Talk:David A. Sonnenfeld

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DASonnenfeld (talk · contribs) / David A. Sonnenfeld David A. Sonnenfeld

A start

I have started to make an improvement on this article. It still needs major work but now has a large section on who this guy is, and what he is connected to. I added the See Also and external links and Ref/note area etc. skip sievert (talk) 17:09, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Corrections

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Hello, Thanks to those who have contributed to this article. As subject of this article, I kindly would like to request several corrections. As currently written, the article contains a number of factual errors, a clarification, and a misspelling:

My birthplace was not Syracuse, New York;
My affiliation as Research Associate with the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University continues (not past tense) -- see this source;
My undergraduate degree is from what is now the Clark Honors College, a unit of the University of Oregon, in Eugene, Oregon;
My first faculty appointment was as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington State University;
My 2007 appointment was as Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Studies, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, in Syracuse, New York; and
My family name is misspelled in the third paragraph.

Thanks in advance for timely corrections of the above. Sincerely, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 11:02, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done @DASonnenfeld: I have removed the birthplace as it is unsourced, I have fixed the typo in the third paragraph and I have changed the tense r.e. Wageningen University. The other three points already seem to be noted in the article, are you requesting a change in wording or similar or is there something I'm missing? — crh ₂₃ (Talk) 15:57, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for the speedy corrections, Crh23! The third bullet point, above, is a clarification (the R. D. Clark Honors College is not a standalone institution; my undergraduate degree is from the U of Oregon). Though perhaps subtle, the fourth and fifth bullet points are corrections to the existing text, as well. I can elaborate, if helpful. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 16:48, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@DASonnenfeld: A specific change request (i.e. XXX replaced by YYY) would be handy, thanks. — crh ₂₃ (Talk) 20:08, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, Crh23. Here are my suggested corrections:

"...obtained his undergraduate degree from the Robert D. Clark Honors College..." => "...obtained his undergraduate degree from the Robert D. Clark Honors College, at the University of Oregon..."
"...started his academic career as associate professor of community and environmental studies at Washington State University" => "...started his academic career as assistant professor of sociology at Washington State University."
"...where he was appointed Professor of Sociology and environmental policy He..." => "...where he was appointed professor and chair of environmental studies. He..."

Thanks again, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 21:26, 27 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done: looks all right to me, I have made the requested changes — crh ₂₃ (Talk) 06:30, 28 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again to those who have contributed to this article. A few updates/ corrections:

I'm now Professor Emeritus of sociology and environmental policy at SUNY-ESF
New URL for my official webpage: https://www.esf.edu/faculty/sonnenfeld/
As noted above, I started my academic career as an *assistant* professor of sociology at Washington State University...

Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 16:27, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done! Prof. Sonnenfeld, thank you for adding over the years high quality university hill area images. I would like to add an infobox to your article and would like to ask you if you would be willing to upload your headshot on wikimedia for the said infobox. Thanks. Kiran_891 ^(TALK) 19:08, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]