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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
- College Professors
- Program Coordinators
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
Jon Pede
Environment & Community (Social Sciences), 1990
Dr. Jon Pede retired over a year ago as a middle school Principal. He is currently working as a University Supervisor for Pacific University as a teacher license candidate supervisor supporting special education teachers. He just completed his first book on supporting first year School Principals. He hopes to publish in the coming year.
Jon Pede
Environment & Community (Social Sciences), 1990
Jon Pede retired from education after 33 years. He was a teacher (special education), assistant principal, district-level administrator, professor, and ending as middle school principal. He loved every minute of it and is now looking forward to a quiet life without a whistle, walkie-talkie, and school bells.
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.