David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research

Jon Erickson is the David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy and is serving as Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research in the Rubenstein School. He has published widely on energy & climate change policy, land conservation, watershed planning, environmental public health, and the theory and practice of ecological economics. His books include The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park (2009), Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application (2007), and Ecological Economics: a Workbook for Problem-Based Learning (2005). Jon is also an Emmy award-winning producer of films such as the four-part PBS series Bloom on sources and solutions to nutrient pollution in Lake Champlain.

He was the Interim Dean of the Rubenstein School from 2012-2014, Managing Director of UVM's Gund Institute for Ecological Economics from 2009-2012, and is past President of the U.S. Society for Ecological Economics, past editor of the Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies, and serves on the board or advisory committee of numerous nongovernmental organizations. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Iceland, and has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in Tanzania, Visiting Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic and Slovak University of Agriculture in Slovakia, and was on the economics faculty at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before joining the University of Vermont in 2002.

Publications

* Ph.D. students

Jon Erickson

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Instructional programs:  Parks, Recreation and Tourism,  Sustainability, Ecology and Policy
Research: Ecological economics, sustainable development, systems modeling

Education

  • Ph.D. 1997 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Cornell University
  • M.S. 1993 Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Cornell University
  • B.S. 1991 Applied Economics and Business Management, Cornell University
  • A.S.1989 Business Administration, North Country Community College

Contact

Phone:
  • 802 656-3328
Office Location:

204D Aiken Center, 81 Carrigan Dr.

Website(s):
  1. Jon D. Erickson