Jean Richardson

Jean Richardson, Ph. D.

Professor Emerita, Environmental Studies, Natural Resources and Geography
Former Director of Environmental Partnerships in Communities (EPIC), a sustainable rural development project
President New England Environmental Policy Center (NEEPC).

Expertise: Sustainable rural community development; environmental negotiation and leadership; regional analysis.

Office:
710 Old Hollow Road
North Ferrisburgh, VT 05473
Tel: (802) 425-3733
Fax: (802) 425-3722

E-Mail: jeanrichardson43@comcast.net

Education:

Post-Doctoral: Law Clerkship, State of Vermont 1978-82
Ph.D. and M.S.: University of Wisconsin, Madison (Biogeography)
B.Sc. 1965: University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Faculties of Science

Affiliations:

Associate, Environmental Law Institute
Fellow, Center for Research on Vermont

Appointments and Elected Awards:

Appointed by Governor Dean to the State Environmental Board 1993 - 1995; 2001 - 2005.
Elected Fellow, Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2000 - present.
Appointed by President Clinton to the Comission on Environmental Cooperation in NAFTA 1994 - 1999.

Recent Publications:

Partnerships in Communities: Re-weaving the Fabric of Rural America; Island Press; Washington DC, 2000.

Dioxin Sources, Air Transport and Contamination of Dairy Feed Crops and Milk; Center for Biology of Natural Systems, City University of New York and the New England Environmental Policy Center, 1998.

Last Update: December 2006

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