Environmental Studies Faculty

Program advisor: William Harmon Norton Professor of Geology Rhawn Denniston | Contact info

Any Cornell College faculty member planning an off-campus course that contains a substantive environmental studies component may request financial support from the Cargill Fund of the Environmental Studies Program.


Core Faculty

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    Rhawn Denniston

    William Harmon Norton Professor of Geology

    Teaches Climate Change, Climates of the Ice Age, Environmental Geology, Earth Surface Systems, and co-teaches Environmental Perspectives. Conducts research with students on stalagmites and ancient corals to understand prehistoric climate conditions around the world including Portugal, the Australian (sub)tropics, and the Dominican Republic. Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.S., University of New Mexico; B.A., Hamilton College.

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    Andrew Walters

    Assistant Professor of Geology

    Teaches courses in Geology. He has research interests in organic biomarkers, hydroclimate, climate model data analysis, cyclostratigraphy, sedimentary geochemistry, and geochronology. He earned his Ph.D. in geoscience from the University of Wisconsin-Madison


Affiliated Faculty

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    A'amer Farooqi

    Professor of Economics and Business

    Co-teaches Environmental Perspectives. Research interests include environmental issues as they relate to economic growth in developing countries. Ph.D. and M.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., Ohio State University; B.A., Denison University.

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    Glenn Freeman

    Associate Professor of English

    Teaches American Nature Writers at the Wilderness Field Station in northern Minnesota. Ph.D., University of Florida, Gainesville; M.F.A., Vermont College; B.A., Goddard College.

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    Alice Ganzel

    Associate Professor of Psychology

    Teaches Environmental Psychology and Fundamentals of Psychological Science and Research Methods; Child, Adolescence, and Lifespan. Ph.D. and M.A. in developmental psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; B.A., University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

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    Mary Olson

    Professor of Sociology

    Conducts research on fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest. Ph.D. and M.S., University of Wisconsin; B.A., University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

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    Joshua Otten

    Assistant Professor of Biology

    Teaches courses in biology. He has completed extensive research studying the survival rates and long-term effects of turtles rehabilitated after an oil spill, monitoring threatened and endangered species on the Big Sand Mount Nature Preserve, and examining the habitat preferences of the endangered wood turtle. He earned his Ph.D. in biology form the University of Toledo.

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    Craig Teague

    Professor of Chemistry

    Teaches Environmental Chemistry. Teaches courses in physical chemistry, Chemical Principles I & II, and other courses. In partnership with the Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee, his research with students explores methods of separating and capturing carbon dioxide, particularly using room temperature ionic liquids. Ph.D. in chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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    Emily Walsh

    Associate Professor of Geology

    Teaches linked geology-sociology courses focused on use of natural resources. Conducts research on the processes involved in mountain building. Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara; B.A., Middlebury College.

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    Isaac Winkler

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

    Isaac teaches various courses in organismal biology. He studies the evolutionary relationships of insect groups to learn about how biodiversity arises. Ph.D., University of Maryland, B.S. Brigham Young University.