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Careers & Alumni: Environmental Studies, B.A.
Environmental issues have economic, cultural, political, geographical, and imaginative dimensions, which are marketable in a variety of career fields.
By building career development into our departmental curriculum we also assist students in identifying career goals and working toward them proactively during their time at Humboldt.
Potential Career Paths
Public Relations Specialist
Non-Profit Administrator
Environmental Consultant
Environmental Educator
Environmental Analyst
Conservation Specialist
Energy Policy Specialist
Environmental Justice Advocate
Environmental Specialist
Journalist/Writer
Public Policy Analyst
Urban/Regional Planner
Community Organizer/Activist
Land Use Analyst
Environmental Lawyer/Lobbyist
Alumni Profiles
Alumni Updates
Abbey Ramirez
Environmental Studies, 2022
Since graduation, Abbey moved to Sonoma County on Pomo and Coast Miwok land, where she is the Head Gardener for Traditional Medicinals Tea Company (the company that makes Throat Coat!) She tends the educational garden, which serves as an herbal library, displaying many medicinal herbs the company uses in its teas. She is also the zero-waste coordinator working with the environmental department on getting the tea company recertified as a zero-waste facility. Abbey is still working with CCAT as a member of the Steering Committee, and she is always proud to say where her education came from!
Liam Hazelton
Environmental StudiesGeospatial Analysis minor, 2019
Following graduation, Hazelton searched for jobs in the Bay Area but did not have any luck for a year and a half. In December 2020 he received help from a local professional who sent him information about an internship that dealt with restoring and mitigating damage done in riparian areas by humans. He was selected to join the program in February of 2021 and also has a future job in the pipeline.
Claire Roth
Environmental Studies, 2017
Claire lives in Eugene, Oregon, and works as a Program Manager with the educational nonprofit Better Eugene-Springfield Transportation (BEST). BEST advocates for better, more convenient, and safer transportation for everyone, no matter their mode of choice or ability, and believes that community partnership and collaboration are the keys to finding sustainable and equitable solutions to transportation challenges and that the voices of the most vulnerable users of the transportation system should be continuously elevated.
Claire also serves on two local nonprofit boards: Shift Community Cycles and the Whiteaker Community Council. She believes that nonprofits fill the gap that governments cannot cover.