Congratulations to the Environmental Studies Class of 2009!

Berkley Adrio
Senior Essay: From Settlement to Seeds:How fire catalyzed native plants development on U.S. Public Lands

Adedana Ashebir
Senior Essay: Nemagon in Nicaragua: A Transnational Dilemma

Ilya Byzov
Senior Essay: When you build a highway: An analysis of linkages between automobile dependence and the suppression of public transit in the United States

Kevin Currey*
Senior Essay: “We’re Iñupiat, We’re Hunters” Subsistence, Petroleum Development, and Cultural Identity in Nuiqsut, Alaska
                                      
Christine Ellman
Senior Essay: Opportunities and Challenges Under the Diversion Ban with Exceptions of the Great Lakes Compact: A Case Study of the City of Waukesha, Wisconsin

Bente Grinde
Senior Essay: Imagining the North Shore: Perspectives on the Flathead Valley, Montana

Kevin Hickenbottom
Senior Essay: Backcountry Permits in North Cascades National Park: Analysis and Justification

Kathleen Knighton
Senior Essay: Scenic Design and Management of the Blue Ridge Parkway

Elyse LeeVan
Senior Essay: Chagas disease: a comprehensive analysis of the factors facilitating disease transmission and integrated evaluation of control strategy efficacy in Argentina

Davis Lindsey
Senior Essay: BioEnergy and Conservation: Sustainable BioEnergy from Grassland in the Conservation Reserve Program in Southeast Minnesota

Ariel Patashnik
Senior Essay: The Decline and Conservation of Endangered Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in the Klamath Basin
   
Tom Santoro
Senior Essay: Plastics: Bisphenol A and Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate.  Risk Assessment, Current Management Approaches, and Management Alternatives   

Irene Scher
Senior Essay: Internationalization and the Canadian Boreal Campaign

Laura Zatz
Senior Essay: Marketing obesity: Needed changes to the regulation of television food marketing to American children

*A special congratulations to Kevin Currey who was awarded the Gaylord Donnelley Prize for distinguished work in environmental studies at this year's Commencement.

Application to Environmental Studies Major

The Environmental Studies Program requires that all students intending to be Environmental Studies majors apply at the end of their sophomore year.  Admission to the major is by application.  For more information, please click here.

Important Message for Freshman and Prospective Environmental Studies Majors

All prospective majors should see the EVST DUS, early during advising period.  Freshman considering majoring in Environmental Studies (EVST) should consult with the DUS as soon as possible.  All returning majors should make appointments to consult with their EVST faculty advisor during the advising period.  The fall semester program must be signed by your EVST advisor. 

Joint Bachelors/Masters Degree Program

The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies offers a 5-year joint degree program for Yale College students interested in environmental careers. The program is designed to provide well-prepared Yale College students with accelerated graduate training in environmental science and management. Graduates from the School’s master’s degree programs have become highly successful leaders within government, corporations, non-profit organizations, and academia. For more information, please refer to the following page or contact Debbie Broadwater by email at deborah.broadwater@yale.edu, or call (203) 432-9868.

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