Faculty

Environmental Studies Faculty at MCLA

The Environmental Studies faculty are drawn from a number of academic departments including Business Administration, Biology, Chemistry, English, History, Political Science and Geography, Physics, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work. Faculty members teach courses for the Environmental Studies major and mentor students in undergraduate research.

Core Faculty:

image of Professor Traister

  Elena Traister
  Coordinator of the Environmental Studies program,
  B.A., Williams College
  M.S., Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
  Ph.D., currently in progress at University of New Hampshire

    Courses:
  • Environmental Studies
  • Politics and Environmental Policy
  • Methods of Environmental Research


image of Professor Hyers   A. Don Hyers
  B.A., Elmhurst College
  M.A., Western Michigan University
  Ph.D., Arizona State University

    Courses:
  • Introduction to Physical Geology
  • Environmental Geology
  • Weather and Climate
  • River Systems
  • National Monuments and Parks


image of Audrey Werner   Audrey Werner

  B.S. University of Vermont
  M.S. University of Vermont
    Courses:
  • Environmental Studies
  • Politics and Environmental Policy
  • Methods of Environmental Research


image of Harold Brotzman   Harold Brotzman
  Professor Emeritus, Adjunct Professor
  B.S., State University of New York College of Forestry
  M.S., University of Maine
  Ph.D., University of Iowa
  Post-doctorate University of Missouri
    Courses:
  • Forest Environment


image of Philip McKnight   Philip McKnight

  B.A., Williams College
  J.D., University of Chicago Law School

    Courses:
  • Environmental Law


Supporting Faculty:

image of Dr. Jay   Tim Jay

  B.A., Miami University
  M.A., Kent State University
  Ph.D., Kent State University

  Visit his Web site
    Courses:
  • Environmental Psychology
  • Ergonomics and the Environment


image of Mary Ellen Cohane   Mary Ellen Cohane

  B.A., Fairfield University
  M.A. University of Pennsylvania
  Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

    Courses:
  • Environmental Communications



First Faculty of the School
circa 1897-1899

Lyman R. Allen
Annette M. Bartlett
Roland W. Guss
Catherine W. Parker
Mary A. Peterson
Annie C. Skeele
Charles H. Stevens
Frank Fuller Murdock

 

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