Dann Sklarew at GMU

Mason Professor Dann Sklarew's website contains link to his dissertation and information on his research areas, teaching philosophy, syllabi, projects, affiliations, and contact information:

Spring/Summer 2013 Office Hours: By email-arranged appointment only via phone, google talk or skype.

Fall 2013 Office Hours:

Tuesdays 3:00-4:00pm in David King Hall room 3040 at Fairfax campus;
Wednesdays 3:00-4:00pm in Founders Hall room 618 at Arlington campus; or
By email-arranged appointment via phone, google talk or skype.

Recent research interests and representative publications can be viewed at: http://gmu.academia.edu/DannSklarew.

Examples of Mason dissertations and theses with Dr. Sklarew as committee chair or member are also available on-line.

Graduate applicants in search of an advisor? Please read this note.

Recent Past and Upcoming Syllabi

See patriotweb.gmu.edu for course schedules and locations:

EVPP322	Business and Sustainability	Fall 2012, Fall 2013; Fall 2014?
EVPP336	Human Dimensions of the Environment	Summer 2013
BIOL350/EVPP350 (lecture+lab)	Freshwater Ecosystems	Fall 2009: Part 1 & Part 2, Fall 2010: Part 1 & Part 2
EVPP480	Sustainability in Action	Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013; Spring 2014
EVPP490 (charrette)	Reducing Our Carbon Footprints	Spring 2009
BIOL607/ EVPP607	Fundamentals of Ecology	Fall 2008, Summer 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, S u mmer 2010
EVPP637	Human Dimensions of Global Change	TBD
EVPP626	Environment and Development in South and East Asia	Spring 2009; Spring 2014?
EVPP677	Applied Ecology and Ecosystem Management	Fall 2008, Spring 2010; Spring 2014?
EVPP692/991 (charrette)	Climate Action Plans and Energy Strategies	Spring 2009
EVPP692/991 (seminar)	In Search of Symbiosis: Ecological Facilitation in the Potomac River Valley	Spring 2010
EVPP692/991 (seminar)	Education for Ecological Adaptation and Stewardship	Fall 2011
EVPP692/991 (seminar)	Managing Our Planet Potential future seminar topics: Sustainable Enterprise Management; The Ecology of Northern Virginians' Energy Choices; Adaptive Ecosystem Management in the Potomac Watershed; Ecosystem Engineering the the Potomac River Valley	Fall 2012, Fall 2013
EVPP693	Directed Studies in Environmental Science and Public Policy Selected past topics: enterprise sustainability; sustainable development and conservation; marine fisheries depletion; uranium mining impacts; Mason commuting options; cetacean conservation; greenhouse gas reduction strategies; sustainable business plan; environmental justice; riparian buffers; environmental education	Spring, Summer, Fall 2009; Spring, Summer, Fall 2010; Spring, Fall 2011; Spring, Summer 2012
NCLC318	Exploring Virginia's Watersheds (proposed)	Summer 2014 or 2015?

Representative Projects

Spatially Connecting Kids to the Bay, a NOAA-supported Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) project for 21,000 students in Virginia's Fairfax County Public Schools (2010-2013)
A Community Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Fairfax County, Virginia, an ARRA/DOE-supported project covering 5 years of local government, commercial, industrial and residential energy use and emissions since 2006 (2010-2012).
Enterprise Sustainability Integration, guiding graduate research assistants characterizing and informing sustainability improvement opportunities at a leading American telecommunications company (2010-present).
From the Mountains to the Estuary, from the Schoolyards to the Bay, a NOAA-supported Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) project for 18,700 students in Virginia's Prince William County Public Schools (2009-2013)
Learning Ecology Ecologically, a pilot combining distance education and constructivist pedagogy to advance ecological learning among graduate-level adult learners (2009)
International Waters: Learning Exchange and Resource Network (IW:LEARN), two projects sponsored by the Global Environment Facility, United Nations and World Bank (2000-2008)

Select projects and other experience are further detailed at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/drdann.

Affiliations and Memberships

Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center at GMU - Associate Director and resident fellow
Mason Sustainability Studies Academic Council – Chair (2010 - 2012) and member (2012 - now)
NoVA Outside Alliance of Environmental Educators – Steering Committee member
Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands - Steering Committee member
Mason Executive Steering Committee for Sustainability – member
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin – Governor-appointed alternate commissioner and goodwill ambassador to Ara River (Japan)
Sustainability Studies Minor Program at GMU – Co-Director

"Managing the Planet's Freshwater,”
a joint presentation for the Managing Our Planet series
at the Woodrow Wilson Center
February 23, 2011

BONUS - Documentary video I helped to produce and for which I co-wrote the script:

NOTE TO GRADUATE APPLICANTS:

In order to provide sufficient guidance to those those who joined my lab by Fall 2012, I am unable to accept new MS or PhD advisees until Fall 2014. If you are aiming to matriculate sooner than Fall 2014, please do not contact me about being your advisor.

Those who seek to enter my lab thereafter should have research interests well aligned with mine, a grade point average equivalent to at least 3.6 in their last completed academic degree, GRE scores above population median and, for non-native English speakers, at least one of the following ESL test scores: 600 on paper TOEFL, 250 on computer-based TOEFL, 100 on Internet-based TOEFL, or 7.0 on IELTS. Please email me your CV and research interests by December 31, 2013 if you expect to meet these criteria and would like to join my lab. Thank you very much for your interest!