Sustainability Studies
2014-15 General Catalog
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Program Statement | Course Descriptions
Affiliated Faculty and Professional Interests
Kevin Bell, Lecturer, College Eight
energy policy, electrical utilities and power systems, public policy, regulation
Sue A. Carter, Professor of Physics
Experimental condensed matter physics, polymer physics, molecular electronics, phase transitions, electronic and optical properties of materials
Patrick Y. Chuang, Associate Professor of Earth & Planetary Science
Clouds, aerosols and climate
Ben Crow, Professor of Sociology
International development, sociology of water and markets, global inequality, South Asia and East Africa, political economy, and green enterprise
E. Melanie DuPuis, Professor of Sociology
Economic sociology, sociology of consumption, sociology of development, political sociology, sociology of the environment, technological change, historical sociology, social theory, food and social change, agriculture sustainability
Andrew Fisher, Professor of Earth & Planetary Science
Hydrogeology, crustal studies, coupled flows, modeling
Laurel Fox, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Terrestrial population and community ecology, plant-animal interactions
Julie Guthman, Professor of Social Sciences
Sustainable agriculture and alternative food movements, international political economy of food and agriculture, politics of obesity, political ecology, race and food, epigenetics and environmental health, critical human geography
Michael Isaacson, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Nano- and microfabrication technology and applications to biomedical and diagnostic devices, nanocharac-terization of materials with emphasis on the development of microscopy tools, novel modes of imaging, electron and light optics, renewable energy systems, STEM education
Ronnie D. Lipschutz, Professor of Politics and Provost of College Eight
International relations; global political economy; globalization; foreign policy; resource/environmental politics; global political networks; global civil society and social movements; popular culture and politics; technology and society; risk society, state transformation and global governmentality
Flora Lu, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Ecological anthropology, indigenous resource management and household economics, conservation, market integration, environmental justice, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador
Katie Monsen, Lecturer in Environmental Studies & Electrical Engineering
sustainable agroecosystems, nutrient dynamics, and freshwater ecology, sustainability engineering
Ingrid Parker, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Plant ecology, plant-pathogen interactions, biological invasions
Daniel Press, Professor of Environmental Studies
U.S. environmental politics and policy, water quality, industrial ecology, resources management, policy analysis
Elizabeth Stephens, Professor of Art
Intermedia, electronic art, sculpture, and performance art
environmental sociology, environmental movements, policy, environmental justice, sociological theory
Revised: 09/01/14
