Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Managing Editor

Arielle Conti is the Managing Editor for the Encyclopedia of Earth. Her responsibilities include oversight of the day-to-day editorial work flow as well as strategic planning for the EoE.  Ms. Conti  graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA with a B.S. in Environmental Science and a minor in Economics.  She also was a Land Stewardship Intern in Burlington, VT in the summer of 2008.  Ms. Conti studied abroad with the School for Field Studies in Kenya for three months where she researched the effects of wildlife on rural inhabitants.

Please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Conti with any questions regarding the EoE.  Arielle Conti

Director of Content Development

Cynthia Barakatt is Director of Content Development for the Encyclopedia of Earth.  Ms. Barakatt has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of communications and the environment. A former journalist, she has worked as a communications specialist for two state environmental agencies and a large international environmental consulting firm, and served as an administrator for a university-based environmental research and education center. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from California Polytechnic State University and a master's degree in environmental studies from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

E-mail: Cynthia Barakatt

Associate Editors

Dr. Andrew Jorgensen is an Associate Editor of the  Encyclopedia of Earth, and an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Toledo.  At Toledo he directs the introductory chemistry program and works on innovative educational techniques for the classroom, such as personal response devices, and web applications for online instruction.  He previously served as an assistant vice president for academic affairs at the university. Andy earned a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a B.S. in Chemistry from Quincy University.  He completed a postdoctoral appointment in chemical education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Mark McGinley is an Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Earth, and an Associate Professor in the Honors College and Department of Biological Sciences at Texas Tech University. He has conducted research in the evolutionary, behavioral, and community ecology of animals and plants. Dr. McGinley’s recent scholarly interests focus on educating the general public about scientific (particularly environmental) issues.

Dr. Emily Monosson is an Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Earth.  Dr. Monosson is a toxicologist with a B.S. from Union College, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. She works part-time as a consultant, writer, teacher and researcher while navigating the ups and downs of balancing a career in science and caring for her two children. She has extensive experience reviewing and synthesizing toxicology and environmental toxicology studies and data on a range of chemicals including pesticides, UV-filters, PCBs, and chemical mixtures.

Editorial Advisory Board

Dr. J. Emmett Duffy is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Encyclopedia of Earth and Professor of Marine Science and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at the College of William and Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science. He received the Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has held postdoctoral positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the University of California, Davis. Dr. Duffy is a marine ecologist whose research focuses on the evolutionary origins, ecological maintenance, societal importance, and conservation of biological diversity.

Ida Kubiszewski is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Encyclopedia of Earth.  Ida received her B.A. in Astronomy and Physics from Boston University during which she worked on the Milky Way Galactic Ring Survey. She went on to receive her M.A. in Energy and Environmental Analysis through the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, also at Boston University. While working on her Masters, she co-founded the Encyclopedia of Earth and was the Assistant Editor for the project.

Dr. Stephen Nodvin is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Encyclopedia of Earth, and an Associate Professor of Natural Sciences at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Nodvin's background is in science and technology, and has held leadership positions in academia, government, and business. Dr. Nodvin has been a government researcher and administrator, university professor, business owner and entrepreneur, and technical consultant. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses; directed Master’s, Doctoral, and Post-Doctoral students; and has presented research results both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Peter Saundry is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Encyclopedia of Earth.  Dr. Saundry is the Executive Director of the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE), a nonpartisan organization working to improve the scientific basis of environmental decision making. The NCSE works closely with the many communities that create and use environmental knowledge to make and shape environmental decisions, including academic, scientific, environmental, and business organizations, as well as federal, state and local government. The NCSE is the Secretariat of the Environmental Information Coalition.

Dr. Sidney Draggan, is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Encyclopedia of Earth.  Dr. Draggan is an Ecologist and Science Policy Analyst, served most recently as Senior Science and Science Policy Advisory to the Assistant Administrator for Research and Development at the Environmental Protection Agency. He joined the staff of the Immediate Office of the Assistant Administrator in 1997 after serving for two years as Special Assistant for Science to the Administrator (Carol Browner) and Deputy Administrator (Fred Hansen) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.