{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = | name = Sara E Harris | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = Image of Sara Harris | occupation = | title = Professor of teaching | boards = <!-- Board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation --> | known_for = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | discipline = Science education, climate science, paleoclimate | education = | alma_mater = Oregon State University | thesis_title = The Atlantic, the Amazon, and the Andes : neogene climate and tectonics viewed from Ceara Rise, western tropical Atlantic | thesis_url = https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/zg64tp193 | thesis_year = 1998 | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = <!--Only those with WP articles--> | main_interests = | workplaces = Faculty of Science Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences<br>The University of British Columbia | notable_works = "Understanding Climate Change: Science, Policy and Practice" by Sarah Burch and Sara Harris, 2014. University of Toronto Press. Available here: http://www.utppublishing.com/Understanding-Climate-Change-Science-Policy-and-Practice.html | notable_ideas = | awards = 3M National Teaching Fellow, 2015 | website = https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/about/faculty/S.Harris.html | footnotes = }} '''Sara E Harris''' (born 1969) is a Canadian scientist, and professor in the department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, and the associate dean academic<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://science.ubc.ca/news/award-winning-teaching-prof-appointed-ad-academic-ubc-science|title=Award-winning teaching prof appointed AD Academic at UBC Science|website=science.ubc.ca|date=September 2017 |access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/about/faculty/S.Harris.html|title=Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences}}</ref> In 2015, she was named a 3M National Teaching Fellow for her MOOC on climate change.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://science.ubc.ca/news/ubc-science-prof-wins-national-award-climate-literacy-mooc|title=UBC Science prof wins national award for climate literacy MOOC {{!}} UBC Science - Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia|website=science.ubc.ca|date=16 February 2015 |access-date=2016-09-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://3mcouncil.stlhe.ca/resources/3m-fellows/in-memorium/?page_id=92&page_id=5374&page_id=5314&page_id=2938|title=Sara Harris (2015) {{!}} 3M National Teaching and Learning Fellows|website=3mcouncil.stlhe.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=2017-12-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Meet this year's 3M Teaching Fellows Check out the 10 teachers who were named to the top of their class|date=16 February 2015 |url=http://www.macleans.ca/education/university/meet-this-years-3m-teaching-fellows/|access-date=21 September 2016}}</ref>
== Education == Sara Harris obtained her PhD in geological oceanography from the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/about/faculty/S.Harris.html|title=Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Dept. UBC|website=www.eoas.ubc.ca|access-date=2016-09-21}}</ref>
== Career == From 1998 to 2005, she served as the chief scientist at the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-28|title=Sara E. Harris|url=https://www.edx.org/bio/sara-e-harris|access-date=2016-09-22}}</ref> In this role, she would take students out to sea for six weeks to teach methodologies for collecting oceanographic data as well as navigation and sailing.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Thatra|first=Nivretta|date=2017-01-17|title=On the Origin of Scientists: Sara Harris teaches climate change differently|work=The Ubyssey|url=https://www.ubyssey.ca/science/otoos-sara-harris/|access-date=2017-03-21}}</ref> She was a senior instructor at the University of British Columbia prior to becoming professor of teaching there.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Crawford|first=Tiffany|date=2016-05-04|title=B.C. fire season flares up early forcing province to turn down Alberta request for help|language=en-US|work=Vancouver Sun|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-fire-season-flares-up-early-thanks-to-unseasonably-warm-dry-weather-expert|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> In that role, she studies evidence-based science education<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-16|title=3M Teaching Awards: Building a world-wide classroom|url=http://www.macleans.ca/education/university/3m-teaching-awards-building-a-world-wide-classroom/|access-date=2016-09-22|website=Maclean's|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Stanford Physicist Embarks On Mission To Improve Undergraduate Teaching|language=en|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/04/13/474120877/stanford-physicist-embarks-on-mission-to-improve-undergraduate-teaching|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> and how people learn climate science.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-07-28|title=Sara E. Harris|url=https://www.edx.org/bio/sara-e-harris|access-date=2016-09-21}}</ref> In 2013, she co-taught a massive open online course called ''Climate Literacy: Navigating Climate Change Conversations'',<ref>{{Cite news|last=Henry|first=Alan|title=Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U: Fall Semester 2013|language=en-US|work=Lifehacker|url=https://lifehacker.com/plan-your-free-online-education-at-lifehacker-u-fall-s-1201482793|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref> and later taught ''Climate Change: The Science'' on the edX platform.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sara E. Harris|url=https://www.edx.org/bio/sara-e-harris|website=edX}}</ref>
=== Teaching === Harris has taught a number of courses at the University of British Columbia, including Introduction to Environmental Science, Research Project in Environmental Science, The Fluid Earth: Atmosphere and Ocean, and Global Climate Change. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Sara Harris {{!}} Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences|url=https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/saraharris|access-date=2021-07-08|website=www.eoas.ubc.ca}}</ref>
== Bibliography == Burch, Sarah; Harris, Sara (2014-07-03). ''Understanding Climate Change: Science, Policy, and Practice'' University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. {{ISBN|9781442614451}}.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Smardon|first=Richard|date=2015-09-01|title=Sarah L Burch and Sara E. Harris (eds): Understanding climate change: science policy and practice|journal=Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences|language=en|volume=5|issue=3|pages=485–486|doi=10.1007/s13412-015-0286-0|bibcode=2015JEnSS...5..485S |s2cid=127752621 |issn=2190-6483}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Doughty|first=Howard A.|date=2017|title=Book Review: Understanding Climate Change: Science Policy, and Practice|url=https://www.innovation.cc/book-reviews/22_2_7_doughty_bk-review_harris.pdf|journal=The Innovation Journal|volume=22|pages=7}}</ref>
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