SMA Prospectus: Faculty—Teaching, Research and Public Service

The School of Marine Affairs has recruited an outstanding faculty, representing disciplines essential to marine and coastal resource use and management. The faculty are dedicated to providing the highest quality education. Toward that goal, they have fashioned a specialized curriculum that emphasizes the integration of many disciplines in studying and resolving marine problems; continue to design new courses that reflect contemporary and emerging issues; offer special seminars to report on research and service activities; and invite a wide range of expert guests from academic and professional environments to present their knowledge and perspectives to students.

Faculty research projects generate knowledge about marine affairs: scientific findings that may warrant policy changes, suggestions for policies to promote wise resource use, and ideas for methods to maintain the oceans' and coasts' ability to meet human needs. The perspectives they gain from helping to put their research findings to use lead to new pathways for ocean and coastal studies. Faculty members bring this knowledge into the classroom, where students see the cutting edge of marine affairs studies.

In addition to research and teaching, School of Marine Affairs faculty are active in public service. They have made significant contributions as chairs, presidents and members of international and intergovernmental organizations and serve as advisors to governments and industries on issues such as cross-boundary pollution, marine transportation, and coastal management. On the national level, faculty members have worked on advisory panels of the National Research Council and NOAA, and served on boards and committees of national private organizations such as the Council for Ocean Law and the American Association of Port Authorities.

Faculty are particularly active in providing service to the Pacific Northwest where fisheries, transportation, environmental quality, shoreline and related issues are of great public interest. They have been influential in the development of programs addressing Puget Sound water quality and have served in varying capacities on NOAA technical groups, a British Columbia/Washington Council, and King County Metro projects. Within the University community, faculty members serve on committees dealing with curriculum, admissions, facilities, and other campus-wide issues. In addition, they have played an important role in the development of emerging interdisciplinary programs, including the conservation biology curriculum, a cooperative global transportation studies program and natural resource and environmental policy programs.

More information on SMA faculty is available via the Faculty/Staff link at the beginning of this page.

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