Join the Harvard Griffin GSAS Science Policy Group for a fireside chat with Dr. Melody Burkins.

We will discuss Dr. Burkins' career in science policy and diplomacy and the role she plays as an educator and advocate for science. Dinner will be served!

Melody Brown Burkins, PhD, is the Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies, Senior Associate Director in the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth. In January 2022, she was also named the UArctic Chair in Science Diplomacy and Inclusion. With over 30 years of experience as a polar scientist working in academia and governance, she is an advocate for policy-engaged scholarship, experiential education, and the support of science policy and diplomacy initiatives advancing sustainability, inclusion, and gender equality in the Arctic and around the world.