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Tom Yulsman

University of Colorado
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
UCB 478
Boulder, CO 80309-0478

Tel: 303-492-3009
tom.yulsman@colorado.edu

Tom Yulsman is an associate professor at the University of Colorado's School of Journalism & Mass Communication, where he serves as head of the school's News-Editorial Sequence. As co-director of the Center for Environmental Journalism, he oversees a variety of programs with a colleague, including the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism, a year-long, in-residence program for working journalists, and the environmental journalism emphasis in the school's master’s program. Yulsman also serves as a faculty member in CU's Environmental Studies Program, where he helps oversee the Graduate Certificate in Environment, Policy and Society. He teaches a variety of courses including Science Writing and Critical Thinking in Environmental Studies. As part of his commitment to interdisciplinary education and research, Yulsman has been a co-principal investigator in the NSF-funded Carbon, Climate and Society Initiative at CU.

Since he began his career as a science journalist in 1980, Yulsman has written for a variety of major publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Denver Post, Discover, Audubon, Earth and Astronomy. His journalistic work currently focuses on the earth and environmental sciences. Yulsman has also written one book: Origins: the Quest for Our Cosmic Roots, published by the Institute of Physics in 2003. Prior to joining the journalism school's faculty in 1996, he was editor-in-chief of Earth magazine. Until it's closure in 1998, Earth was the only consumer magazine dedicated to the science of our planet.

Please visit Tom's homepage at CU's School of Journalism & Mass Communication.


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