ES Faculty

Core Faculty: A majority of these full-time faculty hold a joint appointment with the Environmental Studies Program and another academic department at UCSB. You may access additional information for each faculty member by clicking on the faculty member's name.

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Joint Apointment with:

Oliver A. Chadwick, Professor	Soil sciences, soil genesis and classification, and advanced pedology and soil/geomorphology	Dept. of Geography
Jordan F. Clark, Associate Professor	Geochemistry, hydrologic sciences, and environmental geology	Dept. of Earth Science (formerly Geological Sciences)
David A. Cleveland, Associate Professor	Diversity and sustainability in agricultural systems, human population and the environment
Carla D'Antonio, Schuyler Professor	Plant and ecosystem ecology, invasive species, species affects on ecosystem processes, restoration ecology.	Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology
William R. Freudenburg, Dehlsen Professor	Environmental sociology
Anita Guerrini, Professor	History of science, environment and disease	Dept. of History
Edward A. Keller, Professor	Environmental and engineering geology, geomorphology	Dept. of Earth Science (formerly Geological Sciences)
Melvyn S. Manalis, Sr. LSOE	Renewable and solar energy
Michael A. Osborne, Associate Professor	History of science, global environmental problems	Dept. of History
Joshua P. Schimel, Professor, Program Chair	Terrestrial ecosystem ecology	Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology
Susan C. Stonich, Professor	Ecological anthropology and third world environmental problems	Dept. of Anthropology

Affiliated faculty: have their principal appointments in UCSB departments other than Environmental Studies. However, by virtue of their training or research or teaching interests, they also hold a formal appointment and teach one or more courses, many of which are cross-listed with their home departments, for the Environmental Studies Program.

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Home Department:

Robert T. Deacon, Professor	Natural resource economics, public finance	Dept. of Economics
Stephen J. DeCanio, Professor	Global environmental protection, economic history, applied microeconomics	Dept. of Economics
Steven D. Gaines, Professor	Marine community ecology; biostatistics	Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology
Charles D. Kolstad, Professor	Environmental economics, environmental regulation, climate	Dept. of Economics
Hugo A. Loaiciga, Professor	Planning, design and analysis of water resources systems, and theory and computational aspects of surface and ground water hydrology	Dept. of Geography
Russell J. Schmitt, Professor	Marine-community ecology and population	Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, Marine Biology
Eric R.A.N. Smith, Professor	Public opinion and voting behavior, environmental politics, energy issues, Congress, and political parties.	Dept. of Political Science
Jo-Ann R. Shelton, Professor	Environmental ethics, relationships between humans and other animal species	Dept. of Clasics

Lecturers: In addition to the faculty listed above, professionals from the community serve as lecturers and teach a number of courses each year. The following is a list of lecturers who have recently taught or are scheduled to teach one or more courses for the ES Program.

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Email Address:

Robert B. Almy, M.S.	Environmental impact assessment	ralmy@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
Matthea H. Cremers, Ph.D.	Gender and the environment, anthropology, tourism, environmental justice	mcremers@att.net
Jenifer E. Dugan, Ph.D.	Environmental biology, marine ecology, Channel Islands	j_dugan@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Gregory R. Graves, Ph.D.	Environmental history	graves@history.ucsb.edu
Linda Krop, J.D.	Environmental law and policy	krop@es.ucsb.edu
Manasendu Kundu, Ph.D.	Anthropology, global environment, population studies	mannykundu@hotmail.com
Bridget A. Lewin, M.A.	Environmental education	lewin@es.ucsb.edu
Michael V. McGinnis, Ph.D.	Political science, political ecology, ocean and coastal policy	mcginnis@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Greg Mohr	Planning, environmental impact assessment	gregmohr@excite.com
Erik Muller, Ph.D.	Ecological Modeling and Toxicology and its affect on the level of populations, communities and ecosystems.	muller@lifesci.ucsb
Gail Osherenko, J.D.	Ocean and coastal law and policy, indigenous rights, Arctic studies	osherenko@bren.ucsb.edu
Miriam Polne-Fuller	Shoreline preservation, marine science, biology	polne@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Paul M. Relis, B.A.	Waste management	paulrelis@aol.com
Daniela Soleri, Ph.D.	Influence of human ideas and practice on crop populations; selection and gene flow in small scale agriculture; crop genetic resources; ethnoecology	soleri@es.ucsb.edu
David F. Stone, M.A.	Planning, environmental impact assessment	stoned@saic.com
Paul W. Wack, AICP	Planning, agricultural land preservation, environmental assessment, sustainable communities	pwack@calpoly.edu
Robert C. Wilkinson, Ph.D.	Environmental policy, water and watershed policy, energy, climate change, urban environment, political science	wilkinson@es.ucsb.edu

Former ES Program Lecturers (last known contact info)

J. Robert Hatherill, Ph.D.	Environmental toxicology, health risk analysis	rhatherill@delmar.edu
Brendon Larson, Ph.D.	Science & Society, Science & Metaphor, Moral Science, Conservation Biology, Invasion Biology, Natural History and Pollination Ecology.	http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/ ersfaculty/blarson
Mark A. Schlenz, Ph.D.	Environmental literature	kozmo@rain.org

Emeriti Faculty: ES Program faculty who held membership in the Academic Senate at the time of their retirement. Emeriti are considered a valuable resource to the University. Their collective knowledge and experience can continue to serve as an important asset to the academic mission of UCSB and the ES Program.

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Joint Apointment with:

Daniel B. Botkin, Professor Emeritus	Ecology	Dept. of Biological Sciences
David Brokensha, Professor Emeritus	Cultural ecology, modernization	Dept. of Anthropology
J. Marc McGinnes, Lecturer Emeritus	Environmental law, policy, and dispute resolution
Roderick F. Nash, Professor Emeritus	Environmental history	Dept. of History
Arent H. Schuyler, Jr., Lecturer Emeritus	Energy policy
Former Emeriti Faculty (deceased):
Garrett Hardin, Professor Emeritus	Human ecology	Dept. of Biological Sciences