Environmental Studies Experts
Ashley Ballantyne
College of Forestry and Conservation
Area of Expertise:Biogeochemical Cycles; Earth's Climate and Biology
Jedediah Brodie
Division of Biological Sciences
Area of Expertise:Biodiversity Conservation; Climate Change; Landscape Connectivity; Mammals; Plant-animal Interactions; Tropical Ecology
Phil Condon
Environmental Studies Program
Area of Expertise:Creative Nonfiction; Fiction; Nature/Environmental Writing and Literature
Neva Hassanein
Environmental Studies Program
Area of Expertise:Agri-food Studies; Community and Land Use Planning; Environmental Studies; Rural and Agricultural Sociology
Rosalyn La Pier
Environmental Studies Program
Area of Expertise:Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Native American Ethnobotany, Environmental Justice, Social Movements and Activism.
Christopher Preston
Department of Philosophy
Area of Expertise:Assisted Migration; the Anthropocene; Biotechnology; Care Ethics; Climate Change; Climate Engineering; De-Extinction; Environmental Ethics and Philosophy; Ethics of Wilderness; Rewilding and Restoration; Synthetic Biology; Nanotechnology
Sara Rinfret
Political Science
Area of Expertise:Role of EPA in producing rules that impact states implementation of policy, agency and stakeholder interactions; US Environmental Policy; Relationships between companies and agencies at the state and federal Level; Interest groups' Influence on decision making; campaigns/elections; public administration; US Public Policy
Eva Rocke
Environmental Studies, Administration & Finance
Area of Expertise:Institutional Sustainability Assessment, Planning and Engagement; Climate Action Planning & Implementation; Sustainable Food Systems & Agriculture (especially the intersection of gender and the sustainable agriculture movement)
Robin Saha
Environmental Studies
Area of Expertise:Environmental Justice, Environmental Sociology, Environmental Health, Indigenous Rights, Urban Sustainability, Policy Analysis, Environmental Policy, Climate and Energy Policy, Superfund Community Responses, Social Impact Analysis.
Steve Schwarze
Communication Studies
Area of Expertise:Environmental Communication; Enviromental Controversy; Climate Change Communication; Public Advocacy; Coal; Persuasive Campaigns; Social Movements; Media Coverage of Environmental and Political Issues
Dane Scott
College of Forestry and Conservation
Area of Expertise:Agricultural Ethics; Environmental Ethics; Ethics and Global Climate Change; Philosophy of Technology
Stephen F. Siebert
Forest Management
Area of Expertise:Tropical Forest Conservation and Management; Tropical Agriculture; Non-Timber Forest Products; Biodiversity Conservation; Protected Area Management
Jennifer Thomsen
College of Forestry and Conservation
Area of Expertise:Ecotourism and Sustainability; Interpretation and Education; Large Landscape Conservation; Linkage Between Health of Parks and People; Outdoor Recreation Benefits and Impacts; Sense of Place and Sustainable Behavior; Stakeholder Collaboration; Transboundary Wildlife Conflict and Management
Vicki Watson
Environmental Studies Program
Area of Expertise:Sustainability Science and Action at the Local, State and National Level, with a Focus on Watershed CPR (Conservation, Preservation and Restoration) and Pollution Ecology