Josh Gellers, PhD Candidate in Political Science
I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science and Assistant Director of the Focused Research Group in International Environmental Cooperation at UC Irvine. I am also an Honorary Fellow at the Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies in Kathmandu, Nepal. I hold a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Geography and a Certificate in International Relations from the University of Florida, where I graduated magna cum laude as Junior Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Outstanding Male Leader, Four-Year Scholar, Commencement Speaker, and Valedictorian, and was a Marshall Scholarship finalist. I also hold an M.A. in Climate and Society from Columbia University and an M.A. in Political Science from UC Irvine. I have served as a researcher for the Global Roundtable on Climate Change (GROCC), Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), and Earth Institute at Columbia University, and have interned at the U.S. Department of Commerce, City of Irvine, City of Long Beach, and EcoMedia, a CBS company. I have consulted for the United Nations Development Program, Kinetix [business ecology], Sierra Club Green Home, and Krout & Associates. In April 2011, I helped organize UC Irvine School of Law’s first student-run conference, “a3[Assemble.Advocate.Act.]: A Conference on Climate Justice.” I have published in International Environmental Agreements, Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, and Review of Policy Research. My paper, "Constitutional Environmental Rights: A Quantitative Analysis of Intra-Regional Influences," has been selected to receive the 2013 Graduate Student Paper Award by the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association. I am a 2011-12 Sustainability Science Team Fellow at the UC Irvine Environment Institute, a 2013 Human Security Fellow at the UC Irvine Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, and a 2012-13 UC Irvine Public Impact Fellow. My hobbies include attending farmers' markets, playing the guitar, watching sports (specifically Florida Gators, Miami Dolphins, and Miami Heat), photography, blogging about green design, and running half-marathons. I currently reside in Long Beach, California.
A copy of my current CV is available for download below.
A copy of my current CV is available for download below.
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For information about my research interests, please visit my research page. For a listing of my published work, see the publications page. For information regarding my teaching experience, check out my teaching page. For a collection of photographs from my field research, please see the photography page. To read about my field research in Sri Lanka, please visit my blog. Finally, for information on how to get in touch with me, see the contact page.
