jr., jwilliams2(at)unl.edu
http://soc.unl.edu/University of New Orleans
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: H. David Allen, hallen(at)uno.edu
http://www.soci.uno.eduUniversity of North Carolina - Greensboro
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Julie V. Brown, jvbrown(at)uncg.edu
http://www.uncg.edu/soc/University of Oregon
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: Ph.D.
Contact person: Richard York, rfyork(at)darkwing.uoregon.edu
http://sociology.uoregon.edu/index.phpUniversity of Saskatchewan
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Harley Dickinson, sociology(at)usask.ca
http://www.arts.usask.ca/sociology/ Back to topUniversity of South Alabama
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: J. Steven Picou, spicou(at)usouthal.edu
http://www.southalabama.edu/syanswUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Scott Frey, rfrey2(at)utk.edu
http://web.utk.edu/~utsocdep/University of West Georgia
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: David Jenks, djenks(at)westga.edu
http://www.westga.edu/~soccrimUniversity of Wisconsin at Madison
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: Michael Bell, michaelbell(at)wisc.edu
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc/index.htmlUtah State University
Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology
Degrees offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: John Allen, john.allen(at)usu.edu
http://www.usu.edu/sswa/ Back to topWashington State University
Department of Sociology
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Gene Rosa, rosa(at)wsu.edu
http://libarts.wsu.edu/soc/
Environmental Studies Programs
The following universities offer concentrations in environmental policy, environmental science, or environmental studies at the graduate level (M.A. and/or Ph.D.). A more comprehensive list of environmental studies programs is available at the GradSchools.com website: http://www.gradschools.com/programs/environmental_studies.html.
Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Degrees offered: Ph.D. in Environmental Social Science (M.A. in passing)
Contact person: Bob Bolin, bob.bolin(at)asu.edu
http://shesc.asu.edu/node/317City University of New York
Graduate Center
Degrees offered: Ph.D.
Contact person: Kenneth Gould, kgould(at)brooklyn.cuny.edu
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/ees/home.htmlEast Carolina University
Institute for Interdisciplinary Coastal Science
Degrees offered: Ph.D. in Coastal Resource Management
Contact person: Lauriston King, kingl(at)ecu.edu
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/crm/index.cfmMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Degrees offered: MCP, M.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: Xenia Kumph, epprequest(at)mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/dusp/epp/Michigan State University
Envrionmental Science and Policy Program
Degrees offered: M.A., Ph.D.
Contact person: Joe Arvai, arvai@msu.edu
http://environment.msu.edu/ Back to topPenn State - Harrisburg
Community Psychology and Social Change Program
Degrees offered: M.A.
Contact person: Holly Angelique, hxa11(at)psu.edu
http://www.hbg.psu.edu/hbg/programs/gradprog/cpsc.htmlRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Science and Technology Studies Department
Degrees offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: David Hess, hessd(at)rpi.edu
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/sts/SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Department of Environmental Studies
Degrees offered: M.S., M.P.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: David Sonnenfeld, dsonn(at)esf.edu
http://www.esf.edu/es/graduate.htmTufts University
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
Degrees offered: M.A., M.P.P.
Contact person: Julian Agyeman, julian.agyeman(at)tufts.edu
http://ase.tufts.edu/uep/University of Colorado at Boulder
Environmental Studies, with Environmental Social Science Track
Degrees offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: Lori Hunter, lori.hunter(at)colorado.edu
http://envs.colorado.edu/about/ Back to topUniversity of Idaho
Environmental Science, Social Science Option
Degrees offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: Chris Dixon, cdixon(at)uidaho.edu
http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/envs/University of Pennsylvania
College of Liberal and Professional Studies
Degrees offered: Master of Environmental Studies
Contact person: Dan Moscovici, dmoscovici(at)gmail.com
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/graduate/mesVirginia Tech - National Capital Region
Science and Technology Studies
Degrees offered: M.S., Ph.D.
Contact person: Barbara Allen, ballen(at)vt.edu
http://www.sts.vt.edu/