Rachel Carson College Faculty Fellows
Sikina Jinnah is Rachel Carson College's new faculty chair!
The Chair of the Faculty is an Academic Senate member, other than the Provost, who is elected by the college Faculty to serve a two year term, and will serve as a member of the Executive Committee.
Dr. Jinnah is an Associate Professor in the Politics Department, an affiliated faculty member in the Environmental Studies Department, and a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Her research focuses on the shifting locations of power and influence in global environmental governance, and in particular the role of transnational actors in environmental decision-making. Her most recent projects examine how key norms in global climate politics shape power relations, the role of U.S. preferential trade agreements in shaping environmental policy in trading partner nations, and the politics of climate engineering governance.
- Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
- Title
- Professor
- Division Social Sciences Division
- Department
- Environmental Studies Department
- Affiliations Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department
- Phone 831-459-5785
- Fax 831-459-4015
- Website
- Office Location
- Interdisciplinary Sciences Building, 473
- 473 Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB)
- Office Hours W 10:00-11:00 h, Th 14:00 - 15:00 h, or by appt
- Mail Stop Environmental Studies
- Mailing Address
- 1156 High Street
- Santa Cruz CA 95064
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Climate Change, Climatology, Water, Plant Sciences, Plant Biology, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Hydrology
- Courses Plant Physiological Ecology, Climate Change Ecology
Summary of Expertise
Biophysical Ecology, Ecohydrology, Meteorology, Climate Change Ecology, Climate Mitigation
Research Interests
Climate Change, Plant Stress Tolerance, Elevated CO2, Altered Precipitation, Atmospheric Warming, Sensors, Sustainable Technology
Biography, Education and Training
Postdoc, ESPM&ERG, UC Berkeley
Ph.D., Biology, Univ California, Los Angeles
M.Sc., Botany, University of Toronto
B.Sc., Biology, University of Toronto
Selected Publications
For a full list of publications, please visit my lab website publications page or Google Scholar.
Teaching Interests
ENVS 23 Physical & Chemical Environment
ENVS 80C Climate Change Science & Policy
ENVS 162 Plant Physiological Ecology & Lab
ENVS 169 Climate Change Ecology
ENVS 196 ClimChg Mitigation & Adaptation
ENVS 196 Sensors for the Environment