Stephanie Pfirman
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Mail code: 7904Campus: Tempe
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Stephanie Pfirman is Deputy Director and Foundation Professor, School of Ocean Futures and Senior Sustainability Scientist in the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation. Professor Pfirman's research focuses on understanding and responding to the changing Arctic, developing innovative approaches to formal and informal education, and exploring the intersection between diversity and interdisciplinarity. Her 30+ years of teaching include facilitating capstone/thesis projects, exploring global futures, climate systems and responding to climate change, the past, present, and future Arctic, museum exhibition design and implementation, innovation in science communication, leadership and polar exploration, environmental data analysis, energy resources, and oceanography.
Pfirman has led or co-led ca. $25 million in federal and agency grants spanning research, education and human resources. She is currently co-PI of a National Science Foundation grant on Navigating the New Arctic Track 1: Collaborative Research: ARC-NAV: Arctic Robust Communities-Navigating Adaptation to Variability (2019 - 2025).
Professor Pfirman’s Arctic research focuses on implications of changes in sea ice origin, drift, and melt patterns, including the Last Ice Area. Previous research addressed melting and surging glaciers and pollution transported by sea ice. In 2010, Pfirman was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences. In 2016, in honor of extraordinary service, Pfirman was designated a lifetime National Associate of the National Research Council.
As a current member of ASU's NSF-supported ADVANCE team and former co-PI of Columbia Earth Institute's ADVANCE grant, past member of the AAAS Committee on Opportunities in Science, past President of the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors, and past chair of the Earth Institute's Faculty Development Committee, Pfirman has helped to understand and foster the career trajectories of women and interdisciplinary scholars. She has also contributed to the development of innovative educational approaches in interdisciplinary, environmental, and STEM education through leading as PI the NSF-supported 7-year, $7 million Polar Learning and Responding: PoLAR Climate Change Education Partnership, co-producing the card game "EcoChains" which received a Parent's Choice award, chairing the Education Committee of the Columbia Earth Institute, and serving as a consultant for the Sherman Fairchild, Andrew W. Mellon, and Luce foundations.
Professional and leadership experience includes twice a member of NSF’s Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education (AC-ERE), including serving as the AC-ERE’s first chair after it was established in 2000, chair of NSF’s Advisory Committee to the Office of Polar Programs, member of the NSF Advisory Committee for evaluation of the Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) Portfolio, member of the National Academy of Science’s Polar Research Board, co-chair of the NAS study committee on Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic, chair of the NAS study committee on the Scientific Value of the Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products, and member of the NAS study committee on the Legacy and Lessons of International Polar Year 2007-2008.
Before joining Arizona State University in 2018, for 25 years Pfirman chaired or co-chaired the Barnard College Department of Environmental Science, and was Alena Wels Hirschorn '58 and Martin Hirschorn Professor of Environmental and Applied Sciences. She held a joint appointment with Columbia University where she was on the faculty of the Earth Institute and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and an Adjunct Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. While a senior scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund from 1990-1993, she was co-PI of the 1992 award-winning exhibition, "Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast," produced jointly with the American Museum of Natural History. Other prior positions include Arctic researcher at the GeoMarine Research Institution (GEOMAR) in Germany, staff scientist at the US House of Representatives, and oceanographer for the US Geological Survey.
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PhD, Oceanography and Oceanographic Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1985
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BA with high honors, Geology, Colgate University, 1978
Orlove, B., Pfirman, S., Stovall, G., Hernandez, T., Redsecker, K., Eklund, K., & Simon, E. B., 2024. FutureCoast: A Playful Way to Assess Public Perceptions for Better Climate Change Communication. Environmental Communication, 1-23.
Pfirman, S., & Laubichler, M., 2023. Interdisciplinarity, gender, and the hierarchy of the sciences. Quantitative Science Studies, 1-4.
Rivera Maulucci, M., S. Pfirman, H. Callahan, Co-editors. Education for Sustainability: Discourses on Justice, Inclusion, and Authenticity, 2023. Springer. 25 chapters, 447 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-13536-1 including:
Rivera Maulucci, M., S. Pfirman H. Callahan. Education for Sustainability: Connecting with Signs of Hope. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-13536-1_1
Pfirman, S. and G. Winckler, Perspectives on teaching climate change: Two decades of evolving approaches. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-13536-1_19
Pfirman, S., G. Fondahl, G. Hovelsrod, T. Mustonen, eds., 2023. Shaping Tomorrow’s Arctic. Special Issue printed edition, 14 articles, 222 pp. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/shaping_arctic including:
Pfirman, S., G. Fondahl, G. Hovelsrod, T. Mustonen, 2023. Shaping Tomorrow’s Arctic, Editorial. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/4/3732
Wysession, M., T. Furman, M. Holzer, J. Houghton, C. Manduca, S, Pfirman, V, Ricchezza, V. Tong, 2022. The American Geophysical Union Steps It Up on Climate Science Education. Connected Science Learning, NSTA. https://www.nsta.org/connected-science-learning/connected-science-learning-may-june-2022/american-geophysical-union
Schlosser, P., Eicken, H., Metcalf, V., Pfirman, S., Murray, M. S., & Edwards, C. (2022). The Arctic Highlights Our Failure to Act in a Rapidly Changing World. Sustainability, 14(3), 1882. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/3/1882
Pfirman, S., L. Hamilton, M. Turrin, C. Narveson, C.A. Lloyd, 2021. What do US Students Know about the Polar Regions? Witness the Arctic. ARCUS. https://www.arcus.org/witness-the-arctic/2021/1/article/32185
Pfirman, S., G. Fondahl, G. Hovelsrod, T. Mustonen, eds., 2021. Shaping Tomorrow’s Arctic. Special Issue: Sustainability. Ca. 15 articles. Impact factor, 3.2
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/shaping_arctic
Newton, R., Pfirman, S., Tremblay, L. B., & DeRepentigny, P., 2021. Defining the “Ice Shed” of the Arctic Ocean's Last Ice Area and Its Future Evolution. Earth's Future, 9(9), e2021EF001988. Impact factor: 7.5 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1029/2021EF001988
O’Garra, T., D. Reckien, S. Pfirman, E. Bachrach Simon, G. Bachman, J. Brunacini, J. Lee, 2021. Impact of gameplay vs. reading on social-ecological systems thinking: A fuzzy cognitive mapping approach. Ecology and Society 26(2):25. Impact factor. 4.4
https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12425-260225 https://ecologyandsociety.org/vol26/iss2/art25/
Gold, A., S. Pfirman, G. Scowcroft, Associate Editors, 2021. The imperative for polar education. Journal of Geoscience Education Polar Education Special Issue. Journal of Geoscience Education 69 (2), 97-99. Impact factor, 1.4
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2021.1903242
Pfirman, S., L. Hamilton, M. Turrin, C. Narveson, C. Lloyd, 2021. Polar Literacy of US Students as Indicated by Kahoot! Journal of Geoscience Education 69 (2), 150-165. Impact factor, 1.4
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2021.1877526
Pfirman, S., O’Garra, T., E. Bachrach Simon, J. Brunacini, D. Reckien, J. J. Lee, E. Lukasiewicz., 2021. “Stickier” Learning Through Gameplay: An Effective Approach to Climate Change Education. Journal of Geoscience Education 69 (2), 192-206. Impact factor, 1.4
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2020.1858266
DeRepentigny, P., Jahn, A., Tremblay, L. B., Newton, R., & Pfirman, S., 2020. Increased transnational sea ice transport between neighboring Arctic states in the 21st century. Earth's Future 8 (3), e2019EF001284. Impact factor: 7.5 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019EF001284
Turrin, M., Pfirman, S., & Hamilton, L., 2020. Polar Fun and Games. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 34(1). https://www.current-journal.com/articles/abstract/10.5334/cjme.43/
Campbell, G.G., S. Pfirman, B. Tremblay, R. Newton, W. Meier, C. Fowler. 2019. SITU: Sea Ice Tracking Utility http://icemotion.labs.nsidc.org/SITU/
Schlosser, P., S. Pfirman, C. Edwards, N. Berman, S. Beschloss, R. Halden and M. Laubichler, 2019. Rapid Changes in the Arctic: This Story is Not Just about Polar Bears. Medium. https://medium.com/@asuglobalfuture/rapid-changes-in-the-arctic-this-story-is-not-just-about-polar-bears-db642cb28b2a
Pfirman, S., P. Culligan, E. Irwin, 2019, Building Sustainable Bridges: From a Workshop to a Comment to a Video. Nature Sustainability Community. (invited) https://sustainabilitycommunity.nature.com/users/262118-stephanie-pfirman/posts/49422-building-sustainable-bridges-from-a-workshop-to-a-comment-to-a-video
Pfirman, S., S. Beattie, S. Beattie, R. Pricket, M. Turrin, 2019. Sustainable Futures Kahoot! Campaign. https://create.kahoot.it/profile/ASU_sustainability. Launched April 2019. >1,100,000 players as of December 2021.
Turrin, M., Zaima, L., Keen, C., & Pfirman, S. (2018). Climate challenge Kahoot! campaign. https://create.kahoot.it/profile/Columbia_University. Launched September 2018. >2,100,000 players as of December 2021.
Pfirman, S., R.C. Smardon, M. Reiter, 2018. Supporting Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems Faculty. In Education for Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems: Transcending Disciplinary Boundaries through Revealed Complexity. Editors: Will Focht, Mike Reiter, and Paul Barresi.
Irwin, E., Culligan, P., Fischer-Kowalski, M., Law, K., Murtugudde, R. Pfirman, S., 2018. Bridging Barriers to Advance Global Sustainability, Nature Sustainability 1, 324–326. Impact factor: 19.3
Goldman, G., K. Mulvey, P. Frumhoff, R. Sethi, S. Pfirman, H. Commoss. 2017. A Methodology for Assessment of Corporate Responsibility on Climate Change: A Case Study of the Fossil Energy Industry. Journal of Environmental Investing, 8(1), 160-181
Rice, J; Mercier, F; Tremblay, B; Pfirman, S; Tesar, C; Mosbech, Anders; Boertmann, David; Boye, Tenna; Christensen, Tom (reviewers) 2017. Remnant Arctic multiyear sea ice and the Northeast Water Polynya ecoregion. Natural Marine World Heritage in the Arctic Ocean, Report of an Expert Workshop and Review Process, 2017, p. 71-77
Hamilton, LC, J. Wirsing, J. Brunacini & S. Pfirman. 2017. Arctic knowledge of the US public. Witness the Arctic (1 May 2017). https://www. arcus. org/witness-the-arctic/2017/5/highlight/2
Hamilton, L., J. Brunacini, S. Pfirman, 2017. Eyes Off the Earth? Public Opinion Regarding Climate Science and NASA. https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/eyes-earth.
Newton, R., S. Pfirman, B. Tremblay, DeRepentigny, P. Increasing Transnational Sea Ice Exchange in a Changing Arctic Ocean. Earth’s Future. Accepted manuscript online: 26 APR 2017. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016EF000500/pdf Impact factor: 7.5
Martin PJS and Pfirman S. 2017. “Facilitating interdisciplinary scholars” Chapter in Oxford Handbook on Interdisciplinarity, 2nd Edition. Editors: R. Frodeman, J. Thompson Klein, and C. Mitcham, Oxford University Press (invited).
Newton, R., S. Pfirman, P. Schlosser, B. Tremblay, M. Murray, and R. Pomerance, 2016. White Arctic vs. Blue Arctic: A case study of diverging stakeholder responses to environmental change. Earth’s Future, 4, doi:10.1002/2016EF000356. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016EF000356/full
DeRepentigny, P. Tremblay, L.-B., G. A. R. Newton, S. Pfirman, 2015. Patterns of sea ice retreat in the transition to a seasonally ice-free Arctic. Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0733.1. Impact Factor 5.1
NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education, 2015. America’s Future: Environmental Research and Education for a Thriving Century. NSF publication – (invited member of writing committee). http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/ac-ere/ac-ere_thriving_century.pdf
Huntington, H., S. Pfirman (co-chairs) and the Committee on Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic, 2014. “The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic.” National Academy of Sciences. 165 pp. (invited).
Lee, J., S. Pfirman, T. Toynton, E. Matamoros, 2014. EcoChains: A Multiplayer Card Game to Teach Food Webs, Climate Change and Systems Thinking, Games+Learning+Society, June 11-14, Conference Proceedings.
Schlosser, P. and S. Pfirman, 2012. Earth science for sustainability, Nature Geoscience (invited) pp 587 – 588. doi:10.1038/ngeo1567 Impact Factor 16.9
Tremblay, B. P. Richard, S. Pfirman, 2012. Ice modelling: Understanding the Future, WWF The Circle Nr. 4, p. 10-11, (invited).
Trower, C., G. Barthalmus, B. Brown, S. Pfirman, E. Boylan, G. Phillips, P. Turner,
2012. Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, Council on Undergraduate Research (invited).
Pfirman, S. and M. Begg, 2012. Troubled by Interdisciplinarity? Science Careers online.
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_04_06/caredit.a1200040
Committee on the Legacies and Lessons of IPY, 2012. Lessons and Legacies of the International Polar Year 2007-2008, National Academies Press, 200 p.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13321 (invited).
Kenna, T.C., Turrin, M., Pfrman, S., 2012. The "field" through a different lens, in Kastens, K.A., and Manduca, C.A., eds., Earth and Mind II: A Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences: Geological Society of America Special Paper 486, doi:10.1130/2012.2486(31) (invited).
Pfirman, S. chair, F. Lawrenz, G. Chin-Leo, K. St. John, R. Kinzler, S. Pompea, B. Herbert, 2011. COSEE Decadal Review Committee Report (invited). http://www.cosee.net/files/coseenet/COSEE%20Decadal%20Review%20Report%20final%20092411%203.pdf
Clark, S.G., M.M. Steen-Adams, S. Pfirman, R.L. Wallace, 2011. Professional Development of Interdisciplinary Environmental Scholars, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. Volume 1, Number 2 (2011), 99-113, DOI: 10.1007/s13412-011-0018-z
Pfirman, S; Martin, P; Danielson, A.; Goodman, R.M.; Steen-Adams, M.; Waggett, Caryl; Mutter, J.; Rikakis, T.; Fletcher, M.; Berry, L.; Hornbach, D.; Hempel, M.; Morehouse; Southard, R., 2011. Interdisciplinary Hiring and Career Development: Guidance for Individuals and Institutions, National Council for Science and the Environment.
Pfirman, S. and P. Martin, 2010. “Fostering Interdisciplinary Scholars.” Chapter in Oxford Handbook on Interdisciplinarity, Editors: R. Frodeman, J. Thompson Klein, and C. Mitcham, Oxford University Press, 624 pp. (invited).
Pfirman, S. C. Block, R. Bell, L. Roberson, P. Culligan, 2010. Perspective: Transitioning from Pet to Peer, Science Careers, January 29, 2010. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/ar…
Pfirman, S., C. Fowler, B. Tremblay, R. Newton, 2009. The Last Arctic Sea Ice Refuge. The Circle, 4:6-8. http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/publications/the_c…
Pfirman, S., B. Tremblay, C. Fowler, 2009. Going with the Floe: An analysis of the epic expeditions of Fridtjof Nansen and Sir Ernest Shackleton. American Scientist, 97: 484-493.
Pfirman, S. and the Committee on the Scientific Value of the Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products, 2009. “Scientific Value of the Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products.” Polar Research Board, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Climate, Energy, and National Security; National Research Council 48 pp (invited). http://books.nap.edu/catalog/12631.html
Pfirman, S. 2009 “Changes in the North,” Chapter 2 in Climate Change: Picturing the Science. Editors: G. Schmidt, J. Wolfe, W.W. Norton & Co.320 pp (invited).
Pfirman, S., R.E. Bell, P.J. Culligan, P. Balsam, J.D. Laird, 2008. Maximizing Productivity and Recognition, Part 3: Developing a Research Plan. Science Careers, October 10, 2008. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/ar…
Pfirman, S., P. Balsam, R.E. Bell, P. Culligan, J.D. Laird, 2008. Maximizing Productivity and Recognition, Part 2: Collaboration and Networking. Science Careers, February 2008. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/ar…
Pfirman, S., P. Balsam, R.E. Bell, J.D. Laird, and P. Culligan, 2007. Maximizing Productivity and Recognition, Part 1: Publication, Citation, and Impact. Science Careers, November 2007. http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/ar…
Laird, J.D., R.E. Bell, and S. Pfirman, 2007. Assessing the publication productivity and impact of eminent geoscientists. Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union 88 (38), 370-371.
Rhoten, D. and Pfirman, S., 2007. Women, Science, and Interdisciplinary Ways of Working, Inside Higher Ed, October 22, 2007. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2007/10/22/rhoten
Masque, P, J.K. Cochran; D. Hirschberg; D. Dethleff; D. Hebbeln; A. Winkler; S. Pfirman, 2007. Radionuclides in Arctic sea ice: tracers of sources, fates and ice transit time scales, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 54, issue 8, pp. 1289-1310, 08/2007.
Laird, J., R. Bell, G. Downey and S. Pfirman, 2007. Science of Diversity, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 88, No. 20, p. 220.
Son, L. T. Kenna and S. Pfirman, 2007. “A Metacognitive Pedagogy: The River Summer Project” College Quarterly, Volume 10 Number 2 http://www.collegequarterly.ca/2007-vol10-num02-spring/son_kenna_pfirman.html
Rhoten, D. and S. Pfirman, 2007. Women in Interdisciplinary Science: Exploring Preferences and Consequences. Research Policy. Volume 36, Issue 1, February 2007, Pages 56-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2006.08.001 Impact factor 8.1
Pfirman, S.L., T. Kenna, J. Cronin, L. Son, M. Land, 2005. A "River Summer" on the Hudson. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Vol. 86, NO. 43, doi:10.1029/2005EO430003
Pfirman, S. S. Hall, T. Tietenberg, 2005, The Frontlines of Interdisciplinary Education: Environmental Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges. Env.Sci.&Tech. Viewpoint section. Vol. 39, Iss. 10, pp. 221A–224A. Impact factor 9.0
http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/esthag-a/39/i10/html/051505feature_pfirman.html
Pfirman, S., J. Collins, S. Lowes, A. Michaels, 2005, Collaborative Efforts: Promoting Interdisciplinary Scholars. The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 11, 2005. p. B15-16. http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i23/23b01501.htm
Bell, R. J. Laird, S. Pfirman, J. Mutter, R. Balstad, and M. Cane, 2005, An Experiment in Institutional Transformation: The NSF ADVANCE Program for Women at the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Oceanography: Special Issue: Women in Oceanography. Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2005. Impact factor 3.4
Pfirman, S. R.E. Bell, M. Turrin, P. Maru, 2004, Education and Outreach for the International Polar Year, EOS 85 (49), p. 527.
Pfirman, S., W. Haxby, H. Eicken, M. Jeffries, D. Bauch, 2004, Drifting Arctic sea ice archives changes in ocean surface conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L19401, doi:10.1029/2004GL020666. Impact factor 4.7
Pfirman, S., W. F. Haxby, R. Colony, I. Rigor, 2004, Variability in Arctic sea ice drift, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L16402, doi:10.1029/2004GL020063. Impact factor 4.7
Bell, R.E., KA Kastens, M Cane, RB Miller, JC Mutter, S Pfirman, 2004, Reply EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, p. 126.
Bell, R.E., M Cane, RB Miller, KA Kastens, JC Mutter, S Pfirman, 2003, Righting the Balance: Gender Diversity in the Geosciences. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, August p. 292.
Pfirman, S. and the AC-ERE, 2003, Complex Environmental Systems: Synthesis for Earth, Life and Society in the 21st Century, A report summarizing a 10 year outlook in environmental research and education for the National Science Foundation, 68 pp.
http://www.nsf.gov/geo/ere/ereweb/acere_synthesis_rpt.cfm
Hays, J.D., S. Pfirman, B. Blumenthal, W. Menke, K. Kastens, 2000, Earth science instruction with digital data. Computers and the Geosciences, 26, 657-668.
Schlosser, B. Ekwurzel, S. Khatiwala, B. Newton, W. Maslowski, S. Pfirman, 2000, Tracer studies of the Arctic freshwater budget. NATO ASI, Env. Security, 70, 453-478.
Schlosser, P., R. Bayer, G. Boenisch, L. Cooper, B. Ekwurzel, W.J. Jenkins, S. Khatiwala, S. Pfirman, W.M. Smethie, Jr., 1999, Pathways and mean residence times of dissolved pollutants in the ocean derived from transient tracers and stable isotopes. Science of the Total Environment, 237/238, 15-30.
Barrie, L., E. Falck, D.J. Gregor, T. Iversen, H. Loeng, R. Macdonald, S. Pfirman, T. Scotvold, E. Wartena, 1998, The Influence of Physical and Chemical Processes on Contaminant Transport, Chapter 3 of the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Assessment Report: Arctic Pollution Issues, Oslo, Norway. pp. 25-116.
Hays, J. and S. Pfirman, 1998, Kites in the Gale: Columbia's New Environmental Education Curricula, Earth Matters, Fall 1998, pp. 16-17.
Lange, M. and S.L. Pfirman, 1998, Arctic sea ice contamination: Major characteristics and consequences. Physics of Ice-Covered Seas, M. Lepparanta, ed., Helsinki University Printing House, pp. 651-681.
Emery, W.J., C. Fowler, J.A. Maslanik, and S.L. Pfirman, 1997. New satellite derived sea ice motion tracks potential Arctic contamination. Marine Pollution Bull., 35, 345-352.
Ledley, T. and S.L. Pfirman, 1997, The impact of sediment-laden snow and sea ice in the Arctic on climate. Climatic Change, 37, 641-664
Pfirman, S.L., R. Colony, D. Nürnberg, H. Eicken, and I. Rigor, 1997. Reconstructing the trajectory and origin of Arctic sea ice. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102(C6), 12,575-12,586, correction: 102(C10), 23,239.
Pfirman, S.L., J.W. Kögeler, I. Rigor, 1997. Potential for rapid transport of contaminants from the Kara Sea. The Science of the Total Environment, 202, 111-122.
Pfirman, S.L., P. Schlosser and R. Macdonald, 1997. Assessment of Contaminant Risks in the Arctic: Pathways and Processes that make the Arctic Ocean Unique. Arctic Research of the United States, 10, 11-23.
Pavlov, V. and S.L. Pfirman, 1995, Hydrographic structure and variability of the Kara Sea: Implications for pollutant distribution. Deep-Sea Research, 42(6), 1369-1390.
Pfirman, S. and H. Kassens, 1995, Echo character of the Norwegian/Greenland Sea. In K. Crane and A. Solheim (eds.) Sea floor atlas of the Norwegian/Greenland Sea, Norsk Polarinstitutt Press, Oslo, Norway.
Pfirman, S.L., J. Kögeler and B. Anselme, 1995, Coastal environments of the western Kara and eastern Barents Seas. Deep-Sea Research, 42(6), 1391-1412.
Schlosser, P., J.H. Swift, D. Lewis, and S.L. Pfirman, 1995, The role of the large-scale Arctic Ocean circulation in the transport of contaminants. Deep-Sea Research, 42(6), 1341-1367.
Pfirman, S.L., H. Eicken, D. Bauch, and W.F. Weeks, 1995, Potential transport of pollutants by Arctic sea ice. Science of the Total Environment, 159, 129-146.
Crane, K. and S.L. Pfirman, 1994, Regional distribution of contaminants in the Arctic, Arctic Research of the United States, 8, 116-122.
Pfirman, S.L., D. Bauch and T. Gammelsrød, 1994, The northwestern Barents Sea: summer water mass distribution and circulation. O.M. Johannessen, R.D. Muench and J.E. Overland (eds.) The Polar Oceans and their Role in Shaping the Global Environment, Geophysical Monograph 85, pp. 77-94.
Vogt, P.R., K. Crane, E. Sundvor, M.D. Max and S.L. Pfirman, 1994, Methane-generated (?) pockmarks on young, thickly sedimented oceanic crust in the Arctic: Vestnesa Ridge, Fram Strait. Geology, 22, 255-258.
Zelig, E. and S.L. Pfirman, 1993, Handling a hot topic -- Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, Curator, 36/4, 256-272 (invited).
Pfirman, S.L. and J. Thiede, 1992(b), Bathymetrie und Plattentektonik der Fram Strasse zwischen Groenland und Svalbard. Geographische Rundschau, 44, 237-244.
Goldschmidt, P.M., S.L. Pfirman, I. Wollenburg and R. Henrich, 1992, Origin of sediment pellets on the Arctic sea floor: sea ice or icebergs? Deep-Sea Res., 39:S539-S565.
Pfirman, S.L., M. Lange, I. Wollenburg and P. Schlosser, 1990, Sea ice characteristics and the role of sediment inclusions in deep sea deposition: Arctic-Antarctic comparisons. In: Bleil, U. and Thiede, J. (eds.) Geologic History of the Polar Oceans: Arctic versus Antarctic, NATO ASI Series C, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 187-211.
Thiede, J., A. Altenbach, U. Bleil, R. Botz, P. Mudie, S.L. Pfirman, E. Sundvor and others, 1990, Properties and history of the central eastern Arctic sea floor. Polar Record, 26(256), 1-6.
Thiede J., S.L. Pfirman, H.-W. Schenke and W. Reil, 1990, Bathymetry of Molloy Deep: Fram Strait between Svalbard and Greenland. Marine Geophysical Res., 12:197-214.
Elverhøi, A., S.L. Pfirman, A. Solheim and B.B. Larssen, 1989, Glaciomarine sedimentation on epicontinental seas--exemplified by the northern Barents Sea. Marine Geology 85:225-250.
Pfirman, S.L., J.-C. Gascard, I. Wollenburg, P. Mudie and A. Abelmann, 1989, Particle-laden Eurasian Arctic sea ice: Observations from July and August 1987. Polar Research 7: 59-66.
Pfirman, S.L. and A. Solheim, 1989, Subglacial meltwater discharge in the open marine tidewater glacier environment: Observations from Nordaustlandet, Svalbard Archipelago. Marine Geology 86:265-281.
Pfirman, S.L., I. Wollenburg, J. Thiede and M.A. Lange, 1989, Lithogenic sediment on Arctic pack ice: potential aeolian flux and contribution to deep sea sediments. In Leinen, M. and M. Sarnthein (eds.) Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: Modern and Past Patterns of Global Atmospheric Transport, NATO ASI Series C, Kluwer Academic Publishers, the Netherlands, 282:463-493.
Polarstern Shipboard Scientific Party, 1988, Breakthrough in Arctic deep-sea research: The 1987 Polarstern expedition. EOS Trans., 69(25), 665, 676-678.
Pfirman, S.L., 1987, Sediment distribution of the Greenland Basin and the Fram Strait. Polar Research 5(3), 319-320.
Pfirman, S.L. and J.D. Milliman, 1987, Morphology, geology and oceanography of the Hinlopen Strait and Trough, Svalbard, Norway. Polar Research 5(3), 297-298.
Solheim, A. and S.L. Pfirman, 1985, Sea-floor morphology outside a grounded, surging glacier: Bråsvellbreen, Svalbard. Marine Geology 65, 127-143.
Butman, B.; Bryden, C.G.; Pfirman, S. L.; Strahle, W.; Noble, M. A., 1984, Long-term observations of bottom conditions and sediment movement on the Atlantic continental shelf; time-lapse photography from instrumented tripods. In Smith, P. F. (ed.) Underwater photography; scientific and engineering applications, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, NY, USA. p. 414-415.
Aubrey, D.G., D.C. Twichell and S.L. Pfirman, 1982, Holocene sedimentation in the shallow nearshore zone off Nausett Inlet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Marine Geology 47, 243-259.
Guest Editor
Pfirman, S.L. and J. Thiede, 1992(a), Arctic Deep-Sea Research: the Nansen Basin Section, Special Issue of Deep-Sea Research, 39:S419-S623.
Exhibitions
MacPhee, R. (curator) and S. Pfirman (consultant), 2010. The Race to the End of the Earth, American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY)
Pfirman, S.L. et al. 1996, Opening of the human Habitat and “Climate Change and Life on Earth” exhibition at Biosphere 2 Center, Columbia University (Oracle, AZ), ca. 165,000 visitors annually.
Taylor, S., S.L. Pfirman, and E. Zelig, 1992-1997, "Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast." Traveling exhibition: American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY) and 5 other museums, Nationwide audience: ca. 2,000,000.
Blogs/Outreach/Online Resources/Reports/Testimony
Pfirman, S., 2021. The Last Stand for Ice. Ask A Biologist Podcast, Vol 108. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/listen-watch/last-stand-ice
Sethi, R., S. Pfirman, and S. Goldmark, 2017. The logic behind Barnard’s unique divestment proposal. Columbia Spectator. March 2. Accessed July 1, 2017. http://columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2017/03/03/the-logic- behind-barnards- unique-divestment-proposal/
Presidential Task Force to Examine Divestment Final Report to the Barnard College Board of Trustees Committee on Investments December 7, 2016. https://barnard.edu/sites/default/files/bc-divestmentreport2-2016dec.pdf
Pfirman, S. 2016. Games and Climate Change. Academic Minute. https://academicminute.org/2016/09/stephanie-pfirman-barnard-college-games-and-climate-change/
Schlosser, P., S, Pfirman, R. Pomerance, M. Williams, B. Ack, P. Duffy 2016. A 5 ̊C Arctic in a 2 ̊C World http://climate.columbia.edu/files/2016/09/5C_Arctic_brochure_NEW_lowres.pdf
Pfirman, S., 2015. A Game of Strategy and Survival in the High Arctic. State of the Planet Blog | October 9, 2015. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2015/10/09/a-game-of-strategy-and-survival-in-the-high-arctic/
Pfirman, S., 2013. Explore the Arctic Ocean With ‘IceTracker.’ State of the Planet Blog | 12.10.2013 at 8:46pm. http://extranet.nsidc.org/IceMotion/
Pfirman, S. 2012, An Iceless Arctic. Academic Minute. Northeast Public Radio. Dec. 2012
Pfirman, S., J. Brunacini, P. Callahan 2012. Game: SMARTIC Arctic Case Study. CAMEL Climate Change Education Resources. http://www.camelclimatechange.org/view/game/51cbf3247896bb431f6abf0c/
Pfirman S, B. Tremblay, 2009. We still have a chance to save polar bears. New Scientist, issue 30 October 2009. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427325.800-we-still-have-a-chance-to-save-polar-bears.html
Pfirman, S. and D. Rhoten, Women, Minorities and Interdisciplinarity. Report from the Workshop, November 2007. http://advance.ei.columbia.edu/?id=wmi_home
Pfirman, S., P. Martin, L. Berry, M. Fletcher, M. Hempel, R. Southard, D. Hornbach and B. Morehouse, 2007. Interdisciplinary Hiring, Tenure and Promotion: Guidance for Individuals and Institutions, http://ncseonline.org/CEDD/cms.cfm?id=2042
Kenna, T., S. Pfirman, L. Son, B. Selleck “A River Summer on the Hudson” 2006 http://www.environmentalconsortium.org/workarea/projects/riversummer/teagle.htm
Pfirman, S. 2005, Early and Often: Strategies to Increase Womens’ Productivity, Recognition, and Impact –ebriefing on the New York Academy of Sciences website:
http://www.nyas.org/ebrief/miniEB.asp?ebriefID=430
Pfirman, S., J. Collins, S. Lowes and A. Michaels, 2005, To Thrive and Prosper: Hiring, Fostering and Tenuring Interdisciplinary Scholars. Project Kaleidoscope Resource:
http://www.pkal.org/documents/Pfirman_et-al_To-thrive-and-prosper.pdf?CFID=288067&CFTOKEN=35865063
Hall, S. T. Tietenberg, S. Pfirman, 2005, Environmental Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges: Findings and Recommendations. Project Kaleidoscope Resource:
http://www.pkal.org/documents/Environmental%20Programs.pdf?CFID=288067&CFTOKEN=35865063
Pfirman, S. R.E. Bell, M. Turrin, P. Maru, 2005, Bridging the Poles: Education Linked with Outreach. A Report on the Workshop. 23-25 June 2004. Washington, D.C. 944 pp.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mkt/PolarED_Web.htm
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/pi/polar_workshop/
Pfirman, S. Keynote - Making Interdisciplinary Education Work, 2005,
http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=15087
Pfirman, S, M. Albert, J. Carlstrom, J. Priscu, M. Cameron, J. Palais, J. Dionne: Working Group on Implementation of Review Criterion #2, 2001. http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/opp_advisory/oaccrit2.htm
Pfirman, S. and W.F. Haxby, 2000, Animation of Arctic Sea Ice Origin and Age. http://www.geomapapp.org/arctic/ice_movies/
Hajost, S., S.L. Pfirman, and J. Sterne, 1994, Radioactive contamination in the Arctic Region and Threats to the Marine Environment and Human Health, testimony before the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, US House of Representatives, September 30, 1993, US Government Printing Office.
Pfirman, S.L., K. Crane, and P. DeFur, 1994, Arctic Contaminant Distribution, Northern Perspectives, 21(4), 8-15.
Pfirman, S.L., S.A. Hajost, and K. Crane, 1993, Arctic pollution clean-up long overdue, Christian Science Monitor, Opinions, February 8.
Pfirman, S.L. and S. Hajost, 1993, Radioactive and other threats to the United States and the Arctic resulting from past Soviet activities. Testimony before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, August 15, 1992. S.Hrg.102-1095, 402-425, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Pfirman, S.L., 1993, Asking the Right Questions. Proceedings: New perspectives on the Arctic, The changing role of the United States in the Circumpolar North, A conference on U.S. Arctic policy, August, 12-14, 1992, Un. of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Pfirman, S.L., S.A. Hajost, and K. Crane, 1992, We have to protect no-longer-pristine Arctic, New York Times, Letter to the Editor, December 29.
Pfirman, S.L., 1990, Sedimentation from sea ice in the eastern Arctic Basin and Fram Strait. In: Kotlyakov, V.M. and Sokolov, V.E. (eds.) Arctic Research: Advances and Prospects, Proceedings of the Conference of Arctic and Nordic Countries on Coordination of Research in the Arctic, Leningrad, December, 1988, pp. 66-68.
Wollenburg, I., S. Pfirman, and M.A. Lange, 1990, Sediment in Eurasian Arctic Sea Ice. In: Ackley, S.F. and Weeks, W.F. (eds.) Sea Ice Properties and Processes: Proceedings of the W.F. Weeks Sea Ice Symposium, CRREL Monograph 90-1, 102-106.
Spielhagen, R. and S.L. Pfirman (eds.), 1988, GEODATA: Geoscientific report on the ARK IV/3 expedition of the PFVS POLARSTERN, summer, 1987, to the central eastern Arctic Basin. Berichte 21, Geologisch-Palaontologisches Institut und Museum, der Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel.
Thiede, J., S.L. Pfirman, G.L. Johnson, J. Mienert, and T. Vorren, 1988, Arctic deep-sea drilling: Scientific and technical challenges of the next decade. In A. Ayala-Castanares, W. Wooster, and A. Yanez-Arancibia (eds.) Oceanography 1988, UNAM Press, Mexico D F, pp. 41-58.
Congressional Hearing Reports (1986):
Fiscal Year 1986 DOE Budget Authorization: Environmental Research and Development: March 20, 26, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, no. 38, 237 pp., U.S. Gov. Printing Office.
Contraceptive Technology: April 23, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 99:83, 214 pp., U.S. Government Printing Office.
Ocean Incineration of Hazardous Waste: June 13, 25, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 99:61, 170 pp., U.S. Government Printing Office.
Africa and Hunger: Climate, September 19, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 99, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Africa and Hunger: Population, October 17, 1985 Hearing before the Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, 99, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Pfirman, S.L., 1985, Modern sedimentation in the northern Barents Sea: Input, dispersal and deposition of suspended sediments from glacial meltwater. Ph.D. thesis. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Tech.Rep. WHOI-85-4, January, 1985, 382 pp.
Popenoe, P., Butman, B., Paull, C. K.; Ball, M.M., Pfirman, S.L., 1981, Interpretation of graphic data on potential geologic hazards on the Southeastern United States Atlantic continental shelf. In Miscellaneous Field Studies Map; MF-1276U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, USA. 3 sheets.
Butman, B. and S.L. Pfirman, 1980, Sediment transport and the Southeast Georgia Embayment. USGS. Miscellaneous Field Study Map.
Butman, B., Folger, D.W.; Pfirman, S., 1980, Bottom currents and bottom sediment mobility in the offshore Southeast Georgia Embayment; Part 1, An instrument system for long-term sediment transport studies on the continental shelf; Part 2, Observations of bottom current and bottom sediment movement in the Southeast Georgia Embayment. In Popenoe, P. (ed.) Final report; environmental studies, southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf 1977; Open-File Report - US Geological Survey ; OF 80-0146, p. 4.I.1-4.I.34-4.II.29, US Geol. Surv., Open-File Serv. Sect., Branch Denver, Colo., United States.
Butman, B. and S.L. Pfirman, 1979, A photographic sequence of bottom sediments, Georges Bank and New Jersey Shelf. USGS movie.
Butman, B. and Pfirman, S., 1979. Observations of bottom current and bottom sediment movement in the Southeast Georgia Embayment. In: P. Popenoe (editor), South Atlantic Benchmark Program: Volume 5 - South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Geological Studies, Fiscal year 1976, Geology, Bureau of Land Management Report No. BLM/YM/ES - 79/11. U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. (1,2;po,ss)
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