On September 17th, the Coastal Society, URI Chapter, participated in the 31st annual International Coastal Cleanup. Eighteen URI students, from various departments, including Marine Affairs and Engineering, participated in this year’s coastal cleanup at Scarborough Beach State Park in Narragansett, RI. Students collected over 1,700 items of marine debris including: 70 straws, 51 plastic bottles, […]
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Professors Jessica Frazier and Amelia Moore are hosting an Environmental Justice Speaker Series on URI’s Kingston campus!
This academic year, Professors Jessica Frazier and Amelia Moore will be hosting five scholars specializing in environmental justice scholarship on the Kingston campus. Speakers in the series make connections between race, poverty, gender, colonization, and detrimental environmental policies in local, regional, national, and international contexts. All talks will be held from 4-5pm. Please see details […]
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Dr. Tracey Dalton was the invited speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Salt Ponds Coalition (http://www.saltpondscoalition.org/) which was held in Charlestown, RI on August 15. In her presentation, Dr. Dalton highlighted findings of her recent research on recreational uses in the salt ponds and public perceptions of shellfish aquaculture in Rhode Island. She also […]
Continue reading "Tracey Dalton gives invited talk at the Annual Meeting of the Salt Ponds Coalition"Prof. Carlos Garcia-Quijano and colleagues study estuarine resource use and human well-being in Puerto Rico
Carlos García-Quijano spent six weeks this summer doing ethnographic research around mangroves and estuarine areas on the South Coast of Puerto Rico, along with Dr. John Poggie and Dr. Hilda Lloréns (Sociology and Anthropology) as well as colleagues from East Carolina University (Dr. David Griffith) and the University of Puerto Rico at Ponce (Dr. Miguel […]
Continue reading "Prof. Carlos Garcia-Quijano and colleagues study estuarine resource use and human well-being in Puerto Rico"Dr. Elizabeth McLean joins MAF as Research Associate
Dr. Elizabeth Mclean has been appointed as a Research Associate to work on our USACE funded seaport vulnerability indexing project Dr. Elizabeth L. Mclean is an experienced researcher in applied and experimental coral reef studies. Her most recent work focuses on ecology and human dimensions of coastal fishermen and their local ecological knowledge in Rhode […]
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Hilary Lohmann’s (MAMA ’15) thesis research was recently published in the journal Ocean & Coastal Management: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569116301624. Hilary’s research considered the similarities and differences amongst coastal people of the Dominican Republic in their vulnerabilities and adaptive capacity to climate change. Many indicators of adaptive capacity like attachment to place and ability to plan, learn, and […]
Continue reading "MAMA graduate publishes thesis research on vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change"Nelle D’Aversa (M.A.M.A 2017) collaborates with URI and RWU engineers on interdisciplinary project
MAF Master’s student Nelle D’Aversa is working with MAF Professor Tracey Dalton on a collaborative, interdisciplinary project to develop a nanoscale biosensor for monitoring water-borne contaminants in coastal environments. D’Aversa and Dalton are contributing a social science perspective to an interdisciplinary team of mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and marine policy scientists. This summer, Nelle is […]
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Perry Drucker (MAF Major) Contributes to New York Times Featured Discovery
Perry Drucker, a URI Marine Affairs and Geological Oceanography major (’17), was part of the SEA Semester voyage that discovered good news regarding coral health in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) last month. Their discovery was featured in the New York Times. PIPA is one of the last remaining coral wildernesses on Earth, about […]
Continue reading "Perry Drucker (MAF Major) Contributes to New York Times Featured Discovery"Dr. Kristen Ounanian (MAF PhD 2016) appointed Assistant Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark
Kristen Ounanian, recent MAF PhD graduate has accepted a faculty position at Aalborg University in Denmark. In September Kristen will start as Assistant Professor of Marine Governance and Coastal Community Development with the Center for Innovative Fisheries Management (IFM) associated with the Department of Development and Planning. Kristen is happy to continue collaboration with researchers […]
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