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Faculty 

 

Brian F. Codding, Ph.D.

Director, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Professor, Anthropology

Research interests: Behavioral ecology, human ecology, human-environment interactions, land use practices, ethnoecology, anthropogenic disturbance, hunter-gatherers
brian.codding@anthro.utah.edu

Jennifer Watt, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Assistant Professor, Geography
Assistant Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Director of Sustainability Education, Sustainability Office

Research interests:
Environmental Science and Paleoecology
jennifer.watt@envst.utah.edu

Brett Clark, Ph.D.
Professor
, Sociology
Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Research interests: The political economy of global environmental change and the philosophy, history, and sociology of science
brett.clark@soc.utah.edu

Adrienne Cachelin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor , Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Associate Professor,
Geography
Director, SPARC Environmental Justice Lab

Research interests: Ecological Literacy and Eco-Justice Education
adrienne.cachelin@health.utah.edu

Jennifer Follstad Shah, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Associate Professor, Geography

Research Interests: Global Change on Ecosystems, River, and Riparian Restoration
jennifer.shah@envst.utah.edu

Tim Collins, Ph.D.
Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Professor, Geography

Research Interests: Environmental justice and social vulnerability to hazards, risks, and disasters
tim.collins@geog.utah.edu
Sara Grineski, Ph.D.
Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Professor, Sociology

Research Interests: Environmental justice, health, and air pollution
sara.grineski@soc.utah.edu

 Juliet Carlisle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Associate Professor, Political Science

Research Interests:  American Politics, energy & environmental politics, public opinion, political socialization
juliet.carlisle@utah.edu 

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Matt Fry 

Associate Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Associate Professor, Geography

m.fry@geog.utah.edu

 

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Jessica DiCarlo, PhD

Assistant Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Assistant Professor, Geography

Research Interests: political ecology, development, land and resource politics, energy transition & mining, infrastructure

jessica.dicarlo@utah.edu

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Rachna Reddy

Assistant Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology

r.reddy@anthro.utah.edu

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Alberto Garcia

Assistant Professor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies
Assistant Professor, Economics

Research Interests:economics of environmental conservation, economic development, satellite data and causal inference

albert.garcia@utah.edu

 

Associate Instructors

Zach Lundeen                                     Zachary Lundeen, Ph.D.
Research Asst. Professor & Dir. of Bonderman Field Station 
Associate Instructor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies - Intro to Environment & Sustainability Science

Research Interests: Paleoclimatology, paleoecology, water resrouces, stable isotopes                 
z.lundeen@utah.edu
Amanda Headshot Amanda Theobald, MS

Associate Instructor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies - Organic Gardening

slctopcrops@gmail.com

 

Staff

                                

Kim Peterson

Administrative Assistant

kim.peterson@envst.utah.edu 

801-585-5403                                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

Marisa Brunsvik

Administrative Program Coordinator
marisa.brunsvik@utah.edu

801-646-5989

 

Teaching Staff

                                                                                     

Sarah Tabak 

Community Engaged Learning Program Coordinator and Associate Instructor                                                             

sarah.tabak@utah.edu                                                                                          

 

Postdoctoral Fellows

Debolina Banerjee

SPARC EJ Lab Fellow, Environmental and Sustainability Studies                                                                                            

banerjee.d@utah.edu

 

Advisors

                          

Ally Marringa

Associate Director, Student Services
Internship and Reserch Coordinator, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

ally.marringa@csbs.utah.edu 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Amanda Rives

Amanda Brown

Lead Advisor, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

amanda.brown@csbs.utah.edu

 

Affiliate Faculty

Affiliate faculty meet one of the following requirements:

- teach a core ENVST course

- teach an elective course in one of the ENVST emphases that has the SUS attribute 

- willingness to advise ENVST students in research, community engaged learning, and/or honors thesis.

- involvement in the SPARC EJ Lab 

 

Click Here to apply to be an ENVST Affiliate Faculty member. 

Andrea Brunelle, Ph.D

Professor, Geography
RED Lab Director

Interests:
Paleoecology, Fire history, Climate Change


Tabitha Benney

Associate Professor, Political Science

tabitha.benney@poli-sci.utah.edu

Jeff Rose Jeff Rose

Assistant Professor, Parks, Recreation & Tourism

jeff.rose@utah.edu
Danielle Endres Danielle Endres

Professor, Commmunication

danielle.endres@utah.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated: 2/8/24