Advisory Board Members
![Dr. Amy McFarland](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/amy_mcfarland-2014-215[1443640054].jpg)
Director and Associate Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Research Areas: Social and environmental impacts of food systems, from production to consumption; urban greening
2020-23
![Dr. Shannon Biros](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/rsz_biros1[1566492524].jpg)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Research Areas: Organic synthesis of multidentate compounds for lanthanide and actinide coordination chemistry, small molecule X-ray crystallography
2018-21
![Dr. Amanda Buday](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/buday_amanda_web_use_resized[1566493861].jpg)
Assistant Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Sociology
Research Areas: Community-based environmental and anti-fracking activism, municipal water conservation, and regional variation in wind energy development
2019-22
![Dr. Brian Deyo](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/webp.net-resizeimage_1_brian[1571841338].jpg)
Associate Professor of English
Research Areas: Environmental humanities, ecocriticism, animal/animality studies, posthumanism, climate fiction
2018-21
![Dr. Shirley Fleischmann](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/shirley_fleischman-215[1443639950].jpg)
Professor of Engineering
Research Areas: Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, energy
2020-23
![Dr. Tara Kneeshaw](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/kneeshaw-215[1443640023].jpg)
Assistant Professor of Geology
Research Areas: Environmental biogeochemistry, water quality, chemicals in natural systems
2018-21
![Dr. Elena Lioubimtseva](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/webp.net-resizeimage[1571840793].jpg)
Professor of Geography and Sustainable Planning
Research Areas: Climate change, land use and change, human vulnerability and adaptations to climate change and natural disasters, food security, Russia and Central Eurasia
2019-22
![Dr. Alexandra Locher](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/rsz_alexandra[1531864327].jpg)
Associate Professor of Biology
Research Areas: Forest ecosystem management, wildlife-habitat relationships, Geographic Information Systems
2019-22
![Dr. Azizur Molla](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/molla-2-215[1443640420].jpg)
Professor of Public Health
Research Areas: Medical anthropology, community health, environmental health, health education and promotion, and health communication and advocacy
2020-23
![Dr. Kelly Parker](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/webp.net-resizeimage_2_kelly[1571848388].jpg)
Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Studies and Philosophy
Research Areas: Environmental philosophy, sustainability studies, ecohumanities
2020-23
![Dr. Beth Peterson](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/rsz_beth[1531864290].jpg)
Associate Professor of Writing
Research Areas: Eco-criticism, environmental writing, creative nonfiction
2020-23
![Dr. Michael Scantlebury](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/michael_scantlebury_photo_002[1566494322].jpg)
Associate Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Research Areas: Heritage and cultural tourism, human trafficking, water trails, geo and international tourism, and SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
2018-21
![Dr. Laura Schneider](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/lauraschneider3-215[1443640146].jpg)
Associate Professor of Political Science
Research Areas: Public policy, environmental policy, women and politics
2019-22
![Crystal Scott-Tunstall, M.S.](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/crystal_scott-tunstall_picture[1596204873].jpg)
Affiliate Professor of Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Research Areas: Urban forestry and interpretation, community gardening, local food systems
2020-23
![Dr. Jennifer Stewart](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/jen_stewart-215[1443640164].jpg)
Associate Professor of Sociology
Research Areas: Social stratification, race and ethnicity
2020-23
![Dr. Kirsten Strom](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/rsz_kirsten_strom_edited[1627583314].jpg)
Professor of Art History
Research Areas: Art history, surrealism, art and ethnography, animals in art
2018-21
![Dr. Janet Vail](/cms4/asset/B182EA29-9708-4F6A-1149B443A4F0048B/janet_vail-215[1443640572].jpg)
Research Scientist, Annis Water Resources Institute
Research Areas: Climate impacts, air quality, Great Lakes water issues, environmental regulations, environmental education
2019-22