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Recent Graduates
Dec. 2, 2024—Read about some of our recent graduates and their plans for the future. Lucie Scura Lucie Scura majored in Climate Studies and Earth and Environmental Sciences with a minor in Philosophy. One of her best memories of her time in the department was the Climate Studies Advising Event, where she was able to network with...
College campuses launch new ‘climate studies’ majors
Nov. 2, 2023—As of fall 2023, a year after its launch, Vanderbilt’s climate studies program has 31 officially declared majors, including 26 who are double majors, according to Zdravka Tzankova, an associate professor of the practice of climate studies and the director of undergraduate climate studies. Among the double majors, half are combining climate studies with another...
Meet alumna Caroline Saunders
Apr. 14, 2022—CAROLINE SAUNDERS ’16 Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and English Caroline Saunders majored in Environmental Studies (Interdisciplinary) and English, using the combination of her fields to look at food and climate change from a variety of angles. A Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar, Caroline took classes in philosophy, poetry, economics, journalism, geosciences, and culture to get at a big...
Research associate professor Ryan Thomas Trahan
Apr. 7, 2022—Ryan Thomas Trahan was a research associate professor in the Program in Climate and Environmental Studies in 2021 and 2022, and he subsequently became affiliated with Vanderbilt Law School. Trahan focuses on technological transitions, with specific expertise in electricity and sustainability. His research is less concerned with whether the energy transition will occur and more...