Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director, Aiken Forestry Sciences Laboratory
carol.adair@uvm.edu (802) 656-2907
Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Fellow • Director of UVM/NSF Community Cosmogenic Laboratory
paul.bierman@uvm.edu (802) 656-4411
Senior Lecturer • Director, Sustainability, Ecology, and Policy Program
peter.brewitt@uvm.edu
Director, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Program • Associate Professor
kimberly.coleman@uvm.edu
Professor • Director of Forestry Program • Director of UVM Research Forests
anthony.damato@uvm.edu (802) 656-8030
Research Associate Professor • Assistant Unit Leader of VT Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
therese.donovan@uvm.edu (802) 656-2516
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education • Professor • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
jon.erickson@uvm.edu (802) 656-3328
Associate Professor, Rubenstein School • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
rachelle.gould@uvm.edu (802) 656-5849
Research Associate Professor • Unit Leader of VT Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
mark.henderson@uvm.edu (802) 656-2693
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs • Professor • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
james.murdoch@uvm.edu (802) 656-2912
Dean, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources • Professor
peter.newman@uvm.edu
Associate Dean of Programs and Curriculum • Senior Lecturer • Director, Environmental Sciences Program • Director, Geospatial Technologies Program • Assessment Coordinator for the Rubenstein School
jennifer.pontius@uvm.edu (802) 656-3091
Director of the Gund Institute for Environment • Professor, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources
taylor.ricketts@uvm.edu (802) 656-7796
Associate Professor • Director of the Casella Center for Circular Economy and Sustainability • Gund Institute for Environment Fellow
eric.roy@uvm.edu (802) 656-7359
Director, Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory • Professor
jason.stockwell@uvm.edu (802) 656-3009
Endowed Professorships
Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick Endowed Chair
The Robert F. and Genevieve B. Patrick Endowed Chair in Watershed Science and Planning was established in 2000 from the estate of Genevieve Patrick and enables the university to focus expertise in an environmental sciences discipline with great relevance in Vermont and far beyond the state's borders. Dr. Anne Jefferson is the current Patrick Chair in Watershed Science and Planning. Dr. Jefferson's research program focuses on improving the resilience and sustainability of water resources and aquatic ecosystems.
PAST PATRICK CHAIRS
Dr. William (Breck) Bowden (Inaugural 2002–2022)
Gund Professorship of Ecological Economics
The Gund Professorship of Ecological Economics was established in 2001 by Gordon and Lulie Gund and their sons, Grant and Zachary. Dr. Taylor Ricketts is the current Gund Professor of Ecological Economics and director of the The Gund Institute for Environment. The Institute is a hub for transdisciplinary environmental research at the interface of ecological, social, and economic systems and develops practical solutions to local and global environmental challenges.
Steven Rubenstein Professorship for Environment and Natural Resources
The Steven Rubenstein Professorship was established in 2013 by Steve and Beverly Rubenstein to fund work on curricular transformation and transdisciplinary research that engages community partners and students. The professorship provides a rotating appointment of a current Rubenstein School faculty member with a term of up to three years. Dr. Rachelle Gould is the current Steven Rubenstein Professor.
PAST RUBENSTEIN PROFESSORS
Dr. Adrian Ivakhiv (2016-2019)
Dr. Robert Manning (Inaugural 2013–2016)
The David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy
The David Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy was established in 2013 by David Blittersdorf to support a faculty position in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources that fosters collaboration with the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences to build a sustainability curriculum addressing solutions to fossil fuel resource depletion and renewable energy. Recruitment is underway for this professorship.
PAST BLITTERSDORF PROFESSORS
Dr. Jon D. Erickson (2016-2025)
Dr. Jennie C. Stephens (Inaugural 2014–2016)