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Michaela Theresia Zint

Michaela Zint
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Behavior, Education, and Communication
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Professor Zint research interests include environmental and sustainability education (behavior change, program evaluation, professional development, pre-service education) in K-12 and higher education settings; environmental (risk) communication; business & environment (especially green marketing), social sciences & environment; water/fish/fisheries/Great Lakes (issues related to education, communication). Professor Zint is particularly well known for her work in building environmental educators’ competencies (e.g. MEERA) and federal funding agencies’ (e.g. B-WET) capacities to evaluate their (grant) programs, with a focus on measuring (behavioral) outcomes and identifying associated pedagogies and conditions. Current research projects focus on exploring how higher education can best prepare sustainability and climate leaders including through online education as well as on workforce development for a green economy in collaboration with industry.

Publications

  • Zint, M, Porter, P. & Ostrow Michel, J. 2022. Education for sustainability through Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). In Bush A., Birke, J. (eds) Nachhaltigkeit und Social Media: Bildung fuer eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der digitalen Welt. Springer-Verlag. Springer, Germany, pp. 241-257.

  • Carman, J.P., Zint, M., Burkett, E. & Ibanez., I. 2021. The role of interest in climate change instruction. Science Education. 105(2): 309-352

  • Brundiers, K., Barth, M, Cebrian, G., Cohen, M, Diaz, L., Doucette-Remington, S, Dripps, W, Habron, G. Harre, N, Jarchow, M, Losch, K., Michel, J, Mochizuki, Y, Rieckmann, M, Parnell, R, Walker, P & Zint, M. (2021). Key competencies in sustainability in higher education-toward an agreed-upon reference framework. Sustainability Science 16, 13-29.

  • Carman, J.P. & Zint, M. (2020). Defining and classifying personal and household climate change adaptation behaviors. Global Environmental Change 61(102062): 1-14.

  • Morse, B., Carman, J.P. & Zint, M. (2019). Fostering environmental behaviors through observational learning. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 27(10): 1530-1552.

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Research
  • Innovative Pedagogies for Cultivating Leadership Amidst the Climate Change Crisis. University of Michigan, School for Environment & Sustainability. 2020-present $55,000 (Lead PI).

  • Toward Mastery: Re-envisioning Master’s student learning through a competency-based approach and multi-model mentoring. University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School. 2019-present $60,000 (Lead-PI).

  • SEAS of change - Toward assessing student-learning outcomes of environmental sustainability education. 2017-present. University of Michigan, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, $10,000 (Principal Investigator).

  • Michigan Sustainability Cases: Transforming case-based teaching and environmental training. 2016-present. University of Michigan, Third Century Initiative, $1.6 million (Co-Principal Investigator).

  • Planting Roots, Branching Out: A proposal to continue exploring the benefits of an education program design to foster middle school students’ understanding of Michigan’s trees and forests – and – the impacts of climate change on these resources. 2014-2016. US Forest Service McIntire-Stennis Research Program, $55,000 (Principal Investigator).

Education

PhD, Michigan State University (Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Human Dimensions)

MBA, Michigan State University (marketing)

BA, Michigan State University (Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management)

Affiliations

Leader, North American Association for Environmental Education Evaluation Clinic (2014-2015).

In the News
SCOTUS decision and supporting diversity
June 29, 2023

SEAS statement on SCOTUS decision and supporting diversity

Leadership at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) and the Program in the Environment (PitE) released the following statement after...

U-M launches effort to support student climate education
March 27, 2023

U-M launches effort to support student climate education

Students, staff and faculty, representing an array of University of Michigan units and disciplines, are collaborating to advance climate education. Their objective is to...

Women's history month
March 3, 2022

Women’s History Month: Perspectives from SEAS Women in Sustainability

In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked our women faculty and researchers to share their perspectives as members of the sustainability field and to offer advice to...

In the Media
03/22/2023
Michaela Theresia Zint
Provost hosts seminar on advancing climate education at UMich (The Michigan Daily)
03/22/2023
Michaela Theresia Zint
U-M launches effort to support student climate education (University Record)
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