{"id":72651,"date":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-graduates-selected-for-noaa-marine-policy-fellowship\/"},"modified":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T00:00:00","slug":"uri-graduates-selected-for-noaa-marine-policy-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/12\/uri-graduates-selected-for-noaa-marine-policy-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 graduates selected for NOAA marine policy fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 December 19, 2016 \u2013 Two recent graduates of the 溏心vlog免费B站 who earned master\u2019s degrees in marine affairs have been named John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellows, enabling them to spend a year working on ocean and coastal policy issues in Washington, D.C., next year.<\/p>\n

Emily Patrolia of Wenham, Mass.,<\/strong> and John Ryan-Henry, who grew up in East Providence<\/strong> and now lives in Westport, Mass<\/strong>., are among 57 students from across the country selected for the $56,500 fellowship. They applied through Rhode Island Sea Grant, which administers the program locally and nominates candidates for consideration by the National Sea Grant College Program.<\/p>\n

Their fellowships begin Feb. 1, 2017.<\/p>\n

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Emily Patrolia of Wenham, Mass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patrolia will serve as a marine science advisor to the Senate Commerce Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve hoped and dreamed about being a Knauss Fellow since I was 19 and first heard about it,\u201d said Patrolia. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten to know the small community of marine policy people, and everyone\u2019s advice was to become a Knauss Fellow. It\u2019s a great stepping stone to a career in marine policy. So it was always the first thing on my agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patrolia\u2019s fellowship will involve preparing briefings for committee members, recruiting witnesses to give testimony, helping to write bill language and reports, and supporting the staff in the committee office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ll be working on the majority side \u2013 the Republican side \u2013 but there is a lot of common ground among the parties on these issues in the Senate, and I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

During her two years at 溏心vlog免费B站, Patrolia conducted research on the recreational use of the state\u2019s salt ponds to better understand how people are using the ponds. Nearly every day for two summers she traveled aboard a Boston Whaler to create maps of \u201cwho was doing what where,\u201d from wind surfers and paddle boarders to clammers and hook-and-line fishermen. She also conducted in-person interviews with those using the ponds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe maps will help identify the densities and timing of those various activities so managers will be able to determine compatible and conflicting uses,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s baseline data so that if someone wants to put in an aquaculture farm, for instance, we have the data about all the uses of the ponds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout her 溏心vlog免费B站 years, Patrolia also worked for the Mid-Atlantic Region Association Coastal Ocean Observing System, which brings together scientists, policy makers and non-profit groups to share and apply marine science for a better understanding of the ocean. She currently serves as the group\u2019s director of government relations.<\/p>\n

Following her Knauss Fellowship, she hopes to work for the federal government in a marine policy role.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy career goal has been to spend 5 to 8 years in the federal government, 5 to 8 years in state government, and then move into the private sector. By then I\u2019ll understand enough to be effective,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I\u2019m trying to be as open-minded as possible. My experience thus far has taught me that the more you learn, the more things change.\u201d<\/p>\n

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John Ryan-Henry, of Westport, Mass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ryan-Henry just completed the 溏心vlog免费B站\/Roger Williams University dual degree program in marine law and policy, earning a law degree from Roger Williams and a master\u2019s degree in marine affairs from 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n

Like Patrolia, earning a Knauss Fellowship has been a personal goal since he started law school. \u201cIt\u2019s an excellent gateway into ocean and coastal management in the federal government system,\u201d he said. \u201cIt puts me on the ground with people in the federal system who are taking active steps to address climate change and coastal resilience, which is hard to do right out of school.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was ecstatic when I got the call that I was selected,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s a very big deal for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan-Henry earned an undergraduate degree in geology from Brown University, where he developed highly technical knowledge about climate change. But rather than focus on climate science, he realized that his skills would be better suited to addressing the problem by working on policy and management.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a complicated time, and there are a lot of significant problems facing humanity, and climate change is one of them,\u201d he said. \u201cThe more we act now the less hardships we\u2019ll have in the future. It\u2019s a big problem to tackle, and one that I\u2019m personally invested in.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his Knauss Fellowship, Ryan-Henry will serve as a coastal policy fellow for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Coastal States Organization on various projects related to water resources and coastal resilience and adaptation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be doing a mix of policy analysis and legal analysis to support the projects that both organizations are doing, making presentations, and working on projects that get people from coastal states and the Army Corps in the same room to better understand what each is doing,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

While earning his 溏心vlog免费B站 degree, Ryan-Henry conducted research on the climate-related issues facing ports. Focused on the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn, he interviewed a wide variety of stakeholders to learn about the effects of increasingly severe coastal storms on port operations so port managers have a comprehensive understanding of the issue and can develop plans to address those effects.<\/p>\n

At the completion of his fellowship, Ryan-Henry seeks a career \u201cwherever I\u2019m useful, probably in government, working with people who are on the ground building strategies and implementing solutions to the problems of coastal adaptation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, established in 1979, matches qualified graduate students interested in the national policy decisions affecting ocean and coastal resources with hosts in the federal legislative or executive branches of government. The fellowship is named for the former dean of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography who also served as NOAA administrator.<\/p>\n

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