Assistant Manager
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J E A N I E K I R K
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profile Compassionate individual prepared to use her passion and
& OBJECTIVE graduate experience to be part of research-based,
progressive world-changing solutions.
EDUCATION COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York City
Graduation 2010
Masters Candidate, Climate + Society
Relevant Coursework: Environmental Science for Sustainable
Development; Dynamics of Climate Variability and Climate
Change; Climate Change Policy; Climate Change, Human
Rights, and Development; Struggles for Sustainability
UNIVERSITY of RICHMOND, Richmond, Virginia
August 2002-May 2006
BA: International Studies: Diplomacy and World Politics
Senior thesis: The Ecological Consequences of Imperialism:
The African Sahel
MCGILL UNIVERSITY, Quebec, Canada
August 2004-December 2004
Semester abroad
NATIIONAL UNIVERSITY of IRELAND at GALWAY
January 2005-May 2005
Semester abroad
OXFORD SEMINARS, Boston
February 2007
TESL Teacher Training Certification
EXPERIENCE INTERN - THE ENERGY AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE, New Delhi, India
June 2010-August 2010
Research and analysis contributing to an integrated
assessment of the West Bengal coastline's vulnerability to
climate change: specifically, the public health dimensions
of the report, focusing on how climate change may
contribute to shifts in malaria and diarrheal diseases.
EDITOR - CONSILIENCE, THE JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT,
New York City
January 2010-August 2010
Editing and selecting pieces, with a student-led team, for
Consilience: a global online publication bringing students,
researchers, professors, and practioners together to
publicly discuss an interdisciplinary dialogue on
sustainable development. www.consiliencejournal.org.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - THE EARTH INSTITUTE, New York City
January 2010-June 2010
Managing a wide-range of program-related administrative
duties for the MPA in Development Practice offered by the
Earth Institute, including student communications, events
logistics, and marketing the program both to prospective
students and potential employers.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON
ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS, New York City
September 2009-February 2010
Compiling a literature review and survey questions for an
integrated project focusing on green space in Manhattan.
REASON MANAGER - REASON TO GIVE, FIREBELLY FOUNDATION,
Chicago
January 2008-April 2009
Case management for non-profit project:
www.reasontogive.com.
Tasks include: coordinating participant interviews, video
editing, copywriting, community outreach, cultivating a
giving community, stimulating alternative gift-giving
strategy, social media and grant research + writing.
INTERN - FIREBELLY DESIGN, Chicago
July-December 2007
Copy and researching assistant at socially responsible
design studio. Researching, writing, blogging and editing.
Logistics for new nonprofit endeavor: Reason to Give.
TRAVEL WRITING - TRIPCONNECT.COM & HEREORTHERE.COM
March-July 2007
Freelance writing positions documenting 3 months of travel
in
South America.
INTERN - BOOJUM INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION,
Joshua Tree
August-November 2006
Assisting in the delivery of experiential education
programs while gaining hands-on training in outdoor and
adventure education, logistical experience and wilderness
leadership.
INTERN - EARTH DAY NETWORK (EDN)
July-September 2006
Working remotely with EDN to facilitate the Climate Change
Agreement, which asked mayors across the United States to
sign on to a Mini-Kyoto Agreement and reduce the emission
levels in their respective cities. Also responsible for
editing EDN's blog.
AWARDS University of Richmond Cum Laude graduate; University of
Richmond Dean's List; Phi Eta Sigma; Golden Key Honour
Society.
SKILLS Near fluency in French language; working knowledge
Spanish language; extensive travel/residency in Europe and
South/Central America. I make a mean vegetarian chili.
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