Last Thursday (Nov. 8), three recent graduates of the Marine Affairs program served on a panel at URI where they shared their experiences as MAF undergraduate students, highlighted opportunities for URI students, and talked about life after the Marine Affairs program.  Julia Bancroft (BS ’15) highlighted her work as an Environmental Analyst at the Narragansett […]

Recent MAF PhD graduate Alanna Casey ’18 recently accepted a position as a Coastal Program GIS/Research Analyst with the California Coastal Commission at the headquarters office in San Francisco. Through this position, most of Alanna’s time will be spent developing and building the California Coastal Armoring Database. This geodatabase is an inventory of every shoreline […]

MAF graduate students, Talya ten Brink, Asta Habtemichael, and Clea Harrelson, spent the day on Saturday sharing information about Marine Affairs with the general public.  They worked an interactive exhibit highlighting the recent negotiations to manage ocean areas beyond national jurisdictions and oral histories of members of the fishing industry in the US.  Award-winning photographs of […]

Professor Thompson spent about two weeks in Papua Indonesia in May to work with the Papuan government on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) issues. While there he met with faculty and students at Universitas Cenderwasih and gave a public lecture on MSP. He met with Papuan Senators, the Director of the Papua’s Planning Department, and the […]

After completing her degree in December, Rennie Meyers (MAMA 18) will work on the Hill in Washington D.C. as  a John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow in the Legislative Branch. She is one of 66 student of marine science or policy selected for the fellowship beginning February 2019. Specializing in artificial reef development and tourism […]

Dr. Moore’s article, “Selling Anthropocene Space: Situated Adventures in Sustainable Tourism” can now be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09669582.2018.1477783 Abstract: The Anthropocene is a proposed technical term for a new geological timeframe, but it is also a conceptual tool with the potential to redefine the stakes of contemporary environmental politics. One facet that is often overlooked is that the […]

  This August, Dr. Amelia Moore and Jessica Vandenberg traveled to Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, to participate in the Coral Restoration Workshop sponsored by IUCN, Paul G. Allen Philanthropies, and Mars Inc.  The workshop focused on the feasibility and best practices of large scale reef building and restoration and involved coral researchers and conservation officials […]