Program Faculty
TREES program faculty and areas of expertise
Richard Alley, Ph.D.
Evan Pugh Prof. of Geosciences
Area of Expertise: Glaciology, Ice and Climate, Abrubt Climate Change, Sea Level Change
Theodore Alter, Ph.D.
Prof. of Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Economics
Area of Expertise: Agriculture Economics and Policy, Development Economics, Public Sector Economics
Rebecca Bascom, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences College of Medicine
Area of Expertise: Health and Environment, Health and Climate, Public Health, Science-policy Communication and Partnerships
Douglas Bird, Ph.D.
Associate Prof. of Anthropology
Area of Expertise: Human Behavior Ecology, Complex Socio-ecological Systems, Livelihoods and Sustainability
Rebecca Bliege Bird, Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology
Area of Expertise: Human Behavior Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Community and Population Ecology
Mallika Bose, Ph.D.
Associate Prof. of Landscape Architecture
Area of Expertise: Urban Planning, Environment-Behavior Studies
Beth Boyer, Ph.D.
Prof. of Water Resources
Area of Expertise: Hydrological Processes, Water Quality, Watershed Management
Kathryn Brasier, Ph.D.
Prof. of Rural Sociology
Area of Expertise: Energy and Society, Community Development and Public Engagement, Water Quality
Robert Chiles, Ph.D.
Assistant Prof. of Rural Sociology
Area of Expertise: Environmental Sociology, Food and Agriculture Ethics, Culture and Consumption
Andy Cole, Ph.D.
Associate Prof. of Landscape Architecture and Ecology
Area of Expertise: Wetland Ecology, Restoration Ecology
Duane Diefenbach, Ph.D.
Adjunct Prof. of Wildlife Ecology
Area of Expertise: Biometrics, White-tailed Deer, Harvest Management
Ida Djenontin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography
Area of Expertise: Human-environment geography, biodiversity conservation, mitigation, sustainable natural resource-based livelihoods, food security, and socio-economic development goals
Patrick Drohan, Ph.D.
Professor of Pedology & Graduate Program Chair
Area of Expertise: Soil Science, Watershed Management, Landscape Ecology, Natural Resource Management
Stuart Echols, Ph.D.
Associate Prof. of Landscape Architecture
Area of Expertise: Stormwater Design: Utility and Amenity
William Elmendorf, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Extension Specialist Community and Urban Forestry
Area of Expertise: Technical Assistance to Municipalities in Preparation and Enactment of Environmental Ordinances and Other Policy
Semih Eser, Ph.D.
Professor of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Area of Expertise: Carbon Materials from Petroleum and Coal, Preparation of Activated Carbons
Travis Flohr, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Area of Expertise: Urban and regional planning, climate-resistant communities and ecosystems, spatial methods
David Gamson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education
Area of Expertise: Public, urban, and minority education, civil rights and education, race and ethnicity
Leland Glenna, Ph.D.
Prof. of Rural Sociology, and Science, Technology, and Society
Area of Expertise: Social and Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Science and Technologies, The Role of Science and Technology in Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy Making
Larry Gorenflo, Ph.D.
Prof. of Landscape Architecture and Geography
Area of Expertise: Links between Cultural and Biological Diversity, Co-occurrence of Important Linguistic and Cultural Conservation Areas with Area of High Biodiversity
Alan Graefe, Ph.D.
Prof. of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Area of Expertise: Outdoor Recreation Behavior and Management and Water-Based Recreation Carrying Capacity
Murali Haran, Ph.D.
Prof. of Statistics
Area of Expertise: Computational Statistics, Spatial Models, Applications to Climate and Infectious Diseases
Clare Hinrichs, Ph.D.
Prof. of Rural Sociology
Area of Expertise: Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainability Transitions
Jacob Holland-Lulewicz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Area of Expertise: archeology, ethnohistory, institutions of governance, collective action and democracy
Carter Hunt, Ph.D.
Associate Prof. of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, and Anthropology
Area of Expertise: Environmental Anthropology, Ecotourism, Sustainable Development, Conservation Social Science
Lisa Iulo, M.U.P
Associate Professor of Architecture
Area of Expertise: Residential Green Building Practices, Affordable Housing, Energy Efficiency, Strategies for the Implementation of Renewable Energy at the Building and Community Scale
Jason Kaye, Ph.D.
Distinguished Prof. of Soils and Biogeochemistry
Area of Expertise: Climate and Ecosystem Change, Global Change Biology, Biogeochemistry of Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling in Ecosystems
Brian King, Ph.D.
Associate Prof. of Geography
Area of Expertise: Livelihoods, Conservation and Development, Environmental Change and Human Health
Danielle Lawson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Area of Expertise: Intergenerational Learning, Environmental/Outdoor Education, Interpretation and Outreach
Stephen Mainzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Area of Expertise: Decision dynamics, Coupled environmental and political sentiment, Voting behaviors, and Place
Andrew Mowen, Ph.D.
Associate Prof. of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Area of Expertise: Public Attitudes toward Park and Conservation Funding, Urban Park and Conservation Non-Profit Management
Allyson Muth, Ph.D.
Forest Stewardship Program Associate
Area of Expertise: Forest Stewardship, Private Forest Landowners, Woodland Care
Peter Newman, Ph.D.
Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Area of Expertise: Visitor Management in Parks, Protected Areas Management
DK Osseo-Asare
Associate Professor of Architecture and Engineering Design
Area of Expertise: Humanitarian materials design, design computation, open-source maker technology
Daniel Perkins, Ph.D.
Prof. of Agricultural and Extension Education
Area of Expertise: Youth and Family Resiliency, Dissemintation and Implementation Science, Applied Research and Evaluations
Nathan Piekielek, Ph.D.
Geospatial Services Librarian
Area of Expertise: Geographic Information Science, Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis Geospatial Research Support, Landscape Ecology and Conservation
Ute Poerschke, Ph.D.
Prof. of Architecture
Area of Expertise: Relationship of Architecture and Technology
David Post, Ph.D.
Professor of Education
Area of Expertise: comparative and international education, globalization, education policy
Charles Ray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Area of Expertise: Natural Resources Systems Analysis, Forest Products Economics, Wood Industry Operations Research
Edwin Sabuhoro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Area of Expertise: National Parks and Protected Areas, Transboundary Conservation Management, Human and Wildlife Co-existence
Christopher Scott, Ph.D.
Professor and Maurice K. Goddard Chair of Forestry and Environmental Conservation
Area of Expertise: Resilience, adaptation, social-ecological systems; Water-energy-food nexus, water security, groundwater, irrigation; Urban-wastewater irrigation, water reuse, agricultural-urban water transfers; Transboundary river basins and aquifers; Mountain water towers, Andes, Himalayas; Southwest US; Latin America (Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru); South Asia (India, Nepal)
Sanford Smith, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Forest Resources
Area of Expertise: Natural Resources and Youth Education Programs, Adult Volunteerism in Conservation and Environmental Education
Erica Smithwick, Ph.D.
Distinquished Professor of Geography
Area of Expertise: Landscape Ecology, Ecosystem Ecology, Fire Ecology, Biogeochemistry
Kaitlyn Spangler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Engagement
Area of Expertise: Agri-food systems; energy justice; community development; critical data science; qualitative methodologies
Jay R. Stauffer, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Ichthyology
Area of Expertise: Endangered fishes; freshwater fish behavior; impact of introduced fishes; systematics and zoogeography of freshwater fishes
Brendan Taff, Ph.D.
Assistant Prof. of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management
Area of Expertise: Human behavior, communication, and well being, Nature-based recreation/leisure engagement
Nancy Tuana, Ph.D.
Prof. of Philosophy, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Science, Technology, and Society
Area of Expertise: Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Science with an emphasis on Epistemologcial and Ethical Issues DuPont/Class of '49
Melissa Wright, Ph.D.
Prof. of Women's Studies and Geography
Area of Expertise: Critical Geography, Urban Landscapes, Mexico-US borderlands, Latin America
Karl Zimmerer, Ph.D.
Prof. of Geography
Area of Expertise: Environmental Change and Prediction, Food Security and Human Health, Population, Environment, and Governance
Katherine Zipp, Ph.D.
Assistant Prof. of Environmental and Resource Economics
Area of Expertise: Environmental and Resource Economics, Land Economics, Spatial modeling, Non-market Valuation