1. NAME: Gordon T. Geballe
2. ACADEMIC RANK: Associate Dean and Lecturer, urban ecology, Haiti, 12 month
3. EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1981 -
Yale University, Department of Biology. Thesis topic "Wound-Induced Resistance
to Cellulase", thesis advisor - Dr. Arthur W. Galston
M.S., 1975 Yale University, Department of Biology
Secondary Teaching Credential, State of California, 1970, University of California, Berkeley
B.A., 1969 University of California, Berkeley - major in economics
4, 5, 6: PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1997 - Present
Associate Dean, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
1985 - Present
Lecturer, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
1997 –2005
Director of Undergraduate Programs, School of Forestry and Environmental
Studies
1994 -2008
Associate, Yale University Institute for Social and Policy Studies
2008-2012
Taught Freshman seminar: “Urban Ecology with a focus on New Haven”
2009-12
Taught course on COP 15 meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark through COP 18 in
Doha, Qatar
2008
Taught course on Indigenous People and Conservation
2008
Taught course on Greening the Vote: The environment in the upcoming
presidential campaign
2006
Taught course with Angela Cropper “Sustainable Development in the Caribbean”
2005, 2006
Taught Freshman seminar “China’s Environmental Issues”
2004
Taught course on UNEP, took 26 students to Nairobi (Feb. 05) to attend UNEP
Council meeting and visit with Green Belt Movement and Nobel Peace Prize
Winner (2004) Wangari Maathai
2004
Taught course on IUCN and World Conservation Congress, took 12 students to
Bangkok for WCC in November 2004
2003
Taught “World Parks Congress” and took 10 students to Durban, South Africa for
the 5th World Parks Congress, September 2003
8. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (last 5 years):
1992-present
New Haven Urban Resources Initiative, board member, treasure
1992-present
Quinnipiac River Advisory Committee, The Community Foundation
of Greater New Haven
2000-present
Watershed Fund, New Haven, Director
YALE ACTIVITIES
Henry Hart Rice Foreign Residence Fellowship, 2012 to present
Richard U. Light Graduate Fellowship Committee, 2001-present
Morris Udall Scholarship Selection Committee, 1998-present
Teacher Preparation Program Advisory Committee, 1996-2010
Board of Overseers, Yale Student Environmental Coalition, 1991-present
CIVIC POSITIONS
New Haven’s Advisory Committee for the development of the City’s Sustainability Plan, 2011-12
Board of Directors, Yosemite National Institutes, now NatureBridge, 2004-2009
Board of Directors, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, New Haven, 2003 – present; Chair 2007present
Science Advisory Council, Environmental Defense Fund, 2002 - 2011
Board of Directors, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, 1989-2009
President of the Board, 1995-2000
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7. PUBLICATIONS: none in last 5 years
8. OFF CAMPUS CONSULTING, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, HONORS,
RECOGNITION (last 5 years): none
9. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANZIATIONS
AAAS
Sigma Xi
10.
none
Major professional self-improvement activities during past 10 years (including sabbatical):
11.
External grants and other research funding during the last five years: none
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