Louise A. Rosen

Louise A. Rosen is the senior associate dean of administrative affairs and communications at Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies and a lecturer in international and public affairs. Before joining SPS, she served as deputy vice president for strategic engagement at Columbia University's Office of Alumni and Development. Prior to that, she spent a decade at the Earth Institute, where she helped incubate eight degree programs, including Columbia’s first undergraduate major in sustainable development and the M.S. in Sustainability Management.

At SPS, she leads the development of performance management and reporting initiatives and oversees the production of schoolwide special and public events featuring senior faculty and prominent thought leaders. She also leads the School's public event series focused on professional education and its value for working professionals, examining outcomes, career mobility, and the evolving role of lifelong learning.

Rosen’s research and interests focus on the environment, animal conservation, and animal- and nature-assisted therapies. She explores socially constructed values and the role of empathy in advancing or hindering support for sustainable development and the natural world. She is particularly interested in nonverbal communication, experiential storytelling, and the sentience of the nonhuman living world—how empathy with nature can be leveraged to build understanding.

She co-founded three magazines in London and has written for Newsweek.com, Forbes, Upside Today, Fortune Small Business, Vogue, and The New York Times. She holds a bachelor’s degree in geography from the London School of Economics and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She is currently working on a book series focused on nature-based narratives. She volunteers with animal-assisted therapies for children with special needs, veterans, and first responders experiencing PTSD.