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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...
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...