Alex Kudryavtsev

Research Associate, Natural Resources and the Environment Section

About

My mission – as a researcher and educator – is to contribute to solving social and environmental problems through sustainability education and civic engagement among youth in urban communities, organizations, and schools. I worked in environmental education since 1996, first in a Siberian nonprofit and then in the U.S. and internationally. After finishing my PhD on sense of place and urban environmental education, I taught through the Cornell’s Civic Ecology Lab a number of global online courses for environmental educators. My academic interests focus on environmental and sustainability education, urban agriculture education, green cities, and professional development of environmental educators. I am also the first editor of the Urban Environmental Education Review 30-chapter book (Cornel University Press, 2017). Outside teaching and research, I am a traveler (all 7 continents, 50 US states, and 38 countries so far), lover of national parks, vegan, and avid reader.

Education

PhD, Cornell University 2013
MS, Cornell University, 2006
BS, Tomsk State University, 2001

Recent Research

My research focused mostly on urban environmental education and sense of place. Through current projects, I explore how urban agriculture education influences civic engagement and empowers urban residents to improve cities. (In publications, I use my pen name Alex Russ.)

Selected Publications

Russ, A., and Gaus, M. (in-review). Youth civic engagement in urban agriculture education: A rapid scoping review. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems.
Russ, A., Armstrong, A., and Krasny, M. (in-review). Urban agriculture in parks: Fostering youths’ civic participation. In: The Transformative Power of Parks. Sagamore Venture Publishing.
DuBois, B., Krasny, M., and Russ, A. (2019). Online professional development for environmental educators: Strategies to foster critical thinking and social interactions. Environmental Education Research, 25(10), 1479-1494. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2018.1564247
Russ, A., Peters, S.J., Krasny, M.E., and Stedman, R.C. (2015). Development of ecological place meaning in New York City. Journal of Environmental Education, 46(2), 73–93. doi: 10.1080/00958964.2014.999743
Krasny, M.E., Kalbacker, L., Stedman, R.C., and Russ, A. (2015). Measuring social capital among youth: Applications in environmental education. Environmental Education Research, 21(1): 1-23. 10.1080/13504622.2013.843647
Kudryavtsev, A., Krasny, M., and Stedman, R. (2012). The impact of environmental education on sense of place among urban youth. Ecosphere, 3(4):29. doi: 10.1890/ES11-00318.1
Kudryavtsev, A., Stedman, R., and Krasny, M. (2011). Sense of place in environmental education. Environmental Education Research, 18(2), 229–250. doi: 10.1080/13504622.2011.609615

Awards & Honors

Educator of the Year, Higher Education. North American Association for Environmental Education, 2018

Courses Taught

Green Cities

Contact Information

Fernow Halll G09
Ithaca, NY 14853

ak383 [at] cornell.edu

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