Environmental studies is an interdisciplinary program that combines natural science and social science and examines local, regional, national and international environmental problems in a holistic manner.

Advisors for the ES major and minor:
Bernhard, Chomiak, Flagg, Graesch, Jones, Lizarralde, Neely, McMahon, Rosa, Thompson, Turner, Uddin, Vukicevich, Zimmer.

Faculty

Beverly A. Chomiak, Associate Teaching Professor of Geology, Associate Teaching Professor of Environmental Studies

Beverly A. Chomiak

Associate Teaching Professor of Geology, Associate Teaching Professor of Environmental Studies

Economic geology and geochemistry • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


Jared Heern, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government and Environmental Studies

Jared Heern

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government and Environmental Studies


Michelle Jackson-Huaqui, Visiting Assistant Professor of Botany & Environmental Studies

Michelle Jackson-Huaqui

Visiting Assistant Professor of Botany & Environmental Studies


Chad Jones, Associate Dean of the Faculty for Academic Affairs, Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Chad Jones

Associate Dean of the Faculty for Academic Affairs, Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Plant ecology • Plant succession • Invasive species • GIS and ecological modeling


Manuel Lizarralde, Charles and Sarah P. Becker ’27 Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Manuel Lizarralde

Charles and Sarah P. Becker ’27 Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies

Ethnobotany • Environmental anthropology


Douglas M. Thompson, Rosemary Park Professor of Geoscience and Environmental Studies , Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director of the Office of Sustainability

Douglas M. Thompson

Rosemary Park Professor of Geoscience and Environmental Studies , Suzi Oppenheimer '56 Faculty Director of the Office of Sustainability

Geomorphology • Hydrology • Hazards • Geology • Geography • Civil engineering



Staff

Liz Smith

Academic Department Assistant

Associated Faculty

Anne Bernhard, Katharine Blunt Professor of Biology

Anne Bernhard

Katharine Blunt Professor of Biology

Microbial ecology of estuaries and salt marshes • Community ecology and population dynamics of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria


Leo J. Garofalo, Virginia Eason Weinmann '51 Professor of History, Social Justice and Sustainability Pathway Coordinator

Leo J. Garofalo

Virginia Eason Weinmann '51 Professor of History, Social Justice and Sustainability Pathway Coordinator

Latin American and Caribbean history • The history of race and ethnicity • African diaspora and Afro-Latin America • Peru and the Andes


Anthony Graesch, Professor of Anthropology, College Archaeologist

Anthony Graesch

Professor of Anthropology, College Archaeologist

Archaeology of the contemporary • Household Archaeology • Discard & Discarding • Experimental archaeology • Materiality • Indigenous and Settler Societies in North America



Michelle Neely, Associate Professor of English, Director of American Studies

Michelle Neely

Associate Professor of English, Director of American Studies

American literature to 1900 • American Studies • African American Literature • Environmental Humanities • Food Studies • Animal Studies • Feminist Theory


David Patton, Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor of Government and International Relations

David Patton

Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor of Government and International Relations

Comparative politics • European politics • European Union • Federal Republic of Germany


Maria Rosa, Associate Professor of Biology

Maria Rosa

Associate Professor of Biology

Marine Biology & Ecology • Oceanography • Marine Sciences



Sufia Uddin, Professor of Anthropology and Religion

Sufia Uddin

Professor of Anthropology and Religion

Environment and religion • Global Islam • Race and ethnicity in South Asia • South Asian studies • South Asian American studies



Marc Zimmer, Jean C. Tempel '65 Professor of Chemistry

Marc Zimmer

Jean C. Tempel '65 Professor of Chemistry

Computational chemistry • Fluorescent proteins


Jane Dawson, Virginia Eason Weinmann '51 Professor Emerita of Government and Environmental Studies

Jane Dawson

Virginia Eason Weinmann '51 Professor Emerita of Government and Environmental Studies

International environmental justice • International environmental politics • Comparative environmental activism and politics


Peter Siver, Charles and Sarah P. Becker '27 Professor Emeritus of Botany and Environmental Studies

Peter Siver

Charles and Sarah P. Becker '27 Professor Emeritus of Botany and Environmental Studies

Limnology • Phycology • Impacts of environmental stress on lakes • Reconstructing ancient environments