PhD Program Philosophy

Our doctoral program challenges environmental professionals and independent scholars to find solutions for contemporary and future environmental problems. The program is broad enough to provide a rigorous foundation in environmental knowledge, yet flexible enough to accommodate individualized research.

Participate in a dynamic learning community.

Students come from all over the world to pursue their environmental studies at Antioch University New England. In the doctoral program, you'll join a diverse community of educators, managers, scientists, communicators, policy makers, writers, and activists—each with a unique professional and scholarly perspective.

Specializations are as diverse as our faculty and students.

Draw on a truly interdisciplinary learning environment to create a unique research focus that is directed toward contemporary environmental concerns. Faculty are members of one department, and work together to support student research on questions related to diverse, complex, and contemporary issues such as protected areas management, natural history education, and conservation practice in the context of climate change.

Study with an internationally recognized faculty.

You study with leaders, innovators, and experienced educators who are renowned in their fields. Engage with faculty experienced in applied, interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching, with specialties in conservation biology, environmental history, environmental decision-making and risk assessment, environmental thought and values.

Learn, grow, and explore as a member of an intimate group.

The doctoral program admits a small group of students each year, so you gain the personal attention and the lively interaction that promotes and supports a positive, engaging learning environment.

Take advantage of innovative learning structures.

In addition to the traditional classroom approach, doctoral studies incorporate online learning, collaborative research, intensive seminars, and service learning contracts to meet the needs of the active, working professional and scholar.