Environmental Studies

John E. Petersen, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology; director

Jessica L. Arnett, Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies and Environmental Studies
Paul A. Brehm, Associate Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
Passmore Chishaka, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Food Justice
Jay Fiskio, Professor of Environmental Studies
Benjamin Hobbs, AJLC Facilities Manager and Community Outreach Coordinator
Brad C. Melzer, Visiting Instructor of Environmental Studies
Swapna Pathak, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Md Rumi Shammin, David Orr Professor of Environmental Studies
Aaron Van Neste, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Appointed by Courtesy
Cynthia McPherson Frantz, Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies

Affiliated Faculty/Staff
Matthew J. Elrod, Robert and Eleanor Biggs Professor of Natural Science and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Rachel K. Eveleth, Assistant Professor of Geosciences
Kip Grosvenor Hutchins, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Christie L. Parris, Associate Professor of Sociology
Angela J. Roles, Associate Professor of Biology
Andrew D. Pike, Assistant Professor of Biology
Amanda H. Schmidt, Professor of Geosciences
Ann Sherif, Professor of Japanese

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The Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of human interactions with the environment. Faculty in environmental studies are engaged in research and teaching that span climate change, energy systems, systems ecology, natural resources and conflict, Indigenous environmental issues, political ecology, environmental economics, environmental humanities, environmental justice, food and agriculture, urban sustainability, U.S. environmental policy, and global environmental issues and politics. They collaborate with Indigenous, African diaspora, and Asian communities, as well as with local, county, and “Rust Belt” communities in the Great Lakes bioregion.

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