Dann Sklarew at GMU

Mason Sustainability Fellow Dann Sklarew's GMU website contains link to his dissertation and information on his research areas, teaching philosophy, syllabi, projects, affiliations, and contact information:

Photo by Evan Cantwell for GMU

NOTE TO GRADUATE APPLICANTS:

In order to provide sufficient guidance to those those who joined my lab by Fall 2012, I am unable to accept new MS or PhD advisees until Fall 2014. If you are aiming to matriculate sooner than Fall 2014, please do not contact me about being your advisor.

Those who seek to enter my lab in Fall 2014 should have research interests well aligned with mine, a grade point average equivalent to at least 3.6 in their last completed academic degree, GRE scores above population median and, for non-native English speakers, at least one of the following ESL test scores: 600 on paper TOEFL, 250 on computer-based TOEFL, 100 on Internet-based TOEFL, or 7.0 on IELTS. Please email me your CV and research interests by December 31, 2013 if you expect to meet these criteria and would like to join my lab. Thank you very much for your interest!

Spring 2012 office hours:
Fridays 2:15-4:15 in Mason Hall 217i, on Fairfax campus;
by email-arranged appointment at Arlington (Founders Hall 618) or Fairfax campuses;
or via phone or skype.

Summer 2012 office hours: by email appointment, per above.

Fall 2012 office hours: TBD;
by email-arranged appointment at Arlington (Founders Hall 618) or Fairfax campuses;
or via phone or skype.

Recent Past and Upcoming Syllabi

See patriotweb.gmu.edu for course schedules and locations:

BIOL350/EVPP350	Freshwater Ecosystems	Fall 2009: (Part 1 \| Part 2), Fall 2010: (Part 1 \| Part 2)
EVPP480	Sustainability in Action	Spring 2011; Spring 2012
EVPP490 (charrette)	Reducing Our Carbon Footprints	Spring 2009
EVPP490 (seminar)	Energy Efficiency, Conservation and Ecology (proposed)	Spring 2014?
BIOL607/EVPP607	Fundamentals of Ecology	Fall 2008, Summer 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, S u mmer 2010; Summer 2013?
EVPP626	Environment and Development in South and East Asia	Spring 2009; Spring 2013? (else EVPP637)
EVPP677	Applied Ecology and Ecosystem Management	Fall 2008, Spring 2010; Fall 2013?
EVPP692/991 (charrette)	Climate Action Plans and Energy Strategies (CAPES)	Spring 2009
EVPP692/991 (seminar)	In Search of Symbiosis: Ecological Facilitation in the Potomac River Valley	Spring 2010
EVPP692/991 (seminar)	Education for Ecological Adaptation and Stewardship	Fall 2011	(Syllabus access available upon request)
EVPP692/991 (seminar)	Managing Our Planet Potential future topics: The Ecology of Northern Virginians' Energy Choices; Adaptive Ecosystem Management in the Potomac Watershed; Ecosystem Engineering the the Potomac River Valley	Fall 2012	(Syllabus in August 2012)
EVPP693	Directed Studies in Environmental Science and Public Policy Selection of past topics: enterprise sustainability; marine fisheries depletion; uranium mining impacts; Mason commuting options; cetacean conservation; greenhouse gas reduction strategies; sustainable business plan; environmental justice; riparian buffers; environmental education	Spring, Summer and Fall 2009; Spring, Summer 2010 and Fall 2010; Spring and Fall 2011	N/A (individualized)
NCLC318	Exploring Virginia's Watersheds (proposed)	TBD	(If approved, summer of 2014?)

Representative Projects

Spatially Connecting Kids to the Bay, a NOAA-supported Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) project for 21,000 students in Virginia's Fairfax County Public Schools (2010-2013)
A Community Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Fairfax County, Virginia, an ARRA/DOE-supported project covering 5 years of local government, commercial, industrial and residential energy use and emissions since 2006 (2010-2011).
Sustainability Assessment for Time Warner Cable Company, guiding research assistants characterizing sustainability improvement opportunities at a large media and technology company (2010).
From the Mountains to the Estuary, from the Schoolyards to the Bay, a NOAA-supported Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) project for 18,700 students in Virginia's Prince William County Public Schools (2009-2012)
Learning Ecology Ecologically, a pilot combining distance education and constructivist pedagogy to advance ecological learning among graduate-level adult learners (2009)
International Waters: Learning Exchange and Resource Network (IW:LEARN), two projects sponsored by the Global Environment Facility, United Nations and World Bank (2000-2008)

Affiliations and Memberships

Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center at GMU - Associate Director and resident fellow
Mason Sustainability Studies Advisory Council – Chair (2010 - now)
NoVA Outside Alliance of Environmental Educators – Steering Committee member
Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands - Steering Committee member
Mason Executive Steering Committee for Sustainability – member
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin – Governor-appointed alternate commissioner
Mason Center for Climate and Society - member
Mason Center for Conservation Studies - faculty member
Mason Climate Action Plan Core Planning Committee – member
Mason Energy Roundtable Planning Committee - founding member
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' (MWCOG) Climate, Energy and Environment Policy Committee – Virginia academic representative
Sustainability Studies Minor Program at GMU – Co-Director

"Managing the Planet's Freshwater,”
a joint presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center
February 23, 2011

BONUS - Documentary video I helped to produce and for which I co-wrote the script:

P.S.: More is expected once the semester is over.