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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Jim White
Professor of Philosophy
Teaches Environmental Ethics and Ethics and Climate Change; His research involves climate ethics, and evolution and philosophy. Ph.D. and B.A., University of Virginia.
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.