Caleb O’Brien

Associate Professor of Practice

calebo@vt.edu

Bio

Caleb O’Brien, earned his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech’s Department of Forest Resources and Environment, where he studied how communities around the United States are responding to climate change as part of a National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning project. O'Brien studied Philosophy–Neuroscience–Psychology as an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis. Post graduation, he served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay and Panama, where he worked with beekeepers and coffee farmers on sustainable agribusiness projects. After earning a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, where he focused on science writing and investigative reporting, Caleb returned to Paraguay on a yearlong reporting fellowship.

Areas of Specialization

Climate change adaptation
Environmental justice
Ecological restoration
Systems thinking
Social science theory
Global citizenship