Faculty & Staff

Department of Environment and Sustainability Faculty and Staff

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Amber (Amy) Churchill

Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Science

Environmental Studies Program

Research Interests

  • Plant ecology and plant-ecosystem feedbacks
  • ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ-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 A. Galipeau

Lecturer

Environmental Studies Program

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

Environmental Studies Program

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

Environmental Studies Program

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

Environmental Studies Program

Research Interests

  • Sustainability
  • Sustainable communities and regions
  • Heritage and neighborhood sustainability
  • ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ planning across generations
  • Land use and economic development planning
  • Citizen participation in local government policymaking
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Pamela Mischen

Chief Sustainability Officer; Professor

Office of Sustainability; Environmental Studies Program

Research Interests

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

Assistant Professor

Environmental Studies Program

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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Sara Velardi

Instructor; Undergraduate Director

Environmental Studies Program

Research Interests

  • Human dimensions of agriculture and natural resources
  • Agrifood policy
  • Biotechnology in the food system
  • ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓÆµ engagement in research
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Søren Warland

Lecturer

Environmental Studies Program

Research Interests

  • Environmental policy
  • Environmental nonprofits
  • Cooperation among interest groups

Teaching Interests

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