Stephen Kellert Wins Research Award
Yale professor Stephen Kellert [profile] has won the North American Association for Environmental Education award for “Outstanding Contributions to Research.”
Kellert, Tweedy Ordway Professor of Social Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, will be presented the award at the association’s international conference on Friday, Oct. 13, in St. Paul, Minn. The award is given to an individual who has made outstanding theoretical and scientific contributions.
“Professor Kellert is a prolific writer, superb teacher and a leader in his field,” said Gus Speth, dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
Much of Professor Kellert’s work focuses on understanding the connection between human and natural systems, with a particular interest in the value and conservation of nature and designing ways to harmonize the natural and human built environments.
He has authored more than 100 publications, including several books that explore people’s relationship to nature. In 1993, he co-edited “The Biophilia Hypothesis” with Edward O. Wilson, an entomologist at Harvard. The book brought together 20 scientists from various disciplines to refine and examine the idea of biophilia, which suggests that humans possess a deep and biologically based urge to connect with the natural world.
He went on to publish “The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society” (1996); “Kinship to Mastery: Biophilia in Human Evolution and Development” (1997); “The Good in Nature and Humanity: Connecting Science, Religion, and Spirituality with the Natural World” (2002); “Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Foundations” (2002); and “Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection” (2005).
His other recent awards include the National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation and the Distinguished Individual Achievement Award from the Society for Conservation Biology. He is one of 300 individuals listed in “American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present.” In addition, he has served on committees of the National Academy of Sciences and is a member of IUCN Species Survival Commission Groups.
The North American Association for Environmental Education is a network of professionals, students and volunteers working in the field of environmental education throughout North America and in over 55 countries.
Kellert, Tweedy Ordway Professor of Social Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, will be presented the award at the association’s international conference on Friday, Oct. 13, in St. Paul, Minn. The award is given to an individual who has made outstanding theoretical and scientific contributions.
“Professor Kellert is a prolific writer, superb teacher and a leader in his field,” said Gus Speth, dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
Much of Professor Kellert’s work focuses on understanding the connection between human and natural systems, with a particular interest in the value and conservation of nature and designing ways to harmonize the natural and human built environments.
He has authored more than 100 publications, including several books that explore people’s relationship to nature. In 1993, he co-edited “The Biophilia Hypothesis” with Edward O. Wilson, an entomologist at Harvard. The book brought together 20 scientists from various disciplines to refine and examine the idea of biophilia, which suggests that humans possess a deep and biologically based urge to connect with the natural world.
He went on to publish “The Value of Life: Biological Diversity and Human Society” (1996); “Kinship to Mastery: Biophilia in Human Evolution and Development” (1997); “The Good in Nature and Humanity: Connecting Science, Religion, and Spirituality with the Natural World” (2002); “Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Foundations” (2002); and “Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection” (2005).
His other recent awards include the National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation and the Distinguished Individual Achievement Award from the Society for Conservation Biology. He is one of 300 individuals listed in “American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present.” In addition, he has served on committees of the National Academy of Sciences and is a member of IUCN Species Survival Commission Groups.
The North American Association for Environmental Education is a network of professionals, students and volunteers working in the field of environmental education throughout North America and in over 55 countries.
Professor Stephen Kellert
