Environmental Analysis

Gain the tools and experiences needed to address environmental challenges and develop an understanding of impactful stewardship through a multidisciplinary lens

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About This Program

  • Choose from four tracks of study: Environment & Society, Environmental Policy, Sustainability & the Built Environment, or Environmental Science. 
  • As an Environmental Analysis major, you’ll be immersed in hands-on learning opportunities including fieldwork, environmental internships, and service learning. 
  • You’ll have access to innovative research resources on campus and off:
  • You will study the environment through the lens of the social sciences, arts, humanities, and natural sciences.  

At a Glance

Degree Awarded

  • Bachelor of Arts

Field Group

Environmental Analysis

Program Type

Area of Study

Environmental Analysis and Our Values

Pitzer’s core values are woven throughout all of our academic programs. Learn how our Environmental Analysis program addresses the value of environmental sustainability.

Environmental Sustainability

“There should be respect underscoring every action we take. It’s really about making a personal connection with the environment – that’s what ultimately will change behaviors.”

Shinara Sunderlal '17

Environmental Analysis major, Biology minor

#3 2023 Pitzer Ranking

In the “Green Matters: Everyone Cares About Conservation” category by Princeton Review

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$1.8 m Major grant

The Robert Redford Conservancy received major funding to study agrivoltaics.

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Pitzer Voices

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“Pitzer encourages creativity, learning, and blurring the boundaries between disciplines, and that’s where the most interesting and cutting-edge scholarship takes place.”

Kai Bidell '20

Environmental Analysis major

Get Involved

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Preservation

Environmental Analysis majors Tommy Shenoi ‘24 and Zoë Wong-VanHaren ‘25 (pictured) were inspired to make Pitzer’s Outback a passion in action. After taking the class Restoring Nature, with Professor Emeritus Paul Faulstich, they were inspired to create an independent study to establish a seed bank collection for the Outback. 

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Research

The Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability is at the heart of Pitzer’s passion for environmental sustainability. At the Conservancy's LEED Platinum, Net-zero Energy environmental center, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with your professors and peers on projects and research to help heal the environment. 

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Awards

Environmental Analysis major Taeya Boi-Doku ’24 has received a 2024 Napier Initiative Award to develop her project, Reclaiming Afroecology: Indigenous Technology and Food Sovereignty.

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Environmental Analysis Program Details

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What You'll Learn

  1. The complex and interconnected aspects of environmental issues.
  2. The ability to apply interdisciplinary analysis to your understanding of the subject.
  3. The ability to understand scholarly and popular arguments surrounding the subject and be able to explain these ideas to various communities.
  4. How to craft well-researched, informative, and interesting presentations.
  5. Create and share knowledge and become active in addressing environmental issues through service learning, internships, community-based research, and other activities.

 

Learn More

Visit the Environmental Analysis Field Group page for more information and resources. 

Environmental Analysis Field Group

Environmental Analysis Faculty

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Kevin Grell

  • Economics Field Group
  • Environmental Analysis Field Group
Professor Melinda Herrold Menzies

Melinda Herrold-Menzies

  • Professor of Environmental Analysis
  • Environmental Analysis Field Group
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Shawnika Johnson

  • Assistant Professor of Environmental Analysis
  • Environmental Analysis Field Group
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Lance Neckar

  • Professor of Environmental Analysis
  • Environmental Analysis Field Group
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Susan Phillips

  • Professor of Environmental Analysis
  • Environmental Analysis Field Group
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David Robinson

  • Environmental Analysis Field Group
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Jo Ann Wang

  • Assistant Professor of Environmental Analysis
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Department of Natural Sciences Environmental Science Faculty

Donald A McFarlane

Donald A. McFarlane

  • Kenneth S. Pitzer Professor of Biology & Environmental Science
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Kathleen Purvis-Roberts

  • Professor of Chemistry & Environmental Science
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Colin Robins

  • Associate Professor of Environmental Science
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Diane Thomson

  • Professor of Biology & Environmental Science

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