Sustainability Studies
Faculty & Research
As an interdisciplinary program, Sustainability Studies is supported by a large dedicated group of faculty in the Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities. 
Students are encouraged to contact individual faculty listed below to help develop a program that suits their interests and complements their major field of study. Explore individual teaching and research interests by looking at faculty web pages lined below.
Advisory Committee
| Richard Niesenbaum |
Professor of Biology Chair of the Biology Department Director of Sustainability Studies B.A., Biology and Environmental Science - University of Pennsylvania M.S., Biological Oceanography - University of Connecticut Ph.D., Biology/Ecology - University of Pennsylvania |
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| Kimberly Heiman |
Lecturer B. A. Biology, New College of the University of South Florida (now New College of Florida) Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Stanford University Postdoctoral research, Marine Biology and Ocean Resource Management, Oregon State University |
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| Cathy Marie Ouellette |
Assistant Professor of History Ph.D. Emory University |
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| Giacomo (Jack) Gambino |
Professor and Chair of Political Science | |
| Barri Gold | Associate Professor of English B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago. (1995) |
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| Lisa Perfetti | Associate Professor of French Director of the Faculty Center for Teaching B.A., University of Michigan Ph.D., University of North Carolina |
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Other Affiliated Faculty
| Jason Kelsey | Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Chemistry A.B., Lafayette College M.S., Cornell University Ph.D., Cornell University |
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| Mary Lawlor | Director of American Studies Professor of English B.A., University of Maryland M.A., Ph.D., New York University. (1990) |
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| Erika Iyengar | Associate Professor B.S. with honors, Stanford University Ph.D. Zoology, Cornell University |
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| Daniel J. Wilson |
Professor of History Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University |
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| Donna M. Kish-Goodling | Professor - Economics Associate Dean of International Programs B.A., Moravian College M.B.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University |
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| Aaron Passell, Ph.D. |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology BA Sociology and French Literature, Wesleyan University, 1994 PhD Sociology, New York University, 2007 |
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| Joseph E. B. Elliott |
Professor of Art (Photography) Head of Department B.S., University of Minnesota; M.F.A., Pratt Institute (1983) |
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| S. Mohsin Hashim |
Associate Professor of Political Science | |
| Christopher Borick |
Associate Professor of Political Science | |
| Dr. Jane D. Flood |
Department Chair Associate Professor of Physics Ph.D. - Physics / Univeristy of Pennsylvania B.A. - Physics / Hunter College |
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| Lora Taub-Pervizpour |
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego |
