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Richard Jurin

Richard R. Jurin

Associate Professor

  • Ph.D.: The Ohio State University
  • M.S.: The Ohio State University
  • B.S./M.S. : Huddersfield College, England

Contact information

  • E-mail: richard.jurin@unco.edu
  • Phone: (970) 351-2220
  • Fax: (970) 351-2335
  • Office: Ross Hall 2520
  • Office hours: by appointment

Courses taught

  • Biological Perspectives (BIO 101)
  • Principles of Biology (BIO 110)
  • Foundations of Biological Research (BIO 694)
  • Problems in College Teaching (BIOED 682)
  • Introduction to Environmental Studies (ENST 100)
  • Politics, Environment, and Law (ENST 205)
  • Ecological Commerce (ENST 291)
  • Senior Seminar (ENST 405)
  • Sustainable Solutions to Environmental Problems (ENST 515)
  • American Environmental History (MIND 295 – Global Systems)
  • Science Education for Adults and Communities (SCED 555)
  • Science Education Seminar (SCED 678)
  • Science Education research (SCED 694)
  • Science Writing (SCI 291)

Research interests and professional activities

My interests included worldviews as barriers to sustainability; interpretations of visual media perceptions during non-formal and informal educational settings; perceptions of wilderness; business leadership for sustainability; and sustainability in tourism & interpretation.

  • Board of Directors for National Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)
  • Past-Chair of Research Commision for NAAEE
  • Board of Directors for Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE)
  • Section Officer for Colleges, Universities, & Academics section of the National Association for Interpretation (NAI)
  • Coordinator for Environmental Studies program - UNC
  • Director of Advanced Placement Environmental Science Institute - UNC
  • Director of Upward-Bound math & Science - UNC

Grants and academic honors

Funded projects

  • 2006 -- Internship for undergraduate student summer work, Newton-Marasco Foundation ($1000), Investigator.
  • 2006-2008 -- Environmental Literacy Education with Native Americans, part of an ongoing NSF LTER project in collaboration with Colorado State University ($6980), Co-Investigator.
  • 2006-2008 -- Environmental Education for LTER project, part of an ongoing NSF LTER project in collaboration with Colorado State University ($5673), Co-Investigator.
  • 2006-2008 -- COSMOS (UBMS) - Continuation of last two years of third cycle, U.S. Dept of Education ($687,759), Director.

Proposal submission

  • 2006 -- Competitive Continuation of Upward-Bound Math and Science program (formerly COMSOS). $1.3 million for 2008-20013 cycle.

Recent publications

Book chapters

  • Jurin R. R. Chapter 27 - Pollution and Resources from a Global Perspective. In Human Biology, 8th edition. Sylvia Mader, McGraw Hill Publishing Company. (2004).
  • Jurin, R.R. "Environmental Communications" in Handbook of Environmental Science, Health and Technology. Lehr, J. (Ed.). McGraw-Hill Publishing Company. (2000).

Manuals

  • Jurin, R. R., Heimlich, J. E., Tretz, M., Pritz, S., Hitzhusen, F. & Hoitink, H. Solid Waste Curriculum Guide for Officials of Small Communities. (Program Manual developed for The National Environmental Training Center for Small Communities, West Virginia University). Community Development, Ohio State University Extension, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. (1995).

Articles

  • Jurin, R. R. & Hutchinson, S. Worldviews in Transition: using ecological autobiographies to explore students' worldviews. NAAEE Research Commission, Research Briefs, No 06-01 (summary publication for use by practitioners). (2006).
  • Jurin, R. R. & DeGrigorio, M. Successfully Integrating Field Studies Into The Classroom. The Interpreter (Invited paper). National Association for Interpretation: Fort Collins, CO. 2, (2): 21-23. (2006).
  • Jurin, R. R. & Hutchinson, S. Worldviews in Transition: using ecological autobiographies to explore students' worldviews. Environmental Education Research, 11(5): 485-501. (2005).
  • Jurin, R. R.. & Fortner, R. W. Symbolic Beliefs as Barriers to Responsible Environmental Behavior. Environmental Education Research, 8, (4): 375-397. (2002).
  • Jurin, R. R., Grener, D. E. & Geiger, W. E. Environmental Themes in Daily Newspaper Comics in the Columbus Dispatch from 1989 to 1991: A Content Analysis. The International Journal of Environmental Education and Information, 16(1): 1-16. (1997).

Recent professional presentations

  • Jurin R. R., Gaede, D. & Thomas, D. "Finding the Greens among the Browns: How Organizations Contribute to Community Place Building," to be presented at the Interpreting World Heritage conference, Vancouver, Canada, March 25-29, (2007).
  • Jurin, R.R. "Creating a Bill of Rights for Sustainability within Interpretation ." INTERPRETIVE SOURCEBOOK, and presented at The National Association for Interpretation, Albuquerque, NM, November 11, (2006).
  • Jurin, R. R. "Can we Create a Bill of Rights for Sustainability?" Annual Proceedings, and Poster presented at The North American Association of Environmental Education, Albuquerque, NM, October, 13, (2006).
  • Jurin, R. R. "The Loss of Hope: despair about the future is a barrier to environmental action." Presented at The Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, Snow Mountain Ranch, Colorado, April 30, (2006).
  • Jurin, R. R. "Bill of Rights for Sustainability?." Presented at The Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education, Snow Mountain Ranch, Colorado, April 29, (2006).
  • Jurin, R. R. "Can Environmental Studies get beyond the "Doom and Gloom." Environmental Studies Summit, UCSB, February 24-26 (2006).

Recent books

  • Jurin, R.R, Danter, K.J. & Roush, D.E. Jr. Environmental Communications: Principles and Skills for Natural Resource Professionals, Scientists, and Engineers. Pearson Publishing: Indianapolis, IN. (2000).
  • Fox-Parrish, L., Jurin, R. R., Loftis, E., Schafer, M. and Sommersted, K. Ghost Cats of the Tetons: Mitzly the Mountain Lion (book 1)" The Cougar Fund (third grade education (book series on cougars). (in press - The Cougar Fund).
  • Fox-Parrish, L., Jurin, R. R., Loftis, E., Schafer, M. and Sommersted, K. Ghost Cats of the Tetons: The Cubs Explore (book 2)" The Cougar Fund (third grade education book series on cougars). (in press - The Cougar Fund).
  • Fox-Parrish, L., Jurin, R. R., Loftis, E., Schafer, M. and Sommersted, K. Ghost Cats of the Tetons: New Horizons (book 3)" The Cougar Fund (third grade education book series on cougars). (in press - The Cougar Fund).
  • Disinger, J. F., Schoenfeld, A. C., Tomsen, J. L. & Jurin, R. R. Dominion of Nature (?): A worldviews approach to American Environmental History. (in final preparation - University of California Press).