Faculty & Staff

Department of Environment and Sustainability Faculty and Staff

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Juliet Berling,

Adjunct Lecturer

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Adjunct Lecturer

Engineering Design Division (EDD)

Adjunct Lecturer

Geography
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Amber (Amy) Churchill,

Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Science

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

  • Plant ecology and plant-ecosystem feedbacks
  • Community-level interactions in plants and impacts on ecosystems
  • Plant-pollinator interactions under global change
  • Forage and mixed pasture ecosystem resilience
  • Global changes as drivers of ecosystem function and services

Teaching Interests

  • ENVI Environmental Studies Capstone (Fall)
  • ENVI Field Methods in Ecosystem Ecology (Fall)
  • ENVI Biodiversity as an Ecosystem Service (Spring)
  • ENVI Global Change and Ecosystems (Spring)
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Brendan Galipeau,

Lecturer

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

  • Food and agriculture
  • Water resources
  • Indigeneity
  • China
  • Tibet
  • US

Teaching Interests

  • Food and agriculture
  • Rivers and water
  • Sustainability
  • East and Southeast Asia
  • Wine and viticulture
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Marcello Graziano,

Associate Professor

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

  • Energy transitions
  • Purple/care economics
  • Food-development nexus
  • Blue economy
  • Regional economic modeling

Teaching Interests

  • Great Lakes
  • Energy Transitions
  • Research methods
  • Sustainable tourism
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Divya Gupta,

Assistant Professor

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

  • Multi-actor and multi-level governance
  • Decentralization
  • Resource rights
  • Collaboration
  • Institutional analysis
  • Knowledge co-production

Teaching Interests

  • International environmental policies 
  • Natural resource governance 
  • Environmental justice 
  • Conservation and development
  • Research methods for environment and sustainability
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George Homsy,

Director of Environmental Studies

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

  • Sustainability
  • Sustainable communities and regions
  • Heritage and neighborhood sustainability
  • Community planning across generations
  • Land use and economic development planning
  • Citizen participation in local government policymaking
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Dylan Horvath

Steward of Natural Areas

Department of Environment and Sustainability
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Pamela Mischen,

Chief Sustainability Officer

Office of Sustainability

Professor

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

  • Knowledge management and inter-organizational networks
  • Local government capacity to create sustainable communities
  • Sustainability metrics for communities
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David Mixter,

Assistant Professor

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

Archaeology of the Ancient Maya,Comparative Studies of Societal Collapse and Recovery,Frontiers and Early Complexity,Social Dynamics of Urban Landscapes,Collective Memory,GIS and Spatial Analysis
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Adam Vaught

Administrative Assistant 1

Department of Environment and Sustainability
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Sara Velardi,

Instructor; Undergraduate Director

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

  • Human dimensions of agriculture and natural resources
  • Agrifood policy
  • Biotechnology in the food system
  • Community engagement in research
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Charles Wage

Adjunct Lecturer

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

Environmental Law
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S酶ren Warland,

Lecturer

Department of Environment and Sustainability

Research Interests

  • Environmental policy
  • Environmental nonprofits
  • Cooperation among interest groups

Teaching Interests

  • Sustainable transportation
  • Environmental policy
  • Environmental psychology
  • National parks
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Affiliated Faculty

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Mark Blumler,

Associate Professor

Geography
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BrieAnna Langlie,

Associate Professor

Anthropology

Associate Professor

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
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Carl Lipo,

Associate Dean for Research and Programs

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences

Professor

Anthropology
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Christopher Morgan-Knapp,

Professor

Philosophy
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Joe Panzik,

Environmental Visualization, Research Assistant Professor

First-year Research Immersion Program

Environmental Visualization, Research Assistant Professor

Department of Earth Sciences
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Molly Patterson,

Associate Professor

Department of Earth Sciences
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Kirsten Prior,

Associate Professor

Biological Sciences
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Shay Rabineau,

Chair of Judaic Studies/ Associate Professor of Israel Studies

Judaic Studies
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Belinda Ram铆rez,

Assistant Professor

Global Public Health

Assistant Professor

Sociology

LACAS Faculty Affiliate

Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program
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Joshua Reno,

Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives

Graduate School

Professor

Anthropology
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Jonathan Schmitkons,

Biogeochemistry, Research Associate Professor

First-year Research Immersion Program

Biogeochemistry, Research Associate Professor

Department of Earth Sciences
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Alexander Sorenson,

Assistant Professor of German

German and Russian Studies
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Lindsey Swierk,

Assistant Professor

Biological Sciences
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Deena Thomas, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Assistant Professor

Public Health


Emeritus Faculty

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Peter Knuepfer,

Associate Professor Emeritus

Department of Earth Sciences