Curriculum Vitae of Benjamin Newton

I. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Grant Coordinator Sustainable Agriculture

Triton College

2000 Fifth Avenue, Room R-307

River Grove, IL 60171

Phone: 618-319-2994

newtben@siu.edu

II. EDUCATION

PhD candidate Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 2008-current

Environmental Resources and Policy Program

Dissertation Title- Southern Illinois University Sustainability

Action Plan

Advisor: Dr. Craig Anz

M.Env.Studies The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, 2006

Masters of Environmental Studies Program

Thesis title: Codling Moth Control in Washington State: Emerging

from the Cocoon of Azinphos Methyl to a Combination of

Integrated Pest Management with Narrow Spectrum Insecticides

Advisor: Dr. John Perkins

B.A. University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, 1997

Earth Science, Minor Geology

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2013- Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Grant Coordinator

Sustainable Agriculture, Triton College, River Grove, IL

2012-2013 Sustainability Program Coordinator/Adjunct Faculty, Mathematics

and Sciences Division, Richland Community College, Decatur, IL

2010-2012 Research Assistant, Environmental Resources and Policy PhD

Program, Climate Assessment and Action Plan, Southern Illinois

University, Carbondale, IL

2010 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Governor’s

Environmental Corps, Des Plaines, IL

2009-2010 Research Assistant/Editorial Staff, Journal of Contemporary Water

Research and Education, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale,

IL

2008 Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant, Environmental Resources

and Policy, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

2000-2008 Environmental Consultant, Gettler Ryan Inc., Dublin, CA

1998-1999 Associate Cartographer, Space Imaging/EOSAT, Thornton, CO

IV. RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY

A. INTERESTS

Climate Assessments and Action Plans

Sustainable energy

Ecological risk assessments

Biogeography

Food security

B. CURRENT FUNDED PROJECTS

2013-current Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Grant Coordinator

Sustainable Agriculture, Department of Labor. $859,536

C. GRANTS RECEIVED

2012-2013 Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN) Sustainability Coordinator,

Richland Community College. $ 60,000.

2013 Macon County Environmental Management, Richland Community College.

$5000.

2010-2012 Southern Illinois University Climate Assessment. $ 24,000.

D. HONORS AND AWARDS

2012 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

Student Conference Planning Committee and Conference Abstract Reviewer.

2010 United States delegate to meet with nuclear regulatory officials in Ukraine. $2,500

2005-Environmental Protection Agency P3 Grant testing water quality and quantity of

Green Roofs-presented project at National Mall Washington, D.C. $8,500

2005-National Science Foundation Scholarship to attend 9th Annual Green Chemistry

and Engineering Conference in Washington D.C. $1,500

E. PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND

WORKSHOPS

Newton, B. (2014). Green Corps Chicago Professional Empowerment Workshop. Center

for Green Technology, Chicago, IL, November 2014.

Newton, B. (2013). Green Healthcare Task Force Group. Illinois Green Economy

Network (IGEN), Semiannual Retreat. Bloomington, IL, March 2013.

Newton, B., Schachel, K. (2012). Southern Illinois University Sustainability Action Plan.

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE),

Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, October 2012.

Newton, B. (2012). Richland Community College Climate Inventory. Richland

Community College Earth Week. Decatur, IL, April 2012.

V. PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS

Newton, B. 2010. Permaculture and Ecoshed. Encyclopedia of Geography, 2010.

Newton, B. 2005. Synthesizing a Sustainable Future through Visions of Greener

Processes: The 2005 Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference: Environmental

Practice, 2005; 7:214-215.

VI. TEACHING INTERESTS AND SPECIALTIES

A. TEACHING INTERESTS AND SPECIALTIES

Physical Geography

Sustainable and Renewable Energy

Sustainability

Climate Change

Earth Science

Sustainable Agriculture

B. COURSES TAUGHT

Adjunct Faculty, Math and Sciences Division, Richland Community College, Decatur,

IL: EASC 210, Physical Geography

Fall 2012 (1 section, 24 students)

Spring 2013 (1 section, 24 students)

Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Education, and Fine Arts Division, Richland

Community College, Decatur, IL: SLRN 293, Service Learning

Fall 2012 (1 section, 2 students)

Spring 2013 (1 section, 3 students)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Agribusiness Economics, Southern Illinois

University, Carbondale, IL: ABE 350-3, Farm Management

Fall 2008 (1 section 20 students)

VII. UNIVERSITY SERVICE

A. Triton College

2014-2015 Environmental Science program advisory committee

2014 Tactic Team- Business\College Partnerships for Strategic Planning

2014 Successful Business\College Partnerships Illinois Green Economy Network

2013-2015 Green Committee

B. Richland Community College

2012-2013 Chair Sustainability Committee

2012-2013 Member of Greening Your Curriculum, Chair Green Healthcare,

Environmental Policy, and Local Foods work groups through the Illinois Green

Economy Network (IGEN)

2012-2013 Club Advisor for Environmental Student Group- Ecoland

2012-2013 Planning Committee for SMASH Camp- partnered with Milliken

University and local businesses. I was an instructor in the energy camp for junior

high students.

VII. COMMUNITY SERVICE

A. Illinois Green Business Association (IGBA)

2014-2015 Water Conservation Working Group

B. Advocates for Urban Agriculture

2013-2015 Resources and Connections Working Group