Graduates of the Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development masters program are employed in many different types of positions by a wide variety of organizations including governmental and non-govermental agencies, private industry, universities, and others. The graph below shows the distribution of employers for masters students.
Continuing Education - 14.6%
Faculty Position - 5.4%
Government - 13.8%
Non-Profit/NGO - 20.8%
Other - 33.8%
Includes retired, homemaker, self employed, etc.
Private Industry - 6.2%
University Staff - 5.4%
The list below shows a sampling of the types of positions that Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development graduates have held and contains data from the CBSD alumni directory (self-reported by alumni; names, addresses withheld) for alumni who have graduated since the program's inception in 1990. The list may include entry through senior-level positions. The complete alumni directory (hard copy) is available in the Nelson Institute Academic Programs Office.
| Position | Employer (City, State) |
|---|---|
| Professor | Universidad de Guadalajara (Autlan, Mexico) |
| Professor | Njala University College (Sierre Leone) |
| Assistant Professor | Michigan Technical University (Houghton, MI) |
| Assistant Professor | University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) |
| Assistant Professor | University of New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) |
| Position | Employer (City, State) |
|---|---|
| Forester/Ecologist | Forestry Science Lab, PNW Restoration Lab (Wenatchee, WA) |
| Environmental Health Specialist | Madison Dept of Public Health (Madison, WI) |
| GIS Analyst | Arizona Game & Fish Dept.; Nongame Division (Phoenix, AZ) |
| Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow | US Fish & Wildlife Service (Washington DC) |
| National Organic Program | USDA (Lexington, KY) |
| Natural History Biologist | Missouri Dept of Conservation (Clinton, MO) |
| Outreach Coordinator | NH Office of Coastal Management (Portsmouth, NH) |
| Program Coordinator: Wetland Protection & Land Use Planning | Wisconsin Coastal Management Program (Madison, WI) |
| Restoration Ecologist | Golden Gate National Recreation (San Francisco, CA) |
| Position | Employer (City, State) |
|---|---|
| Program Coordinator | WALHI (Jakarta, Indonesia) |
| Programme Manager | WWF (Islamabad, Pakistan) |
| Project Coordinator - Migratory Birds | Nature Conservancy (Rochester, NY) |
| Project Information Specialist | Nature Conservancy (Bainbridge Island, WA) |
| United States Coordinator | Project del Rio (Santa Fe, NM) |
| Land Use Planner | Elwha S'klallam Tribe (Port Angeles, WA) |
| Project Manager for Trout Unlimited | Center for Community Economic Development (Madison, WI) |
| Regional Field Director | Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC) (Managua, Nicaragua) |
| Researcher/Contracter | ILRI/CRISAT (Granville, OH) |
| Restoration Ecologist | Wildlands Restoration Team (Capitola, CA) |
| Senior Research Assistant | International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington DC) |
| Sub-director | La Reserva de la Biosfera (Guatemala, Guatemala) |
| Watershed Coordinator | Friends of Lake Wingra (Madison, WI) |
| Position | Employer (City, State) |
|---|---|
| Environmental Scientist/Botanist | Natural Resources Consulting Inc. (Cottage Grove, WI) |
| Organic Farmer | Garden of Eve Farm (Aquebogue, NY) |
| Policy Advisor | Macroeconomics World Vision (Washington DC) |
| Research Coordinator | World Bank/GEF (Grenada, WI) |
| Position | Employer (City, State) |
|---|---|
| Executive Director | Universidad de Guadalajara (Guadalajera, Mexico) |
| Project Assistant | University of Bremen (Bremen, Germany) |
| Research Technician | Georgia State University, Language Research Center (Atlanta, GA) |
| Researcher/Instructor | University of Cantho (Cantho, Vietnam) |