Mar 15 2016
The Importance of the Past in Responding to Climate Change

The Importance of the Past in Responding to Climate Change

Presented by Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator for Cultural Resources, National Park Service at Flagler College - Lewis Auditorium

Rockman holds a new position with the National Park Service that she developed.  Since 2011 she has served as the first Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator for Cultural Resources.  Prior to that time she served as a Science and Technology Fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science within the US Environmental Protection Agency National Homeland Security Research Center.

Her perspective focuses on the United States within a global context, and she is a regular participant in international climate change conferences.  She is co-editor of five books and has published academic articles and papers as well.  She holds doctoral and master’s degrees in anthropology from the University of Arizona and a bachelor’s degree in geology from the College of William Mary.

Her research has been supported through the National Science Foundation, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, and a Bernard L. Majewski Fellowship through the American Heritage Center and International Archives of Economic Geology at the University of Wyoming.

Admission Info

FREE

Dates & Times

2016/03/15 - 2016/03/15

Additional time info:

Lecture will begin at 7 PM

Location Info

Flagler College - Lewis Auditorium

14 Granada Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084