Curriculum Vitae
Education
| PhD | Natural Resources, Cornell University (expected 2012).
Dissertation: Sense of place in urban environmental education. Advisors: Drs. Marianne Krasny (Chair, Natural Resources), Richard Stedman (Development Sociology), Scott Peters (Education), and Mark Bain (Natural Resources). |
| MS | 2006. Natural Resources, Cornell University.
Thesis: Use of computer technologies in dissemination of environmental education programs. Advisors: Drs. Marianne Krasny (Chair, Natural Resources), and Joseph Walther (Communication). 
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| BS | 2001. Environmental Management, Tomsk State University, one of top five universities in Russia. Major: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Honors Diploma. |
Research Interests
I am conducting interdisciplinary research about the impact of urban environmental education on sense of place among youth in the Bronx, New York City. My interests include: urban and after-school environmental education; community-based and participatory research; environmental stewardship and restoration; sense of place, social capital; green infrastructure, pro-environmental behavior; ecosystem services, human well-being; social-ecological systems, innovations and resilience.
Selected Coursework
Research Methods: Qualitative Research Methods, Participatory Action Research, Quantitative Research Methods, Structural Equation Modeling.
Social Dimension: Environmental Strategies, Agriculture/Extension in Developing Countries, Community Education and Development, Pedagogy, Comparative Epistemologies, Leadership Development.
Science Dimension: Ecology, Urban Ecology, Agricultural Ecology, Natural Resources, Plant Ecology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Environmental Conservation.
Teaching Experience
| Research Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources.
Taught a new EPA-funded professional development online course
"Environmental Education in Urban Communities." Developed course materials
and facilitated online discussions. Co-instructors: M. Krasny and A. Price. Syllabus:
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fall 2011 |
| Research Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources. Develop curriculum and materials for a new online course "Environmental Education in Urban Communities." Supervisor: Dr. Krasny. | summer 2011 |
| Research Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources.
Developed curriculum and materials for a new online course
"Environmental Education in Urban Communities." Supervisor: Dr. Krasny.
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spring 2011 |
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources,
NTRES 2201 "Society and Natural Resources" course with Dr. Richard Stedman.
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spring 2009 |
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources,
NTRES 4340 "International Conservation: Communities and the Management
of the World's Natural Resources" course with Dr. James Lassoie.
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fall 2008 |
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, "Environmental Conservation" course with Dr. Fahey. | spring 2008 |
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, "Forest Ecology" course with Dr. Fahey. Field trip photos. | fall 2007 |
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, "Environmental Governance" course with Dr. Wolf. | spring 2007 |
| Instructor | Department of Environmental Management, Tomsk State University, Russia. Developed the curriculum and taught the course "The methods of environmental education." | 2002-2004 |
| Field Course Instructor | Department of Environmental Management, Tomsk State University, Russia. Developed the curriculum and organized 4-week summer environmental practicum for students in nature reserves and industrial facilities. | 2002-2003 |
| High School Teacher | School #28, Tomsk, Russia. Taught 10th grade biology and environmental science in indoor and outdoor classes. | 2000-2001 |
Refereed Journal Articles
| Kudryavtsev A., Stedman R.C., and Krasny M.E. (2011). Sense of place in environmental education. Environmental Education Research. DOI:10.1080/13504622.2011.609615 |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., and Walther J. (2010). Dissemination of outreach education programs: in-person and computer-mediated educator training. Journal of Extension, 48(5). http://www.joe.org/joe/2010october/a4.php |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Ferenz G., and Babcock L. (2007). Use of computer technologies by educators in urban community science education programs. Journal of Extension, 45(5). http://www.joe.org/joe/2007october/a2.php |
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Research Presentations
| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Stedman R., Peters S. (2011). Dissertation on sense of place in environmental education. Round table presented at the North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposium, October 2011, Raleigh, North Carolina. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Price A. (2011). EECapacity offers the urban environmental education course. Formal presentation at the North American Association for Environmental Education Conference, October 2011, Raleigh, North Carolina. |
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| Kudryavtsev A. (2011). Sense of place in urban environmental education. Presentation in the Cornell University Department of Natural Resources Spring 2011 Weekly Seminar Series, Ithaca, February 22, 2011. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Severino A., Baichu G., and Henning D. (2010). Restoring oyster reefs in New York City for people and nature. Presentation at the Future Cities, Future Citizens open seminar at Nordic Light House, Shanghai, China, October 17, 2010. |
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| Moskell C., Broussard-Allred S., Loria K., Lambert V., Brooks L., Cheng S., Ferenz G., Kudryavtsev A. (2010). Resident's attitudes towards street trees and park trees in New York City. Poster presented at The North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposium, September 2010, Buffalo, New York. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krany M., and Stedman R. (2010). The impact of urban environmental education on sense of place in youth. Poster presented at The North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposium, September 2010, Buffalo, New York. Also presented at the annual Cornell Council Sustainability Committee meeting 2010, Ithaca, New York. |
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| Krasny M., Kalbacker L., Kudryavtsev A., and Stedman R. (2010). Develpment of an instrument to measure social capital in youth. Poster presented at The North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposium, September 2010, Buffalo, New York. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Stedman R., and Krasny M. (2010). Developing a survey to measure sense of place in youth. MillionTreesNYC, green infrastructure, and urban ecology: a research symposium, March 5-6, 2010, New York City. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krany M., Plewka J., Runfola A-M., Griffin D., Liebowitz A., Guance A., Word C., and Henning D. (2009). Civic ecology education: restoring landscapes and mindscapes in the Bronx. Poster presented in the Community Forestry and Environmental Research Partnership program annual workshop, September 9-13, St. Helena Island, South Carolina. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krany M., Plewka J., Runfola A-M., Griffin D., Liebowitz A., Guance A., Word C., and Henning D. (2009). Measuring place attachment in urban youth. Poster presented at The North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposium, October 2009, Portland, Oregon. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Runfola A-M., Griffin D., Liebowitz A., Plewka J., Archino A., Oliveira S., and Williams A. (2009). Civic ecology education: building sense of place and restoring landscapes in the Bronx. The World Environmental Education Congress, May 10-14, 2009, Montreal, Canada. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., and Krasny M. (2008). Urban environmental education: an avenue towards community-based natural resources management. Presented at the Community Forestry and Environmental Research Partnership Annual Workshop, September 24-28, 2008, Craftsbury, Vermont. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Ferenz G., and Weiss J. (2007).
Networking among environmental educators in NYC:
Current status and desired outcomes.
Presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the North American
Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE Forth Annual
Pre-Conference Research Symposium), Virginia Beach, Virginia. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Sitawi J., Doroshenko M., and Usova N. (2007). Blogging across continents: Integrating local and global education. Presented at the World Environmental Education Congress, Durban, South Africa. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., and Krasny M. (2006). Cost-effectiveness of digital and face-to-face educator training. Presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE Third Annual Pre-Conference Research Symposium), St. Paul, Minnesota. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Ferenz G., and Babcock L. (2005). Digital Era? No Educator Left Behind! Presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., and Krasny M. (2005). The impact of computer-mediated communication on dissemination of environmental education programs. Presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
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Invited Speaker
| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., and Price A. (2011). Online professional development course: environmental education in urban communities. EECapacity Strategic Planning Meeting, November 16th, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
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| Kudryavtsev A. (2011). The impact of urban environmental education on sense of place. Two guest lectures in the “Foundation of Recreation” class, October 26th, SUNY Cortland, New York. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Stedman R., and Peters S. (2011). Learning about social-ecological systems through narratives: the Bronx case study. URBIS workshop, organized by Stockholm Resilience Centre and Cornell Lab of Civic Ecology. October 19th. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. |
Professional Experience
| Coordinator | "College Achievement through Urban Science Exploration" outreach program by Cornell University and Henry Street Settlement (Teagle Foundation). Developed curriculum, organized learning sessions and field trips for minority high school students exploring environmental career track. | 2009-2010 |
| Website Developer | Graduate student Association, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University [http://gsa.dnr.cornell.edu] | 2006-2009 |
| Coordinator | An internet mediated exchange among environmental education programs implementing Garden Mosaics in the USA and Russia [Bronx-Tomsk, Baltimore-Tomsk] | 2006 |
| Computer Technologies Assistant | Cornell University Transnational Learning. Produce online lectures and multimedia presentations for distant education programs (director - Stefan Einarson). | 2005-2006 |
| Coordinator | Garden Mosaics National Internet Forum among 30 educators from 10 states (principal investigator: Dr. Krasny). | 2005 |
| Program Manager | "Ecology and Environmental Issues in Siberia"
exchange summer program for student from Ohio State
University at Tomsk State University, Russia
(coordinator: Dr. Karnachuk).
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2002-2003 |
| Member of the Council | "Tomsk Environmental Student Organization" NGO, Russia. Organized environmental action projects, wrote articles for regional newspapers and journals, organized different environmental education activities in schools and out-of-school settings. | 1996-2004 |
Professional Affiliation
| Member, North American Association for Environmental Education | Since 2005 |
| Member, Environmental Education Advisory Council, New York City | 2007-2010 |
| Junior Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences | 2002-2004 |
Professional Development
| Internship at UNESCO New York Office (09/2009-04/2010). Worked with The URBIS Partnership team designing an international program to support resilience and sustainability in cities, organized youth learning sessions about the urban environment. | 2009-2010 |
| Urban Environment Program Assistant at Cornell Cooperative Extension-NYC. Coordinated environmental outreach program on Governors Island and Central Park in New York City; organized web development; developed outreach materials on ecosystem services. | 2008-2009 |
| Internship at Cornell Cooperative Extension-NYC. Conducted research about networking among environmental educators. Helped the Urban Environment Program to organize environmental education events and professional development workshops for environmental educators. | 2007 |
| Three-weeks course on international agriculture and rural development in India (Chennai, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Ahmedabad and New Dehli). | Jan 2006 |
| Internship at Cornell Cooperative Extension-NYC. Helped to organize the Garden Mosaics workshops, worked with community organizations, and conducted the national Internet Forum among community educators. | 2005 |
| Garden Mosaics workshop, the Annual Conference of the American Community Garden Association "Gardens of Diversity: Growing Across Cultures," Toronto, Canada. | Sept 2004 |
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The Open World, two-week environmental
exchange program, Vermont, USA (sponsored by the
Congress of the USA).
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Sept 2003 |
| Workshop on theoretical ecology, The International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. | Apr 2002 |
Awards and Fellowships
| Community Forestry and Environmental
Research Program dissertation fellowship, $14,409.
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2009-2010 |
| The Graduate Field of Natural Resources summer stipend support, Cornell University, $2,050. | 2009 |
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
in the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University.
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2009 |
| Community Forestry and Environmental Research Program pre-dissertation fellowship. | 2008 |
| Cornell University Urban Scholar (awarded twice). | 2005, 2007 |
| Muskie Fellowship to study at Cornell University, American Councils (admission rate 3%). |
2004-2006 |
| Admitted to graduate study in the Department of Natural Resources,
Cornell University.
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2004 |
| Admitted to graduate study in the School of Natural Resources,
Ohio State University.
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2004 |
| Russian President's Scholarship. | 2002-2003 |
| YUKOS Oil Company Scholarships (awarded twice). | 2001, 2003 |
| Tomsk Region Governors' Awards in Science and Education (awarded twice). | 2000, 2003 |
| Open Society Institute, Soros Student Awards (awarded three times). | 1999, 2000, 2001 |
| Russian Governmental Scientific Scholarship. | 1999-2001 |
| Russian National Environmental Olympiads, first places. | 1999 & 2000 |
| Russian National competition "Environmentalist of the XXI century", first place. | 1999 |
Grants
| William B. Stapp College Student
Scholarship. The North American
Association for Environmental Education ($340).
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2009 |
| Graduate Student Conference Grant from the Cornell University Graduate School to participate at the 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, Canada ($230). | 2009 |
| Financial Aid Award for participation in "Agriculture in Developing Countries" course field trip in India. International Programs, Cornell University ($2,000). | 2006 |
| Computer technologies for science education in NYC communities, research internship at Cornell Cooperative Extension-New York City. The Graduate Research Fellowship in Community Development Policy-Making. Advisors: Krasny M., Ferenz G. ($3,000). | 2005 |
| Graduate School Scholarship - conference travel support (Scholar). Cornell University ($450). | 2005 |
| William B. Stapp College Student Scholarship (Scholar). The North American Association for Environmental Education ($400). | 2005 |
| Ecology and Environmental Protection in Siberia: Summer School for Ohio Sate University students at Tomsk State University (Program Manager. Project coordinator: Karnachuk R.). Ohio State University ($21,000). | 2003 |
| The School of Environmental Leaders (Trainer. Project coordinator: Doroshenko E.). Tomsk Environmental Protection Committee ($500). | 2003 |
| Travel gran. The workshop on theoretical ecology in ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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2002 |
| Travel grant. The 17th session of the Global Biodiversity Forum,
Valencia, Spain. IUCN - The World Conservation Union.
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2002 |
| Internet and Environmental Control (Co-manager with Doroshenko E., Mudarisova G., et al.). Siberian Civic Initiatives Support Center. | 2002 |
| The All-Russian School of Young Environmental Inspectors (Co-manager with Antropova S., Mudarisova G., et al.). Pacific Environmental and Resources Center, USA ($10,000). | 2002 |
| Composing and publishing the reference book "Internet-resources on environmental protection" (Project manager). Tomsk Environmental Protection Agency and American Educational Center in Tomsk, Russia ($300). | 2002 |
| The All-Russian School of Young Environmental Inspectors (Co-manager with Mudarisova G., Varfolomeeva O., et al.). Pacific Environmental and Resources Center, USA ($10,000). | 2001 |
| The All-Russian School of Young Environmental Inspectors (Project manager). Pacific Environmental and Resources Center, USA ($5,000). | 2000 |
| The protection of Black Stork habitats (Participant. Project coordinator: Blinov L.). Charitable donor (£857). | 1998-1999 |
| Telecommunications for environmental organizations (Co-manager with Blinov L.). Sacred Earth Network, USA ($500). | 1998-2000 |
Published Abstracts (in Russian)
| Kudryavtsev A., Doroshenko M., and Krasny M (2008). International programs to promote education for sustainable development. In: On the way to sustainable development: Bulleting of the Russian Centre of Sustainable Politics. Number 46. Moscow, Russia. 60-61. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Doroshenko M., and Krasny M. (2006). Implementation of international environmental education programs. In: Abstracts of regional conference "Environmental Education: Problems, Experience, Perspectives." Tomsk, Russia. 81-82. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2004). The curriculum for "Methods of Environmental Education" course. In: Abstracts of the International conference "Environmental Safety: Nature and Society." St. Petersburg, Russia. 140-141. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Mudarisora G., Doroshenko E., and Kupressova E. (2004). Cooperation of state organizations and NGOs for environmental education. In: Abstracts of the International conference "Environmental Safety: Nature and Society." St. Petersburg, Russia. 142-143. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2003). Methods of environmental education in high school. In: Ecology, environmental protection, natural resource, and environmental management: Study programs. Tomsk, Russia, Tomsk State University. 210-215. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., and Shinkin N. (2003). Summer environmental practicum for students at historic and cultural heritage sites. In: Environmental problems of protection of historical and cultural heritage: Science articles. Moscow. 409-411. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2003). The dynamics of schoolchildren's environmental attitudes. In: Abstracts of conference of young scientists "Science, technology, and innovation." Volume 5. Novosibirsk, Russia. 153-154. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2002). Environmental protection in Tomsk oblast: Reference book. Edited by Adam A., and Shinkin N. Deltaplan publishing, Tomsk, Russia. 164 pages. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2002). References on Environmental Internet-Resources. Edited by Adam A. Deltaplan publishing, Tomsk, Russia. 36 pages. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2002). A way to success: science, education and public service. In: Abstracts of regional conference "The environment of institutions of higher education as a factor of professional development." Voronezh, Russia. 109-111. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Shinkin N., and Levasheva Yu. (2002). Environmental education in the Larinsky Nature Reserve. In: Abstracts of conference "Natural and cultural landscapes: problems of environment and sustainability." Pskov, Russia. 264-265. | |
| Shinkin N., and Kudryavtsev A. (2002). Field practicums for environmental science students, Tomsk State University. In: Abstracts of regional conference "Continuous environmental education in regional education." Tomsk, Russia. Page 33. | |
| Lepshina Yu., and Kudryavtsev A. (2002). The experience of implementing non-formal environmental education in Tomsk school #28. In: Abstracts of regional conference "Continuous environmental education in regional education." Tomsk, Russia. 37-38. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Varfolomeeva O., Petukhova T., Mudarisova G., Letuvninkas V., and Krinitsina N. (2002). The role of NGOs in non-formal environmental education of schoolchildren. In: Abstracts of regional conference "Continuous environmental education in regional education." Tomsk, Russia. 43-44. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Bubina A., and Kapitonova K. (2002). The modality of schoolchildren's attitudes toward nature. In: Abstracts of conference "Environmental Safety." Ekaterinburg, Russia. Page 77. | |
| Abstracts on environmental education (in Russian, 1997-2003) Abstracts on ecosystems (in Russian, before 1997-2003) Abstracts on environmental movement (in Russian, 1997-2003) |
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Newsletters
| Cronin M. (2011). Uptown, downtown, and in between, CALS is helping to develop a different kind of apple - The Big Apple. CALS News: the magazine of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Cornell University, fall 2011, p. 20. |
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| Kudryavtsev A. (2011). Interview on leadership. Dean Kathryn Boor, Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Science (unpublished). Ithaca, New York. |
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| Sharapova N. (2010). Study at Cornell, research in New York, roots in Tomsk. In: Alma Mater, Tomsk State University newspaper, 4(2478), p. 8. |
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| Kudryavtsev A. (2009). Urban environmental education: avenue towards community-based conservation. In: Regeneration! Newsletter of the Community Forestry and Environmental Research Partnership Program, 9(1), pp. 8-9. |
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| Kudryavtsev A. (2004). Environmental protection: dialogue benween citizens and government. The "Open World Alumni Bulletin", Spring issue, p. 3. |
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| Newspaper publications (in Russian, 1997-2003) |
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Reviewer
| Environmental Education Research (2011) | |
| The North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposia: Virginia Beach, Virginia (2007), Wichita, Kansas (2008), Portland, Oregon (2009), Buffalo, New York (2010), and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (2011) |
Videography
| Sense of place: survey (2012), 7:02min | http://youtu.be/YEm4ul6lOhs |
| New York Harbor School (2011), 4:30min | http://youtu.be/CcxaZm2NkCI |
| Satellite Academy Eco-Leaders Program, New York (2011), 6:06 min | http://youtu.be/7d5mQlLH3jo |
| The Urban Farm at the Battery, New York (2011), 3:28min | http://youtu.be/sUQFCPmXcOQ |
| What’s Good in My Hood (2011), 6:57min | http://youtu.be/Mfh579rjiio |
| Education Program at New York Restoration Project (2011), 5:02 | http://youtu.be/gTlYZ77uUcM |
| Drew Gardens, The Bronx (2011), 4:11min | http://youtu.be/b4b4Viw0k6s |
| AmeriCorps, New York Restoration Project (2011), 3:04min | http://youtu.be/iyABvj157Jw |
| Green Roof in the Bronx (2010), 2:42min | http://youtu.be/QtK2jCxKiyg |
| Rocking the Boat: oyster restoration (2010) 2:52min | http://youtu.be/M12tfjlmRIU |
| Rocking the Boat: education about oysters (2010), 1:55min | http://youtu.be/OlFybOCOusk |
| Rocking the Boat: education approaches (2010), 3:20min | http://youtu.be/1PmuMfS3OVo |
| Removing invasive species, New York (2009), 3:54min | http://youtu.be/gZcuBy_ikEk |
Languages
| English |
fluent |
| Russian |
native speaker |
| Spanish |
conversational |
| French |
conversational |
| Chinese |
studying |
Computer Skills
| Markup languages | xhtml, css |
| Programming | PHP |
| Statistical software | Stata |