ES Faculty

Core Faculty: Full-time ES faculty; many of which 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 their name.

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Email Address:

Peter Alagona, Assistant Professor Dept. of History	Histories of land use, natural resource management, environmental politics, and ecological science in the North American West and beyond	alagona@history.ucsb.edu
Oliver A. Chadwick, Professor Dept. of Geography	Soil sciences, soil genesis and classification, and advanced pedology and soil/geomorphology	oac@geog.ucsb.edu
Jordan F. Clark, Associate Professor Dept. of Earth Science	Geochemistry, hydrologic sciences, and environmental geology	jfclark@geol.ucsb.edu
David A. Cleveland, Associate Professor	Diversity and sustainability in agricultural systems, human population and the environment	cleveland@es.ucsb.edu
Carla D'Antonio, Schuyler Professor Dept. of EEMB	Plant and ecosystem ecology, invasive species, species affects on ecosystem processes, restoration ecology.	dantonio@es.ucsb.edu
William R. Freudenburg, Dehlsen Professor	Environmental sociology	freudenburg@es.ucsb.edu
Edward A. Keller, Professor Dept. of Earth Science	Environmental and engineering geology, geomorphology	keller@geol.ucsb.edu
Melvyn S. Manalis, Sr. LSOE	Renewable and solar energy	manalis@es.ucsb.edu
Simone Pulver, Assistant Professor	Global environmental politics, organizational theory, and the sociology of development	Pulver@es.ucsb.edu
Joshua P. Schimel, Professor, ES Program Chair Dept. of EEMB	Terrestrial ecosystem ecology	schimel@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Susan C. Stonich, Professor Dept. of Anthropology	Ecological anthropology and third world environmental problems	stonich@anth.ucsb.edu
Robert C. Wilkinson, Sr. LSOE	Environmental policy, water and watershed policy, energy, climate change, urban environment	wilkinson@es.ucsb.edu

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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Matthea Cremers, Ph.D.	Gender and the environment, anthropology, tourism, environmental justice	mcremers@att.net
Gregory R. Graves, Ph.D.	Environmental history	graves@history.ucsb.edu
Linda Krop, J.D.	Environmental law and policy	krop@es.ucsb.edu
Elizabeth Kryder, Ph.D.	Environmental literature, business and environmental writing	kryder@writing.ucsb.edu
Manasendu Kundu, Ph.D.	Anthropology, global environment, population studies	mkundu@es.ucsb.edu
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
Lori Pye, Ph.D.	Ecopsychology	loripye@gmail.com
Paul M. Relis, B.A.	Waste management	paulr@crrmail.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	dstone@dudek.com
Paul W. Wack, AICP	Planning, agricultural land preservation, environmental assessment, sustainable communities	pwack@calpoly.edu

Former ES Program Faculty & Lecturers (last known contact info):

Robert B. Almy, M.S.	Environmental impact assessment	ralmy3@yahoo.com
Lisa Berry, Ph.D.	Quantitative methods, environmental ecology Now with UCSB's Office of Instructional Development	progressiveedge@yahoo.com
Jenifer E. Dugan, Ph.D.	Environmental biology, marine ecology, Channel Islands Now with UCSB's MSI/Coastal Reasearch Center	j_dugan@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Anita Guerrini, Ph.D.	History of science, environment and disease Now at Oregon State University	anita.guerrini@oregonstate.edu
J. Robert Hatherill, Ph.D.	Environmental toxicology, health risk analysis. Now at Del Mar College, Tx.	rhatherill@delmar.edu
Brendon Larson, Ph.D.	Science & Society, conservation biology, natural history and pollination ecology Now at Univ. of Waterloo, Canada.	blarson@fes.uwaterloo.ca
Michael A. Osborne, Ph.D.	History of science, global environmental problems	osborne@history.ucsb.edu
Gail Osherenko, J.D.	Ocean and coastal law and policy, indigenous rights, Arctic studies Now research scientist with UCSB's MSI and Bren School	osherenko@msi.ucsb.edu

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.

	Are of Emphasis	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