news and events
Faculty Anouncements
2011
June 2011
Prof. Chris Parsons was co-editor of a special isue of the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin entitled "Cetaceans and military sonar: a need for better management" (Vol. 63 Issues 1-4)
Prof. Chris Parsons was appointed a national delegate for the U.K. for the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (held in Tromso, Norway).
May 2011
Megan Draheim, PhD was the co-convener of the focus group "Marine-Based Human Wildlife Conflict: Moving towards Best Practices" held on at the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress, 14-18 May 2011, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Prof. Chris Parsons was the convener of the workshop "One hundred questions of global importance for marine conservation" held on at the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress, 19-20 May 2011, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.April 2011
Prof. Chris Parsons was co-editor of a special issue of the journal Bulletin of Marine Science entitled "Making Marine Science Matter" (Vol. 87 Issue 2).
January 2011
Prof. Chris Parsons was re-elected as the President of the Marine Section for the Society for Conservation Biology for a second consecutive term, the first time a section president has been elected twice. Prof. Parsons was also appointed to the Board of Governors for the Society for Conservation Biology for a second term.
2010
November 2010
Prof. Chris Parsons was invited to become a member of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management.
October 2010
Prof. Chris Jones received the David W. Rossell Quill Award (pic below)
Prof. Dann Sklarew received the Sustainability Hero Award.
August 2010
Prof. Judith Skog assumed the duties of president of the Botanical Society of America at the society annual meetings July 30-August 4, 2010 in Providence, Rhode Island, where she gave her president's address. The mission of the Botanical Society of America is to promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere. There are approximately 3,200 professional members of the society representing countries worldwide. The society publishes The American Journal of Botany which has been named one of the top 10 journals of science in the past 100 years by the Society of Scientific Librarians. In addition, the society offers Planting Science, a learning and research resource, bringing together students, plant scientists, and teachers from across the nation to engage in hands-on plant investigations.
Prof. Chris Parsons was appointed an Associate Editor of the new Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
Prof. Dann Sklarew has been appointed Mason's Fellow of Sustainability Studies for 2010-2012.
July 2010
Profs. Esther Peters and Robert Jonas taught "Diseases of Corals and Other Reef Organisms" at Mote Marine Laboratory's Tropical Research Laboratory on Summerland Key, FL, July 31-August 8, 2010. Dr. Peters also presented the "Coral Tissue Slide Reading Workshop" at the lab July 25-30. Both courses provide introductions to the field of pathobiology of marine organisms and can be taken for credit through GMU.
June 2010
Prof. Chris Parsons was appointed a national delegate for the United Kingdom
for both the Scientific Committee and the Conservation Committee of the
International Whaling Commission (which was held in Agadir, Morocco).
Prof. Nicole Darnall, has been named 2010 Associate Editor, Academy of Management, Organizations and the Natural Environment.
Prof. Nicole Darnall will continue to serve as Economic and Social Research Council/Social Science Research Council Collaborative Visiting Fellow in summer 2010. She will present her research at the Group of Organizations & the Natural Environment Conference in Milan, Italy.
May 2010
Prof. Nicole Darnall was appointed Associate Faculty Member of the Center for Global Studies at George Mason University.
Prof. Nicole Darnall has been named 2010 Erasmus Mundus International Scholar by the European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus Programme in Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management. The award will fund her research on the demand for corporate green strategy at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, Lund University (Lund, Sweden), and Central European University (Budapest, Hungary).
March 2010
Prof. Chris Parsons was appointed a Program Chair for the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress, to be held in Victoria, British Columbia, May 2011.
Prof. Chris Parsons was appointed to the organizing committee for the First International Marine Conservation 'Think Tank,' to be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, November 2011.
January 2010
Prof. Allison Macfarlane was selected to be one of the 15 members of the White House Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, that will determine how to manage the nation's nuclear waste.
2009
November 2009
In Washington D.C., The Explorers Club Washington Group held a formal Gala Celebration at the residence of the Portuguese Ambassador, in honor of Prof. Lee Talbot and Marty Talbot, “for their contributions to exploration.”
October 2009
Prof. Chris Parsons was the co-convener of the workshop "Lost in translation - the science-policy intersect" held on 11 October 2009, Quebec City, Canada.
Prof. Chris Parsons was an award judge at 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 12-16 October 2009, Quebec City, Canada.
September 2009
Prof. Lee Talbot was the subject of a two page profile in the September/October 2009 issue of AARP Magazine, “The World’s Largest Circulation Magazine.” The article prominently mentioned his professorship at George Mason University.
June 2009
Prof. Chris Parsons was appointed a national delegate for the United Kingdom for both the Scientific Committee and the Conservation Committee of the International Whaling Commission.
May 2009
Prof. Esther Peters organized and served as Moderator of the special symposium, "Pathology and Medicine in Marine Ecosystem Conservation," presented during the May 2009 International Marine Conservation Congress held at George Mason University.
Prof. Chris Parsons was the director of the Local Organizing Secretariat of The First International Marine Conservation Congress, held at GMU. This event was attended by over 1,200 marine conservation scientists, policy makers and practitioners. The event featured up to 16 simultaneous conference sessions, symposia and workshops, with over twenty associated events, receptions and training activities, making it one of the largest marine conservation academic conferences ever held. He was assisted by a team of over twenty ESP graduate and undergraduate students including Katheryn Patterson (Assistant Director), Megan Draheim (Volunteer Coordinator), Ashley Sitar-Gonzales (Sustainability Officer), Jason O'Bryhim, Lorelei Crerar, Amy Bauer and Suzanne Hough.