Curriculum Vitae
Education
| PhD | Natural Resources, Cornell University (expected 2011). Committee: Drs. Marianne Krasny (Chair, Natural Resources), Scott Peters (Education), Mark Bain (Natural Resources, and Richard Stedman (Development Sociology). Dissertation: The impact of civic ecology education on sense of place in youth. |
| MS | Natural Resources, Cornell University (2006). Committee: Drs. Mariann Krasny (Chair, Natural Resources), and Joseph Walther (Communication). Thesis: Use of computer technologies in dissemination of environmental education programs. |
| BS | Environmental Management, Tomsk State University, Siberia (2001). Major: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, Honors Diploma. |
Research Interests
I am conducting interdisciplinary research about the impact of civic ecology education programs in the Bronx, New York City, on sense of place in youth. My interests include urban environmental education, community-based environmental restoration, urban social-ecological systems, sense of place, and ecosystem services.
Selected Coursework
Research Methods: Qualitative Research Methods, Participatory Action Research, Quantitative Research Methods, Structural Equation Modeling.
Social Dimension: Environmental Strategies, Agriculture/Extension in Developing Countries, Community Education and Development, Pedagogy, Comparative Epistemologies.
Science Dimension: Ecology, Urban Ecology, Agricultural Ecology, Natural Resources, Plant Ecology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Environmental Conservation.
Teaching Experience
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, "Society and Natural Resources" course with Dr. Stedman | spring 2009 |
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, "International Conservation: Communities and the Management of the World's Natural Resources" course with Dr. Lassoie | fall 2008 |
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, "Environmental Conservation" course with Dr. Fahey | spring 2008 |
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University,
Department of Natural Resources,
"Forest Ecology" course with Dr. Fahey See Photo Album from one of field trips in this course.  |
fall 2007 |
| Teaching Assistant | Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, "Environmental Governance" course with Dr. Wolf | spring 2007 |
| Lecturer | Department of Environmental Management, Tomsk State University, Russia. Developed the curriculum and taught the course "The methods of environmental education." | 2002-2004 |
| Field Course Instructor | Department of Environmental Management, Tomsk State University, Russia. Developed the curriculum and organized 4-week summer environmental practicum for students in nature reserves and industrial facilities. | 2002-2003 |
| High School Teacher | School #28, Tomsk, Russia. Taught 10th grade biology and environmental science in indoor and outdoor classes. | 2000-2001 |
Articles
| Kudryavtsev A., Stedman R., and Krasny M. (2010). Sense of place in environmental education. Manuscript in progress. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., and Walther J. (2010). Dissemination of outreach education programs: in-person and computer-mediated educator training. Journal of Extension, accepted for publication. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Ferenz G., and Babcock L. (2007). Use of computer technologies by educators in urban community science education programs. Journal of Extension, October 2007, volume 45, number 5. Available online |
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Conference Presentations
| Kudryavtsev A., Stedman R., and Krasny M. (2010). Developing a survey to measure sense of place in youth. MillionTreesNYC, green infrastructure, and urban ecology: a research symposium, March 5-6, 2010, New York City. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krany M., Plewka J., Runfola A-M., Griffin D.,
Liebowitz A., Guance A., Word C., and Henning D. (2009). Civic ecology education: restoring landscapes and mindscapes in the Bronx. Poster presented in the Community Forestry and Environmental Research Partnership program annual workshop, September 9-13, St. Helena Island, South Carolina. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krany M., Plewka J., Runfola A-M., Griffin D.,
Liebowitz A., Guance A., Word C., and Henning D. (2009). Measuring place attachment in urban youth. Poster presented at The North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposium, Portland, October 2009, Portland, Oregon. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Runfola A-M., Griffin D.,
Liebowitz A., Plewka J., Archino A., Oliveira S.,
and Williams A. (2009). Civic ecology education: building sense of place and restoring landscapes in the Bronx. The World Environmental Education Congress, May 10-14, 2009, Montreal, Canada. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., and Krasny M. (2008). Urban environmental education: an avenue towards community-based natural resources management. Presented at the Community Forestry and Environmental Research Partnership Annual Workshop, September 24-28, 2008, Craftsbury, Vermont. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Ferenz G., and Weiss J. (2007).
Networking among environmental educators in NYC:
Current status and desired outcomes.
Presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the North American
Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE Forth Annual
Pre-Conference Research Symposium), Virginia Beach, Virginia. See Photo Album from this conference.
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Sitawi J., Doroshenko M., and Usova N. (2007). Blogging across continents: Integrating local and global education. Presented at the World Environmental Education Congress, Durban, South Africa. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., and Krasny M. (2006). Cost-effectiveness of digital and face-to-face educator training. Presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE Third Annual Pre-Conference Research Symposium), St. Paul, Minnesota. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., Krasny M., Ferenz G.,
and Babcock L. (2005). Digital Era? No Educator Left Behind! Presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
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| Kudryavtsev A., and Krasny M. (2005). The impact of computer-mediated communication on dissemination of environmental education programs. Presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
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Professional Experience
| Coordinator | An internet mediated exchange among environmental education programs implementing Garden Mosaics in the USA and Russia [Bronx-Tomsk, Baltimore-Tomsk] | 2006 |
| Computer Technologies Assistant | Cornell University Transnational Learning. Produce online lectures and multimedia presentations for distant education programs (director - Stefan Einarson). | 2005-2006 |
| Coordinator | Garden Mosaics National Internet Forum among 30 educators from 10 states (principal investigator: Dr. Krasny). | 2005 |
| Program Manager | "Ecology and Environmental Issues in Siberia" exchange summer program for student from Ohio State University at Tomsk State University, Russia (coordinator: Dr. Karnachuk). | 2002-2003 |
| Member of the Council | "Tomsk Environmental Student Organization" NGO, Russia. Organized environmental action projects, wrote articles for regional newspapers and journals, organized different environmental education activities in schools and out-of-school settings. | 1996-2004 |
Professional Affiliation and Development
| Member, Environmental Education Advisory Council, New York City | Since 2007 |
| Member, North American Association for Environmental Education | Since 2005 |
| Internship at UNESCO New York Office (09/2009-03/2010). Worked with The URBIS Partnership team designing an international program to support resilience and sustainability in cities, organized youth learning sessions about the urban environment. | 2009-2010 |
| Internship at Cornell Cooperative Extension-NYC. Conducted research about networking among environmental educators. Helped the Urban Environment Program to organize environmental education events and professional development workshops for environmental educators. | 2007 |
| Three-weeks course on international agriculture and rural development in India (Chennai, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Ahmedabad and New Dehli). | 2006 |
| Internship at Cornell Cooperative Extension-NYC. Helped to organize the Garden Mosaics workshops, worked with community organizations, and conducted the national Internet Forum among community educators. | 2005 |
| Garden Mosaics workshop, the Annual Conference of the American Community Garden Association "Gardens of Diversity: Growing Across Cultures," Toronto, Canada. | 09/2004 |
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The Open World, two-week environmental
exchange program, Vermont, USA (sponsored by the
Congress of the USA).
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09/2003 |
| Junior Member, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. | Since 2002 |
| Workshop on theoretical ecology, The International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. | 04/2002 |
Awards and Fellowships
| Community Forestry and Environmental
Research Program dissertation fellowship, $14,409.
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2009-2010 |
| The Graduate Field of Natural Resources summer stipend support, Cornell University, $2,050. | 2009 |
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
in the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University.
| 2009 |
| Community Forestry and Environmental Research Program pre-dissertation fellowship. | 2008 |
| Cornell University Urban Scholar (awarded twice). | 2005, 2007 |
| Muskie Fellowship to study at Cornell University, American Councils, 3% of competitive applicants awarded. |
2004-2006 |
| Russian President's Scholarship. | 2002-2003 |
| YUKOS Oil Company Scholarships (awarded twice). | 2001, 2003 |
| Tomsk Region Governors' Awards in Science and Education (awarded twice). | 2000, 2003 |
| Open Society Institute, Soros Student Awards (awarded three times). | 1999, 2000, 2001 |
| Russian Governmental Scientific Scholarship. | 1999-2001 |
| Russian National Environmental Olympiads, first places. | 1999 & 2000 |
| Russian National competition "Environmentalist of the XXI century", first place. | 1999 |
Grants
| William B. Stapp College Student Scholarship. The North American Association for Environmental Education ($340). I declined this scholarship. | 2009 |
| Graduate Student Conference Grant from the Cornell University Graduate School to participate at the 5th World Environmental Education Congress, Montreal, Canada ($230). | 2009 |
| Financial Aid Award for participation in "Agriculture in Developing Countries" course field trip in India. International Programs, Cornell University ($2,000). | 2006 |
| Computer technologies for science education in NYC communities, research internship at Cornell Cooperative Extension-New York City. The Graduate Research Fellowship in Community Development Policy-Making. Advisors: Krasny M., Ferenz G. ($3,000). | 2005 |
| Graduate School Scholarship - conference travel support (Scholar). Cornell University ($450). | 2005 |
| William B. Stapp College Student Scholarship (Scholar). The North American Association for Environmental Education ($400). | 2005 |
| Ecology and Environmental Protection in Siberia: Summer School for Ohio Sate University students at Tomsk State University (Program Manager. Project coordinator: Karnachuk R.). Ohio State University ($21,000). | 2003 |
| The School of Environmental Leaders (Trainer. Project coordinator: Doroshenko E.). Tomsk Environmental Protection Committee ($500). | 2003 |
| Travel grant for participation in workshop on theoretical ecology in ICTP, Trieste, Italy (Scholar). UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ($2000). | 2002 |
| Internet and Environmental Control (Co-manager with Doroshenko E., Mudarisova G., et al.). Siberian Civic Initiatives Support Center. | 2002 |
| The All-Russian School of Young Environmental Inspectors (Co-manager with Antropova S., Mudarisova G., et al.). Pacific Environmental and Resources Center, USA ($10,000). | 2002 |
| Composing and publishing the reference book "Internet-resources on environmental protection" (Project manager). Tomsk Environmental Protection Agency and American Educational Center in Tomsk, Russia ($300). | 2002 |
| The All-Russian School of Young Environmental Inspectors (Co-manager with Mudarisova G., Varfolomeeva O., et al.). Pacific Environmental and Resources Center, USA ($10,000). | 2001 |
| The All-Russian School of Young Environmental Inspectors (Project manager). Pacific Environmental and Resources Center, USA ($5,000). | 2000 |
| The protection of Black Stork habitats (Participant. Project coordinator: Blinov L.). Charitable donor (£857). | 1998-1999 |
| Telecommunications for environmental organizations (Co-manager with Blinov L.). Sacred Earth Network, USA ($500). | 1998-2000 |
Published Abstracts (in Russian)
| Kudryavtsev A., Doroshenko M., and Krasny M (2008). International programs to promote education for sustainable development. In: On the way to sustainable development: Bulleting of the Russian Centre of Sustainable Politics. Number 46. Moscow, Russia. 60-61. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Doroshenko M., Krasny M. (2006). Implementation of international environmental education programs. In: Abstracts of regional conference "Environmental Education: Problems, Experience, Perspectives." Tomsk, Russia. 81-82. |
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| Kudryavtsev A. (2004). The curriculum for "Methods of Environmental Education" course. In: Abstracts of the International conference "Environmental Safety: Nature and Society." St. Petersburg, Russia. 140-141. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Mudarisora G., Doroshenko E., & Kupressova E. (2004). Cooperation of state organizations and NGOs for environmental education. In: Abstracts of the International conference "Environmental Safety: Nature and Society." St. Petersburg, Russia. 142-143. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2003). Methods of environmental education in high school. In: Ecology, environmental protection, natural resource, and environmental management: Study programs. Tomsk, Russia, Tomsk State University. 210-215. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., & Shinkin N. (2003). Summer environmental practicum for students at historic and cultural heritage sites. In: Environmental problems of protection of historical and cultural heritage: Science articles. Moscow. 409-411. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2003). The dynamics of schoolchildren's environmental attitudes. In: Abstracts of conference of young scientists "Science, technology, and innovation." Volume 5. Novosibirsk, Russia. 153-154. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2002). Environmental protection in Tomsk oblast: Reference book. Edited by Adam A., and Shinkin N. Deltaplan publishing, Tomsk, Russia. 164 pages. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2002). References on Environmental Internet-Resources. Edited by Adam A. Deltaplan publishing, Tomsk, Russia. 36 pages. | |
| Kudryavtsev A. (2002). A way to success: science, education and public service. In: Abstracts of regional conference "The environment of institutions of higher education as a factor of professional development." Voronezh, Russia. 109-111. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Shinkin N., & Levasheva Yu. (2002). Environmental education in the Larinsky nature reserve. In: Abstracts of conference "Natural and cultural landscapes: problems of environment and sustainability." Pskov, Russia. 264-265. | |
| Shinkin N., & Kudryavtsev A. (2002). Field practicums for environmental science students, Tomsk State University. In: Abstracts of regional conference "Continuous environmental education in regional education." Tomsk, Russia. Page 33. | |
| Lepshina Yu., & Kudryavtsev A. (2002). The experience of implementing non-formal environmental education in Tomsk school #28. In: Abstracts of regional conference "Continuous environmental education in regional education." Tomsk, Russia. 37-38. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Varfolomeeva O., Petukhova T., Mudarisova G.,
Letuvninkas V., & Krinitsina N. (2002). The role of NGOs in non-formal environmental education of schoolchildren. In: Abstracts of regional conference "Continuous environmental education in regional education." Tomsk, Russia. 43-44. | |
| Kudryavtsev A., Bubina A., & Kapitonova K. (2002). The modality of schoolchildren's attitudes toward nature. In: Abstracts of conference "Environmental Safety." Ekaterinburg, Russia. Page 77. |
Newsletters
| Sharapova N. (2010). Study at Cornell, research in New York, roots in Tomsk. In: Alma Mater, Tomsk State University newspaper, 4(2478), 8. |
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| Kudryavtsev A. (2009). Urban environmental education: avenue towards community-based conservation. In: Regeneration! Newsletter of the Community Forestry and Environmental Research Partnership Program, 9(1), 8-9. |
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| Kudryavtsev A. (2004). Environmental protection: dialogue benween citizens and government. The "Open World Alumni Bulletin", Spring issue, p. 3. |
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Reviewing Responsibilities
| Abstract reviewer. The North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference and Research Symposium, Buffalo, New York. | 2010 |
| Abstract reviewer. The North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference and Research Symposium, Portland, Oregon. | 2009 |
| Abstract reviewer. The North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposium, Wichita, Kansas. | 2008 |
| Abstract reviewer. The North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference and Research Symposium, Virginia Beach, Virginia. | 2007 |
Languages
| English |
fluent |
| Russian (русский) |
native speaker |
| Spanish (español) |
conversational |
| French (français) |
conversational |
| Chinese (中文) |
studying |
Computer Skills
| Markup languages | xhtml, css |
| Programming | PHP |
| Databases | MySQL |
| Image editing | Photoshop |
| Statistical software | STATA, LISREL |