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Careers & Alumni: Environment & Community, M.A.
Many Environment & Community M.A. graduates work for nongovernmental organizations, while others work for government agencies, in education, and in the private sector. Some pursue law or Ph.D. degrees.
All our graduates have a strong foundation in social science theory and research, and the skills for a career or higher degree in a number of fields.
Potential Career Paths
Education
- Education
Private
- Enrollment Coordinator
- Senior Staff Archaeologist
Government
- Conservation Agent
- Environment Program Director
- Junior Planner/Environmental Specialist
- Outreach Coordinator
- Paralegal
- Senior Planner
- Transportation Planner
- Water Conservation Specialist
Non-Governmental Organizations
- Development Director
- Development Writer
- Director
- Director of Programs
- Donor Relations Director
- Education Director
- Executive Director
- Executive Director, Non-Profit
- Outdoor Education and Recreation Coordinator
- Program Coordinator
- Program Manager
- School Programs Coordinator
- School Programs Coordinator, Non-Profit
- Senior Organizer
- Senior Program Associate, Public Funding Specialist
- Union Representative
Featured Profiles
Alumni Updates
Jessica A. Whatcott
Environment & Community (Social Sciences)BA in Political Science, minor in Women's Studies, 2012
After recieving my MA from the Environment and Community program, I was hired as a temporary lecturer for the new department of Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies. I am excited to be involved in this new program and engaging students in intersectional critical analysis.
Jess Whatcott
Environment & Community (Social Sciences)2004, BA in Political Science, 2011
After completing a Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Jess Whatcott (they/them) became a tenure-track professor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies at San Diego State University. Dr. Whatcott's first academic book about California's history of eugenics and confining disabled people in state institutions will be published by Duke University Press in August 2024.
Morgan King
Environment & Community (Social Sciences), 2003
In March 2011 I was hired on as the Sustainability & Waste Coordinator for Humboldt State, after working five years as a Program Manager for a sustainability non-profit. I live in Arcata with my wife and daughter, who will turn 5 in August.