Dow, Kirstin

Professor

My major research projects address vulnerability and decision-making with respect to climate variability, climate change and water resources.

Do you include students in your research?: Undergraduates and Graduates
Interest Keywords: Climate impacts, vulnerability, resilience, decision-making, adaptation
Institutional Focus Areas: Environmental Sciences, Social Sciences
Personal Focus Areas: Climate change impacts, vulnerability, adaptation, and decision-making

Dates	Institution	Location	Degree	Field of Study
1996	Clark University	Worcester, Massachusetts	PhD	Geography
1992	Clark University	Worcester, Massachusetts	MA	Geography
1986	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	BS	Geography (with certificate in Environmental Studies)

Dates	Description	Institution/Entity
1985 - 1986	Environmental Specialist I/II, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Water Resources, Staff, Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program
1987 - 1988	Co-Director of the Student Environmental Health Project, Center for Health Services, Vanderbilt University
1988 - 1992	Research Assistant, Clark University, Graduate School of Geography
1994 - 1995	Associate, JK Research Associates, Inc
1995 - 1996	Instructor, Department of Geography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1996	Associate Professor, Department of Geography; Affiliated Faculty of the School of the Environment; Research Associate, Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of South Carolina
05/2002 - 05/2004	Research Fellow and Manager for the Vulnerability and Poverty Programme and Coordinator for the Risk and Vulnerability Programme across SEI offices, Stockholm Environmental Institute, Stockholm
2004 - 05/2006	First Faculty Principal of the Learning Center for Sustainable Futures and West Quad Student Residence, University of South Carolina
2004	Senior Research Fellow of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Stockholm
1992	Assistant Editor, "Policy, Energy, and Environment", Newsletter
1994	Research Assistant, Clark University, Graduate School of Geography
1988	Consultant to the Tennessee Environmental Council, Nashville, Tennessee
1993	Visiting Scholar, Malaysian Institute of Maritime Affairs, Kuala Lumpur

Dates	Type	Description	Foundation/Entity
2016	Award	Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award	University of South Carolina, Office of the Vice President for Research
2018	Award	Carolina Trustee Professorship Award	University of South Carolina
2019	Award	Recognized for organizing and co-hosting the 17th annual Climate Prediction Science Workshop in Charleston, SC	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2016	Fellowship	American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)	American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2022	Fellowship	American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)	American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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