Rocky Rohwedder
Professor, Environmental Studies and Planning
Ph.D. Environmental Planning, University of California, Berkeley, 1987
M.S. Resource Policy and Management, University of Michigan, 1979
B.A. Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, 1976
Webpage: www.sonoma.edu/ensp/rocky
Email: rocky.rohwedder@sonoma.edu
Voicemail: 707.664.2249
Fax: 707.664.4202
Office: Rachel Carson 26
Academic and Professional Interests:
My primary teaching and research areas are environmental science education, outdoor leadership, environmental technology, and computer-aided communications. I have been an educational consultant for numerous organizations, including the World Resources Institute, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Peace Corps, President's Council on Sustainable Development, The Energy Foundation, and the California Department of Education. I was the lead consultant with the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to work in the former Soviet Union (Baltic countries), a facilitator for the Middle East Peace Process (Amman, Jordan) as well as a Visiting Scholar for the George Lucas Educational Foundation (Skywalker Ranch). In the Spring of 2007 I taught for the University of Virginia on a round-the-world voyage with Semester at Sea.
Course Offerings:
- Computer-Aided Communications (ENSP 305)
- Energy, Technology and Society (ENSP 330)
- Portfolio Development and Review (ENSP 345)
- Education and the Environment (ENSP 440)
- Methods and Models in Environmental Education (ENSP 442)
- Outdoor Leadership (ENSP 444)
- Planning for Sustainable Communities (ENSP 418)
- Freshman Interest Group: Leadership (UNIV 102)
Selected Publications:
"Pedagogy of Place: The Environmental Technology Center at Sonoma State University" in Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: Problematics, Promise and Practice, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004.
"Environmental Education Goes High Tech," Human Nature, Agency for International Development, July 2000. 2 pgs.
"Ecocultural Tourism" in What Works: A Guide to Environmental Education and Communication Projects for Practitioners and Donors, Edited by Martha Monroe, New Society Publishers, 1999.
"Pedagogy of Place: What Our Campuses Teach," Symposium on Academic Planning in College and University Environmental Programs, North American Association for Environmental Education, 1998. 12 pgs.
"Using Computer in Environmental Education: Interactive Multimedia and
On-line Learning," EE Toolbox Unit, National Consortium for Environmental Education, October 1994, 85 pgs.