Next Stops

Our graduates get competitive and meaningful jobs in non-profit, government and business sectors. Recent graduates have gone to work for consulting firms, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, the Peace Corps and firms that specialize in mapping and GIS software. Other graduates have enrolled in graduate programs in geography, planning and law.

Learn about some of the careers Geography and Urban Studies and Environmental Studies graduates have pursued as well as recent organizations where our graduates have found employment by visiting the Geography and Urban Studies Careers, Internships & Opportunities page!

Environmental Studies Career Opportunities

Temple University Environmental studies graduates land competitive, meaningful jobs upon graduation in Philadelphia and beyond, working in business, government and nonprofits. The U.S. Department of Labor projects faster-than-average growth for careers in environmental fields.

Jobs for Environmental Studies majors include:

Environmental Activism and Conservation
Resource Management
State and Local Government
Non-Profits and NGOs
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Spatial Analysis
Education
Entrepreneurship
Urban Gardening
Research

Environmental studies majors land coveted internship and full-time positions with major organizations:

Environmental Protection Agency
Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Michael Baker International
National Park Service
AKRF, Inc
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Amec Foster Wheeler
Greenpeace

Geographic Information Systems Career Opportunites

Training in GIS will give you the skills you need to take on advanced research positions in technology-based companies, governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations. A variety of industries are looking to hire professionals with this important skill set, including public health, the environment, business, technology, planning, education, design, criminal justice, sociology, communications, journalism and engineering.

Notable Alumni

Many of our distinguished alumni have gone on to great accomplishments. The stories below feature some of our outstanding alumni who have risen to levels of professional acclaim and successes!

Alumni Spotlight

Darion Porter

After graduation, Darion completed a GIS internship with the City of Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation and is now a Research Assistant with the Public Health Management Corporation, a leading nonprofit provider of public health resources. Learn why Darion became an Environmental Studies Major.

B.A. in Environmental Studies from Temple in 2017
Research Assistant with the Public Health Management Corporation

Yuan Huang

Yuan is the Assistant Policy Director for the City of Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Policy. She was previously the Director of Finance ad Administration in the Philadelphia Office of the Inspector General. Yuan started Temple at a business student, but switched to Geography and Urban Studies her Junior year. As a GUS major, Yuan was able to study abroad at Temple University Japan for a semester.

B.A. in Geography and Urban Studies from Temple in 2013
Assistant Policy Director for the City of Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Policy

Linsey Walsh

Linsey graduated with a double major in Environmental Studies and Geography & Urban Studies. After serving as an Agroforestry Extensionist as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guinea, Linsey became a Chemical Review Manager at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC.

B.A. in Environmental Studies and Geography and Urban Studies from Temple in 2013
Chemical Review Manager at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC

Christian Przybylek

Charlotte Castle

Colleen Hammelman, PhD

After completing her PhD in Geography and Urban Studies, Colleen completed a fellowship at the Culinaria Research Centre at the University of Toronto Scarborough and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at UNC Charlotte.

PhD in Geography and Urban Studies from Temple in 2016
Postdoctoral fellow in David Heeger’s Computational Neuroimaging Lab at NYU

Michael Schwebel, PhD

After completing his PhD in Geography and Urban Studies, Mike served as the Community Resilience and Climate Adaptation Specialist and Extension Agent at Sea Grant and the Associate Director of Resilience Strategy Delivery at 100 Resilient Cities. Mike is now a Lead Researcher in Ethnographic and Qualitative Studies at LiquidHub.

Lead Researcher in Ethnographic and Qualitative Studies at LiquidHub
PhD in Geography and Urban Studies from Temple in 2015

Additional Alumni

See where some of out additional alumni have landed:

Jessica Wyckoff, Philabundance (GUS/ES 2009)
Aaron Fraint, Bicycle Planner & GIS Developer, New York City Department of (GUS/ES 2011)
Caroline Slama, Associate Director, Preservation Services, Preservation Alliance (GUS, 2016)
Mattingly Cohen, Community Outreach Coordinator, Philadelphia Parks Alliance (GUS 2017)
Charlotte Neal, GIS specialist at APEX Systems (GUS 2018)

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