Dr. Joseph Dorsey, former Peace Corps Volunteer (Pediatric Nutrition in W. Africa), was an assistant professor of environmental policy at USF St. Petersburg before he was hired as an adjunct faculty member at the Patel College of Global Sustainability in 2013.
During the Summer and into the Fall of 2013, Dr. Dorsey was responsible for campus-wide data collection for the STARS Report. This included directing both Graduate and Undergraduate students employed to support this effort. USF achieved a Gold AASHE STARS Rating during these efforts.
As a PCGS faculty member, Dr. Dorsey team taught the core courses Concepts and Principles of Sustainability and Systems Thinking. He also facilitated and created the first undergraduate cross-campus interdisciplinary PCGS course for the Honors College.
Other cross campus collaborations involved the "Fields of Green" Initiative that connects PCGS with the Athletics Department and the Recreation Department through green soccer matches and bike sharing programs. Dr Dorsey has also lead the Great American Teach-In for the Patel College.
Due to the administrative needs of the Patel College, Dr. Dorsey assumed the role of Acting Internship Director. His duties here focus on strategic planning and coordination to improve public relations with USF faculty and external partners, liaison with agencies and organizations. These efforts have increased program quality control, and assure academic excellence in the internship process for students.
In addition, Dr. Dorsey would like to create a new concentration, Sustainable Food Systems, due the growing interest in the student population and the need to address food related issues in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. This could build on our student's passions to create a Research Methods course required for ALL Undergraduates. As who has ever heard of a Research One Institution without a required Research Methods Course.
Dr. Dorsey has a deep philosophical and practical interest in global sustainability and developed the concept: Sustainabilitism as he continues to inspire students to lead into the 21st Century!
During the Summer and into the Fall of 2013, Dr. Dorsey was responsible for campus-wide data collection for the STARS Report. This included directing both Graduate and Undergraduate students employed to support this effort. USF achieved a Gold AASHE STARS Rating during these efforts.
As a PCGS faculty member, Dr. Dorsey team taught the core courses Concepts and Principles of Sustainability and Systems Thinking. He also facilitated and created the first undergraduate cross-campus interdisciplinary PCGS course for the Honors College.
Other cross campus collaborations involved the "Fields of Green" Initiative that connects PCGS with the Athletics Department and the Recreation Department through green soccer matches and bike sharing programs. Dr Dorsey has also lead the Great American Teach-In for the Patel College.
Due to the administrative needs of the Patel College, Dr. Dorsey assumed the role of Acting Internship Director. His duties here focus on strategic planning and coordination to improve public relations with USF faculty and external partners, liaison with agencies and organizations. These efforts have increased program quality control, and assure academic excellence in the internship process for students.
In addition, Dr. Dorsey would like to create a new concentration, Sustainable Food Systems, due the growing interest in the student population and the need to address food related issues in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. This could build on our student's passions to create a Research Methods course required for ALL Undergraduates. As who has ever heard of a Research One Institution without a required Research Methods Course.
Dr. Dorsey has a deep philosophical and practical interest in global sustainability and developed the concept: Sustainabilitism as he continues to inspire students to lead into the 21st Century!
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