Julia A. Flagg
Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies, Director of Environmental Studies Program
Environmental sociology • Climate change • Costa Rica • Disasters • Human ecology
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, Frasure, Graesch, Jones, Lizarralde, Neely, McMahon, Rosa, Siver, Thompson, Turner, Uddin, Vukicevich, Zimmer
Beverly A. Chomiak
Associate Teaching Professor of Geology, Associate Teaching Professor of Environmental Studies
Economic geology and geochemistry • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Chad Jones
Associate Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies
Plant ecology • Plant succession • Invasive species • GIS and ecological modeling
Manuel Lizarralde
Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies
Ethnobotany • Environmental anthropology
Peter Siver
Charles and Sarah P. Becker '27 Professor of Botany and Environmental Studies
Limnology • Phycology • Impacts of environmental stress on lakes • Reconstructing ancient environments
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
Anne Bernhard
Katharine Blunt Professor of Biology, Chair of the Biology Department
Microbial ecology of estuaries and salt marshes • Community ecology and population dynamics of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
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
Comparative politics • European politics • European Union • Federal Republic of Germany
Derek Turner
Class of '43 Professor of Philosophy, Karla Heurich Harrison '28 Director of the Goodwin-Niering Center for the Environment
Philosophy of science • Philosophy of biology • Environmental philosophy
Eric Vukicevich
Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Assistant Professor of Botany (Sustainable Agriculture)
Soil ecology • Organic cropping systems • Pest management
Jane Dawson
Virginia Eason Weinmann '51 Professor Emeritus of Government and Environmental Studies
International environmental justice • International environmental politics • Comparative environmental activism and politics
