Advisory Board Members

Director and Associate Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Research Areas: Social and environmental impacts of food systems, from production to consumption; urban greening
2020-23

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas: Organic synthesis of multidentate compounds for lanthanide and actinide coordination chemistry, small molecule X-ray crystallography
2018-21

Assistant Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Sociology
Research Areas: Community-based environmental and anti-fracking activism, municipal water conservation, and regional variation in wind energy development
2019-22

Associate Professor of English
Research Areas: Environmental humanities, ecocriticism, animal/animality studies, posthumanism, climate fiction
2018-21

Professor of Engineering
Research Areas: Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, energy
2020-23

Assistant Professor of Geology
Research Areas: Environmental biogeochemistry, water quality, chemicals in natural systems
2018-21

Professor of Geography and Sustainable Planning
Research Areas: Climate change, land use and change, human vulnerability and adaptations to climate change and natural disasters, food security, Russia and Central Eurasia
2019-22

Associate Professor of Biology
Research Areas: Forest ecosystem management, wildlife-habitat relationships, Geographic Information Systems
2019-22

Professor of Public Health
Research Areas: Medical anthropology, community health, environmental health, health education and promotion, and health communication and advocacy
2020-23

Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Philosophy
Research Areas: Environmental philosophy, sustainability studies, ecohumanities
2020-23

Associate Professor of Writing
Research Areas: Eco-criticism, environmental writing, creative nonfiction
2020-23

Associate Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Research Areas: Heritage and cultural tourism, human trafficking, water trails, geo and international tourism, and SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
2018-21

Associate Professor of Political Science
Research Areas: Public policy, environmental policy, women and politics
2019-22

Affiliate Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Research Areas: Urban forestry and interpretation, community gardening, local food systems
2020-23

Associate Professor of Sociology
Research Areas: Social stratification, race and ethnicity
2020-23

Professor of Art History
Research Areas: Art history, surrealism, art and ethnography, animals in art
2018-21

Research Scientist, Annis Water Resources Institute
Research Areas: Climate impacts, air quality, Great Lakes water issues, environmental regulations, environmental education
2019-22