Nominator: Martha Monroe

Stephen R. Kellert is the Tweedy Ordway Professor of Social Ecology at the Yale University
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Much of Professor Kellert’s work focuses on understanding the connection between human and natural systems with a particular interest in the value and conservation of nature and designing ways to harmonize the natural and human built environments. His awards include the National Conservation Achievement Award (1997, NWF); Distinguished Individual Achievement Award (Society for Conservation Biology, 1990); Best Publication of Year Award (International Foundation for Environmental Conservation, 1985); Special Achievement Award (NWF, 1983); Fulbright Research Fellow Award; as well as being included in “American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present.” He has served on committees of the National Academy of Sciences, is a member of IUCN Species Survival Commission Groups, and has been a member of the board of directors of many organizations. He has authored more than 100 publications, such as: Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection (Island Press 2005); and The Good in Nature and Humanity: Connecting Science, Religion, and Spirituality with the Natural World (edited with T. Farnham, Island Press, 2002).