Faculty
Don Barber
Geology Associate Professor
Director of Environmental Studies
A marine sedimentologist, Don Barber focuses on coastal geomorphology and Quaternary climate change.
Peter Briggs
English Professor
Peter Briggs works on American and English literature, specializing in 18th century British literature. Of special interest to the ES concentration, he has written about American landscapes and offers a course on Nature Writing and Environmental Concerns.
Maria Luisa Crawford
Geology Professor Emeritus
Maria Luisa Crawford researches the geological histories of mountain belts. Among her many awards, she has been honored by the MacArthur Foundation.
Richard Davis
Anthropology Professor
A Paleolithic Archeologist, Richard Davis conducts fieldwork in Asia and the Aleutian Islands. He studies human adaptations to the changing environments of the Pleistocene and Holocene, as well as the development of technology in a social context.
Victor Donnay
Math Professor
Victor Donnay studies chaotic properties of dynamical systems, and is interested in mathematical modeling. He also is working to improve K-12 math and science pedagogy, and to bring mathematics to a wider audience.
Jonas Goldsmith
Chemistry Assistant Professor
Jonas Goldsmith combines the techniques of inorganic, physical and synthetic chemistry to develop and investigate novel transition metal complex-based nanostructures
Karen Grief
Biology Professor and Chair
Karen Greif studies neural development, and also maintains an active interest in science policy-making. Her policy course, Biology and Public Policy, includes environmental issues.
Carol Hager
Political Science Professor
Carol Hager specializes in comparative politics. While her focus is on Germany, she also studies environmental politics and environmental policies in an international perspective.
Chris Oze
Geology Assistant Professor
Chris Oze is a geochemist specializing in medical geology and the origins of life.
Michael Rock
Economics Professor
Michael Rock specializes in economic development, and is an authority on the interaction of development and pollution-control policy in Asia. He has taught in the US, Thailand and Vietnam.
David Ross
Economics Associate Professor
David Ross researches industrial organization and public policies regarding imperfectly competitive markets. He also studies the environmental impacts of industries, reflected in his Environmental Economics course.
Bethany Schneider
English Assistant Professor
Bethany Schneider works on 19th century US literature, focusing on the literature surrounding Indian Removal policies of the 1830s and 40s. She studies the shifting cultural and legal understandings that radically changed both Native and white senses of belonging and responsibility to the land.
Ellen Stroud
Growth and Structure of Cities Associate Professor
Johanna Alderfer Harris and William H. Harris M.D. Chair in Environmental Studies
Ellen Stroud is an environmental historian whose research and teaching focus on human interactions with the natural world over the course of U.S. history. She is particularly interested in resource issues, and in issues of environmental justice within American cities.
Neal Williams
Biology Assistant Professor
Neal Williams is an ecologist; his research studies how landscape changes affect insect pollinators (such as bees) and pollination.