Joshua Kaplan

Sustainability Outreach Specialist
Office of Sustainability

• Joshua became American University's Sustainability Outreach Specialist in July, 2011. Joshua conducts campus sustainability outreach and communications for the Office of Sustainability, fostering extensive collaboration with students, faculty, and staff.
  
  Prior to joining the Office of Sustainability as a staff member, Joshua served as AU's Sustainability Intern, where he worked on a number of behind-the-scenes projects to promote sustainability on campus. He has also dabbled in paleobiology at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum and worked in marketing and communications with the nonprofit organizations Smartpower and The Wellness Community.
  
  Joshua holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from AU, where he authored a senior thesis exploring the implementation of the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) across higher education institutions.

• Degrees

  BA Environmental Studies, American University, 2011

• Book Currently Reading:

  Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Intro to Community-Based Social Marketing, by Doug McKenzie-Mohr