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I spent 25 years as a professor teaching Fisheries and Wildlife, Sociology, and Sustainability Science at Michigan State University, Warren Wilson College, and Furman University with a focus on applied and community engaged learning. Since 2021, I have participated in the $5M Carolinas Collaborative on Climate Health and Equity led by NC State University and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Adaptation Partnership program. My focus is on equitable climate resilience and adaptation having worked with African-American communities in Greenville, South Carolina and Bucksport, South Carolina. I also serve on the Statewide Resilience Plan Advisory Committee for the South Carolina Office of Resilience and the Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee for the American Society of Adaptation Professionals. View my Relevant Work Summary

I earned a Ph.D. in Fisheries Science at Oregon State University with an interdisciplinary research project on Assessment of Community-based Adaptive Watershed Management in Three Umpqua Basin Watersheds. I earned a M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries from Mississippi State University and a B.A. in Biology with a minor in Caribbean, African, and African-American Studies from the University of Miami. Prior to academia, I served in the Peace Corps in St. Lucia Eastern Caribbean as a Fish Pond Specialist in the Department of Fisheries. As a child I spent 5 years in Thailand and 4 years in Nicaragua.

Geoffrey Habron

Principal, Equitable Community Resilience LLC  May 2024 –

habrong@equitablecommunityresilience.org

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
INSTITUTION LOCATION MAJOR / AREA DEGREE YEAR
University of Miami Miami, Florida Biology BA 1987
Mississippi State University Starkville, Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries MS 1993
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR Fisheries Science PHD 1999
APPOINTMENTS

2017 – 2024         Professor, Furman University, Earth, Environmental & Sustainability Sciences, Greenville, SC

2014 – 2017         Director of Electronic Portfolio, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC

1999 – 2014         Associate Professor, Michigan State University, Fisheries and Wildlife, Sociology, MSU Extension

 
(c)   PRODUCTS
           (i)         Products Most Closely Related to the Proposed Project
  1. Habron, G. and Roper, J. (2024). “Socio-ecological system of flooding in Bucksport, South Carolina.” Open Rivers: Rethinking Water, Place & Community, no. 25. https://doi.org/10.24926/2471190X.10933. https://openrivers.lib.umn.edu/article/flooding-in-bucksport/
  2. Habron, G. (2022). Addressing individualized risk response to climate resilience assessment by fostering adaptive capacity. In Petersen, B. & Ducros, H. (editors). Justice in Climate Action Planning. AESS Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-73939-3_8
  3. Dello, K., Runkle, J Rivers, L., Sebastian, A., Habron, G., Hino, M., Gerald-Goins, T., Harrison, J., Anoruo, F., & Cawley, M. (2021). Carolinas Collaborative on Climate, Health, and Equity (C3HE). NOAA RISA. $5M. 2021-2026. https://carolinascap.com/
  1. Habron, G. (2022). Applied & engaged learning for equitable sustainability & social justice. In No Sustainability Without Justice: An Anthology on Racial Equity and Social Justice! Volume III. https://www.aashe.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RESJ-Anthology-2022-Essay-2.pdf
          (ii)         Other Significant Products, Whether or Not Related to the Proposed Project
  1. Habron, G. (2023). Application of model-based reasoning across an undergraduate sustainability science curriculum. In Gosselin, D. (editor), A Practical Guide for Developing Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Skills. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-37220-9_10
  2. Brundiers, K. et al. (2020). Key competencies in sustainability in higher education – towards an agreed-upon reference framework. Sustainability Science 16, 13–29. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-020-00838-2
  3. Habron, G. (2019). Scaffolding applied learning and sustainable development goals in the Furman University sustainability science program. Sustainability: The Journal of Record, doi:10.1089/sus.2018.0036.  https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/sus.2018.0036
  4. Cohen, M. & Habron, G. (2018). How does the New Urban Agenda align with comprehensive planning in U.S. cities? A case study of Asheville, North Carolina. Sustainability, special issue “Assessing the New Urban Agenda.” http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/12/4590/ http://www.mdpi.com/si/sustainability/New_Urban_Agenda
  5. Pennington, D., Bammer, G., Danielson, A., Gosselin, D., Gouvea, J., Habron, G., Hawthorne, D., Parnell, R., Thompson, K., Vincent, S., & Wei, C. (2016). The EMBeRS project: Employing model-based reasoning in socio-environmental synthesis. Environmental Studies and Sciences 6(2), 278–286. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13412-015-0335-8
  6. Pennington, D.D. (University of Texas El Paso) & A. Danielson (Tufts). Understanding,Teaching and Employing Model-Based Reasoning (MBR) in Socio-Environmental Synthesis (EMBeRS). National Socio‐Environmental Synthesis Center. Collaborator. 2013-2015. http://www.sesync.org/project/pursuit/embers
(d)   SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
  1. Thesis Supervisor, B.S. Sustainability Science, Furman University Summer 2017-2023.
    • Community Flood Resilience in Bucksport, South Carolina, 2022-2023
    • Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Systems in South Carolina, 2022-2023
  2. Instructor, SUS 473 Sustainability Science Practicum, Furman University. 2017-2023.
  1. Instructor, SUS 345 Resilience and Adaptation, Furman University. Spring 2019, 2021, 2023
  2. Instructor, SUS 335 Sustainability and Social Justice, Furman University, Spring 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024.
  3. Bucksport Community Partnership, Bucksport, South Carolina.
  1. Panelist. (2022). Riley Institute Straight Talk Series (https://www.furman.edu/riley/speaker-award-events/speaker-events/straighttalk-2022-a-new-climate-movement/). September, 13.
  2. City of Asheville Sustainability Advisory Committee on Energy and the Environment. 2015-2020. Climate Resilience Assessment, Comprehensive Plan, Climate Emergency, 100% Renewable Energy
  3. American Society of Adaptation Professionals (2020-present)

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