Symposium Keynote Presentations
Following are a list of presentations from interdisciplinary Mentors, Federal Agency Representatives and Professional Trainers from past DISCCRS symposia. The links below were compiled in order to make these valuable resources available to the broader community.
DISCCRS V
Mentors
Julia E. Cole, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
- Presentation not available
Susan A. Crate, Environmental Policy and Social Sciences, George Mason University
- Presentation not available
Ronald B. Mitchell, Department of Political Science, University of Oregon
Jonathan T. Overpeck, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
David A. Randall, Colorado State University
Billie L. Turner II, Professor, Environment and Society, Arizona State University
Michael A. White, Climate Sciences Editor, Nature
Communication and Team Trainers
Susan J. Hassol, Climate Communication
Christina N. Olex, Professional Trainer, The Point
Funding Agency Representatives
Robert E. O'Connor, Program Director, Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate, NSF
Robert "Buck" Sanford,Jr., Program Director, Biosciences Directorate, NSF
Ming-Ying Wei, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
C. Susan Weiler, Program Director, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, NSF
DISCCRS IV
Mentors
John J. Bates, Division Chief, Remote Sensing Applications, NCDC/ NOAA
Robert B. Cialdini, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University
Kristina A, Dahl, Rutgers University
Dale Jamieson, Department of Environmental Studies, New York University
Ann P. Kinzig, School of Life Sciences & School of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Charles Perrings, Department of Environmental Economics, Arizona State University
Brent L. Sohngen, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University
Christopher J. Still, Department of Geography, UC-Santa Barbara
Communication and Team Trainers
Bud Ward, Editor, Yale University Forum on Climate Change and the Media
Christina N. Olex, Professional Trainer, The Point
Funding Agency Representatives
Robert E. O'Connor, Program Director for Decision, Risk and Management Sciences, National Science Foundation
DISCCRS III
Mentors
Stephen H. Schneider, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Terry L. Root, Center for Environmental Science & Policy, Stanford University
Charles D. Kolstad, Department of Environmental Economics, Bren School, U.C. Santa Barbara
Kenneth H. Broad, Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
Susanne C. Moser, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Communication and Team Trainers
Christina N. Olex, Professional Trainer, The Point
Funding Agency Representatives
Herman B. Zimmerman, National Science Foundation (retired)
DISCCRS II
Mentors
Jorge L. Sarmiento, Professor of Geosciences, Princeton University
Edward L. Miles, Professor of Marine & Public Affairs, University of Washington
Lisa Dilling, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado
Leigh S. Raymond, Associate Professor of Political Science, Purdue University
Pamela A. Matson, Dean of the School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
Communication and Team Trainers
Ashley Simons, Communications Consultant, SeaWeb
Jane Kay, Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
Monty Schmitt, Water Resources Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
Christina N. Olex, Professional Trainer, The Point
Funding Agency Representatives
Patrick L. Brezonik, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota
(Program Director for Environmental Engineering at NSF at the time)
DISCCRS I
Mentors
Jerry D. Mahlman, Senior Research Associate, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ronald B. Mitchell, Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
Communication and Team Trainers
Ashley Simons, Communications Consultant, SeaWeb
Christina N. Olex, Professional Trainer, The Point
Funding Agency Representatives
Fae L. Korsmo, Staff Associate, Integrative Activities, National Science Foundation
