Austin Becker is a Ph.D. candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources at Stanford University. He is researching the risks and vulnerabilities posed by climate change to seaports and dependent socio-political systems. Prior to Stanford, he worked as a coastal manager in Rhode Island, focussing on workingwaterfront and port land-use policies. He earned a Masters of Marine Affairs (2005) and Masters of Environmental Science and Management (2006) from the University of Rhode Island. He also holds a 500-Ton U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license for ocean-going vessels.