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People
Core Staff
Dr. Thomas Crist is Director of IES and Professor of Zoology. He administers the M.En. program and the undergraduate co-majors in environmental science and sustainability. His research interests include landscape ecology, biodiversity, and conservation biology.
Suzanne Zazycki, JD, is the Outreach Coordinator for IES, and is responsible for professional service projects, internships, and public and alumni outreach. Suzanne is a 1992 graduate of the IES program.
Dr. Donna McCollum is Environmental Monitoring Coordinator and has been with the M.En. program since 2007. Dr. McCollum is responsible for many of the natural science service-learning initiatives of the program (e.g. Butler County Stream Team).
Dr. Vincent Hand is Visiting Associate Professor in IES and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He teaches courses in energy and project management.
Dr. Adam Berland is a Visiting Assistant Professor in IES and the Department of Geography. His research interests include urban ecology, GIS, and spatial analysis.
Ms. Denise Withrow is the Program Associate. She is the first responder to all questions in the office and maintains the database and contacts of alumni and friends. She is the central figure in the functioning of the office.
Faculty Affiliates
- Almquist, Catherine — Paper & Chemical Engineering
- Interests: methanol oxidation
- Armitage, Kevin — Western Program
- Interests: environmental history and the Progressive Era
- Bailer, John —Department of Statistics
- Interests: biostatistics, experimental design and analysis, quantitative risk assessment
- Berg, David J. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: biodiversity, molecular ecology, and conservation of freshwater invertebrates
- Boardman, Mark R. — Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science
- Interests: oceanography, marine ecology, climage change, coral reefs, environmental geochemistry
- Brown, Clyde — Department of Political Science
- Interests: politics of organized interests, applied/citizen/practical politics, youth politics
- Crist, Thomas — Department of Zoology
- Interests: landscape ecology, biodiversity, conservation biology
- Cummins, Hays — Department of Geography
- Interests: reconstruction of past ecological communities in marine systems, ecological change, meteorology, astronomy
- Dong, Hailiang — Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science
- Interests: mineral-microbe interactions, life in extreme environments, environmental bioremediation
- Gladish, Daniel K. — Department of Botany
- Interests: prairie restoration, temperature, soil remediation, flooding
- González, María J. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: aquatic ecology, community ecology, predator-prey interactions, zooplankton
- Gorchov, David L. — Department of Botany
- Interests: plant population ecology, population biology of harvested plants, invasive plants
- Green, Jerry — Department of Geography
- Interests: land-use analysis, historical geography
- Hagerman, Ann — Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Interests: plant tannins and effects of human consumption
- Hardesty, William — Department of English
- Interests: alternate histories, space opera
- Huerta, Alfredo — Department of Botany
- Interests: environmental physiology and stress metabolism
- Johnston, Scott A. — Department of Architecture & Interior Design
- Interests: sustainable design, solar design, energy conservation, building systems
- Keiffer, Carolyn — Department of Botany
- Interests: ecological restoration, invasive plants, phytoremediation, bioremediation
- Levy, Jonathan — Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science
- Interests: ground water flow and contamination, pesticide fate and transport
- Maingi, John — Department of Geography
- Interests: forest wildfires, forest regeneration, global change
- Medley, Kimberly E. — Department of Geography
- Interests: biogeography, plant ecology, landscape ecology, conservation
- Ornelas, Roxanne — Department of Geography
- Interests: geographies of indigenous peoples, sacred lands and human rights
- Paulson, Susan — Department of Anthropology
- Interests: political ecology, social/cultural anthropology, gender
- Renwick, Bill — Department of Geography
- Interests: geomorphology, water resources, environmental management
- Rubenstein, James — Department of Geography
- Interests: human geography, auto industry
- Russo, Philip — Department of Political Science
- Interests: local government, fiscal policy, strategic analysis
- Rypstra, Ann L. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: behavioral ecology, community ecology, predator-prey interactions, spiders
- Schaefer, Robert — Department of Statistics
- Interests: experimental design, biostatistics, data analysis
- Shaffer, Marguerite — American Studies Program
- Interests: U.S. cultural history, conceptions of nature and the construction of public culture
- Smith-Huerta, Nancy — Department of Botany
- Interests: ecology and floral biology of annual wildflowers
- Stevens, Charles — International Studies Program
- Interests: cultural anthropology in the Pacific Islands and local agricultural sustainability
- Stevens, M. Henry — Department of Botany
- Interests: ecology and evolution of community dynamics and diversity, statistical methods
- Vanni, Michael J. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: ecosystem and community ecology, food webs, aquatic ecology, watersheds
- Widom, Elisabeth — Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science
- Interests: application of trace elements and isotope systems
- Zhang, Jing — Department of Statistics
- Interests: statistical modeling for environmental and biological sciences