Allison is a Sr. Research Associate at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and the main campus focal point for the Cornell Climate Stewards Program. She co-led the team development of the Cornell Climate Stewards Program with Katherine Bunting-Howarth, and was Principle Investigator on a USDA NIFA Planning grant to study the feasibility of developing a new master volunteer program for climate change in the Northeast. Allison is leading a new integrated research/extension project with USDA funding that looks at “Increasing Municipal Participation in the NYS Climate Smart Communities Program through Research and Extension” with Shorna Allred, Kathy Bunting-Howarth, Art DeGaetano, and Extension partners.
Allison’s work focuses on interactions between social, environmental, and agricultural systems. She facilitates interdisciplinary research and extension teams and helps develop resources, tools, and training curriculum for climate change adaptation and mitigation. Her research is focused on assessing stakeholder views and actions on climate change, multi-level climate change governance mechanisms, and climate change policies and institutions. She previously worked for seven years for Cornell Cooperative Extension in Dutchess County, NY, before moving to Cornell; and also worked for the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, University of Maryland, United Nations Environment Programme in Paris, France, and the Environmental Policy Center in Washington, DC. A native of Hamilton, N, Allison received her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Maryland in College Park, and her B.A. from Colby College in Waterville, ME. In her spare time, she loves walking her dog Winston, reading good books, traveling internationally, and camping in the Adirondacks with her family.
Contact:
Allison M. Chatrchyan
Sr. Research Associate
Cornell University
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
305 Rice Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: amc256@cornell.edu