Roman de Jesus
Curriculum Climate Fellow with the California Community College Chancellor's Office
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Roman P. de Jesus is a Chancellor’s Office Climate Fellow and Chair of Earth Sciences at Fullerton College. He is committed to making climate action and sustainability an opportunity for everyone. As Climate Fellow, Dr. de Jesus is coordinating curriculum efforts enabling faculty across academic disciplines to empower students in climate action and sustainability. At Fullerton College He is the faculty co-chair of the campus Sustainability Committee and has coordinated events across campus including the annual Earth Day Symposium, faculty professional development workshops, and Environmental Scholars webinars.
With more than 15 years in higher education — the last 10 at Fullerton College — he teaches oceanography, Earth Science lecture, lab, and field courses, and co-teaches Geology and Biology of the Channel Islands. Through these courses, co-curricular, and extra-curricular activities, he has provided numerous students authentic experiences in the geosciences. He holds a bachelors in Biochemistry/Chemistry from UC San Diego and a PhD from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Lightning Talks on Faculty Development for Sustainability
Sustainability Education Training 2.0
This session introduces how the key competencies provide a more impactful and radically hopeful way to teach sustainability.
Meghann Jarchow
Sustaining Education for Sustainability: Nurturing and Leveraging Faculty Leaders
This session introduces a Sustainability Education Leaders program that sustains faculty champions and strengthens sustainability teaching.
Rebecca Watts Hull
California Community Colleges Collaborations in Climate and Sustainability Across the Curriculum
This session shares how Climate Fellows support CCC faculty to incorporate environmental equity across the curriculum.
Roman de Jesus
A Systems Approach to Sustainability and Climate Action in the California Community Colleges
With 116 colleges, over 2.2 million students, the California Community Colleges system is the largest higher education system in the nation. Recognizing this immense responsibility, the Chancellor’s Office has launched a bold, systems-level effort to catalyze climate action.
With multiple layers of engagement, California Community Colleges have built a systems-level effort to lead the way in climate action. Climate Fellows, Climate Ambassadors, and Student Climate Fellows are selected from within ranks of faculty, staff, students, and administration of the California Community Colleges to lead the work at the stateside level. These climate leaders bring firsthand experience from their campuses to lead systemwide efforts to drive climate solutions at scale. The statewide climate action agenda is focused in five key areas, which include:
1. Curriculum integration for climate education across disciplines
2. Workforce development for blue and green economy careers
3. Community engagement for local climate resilience
4. Sustainable facilities and operations
5. Student leadership and empowerment in climate action
What sets this initiative apart is its reliance on internal expertise and collaboration across disciplines, regions, and roles to build a cohesive and actionable climate strategy statewide.
This dynamic session will dive into lessons learned from the first two years of this program and opportunities to amplify the impact through partnership development. Attendees will hear directly from the Climate Fellows and Climate Ambassadors as they share lessons learned, institutional strategies, and how their campus-level insights are shaping state-level climate initiatives. This session will share resources and explore how the model can be adapted for other states and systems seeking to activate climate leadership from within.
Join us to learn how California Community Colleges are setting a powerful precedent for climate leadership in higher education—through collaboration, innovation, and grassroots expertise.
Roman de Jesus
Curriculum Climate Fellow with the California Community College Chancellor's Office
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