Faculty and Staff

The environmental studies faculty are drawn from diverse departments in the natural and social sciences, humanities, College of Business and College of Nursing. The faculty is composed of distinguished and dedicated teachers whose research and scholarship is well-known both nationally and internationally. They lecture widely and their publications include many books and articles.

Core Faculty and Staff

Stewart Cole

PhD, English, University of Toronto, 2012

Website | CV

coles@uwosh.edu

ES 101: Introduction to Environmental Studies
ES 282: Environmental Humanities
ES/ENG 360: Literary Animal Studies
ES/ENG 399: Utopian/Dystopian Literature

Dr. Shannon Davis-Foust

PhD, Biology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2012

Halsey 255
davisfos@uwosh.edu

ES 101: Introduction to Environmental Studies
Bio 201: Conservation in Action
ES 260: Environmental Science
ES 305: The Biology, Identification, and Management of Invasive Species
ES 396: Field Studies in Environmental Science

Jim Feldman

Environmental Studies Director, Professor of Environmental Studies & History

PhD, History, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2004
Website | CV

Sage Hall 3451
feldmanj@uwosh.edu

ES 101: Introduction to Environmental Studies
ES 102: Introduction to Sustainability
ES 320: Topics in Campus Sustainability
ES/History 326: American Environmental History
ES/History 335: Nuclear America
ES/History 345: History of American Wilderness
ES/History 355: Global Environmental History
ES 490: Senior Seminar

Kathryn "Katy" Hofmeister

Geography and Environmental Studies

PhD, Natural Resources, Cornell University, 2018

Sage Hall 3449
hofmeisterk@uwosh.edu

ES/Geography 304: Principles of Soil Science
Geography 314: Environmental Conservation
Geography 221: Physical Geography II – Landforms and Soils
ES 102: Introduction to Sustainability

M. Elsbeth “Misty” McPhee

Professor of Environmental Studies & Biology

PhD, Conservation Biology and Ecosystem Management, University of Michigan, 2002
Website | CV

Sage Hall 3448
mcpheem@uwosh.edu

ES 101: Introduction to Environmental Studies
ES/Biology 260: Environmental Science
ES 312: The Science of Sustainable Food
ES/Biology 314: Principles of Wildlife Management
ES/Biology 318: Wildlife Behavior & Conservation
ES 395: Approaches to Resource Management in Tropical Ecosystems (three week course in Belize)

Paul Van Auken

Sociology & Environmental Studies

CV

Sage Hall 4607
vanaukep@uwosh.edu

ES/Sociology 261: Environment and Society
ES/Sociology 313: Rural Sociology
ES/Sociology 315: Population Problems
Sociology 342: Social Ecology

Contributing Faculty and Staff

Michael Baltutis

Religious Studies & Anthropology

Swart 309
baltutim@uwosh.edu

ES/Religious Studies 164: Religion & Nature

Jeremiah Bohr

Sociology

Ph.D. Sociology
Website

Sage Hall 4617
bohrj@uwosh.edu

ES/Soc 261: Environment & Society

Mamadou Coulibaly

Geography & Urban Planning

Sage Hall 4473
coulibalym@uwosh.edu

Geography 364: Water Resource Management
Geography 382: Remote Sensing of the Environment
Geography 241: Introduction to GIS
Geography 341: Spatial Analysis in GIS
Geography 441: Advanced GIS

Adrienne Frei

Anthropology

Harrington 303B
friea@uwosh.edu

ES/Anthro 353: Archeology of Animals

Ben Hallett

Geology

PhD Geology
Website | CV

310 Harrington Hall
hallettb@uwosh.edu

ES/Geology 323: Minerals, Energy, and the Environment
Geology 102: Earth: Dynamic Planet
Geology 369: Geochemistry of Environments

Douglas Haynes

English

MFA, Southern Illinois University
Author, Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters
Website

Radford 204
haynesd@uwosh.edu

ES/English 243: Introduction to Nature Writing
ES/English 343: Nature Writing

Eric Hiatt

Geology

Harrington 214/315
hiatt@uwosh.edu

Geology 328: Oceanography

Robert Hinrichs

Communication

Arts & Communication S410
hinrichs@uwosh.edu

ES/Comm 455: Environmental Rhetoric

Greg Kleinheinz

Engineering Technology

R.S., Ph.D. WI Licensed Well Driller, and Licensed Building Contractor
Website

ERIC Lab 102
kleinhei@uwosh.edu

Biology 113: Intro to Environmental Health
Biology 327: Microbial Ecology & Diversity
ET 202: Water and Wastewater
ET 375: Renewable Energy
ET 377: Occupational Safety and Health
ET 397: Field Sampling and Analysis
ET 400: Internship

Gabe Loiacano

History

Sage Hall 3615
loiacong@uwosh.edu
Website

Hist 339: Public History

Colin Long

Geography and Environmental Studies

PhD, Geography, University of Oregon, 2003
CV

Sage Hall 4457
longco@uwosh.edu

Geography 121: Physical Geography I: Weather and Climate
Geography 303: Pyrogeography
Geography 363: Biogeography

Heidi Nicholls

Anthropology

Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY
M.A., Cleveland State University

Swart 322
nichollsh@uwosh.edu

ES/Anthro 346: Indigenous Peoples, National Parks, & Protected Areas
ES/Anthro 347: Indigenization, Economy, and Environmentalism
ES/Anthro 381: Tourism of Anthropology