October 3, 2006
About...
W.J. "Rocky" Rohwedder is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Planning at Sonoma State University. Rocky is currently 'sailing in search of sustainability' as a professor aboard the MV Explorer ship along with 700 university students from around the world. To the right are his blog entries for the voyage, most recent on top. His primary teaching and research areas are environmental science education, outdoor leadership, environmental technology, and computer-aided communications. Rocky has a B.A. in Social Ecology (UC Irvine), an M.S. in Resource Policy and Management (University of Michigan), and a Ph.D. in Environmental Planning (UC Berkeley). In the Spring of 2007 and Summer 2009 Rocky taught for the University of Virginia on voyages with Semester at Sea. (see related blog entries)
He has 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. Rocky was a facilitator in the Middle East Peace Process as well as a Visiting Scholar at the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
He was a co-founder of EcoNet, the first faculty Director of the Fairfield Osborn Preserve, and co-founder of the Environmental Technology Center at Sonoma State University. He is currently a member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Applied Environmental Education and Communication.
When he's not teaching or consulting, he enjoys whitewater kayaking as well as playing guitar and harmonia with his friend and musical partner, Jay Field. Here's a streaming video of a performance called Schulz Unplugged at Sonoma State University.
In the Spring of 2006 he did some teaching in New Zealand at Lincoln University on the south island in Christchurch. He also took the opportunity to kayak of course! Here's a 10 minute video (his first and only movie) on Kayaking in the South Pacific.
Posted by mooreb at October 3, 2006 2:48 PM