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Ann Carlson

Ann Carlson

· Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law and Faculty Co-Director

University of California, Los Angeles · Environmental Science and Policy

Active 1977–2022

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Citations430
Papers382 last 5y
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About

Ann Carlson is the Shirley Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law and the Faculty Co-Director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the UCLA School of Law. She is also a faculty member at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Professor Carlson is recognized as one of the country’s leading scholars of climate change law and policy. Her work has been published in prominent law reviews and she is a co-author of the casebook Environmental Law. She has served on panels such as the National Academy of Sciences’ America’s Climate Choices and is currently involved with an American Academy of Arts and Sciences panel studying the future of America’s energy systems. Carlson is a frequent commentator and speaker on environmental issues, particularly climate change, and she blogs at Legal Planet. She teaches courses including Property, Environmental Law, Climate Change Law and Policy, and a Climate and Energy Law workshop. Her academic achievements include receiving the University of California’s Eby Award for the Art of Teaching, the UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Law School's Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. She earned her J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School and her B.A., magna cum laude, from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Research topics

  • Political Science
  • Sociology
  • Art
  • Aesthetics
  • Psychiatry
  • Law
  • Economics
  • Medicine
  • Anthropology
  • Linguistics

Selected publications

  • Conclusion

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  • Introduction

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  • Index

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  • Finding Connections Between Teacher Motivation And Professional Development In Pursuit Of Mastery In Practice

    Digital Commons - Hamline (Hamline University) · 2019-01-01

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    This qualitative case study investigated the connections between teacher motivation and high quality professional development. The research focused on two elementary schools in one large suburban school district in the upper Midwest. Surveys, individual interviews, focus group interviews, and document analysis were all used to collect data. This study identified the attributes of high quality professional development, which include collaboration, sustainability, and active teacher learning (Darl…

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  • Burkean Dramatistic Analysis

    2019-08-20

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    Dramatistic theory arises from the ontological claim that human beings create, and are created by, complex symbolic structures that alter their perception of the world. Rhetorical manipulation of these symbols is thus an important tool to challenge preconceived notions and open the mind to new possibilities of action. Analysis of the means of manipulation enables us to evaluate the world view promoted by any narrative. The narratives of a culture not only reflect societal attitudes, they also pl…

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Education

  • Ph.D., Environmental Law

    University of California, Los Angeles

    1990

  • Other, Law

    University of California, Berkeley

    1985

  • B.A., Political Science

    University of California, Berkeley

    1981

Awards & honors

  • 2011 University of California, Los Angeles Eby Award for the…
  • UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award
  • 2006 Law School's Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences panel

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