Environmental Studies Program Faculty
Faculty are drawn from over 20 participating departments at the University of Utah.
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| Director of Environmental Studies | |
| Dan McCool, Professor of Political Science | |
| 301 Orson Spencer Hall | |
| 801-585-6455 | |
fax: 801-585-6492 |
| Anthropology | |
| JF O'Connell | |
| Research Interests: | Ecology of prehistoric and modern hunter-gatherers |
| Email: | oconnell@anthro.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-3933 |
| Elizabeth Cashdan | |
| Courses: | Anthropology 4186/6186 Human Ecology |
| Research Interests: | Human behavioral ecology, spatial organization, evolutionary psychology |
| Email: | cashdan@anthro.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-4672 |
| Biology | |
| Phyllis Coley | |
| Courses: | BIOL 3410 and 5420 |
| Research Interests: | Herbivory and plant defenses in tropical forests. Bioprospecting and conservation of tropical rainforests. The role of the third trophic level in regulating tropical herbivores. |
| Email: | coley@biology.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-7088 |
| Jim Ehleringer | |
| Courses: | Biology 1020 Ecology and Global Change; Biology 5460 Plant Ecology; Biology 7473 Stable Isotope Ecology |
| Email: | ehleringer@biology.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-7623 |
| Fred Montague | |
| Courses: | BIOL 1400 Introduction to Environmental Science; BIOL 2400 Wildlife Ecology; BIOL 3460 Global Environmental Issues; BIOL 3960 Ecological Principle of Gardening; BIOL 3960 Literature of Ecology |
| Email: | montague@bioscience.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-6244 |
| Geography | |
| George F. Hepner | |
| Courses: | GEOGR 3350 Resource Conservation and Environmental Management |
| Research Interests: | US-Mexico Border Environmental Issues; Use of geographic information systems (GIS) for environmental management |
| Email: | george.hepner@geog.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-6021 |
| Philosophy | |
| Leslie Francis | Honors Advisor for Environmental Studies |
| Courses: | PHIL 3530 Environmental Ethics; PHIL 3250 Bioethics |
| Research Interests: | Environmental human rights, ethics and infectious disease, bioethics, distributive justice, ethics and disability |
| Email: | francisl@law.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-3489 |
| Anya Plutynski | |
| Courses: | PHIL 3530 Environmental Ethics; PHIL 5350 Philosophy of Science with a focus on Ecology(varying by semester) |
| Research Interests: | History and Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology |
| Email: | plutynski@philosophy.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-7424 |
| Psychology | |
| Carol M. Werner | |
| Courses: | PSYCH 3420/FCS 3620 and PSYCH 5400/6400/FCS 5620 Introductory and Advanced Environment and Behavior |
| Research Interests: | Environmental Behavior Change (recycling, reducing use of home and yard chemicals, transit use) |
| Email: | carol.werner@psych.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-8938 |
| Sociology | |
| Jeffrey Kentor | |
| Courses: | SOC 3436 Global Social Structure |
| Research Interests: | Globalization and the environment |
| Email: | jeffrey.kentor@soc.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-4601 |
| Urban Planning | |
| Keith Bartholomew | |
| Courses: | URBPL 5330: Urban Growth Management; URBPL 5720 Community Transport; URBPL 5260: Planning Law |
| Research Interests: | The role of land use policy in transportation planning;The policy influences that affect transportation behavior; How small-scale urban design affects transportation choices |
| Email: | bartholomew@arch.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-585-0437 |
| Caitlin Cahill | |
| Courses: | FCS 5730 Community & Environmental Change; FCS 5450 Community Nonprofit Organizations |
| Research Interests: | Environmental psychology, urban nature, urban studies, global restructuring, young people's well -being, racial equity, social justice and change, citizen participation in community change, participatory research methods. Urban environmental research: citizen participation in street trees. |
| Email: | caitlin.cahill@csbs.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-585-0437 |
| Philip C. Emmi | |
| Courses: | URBPL 5390 Community, Economy and Sustainability; URBPL 5270 Metropolitan Regional Planning |
| Research Interests: | Urban planning, land use, transportation and urban ecology |
| Email: | emmi@arch.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-4255 |
| Craig Forster | |
| Research Interests: | System Science with emphasis on human-ecosystem interactions in urban ecosystems; Minimizing greenhouse gas intensity in the southwest with the Southwest Carbon Partnership; Assessment of Human/Environmental Systems in the USA - Mexico Border Region with the Border + 20 Project |
| Email: | forster@arch.utah.edu |
| Phone: | 801-581-3864 |