Climate and Society, M.S.
Experiential learning
Global partnerships and local impact
Dana Bauer
Research Scientist
Dr. Dana Bauer is an interdisciplinary researcher with particular interests in conservation and sustainability. She applies economic and ecological theory towards the assessment of ecosystem services and the analysis of policies and programs that aim to protect them.
Cynthia Caron
Professor
Professor Cynthia Caron serves as a co-PI working with group of faculty and students updating USAID Climate Risk Profiles.
Tim Downs
Professor
Professor Tim Downs works with a team of interdisciplinary faculty in partnership with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) on a three-year NSF-funded study in Mexico bringing a multi-pronged approach to climate impacts.
Anita Fabos
Professor
Professor Anita Fabos works with migrants and refugees both locally and globally and considers the impacts of climate change on migration to urban areas.
Karen Frey
Professor
Professor Karen Frey monitors arctic conditions, and is lead author of NOAA’s “Arctic Ocean Primary Productivity: The response of marine algae to climate warming and sea ice decline”.
Eman Lasheen
Professor
Professor Eman Lasheen’s research lies at the intersection of international development and climate change planning, with a special interest in urban resilience, food and water policies, sustainable development, and environmental justice.
James McCarthy
Professor
Professor James McCarthy’s research and teaching center on questions of environmental governance: how people lay claim to and struggle over their environments; how human societies regulate their relationships with their environments and with what consequences.
Ramón Borges-Méndez
Professor
Ramón Borges-Méndez focuses on food systems, inequality, labor economics, migration, and globalization. Read about his recent work in his native Puerto Rico.
James Murphy
Professor
Professor James Murphy is a founding member of the Geography of Sustainability Transitions (GeoST) research group, a global community of scholars striving to understand the geographical drivers of, and obstacles to, more sustainable futures.
Morgan Ruelle
Professor
Professor Morgan Ruelle leads research to determine whether Ethiopian farmers’ traditional practice of planting and harvesting multi-species grain mixtures could offer climate-resilient solutions to global food insecurity.
Chris Williams
Professor
Professor Chris Williams studies natural climate solutions, and climate action through decarbonization planning and implementation.
Worcester: a diverse city in the heart of New England
With a population of more than 20 percent immigrants, its rich cultural landscape makes the city a vibrant place to live and learn.
Volunteer/internship opportunities include: City of Worcester, Greater Worcester Land Trust, MA Climate Solutions Project, Green Jobs Academy, Worcester Roots Project, Center for Eco-technology, Kleinfedler Inc., Citizens’ Climate Lobby, MASSPIRG, Worcester GreenCorps, MA Climate Action Network, Climate Xchange.
Video: Department of Sustainability and Social Justice Professor Morgan Ruelle hosts “Bat Night” at Coes Reservoir, about a mile away from the Clark campus. Using smartphone-attached bat detectors, Ruelle and his students identify species, listen to their sounds, and learn about the health of our local ecosystem.
“Our work will be radically interdisciplinary and deeply rooted in places and communities.”
Lou Leonard
D.J.A. Spencer Dean of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society
