The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EARTH) community advances the fundamental knowledge of Earth – its history, structure, dynamics, climate, life, resources, and sustainability – and shares these insights widely, with the scientific community, stakeholders, and the public. Our tenure-track and research faculty, lecturers, postdoctoral fellows, and staff work closely with all students to advance their knowledge of Earth as a system by providing important experiential learning opportunities in the laboratory and field, and training in advanced computational and quantitative methods. Collectively, we share in the production of new science and promote the success of students and early career scientists as they move through our program and beyond. We strive to maintain a diverse, inclusive, congenial, and mutually respectful culture that enables students, staff, researchers, lecturers, and faculty to thrive together.
We prepared this decadal strategic plan as a part of the external review process in the College of Literature, Arts and Sciences (LSA). It follows the previous departmental plan and external review prepared in 2008, which was significantly revised and adopted in 2011. The 2021 plan assesses progress toward goals outlined in the 2011 plan, evaluates recent metrics of our research enterprise and our educational programs, examines how our demographics and research interests have changed, and projects future shifts in our identity.
