Environmental Studies

Organization Description

The Environmental Studies Program prepares students to address complex environmental problems requiring knowledge and skills from multiple science, social science, and humanities disciplines.

Barry Muchnick
- Coordinator
240-895-4361
Kent Hall 105
Associate Professor Muchnick Collaborating on NSF Grant to Develop Interdisciplinary Systems Thinking Assessment Tool
August 7, 2020
Barry Muchnick, associate professor of environmental studies pictured
Barry Muchnick, associate professor of environmental studies, was recently awarded a three-year, $18,110 subaward as part of a $1.077 million National Science Foundation grant for a project titled: Developing a Next Generation Concept Inventory to Help Environmental Programs Evaluate Student… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Gurbisz Awarded Contract to Collaborate on Chesapeake Bay Restoration Manual
June 23, 2020
Cassie Gurbisz holding a star fish
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Cassie Gurbisz was recently awarded an $8,431 contract with Green Fin Studio, to provide technical expertise in the development of a Chesapeake Bay submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) restoration manual for the Chesapeake Bay Trust. Gurbisz will conduct a… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Cassie Gurbisz New Research Article Published in Nature Geoscience
June 11, 2020
Cassie Gurbisz pictured in Chesapeake Bay
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Cassie Gurbisz was among 18 co-authors of a new research article published in Nature Geoscience titled “Chesapeake Bay Acidification Buffered by Spatially-Decoupled Carbonate Mineral Cycling.” 

The study reveals that… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Gurbisz Awarded Maryland Sea Grant
February 21, 2020
Cassie Gurbisz pictured
Cassie Gurbisz, assistant professor of environmental studies, recently received her second grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Maryland Sea Grant program. The $71,023 grant will fund a two-year project titled: Effects of Oyster Aquaculture on Submersed Aquatic Vegetation… Find Out More
Student Emily Rudo ’23 Invited Panelists at NOAA Chesapeake Bay Environmental Literacy Forum
January 27, 2020
Emily Rudo pictured
Emily Rudo ’23, an environmental studies and public policy studies double major, educational studies minor from Howard County, Maryland, was one of four invited panelists at the biennial NOAA Chesapeake Bay Environmental Literacy Forum held on January 22, 2020, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Rudo… Find Out More
Open Discussion Scheduled to Address Connection Between Poverty and Mental Illness
January 13, 2020
Scale pictured with brain on one side and piggy bank on the other
The St. Mary’s County Health Department and St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s anthropology, environmental studies, psychology, and sociology departments will jointly host an open discussion focusing on the connection between poverty and mental illness.  This event is scheduled for Monday, February 3… Find Out More
Students McPhillips and Welles Attend Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference; McPhillips Presents Poster
November 15, 2019
Erin McPhillips '20 pictured
St. Mary’s College environmental studies major Erin McPhillips '20 and chemistry major Coleman Welles '20 attended the ninth annual Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in November. The theme of the conference was Oceans: Exploration, Conservation, and Extreme… Find Out More
Open Panel Discussion on Transportation, Trails & Community Design Policy for Health
November 13, 2019
PANEL DISCUSSI O N TRANSPORTATION, TRAILS, AND COMMUNITY DESIGN POLICY FOR HEALTH Open discussion on how policy and community design can improve the health and wellness of residents - flyer wording
The St. Mary’s County Health Department, in partnership with the environmental studies department at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, is hosting an open panel discussion on how community design and policy can improve public health and wellness.

 

This event will be held on Tuesday, December 3,… Find Out More
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Barry Muchnick and Applied Sustainability Practicum Students Present Award-Winning Projects at the Maryland Planning Commissioners Association Conference
November 12, 2019
Professor Muchnick & Students at 2019 MD Planning Commissioners Association Conference
On November 7, Two environmental studies majors, Jacob Rosenzweig-Stein 20’ and Erin McPhillips 20', along with their mentor Barry Muchnick, assistant professor of environmental studies, presented a portfolio of student campus sustainability projects at the Maryland Planning Commissioners… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Cassie Gurbisz Published in Scientific Journal “Estuaries and Coasts.”
November 11, 2019
Cassie Gurbisz pictured holding a starfish on a beach
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Cassie Gurbisz co-authored an article that was recently published in a special issue of the scientific journal “Estuaries and Coasts.” The paper discusses how a regional long-term aerial mapping program has generated important insights into the ecology… Find Out More
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