{"id":2656,"date":"2011-03-02T12:36:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/?post_type=cjp_alumni&#038;p=1938"},"modified":"2017-06-13T14:35:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T18:35:47","slug":"michael-shank","status":"publish","type":"cjp_alumni","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/cjp-alumni\/michael-shank\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Shank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Shank, Ph.D., is Head of Communications for the UN\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/unsdsn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sustainable Development Solutions Network<\/a>\u00a0in New York City, where he handles\u00a0communications for Professor\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jeffsachs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeffrey Sachs<\/a>\u00a0and SDSN\u2019s work on the United Nations\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>. Michael\u2019s recent positions include serving as Director of Media Strategy at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/climatenexus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate Nexus<\/a>, Associate Director for Legislative Affairs at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcnl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Friends Committee on National Legislation<\/a>, and US Congressman Michael Honda\u2019s Senior Policy Advisor and Communications Director. Michael\u2019s Ph.D. from George Mason University\u2019s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution is on Climate Conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Michael is Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scps.nyu.edu\/content\/scps\/faculty\/faculty-profile.html?id=17947&amp;name=Michael-Shank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Global Affairs<\/a>, where he teaches graduate courses on Sustainable Development, Power and Politics and Climate and Security. Shank is also Adjunct Faculty and a Board Member at George Mason University\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scar.gmu.edu\/people\/michael-shank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution<\/a>, where he teaches graduate courses on communications and conflict, and Senior Fellow at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/justjobsnetwork.org\/staff-and-officers\/michael-shank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JustJobs Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Michael is a former columnist for the Washington Post and US News &amp; World Report and a regular contributor to USA Today, The Guardian, TIME Magazine, MSNBC, Fortune, and Fast Company.<\/p>\n<p>Michael lives in the Hudson Highlands and serves on the City of Peekskill\u2019s Conservation Advisory Council and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/opinion\/2016\/03\/22\/meet-our-board-contributors\/81429142\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Board of Contributors<\/a> for\u00a0Journal News.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelshank.tv\/\">Website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael_Shank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/michaeljohnshank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7946,"template":"","regions":[780],"fields-of-practice":[773],"degree":[760],"grad-year":[1159],"class_list":["post-2656","cjp_alumni","type-cjp_alumni","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-usa","fields-of-practice-strategic-peacebuilding","degree-ma_ct","grad-year-1159"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cjp_alumni\/2656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cjp_alumni"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cjp_alumni"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=2656"},{"taxonomy":"fields-of-practice","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fields-of-practice?post=2656"},{"taxonomy":"degree","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/degree?post=2656"},{"taxonomy":"grad-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/peacebuilder\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grad-year?post=2656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}