Carolyn Sotka
Education
M.A. Ocean Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of MiamiB.A. Zoology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vermont
Research Interests
- ocean and coastal conservation policy
- oceans, environment and human health (e.g., chemical contaminants, harmful algal blooms, ocean trash, pathogens and marine pharmaceuticals, one health initiatives)
- environmental sustainability and best practices
- science communication and multimedia
- marine protected areas and ecosystem based management
- offshore oil spills
- sustainable fisheries, aquaculture and seafood safety
- protected species management
- climate change and adaptation
- connections between wildlife and cultural ecologies
- non-profit management
Additional Websites
- To learn more about Carolyn and see a complete list of publications and multi-media products such as interviews, podcasts, blogs and short videos visit www.carolynsotka.com.
Publications
- Sotka, C. (2016). Save James Island before it is too late. Op-ed in The Post and Courier May 7, 2016.
- Sotka, C. (2016). 24 Hours in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. SEVENSEAS Marine Travel and Conservation Magazine. Issue no. 14.
- Sotka, C. (2015) Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling in the Southeast Atlantic: What You Need to Know. What You Can Do. A Scuttlefish Feature. Part I and II. The Scuttlefish. April 20.
- Sotka, C. (2015) Life in Salt: David and Goliath – One Man’s Quest to End Myth Mongering at the Discovery Channel – A Scuttlefish Feature. The Scuttlefish. March 4.
- Sotka, C. (2015) The World Loses a Formidable Force for Protection of West Coast Fisheries: Zeke Grader, Dies at 68. The Scuttlefish. Sept. 13.
- Sotka, C. (2014) Wish You Were Here: Hạ Long Bay, Vietnam. The Scuttlefish. Nov. 5.
- Sotka, C. (2014) Life in Salt: Dimitri Cherny. Thoughts from a Tiny Houseboat – Off the Grid and On the Water. The Scuttlefish. Sept. 24.
- Palumbi, S.R. and C. Sotka. (2012 Paperback; 2010 Hardcover) The Death and Life of the Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival. Island Press. Washington, DC. 211 pp.
- Sotka, C. (2011) “Alumni Voice: Neighbors and Comrades, Across Time”. Vermont Quarterly, Spring 2011
- Sandifer, P., C. Sotka, D. Garrison and V. Fay. (2007) Interagency Oceans and Human Health Research Implementation Plan: A Prescription for the Future. Interagency Working Group on Harmful Algal Blooms, Hypoxia and Human Health of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology. Washington, DC. 92pp
- Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next Decade. (2007) Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology. (Sotka led input from the Interagency Working Group on HABs, Hypoxia and Human Health).
- Stone, G., L. Madin, K. Stocks, G. Hovermale, P. Hoagland, M. Schumacher, P. Etnoyer, C. Sotka and H. Tausig. (2005) Seamount Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation. Chapter 2 in Defying Ocean's End: an Agenda for Action. L. Glover and S. Earle, Eds. Island Press, Washington DC. 283 pp.
- Bergen, L., R. Davis-Born, S. Airame, S. and C. Sotka. (2004) PISCO Coastal Connections: Volume 3. A Publication of the Partnership for the Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans. 17 pp.
- Sotka, C. (2005) "Ocean's Overlooked". Letters to the Editor, Vanity Fair. March 2005. No. 535, p. 174.
- Steve, C., J. Gearhart, D. Borggaard, L. Sabo and A.A. Hohn. (2011) Characterization of North Carolina commercial fisheries with occasional interactions with marine mammals. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-458. 60pp.