Faculty

Faculty Directory

Michael Ashooh

Senior Lecturer

Philosophy of Science, Kant Areas of Specialization: Environmental Ethics, Medical Ethics, Evolutionary theory.

mashooh@uvm.edu

Julian Barnett

Assistant Prof of Theatre & Dance, School of the Arts

Research: contemporary dance; composition; improvisation; performance studies

Julian.Barnett@uvm.edu

M. Noelia Barrios-Garcia

Lecturer

Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources
Research: Invasive species, climate change, community ecology, ecosystem ecology

noelia.barrios-garcia@uvm.edu (802) 656-9087

Nathalie Bolh

Professor

Public finance, macroeconomics, environmental economics and health economics.

nathalie.mathieu-bolh@uvm.edu (802) 656-0946

Jonathan "Doc" Bradley

Lecturer (2020)

International Relations, American Politics, Environmental Politics, and Religion & Politics. Research interests are the interplay of Religion in US politics, creating environmental norms, and religious institutional policy on the environment.

Jonathan.Bradley@uvm.edu (802) 656-8142

Terence Bradshaw

Assistant Professor

Social geography, rural studies, place and identity, working landscapes, nature-culture theory, Vermont.

Terence.Bradshaw@uvm.edu (802) 656-0972

Kristian Brevik

Lecturer

statistics, environmental humanities, entomology, art, zines, ecological philosophy

kbrevik@uvm.edu (360) 301-6424

Meghan Cope

Professor

Urban social/cultural geography, focusing on critical historical geographies of childhood. Using and writing about qualitative research, ethnography, participatory mapping, archival research, and other methods to learn about the geographic meanings and processes that matter to socially and economically marginalized groups.

Meghan.Cope@uvm.edu

Alex Clayton

Assistant Professor

Cecilia Danks

Associate Professor

Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Forestry
Research: Environmental policy, sustainable forestry, community forestry, climate change mitigation, forest carbon markets, woody biomass energy

cecilia.danks@uvm.edu (802) 656-0175

Jon Erickson

Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education • David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy

Instructional programs: Environmental Studies; Natural Resources; Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Research: Ecological economics, sustainable development, systems modeling

jon.erickson@uvm.edu (802) 656-3328

Rachelle Gould

Associate Professor

Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental values, well-being, Cultural Ecosystem Services, environmental learning, human behavior, policy, diversity, equity

rachelle.gould@uvm.edu (802) 656-5849

Donna Ramirez-Harrington

Chair, Professor of Economics

Environmental economics and policy, environmental regulation, environmental innovation, technology adoption and technical change, corporate environmental strategy

donna.ramirez-harrington@uvm.edu (802) 656-0964

Maria Hummel

Professor

Creative writing

Maria.Hummel@uvm.edu

Adrian Ivakhiv

Professor Emeritus

Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Environmental thought, cultural theory, global cultural change

adrian.ivakhiv@uvm.edu (802) 656-0180

Vic Izzo

Head of Undergraduate Education, Institute for Agroecology • Co-Director, UVM Environmental Studies Program

Evolutionary Ecology, Entomology, Sustainable Pest Management, Agroecology, Conservation Ecology

vizzo@uvm.edu

Laurie Kutner

Library Associate Professor • Information & Instruction Howe Library

Research: Environmental information literacy, environmental research methods, global information environment, Costa Rica

Laurie.Kutner@uvm.edu

Benjamin Langton

Professional Academic Advisor

blangton@uvm.edu

Thomas Macias

Professor

immigration, race and ethnic relations, consumerism, environmental justice.

Thomas.Macias@uvm.edu (802) 656-2141

David Massell

Professor • Director of Undergraduate Studies

Canada, U.S., environmental, North American Indian.

David.Massell@uvm.edu

Cherie Morse

Associate Professor

Research: Social geography, rural studies, place and identity, working landscapes, nature-culture theory, Vermont.

cemorse@uvm.edu

Harlan Morehouse

Co-director

Nature-Society Studies, Social and Cultural Geography, Political Ecology, Environmental Humanities.

tmorehou@uvm.edu (802) 656-0992

Ingrid L. Nelson

Associate Professor

Feminist political ecology, geography, cultural anthropology and STSS;
Critical development, NGO, sustainability and animal studies;
Digital geographies and natures

ilnelson@uvm.edu (802) 656-2087

Trish O'kane

Senior Lecturer

Community organizing, environmental & social justice, environmental education, ornithology & conservation, environmental journalism, public health benefits of nature-watching & birding.

Patricia.Okane@uvm.edu

Bindu Panikkar

Associate Professor

Instructional programs: Environmental Studies, Natural Resources
Research: Environmental health, community based research, environmental policy, natural resources, Arctic environment and health, environmental health social movements, environmental justice

bindu.panikkar@uvm.edu (802) 656-5877

Leigh Raymond

Professor (2023) • Gund Professor of Liberal Arts

Public Policy, Environmental Politics and Policy

Leigh.Raymond@uvm.edu (802) 656-4451

Kenneth Richards

Lecturer

Settler-Colonial Studies, Philosophy of Nature, Religion and Law, Environmental Humanities. 

kenneth.richards@uvm.edu

Amy Seidl

Senior Lecturer

Instructional program: Environmental Studies
Research: Sustainability science, ecology, evolution, climate change, environmental communication

amy.seidl@uvm.edu (802) 656-0907

M. D. Usher

Lyman-Roberts Professor of Classical Languages and Literature

Ancient Mediterranean world, sustainable systems, orality studies, environmental humanities, ancient ecologies.

mark.usher@uvm.edu (802) 656-8272

Beverley C. Wemple

Distinguished Professor

Water resources, geomorphology, GIS, spatial modeling, human-environment interactions, mountain environments.

Beverley.Wemple@uvm.edu (802) 656-2074

Staff