Canan, Penelope, 1946-

Dates

• Usage: approximately 1971 - 1980

Biography

Citation:

Dr. Canan joined the University of Central Florida Department of Sociology in 2006, having served on the faculty of Sociology at the University of Denver from 1983-2006, and the faculties of Sociology and Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawaii from 1978-1983. Prior to her arrival at UCF, Canan worked in Tsukuba, Japan as the Executive Director of the Global Carbon Project, one of the Earth Systems Science Partnerships of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP), the International Program on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IHDP), the World Climate Research Program (WCRP), and Diversitas. This two-year appointment was sponsored by Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies.Dr. Canan graduated with Honors in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1969 and was granted an M.A. (1972) and a PhD in Sociology (1977) from the University of Denver. Dr. Canan retired from the UCF Sociology Department in December 2012. Vita

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