Environmental Studies and Sustainability BA
Major: Environmental Studies and Sustainability
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 183.0
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years); No Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 03.0103
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 19-2041
About the Program
The Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Sustainability (ENSS) is for students who want to address contemporary environmental issues from a perspective that foregrounds the social sciences and humanities. ENSS students learn from nationally and internationally acclaimed scholars in environmental politics, environmental sociology, environmental philosophy, global studies, and science and technology studies. As contributors to faculty-led, policy-relevant research projects, they engage with decision-makers, environmental advocates, and grassroots groups working to protect people and ecosystems from environmental hazards.
Housed in the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science (BEES), the B.A. in Environmental Studies and Sustainability equips students with the foundational scientific understandings necessary to communicate persuasively about environmental issues and promote evidence-based environmental policies. ENSS students graduate as interdisciplinary thinkers, capable of translating across scientific, humanistic, and policy realms, and building diverse coalitions.
Additional Information
For more information about the program, visit the Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science's webpage, or contact the following people:
Gwen Ottinger, Ph.D.
Director, B.A. in Environmental Studies and Sustainability
Professor, Politics and BEES
Email: ottinger@drexel.edu
Florette Press
Senior Academic Advisor
College of Arts and Sciences
Email: flp24@drexel.edu
Degree Requirements
| General Requirements | ||
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| MATH 101 | Introduction to Analysis I | 4.0 |
| MATH 107 | Probability and Statistics for Liberal Arts | 3.0 |
| UNIV S101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| UNIV H201 | Looking Forward: Academics and Careers | 1.0 |
| Social Science and Humanities Core | ||
| COM 317 | Environmental Communication | 3.0 |
| or COM 320 | Science Writing | |
| ENSS 120 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 3.0 |
| ENSS 244 | Sociology of the Environment | 4.0 |
| ENSS 283 | Introduction to Environmental Policy | 3.0 |
| ENSS 346 | Environmental Justice | 4.0 |
| ENSS 356 | Aspects of Environmental Justice | 3.0 |
| ENVS 260 | Environmental Science and Society | 3.0 |
| GST 261 | Introduction to Global Health and Sustainability | 4.0 |
| PHIL 340 | Environmental Ethics | 3.0 |
| or PHIL 341 | Environmental Philosophy | |
| PSCI 110 | American Government | 4.0 |
| PSCI 284 | Environmental Politics | 4.0 |
| PSCI 338 | Cities and Climate Change | 3.0 |
| PSCI 371 | Science, Technology, & Public Policy | 4.0 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3.0 |
| or ANTH 101 | Introduction to Cultural Diversity | |
| or GST 100 | Introduction to Cultural Diversity | |
| Physical and Natural Sciences Core | ||
| BIO 109 | Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | 3.0 |
| BIO 110 | Biological Diversity, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory | 1.0 |
| BIO 114 | Climate Change and Human Health | 3.0 |
| CS 150 | Computer Science Principles | 3.0 |
| or CS 171 | Computer Programming I | |
| ENSS 275 | Global Climate Change | 3.0 |
| or ENVS 289 | Global Warming, Biodiversity and Your Future | |
| ENVS 101 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 5.0 |
| ENVS 230 | General Ecology | 3.0 |
| ENVS 308 | GIS and Environmental Modeling | 0.0,3.0 |
| GEO 201 | Earth Systems Processes | 3.0 |
| Social Science and Humanities Electives | ||
| Select at minimum of 30.0 credits from the list below: | 30.0 | |
| Grant Writing | ||
| Nonprofit Communication | ||
| Communication for Civic Engagement | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Microeconomics | ||
| Public Finance | ||
| Resource and Environmental Economics | ||
| Environmental Literature | ||
| Introduction to Urban Planning | ||
| Curiosity, Ecology, Empathy & Ethic | ||
| 3BL - Triple Bottom Line | ||
| Energy Entrepreneurship | ||
| GreenStart: Applying Entrepreneurship to Cultivate Sustainable Solutions | ||
| Sustainable Practice in Fashion | ||
| The Study of Science, Technology, and Environment in History | ||
| Nonprofit Business Consulting | ||
| Environmental and Occupational Health | ||
| The World's Water | ||
| Nature Prescription: Trees, Green Space, and Your Health | ||
| Introduction to Urban Health | ||
| Global Air Pollution and Health | ||
| Adapting to a Hotter Climate: Protecting Health of Vulnerable Populations | ||
| Theories of Justice | ||
| Social Development: A Global Approach | ||
| Politics of Environment and Health | ||
| The Politics of Food | ||
| Animal Politics | ||
| Psychology of Sustainability | ||
| Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society | ||
| Energy and Society | ||
| Research Design: Qualitative Methods | ||
| Research Design: Quantitative Methods | ||
| Global Climate Change and Society | ||
| Sociology of Global Health | ||
| Development and Underdevelopment in the Global South | ||
| Sociology of the Countryside | ||
| Globalization | ||
| Global Environmental Movements | ||
| Plastics in Society | ||
| Classical Social Theory | ||
| Contemporary Social Theory | ||
| Physical and Natural Science Electives | ||
| Select a minimum of 15.0 credits from the list below: | 15.0 | |
| Solutions to Climate Change | ||
| Delaware River Issues and Policy | ||
| Community and Ecosystem Ecology | ||
| Energy and the Environment: Iceland | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Chemistry | ||
| Tropical Field Studies | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Aquatic Ecology | ||
| Wetland Ecology | ||
| Biogeography | ||
| Urban Ecology | ||
| Environmental Assessment | ||
| Environmental and Ecological Remediation | ||
| Ecology of the New Jersey Pine Barrens | ||
| Restoration Ecology | ||
| Marine Ecology | ||
| Chemistry of the Environment | ||
| Biodiversity | ||
| Natural Disasters | ||
| Introduction to Oceanography | ||
| Environmental Geology | ||
| Weather I: Climate and Global Change | ||
| Senior Sequence | ||
| ENVS 441 | Issues in Global Change I: Seminar | 2.0 |
| ENVS 442 | Issues in Global Change II: Research | 2.0 |
| ENVS 443 | Issues in Global Change III: Synthesis | 2.0 |
| Free Electives | 37.0 | |
| Total Credits | 180.0-183.0 | |
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Students not participating in co-op will not take COOP 101; 1 credit of Free Elective will be added in place of COOP 101.
Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
5 year, 3 co-op
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| ENSS 120 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 3.0 |
| ENVS 101 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 0.0,5.0 |
| MATH 101 | Introduction to Analysis I | 4.0 |
| UNIV S101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| Credits | 11-16 | |
| Winter | ||
| BIO 109 | Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | 3.0 |
| BIO 110 | Biological Diversity, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory | 1.0 |
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology or Introduction to Cultural Diversity or Introduction to Cultural Diversity | 3.0 |
| PSCI 110 | American Government | 4.0 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIO 114 | Climate Change and Human Health | 3.0 |
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| ENVS 260 | Environmental Science and Society | 3.0 |
| MATH 107 | Probability and Statistics for Liberal Arts | 3.0 |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Summer | ||
| VACATION | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CS 150 or CS 171 | Computer Science Principles or Computer Programming I | 3.0 |
| ENSS 283 | Introduction to Environmental Policy | 3.0 |
| GST 261 | Introduction to Global Health and Sustainability | 4.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 4.0 | |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Winter | ||
| ENSS 244 | Sociology of the Environment | 4.0 |
| ENVS 230 | General Ecology | 3.0 |
| ENVS 308 | GIS and Environmental Modeling | 0.0,3.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 13-16 | |
| Spring | ||
| COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Summer | ||
| COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| COM 317 or COM 320 | Environmental Communication or Science Writing | 3.0 |
| ENSS 346 | Environmental Justice | 4.0 |
| UNIV H201 | Looking Forward: Academics and Careers | 1.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Winter | ||
| ENSS 356 | Aspects of Environmental Justice | 3.0 |
| GEO 201 | Earth Systems Processes | 3.0 |
| PSCI 284 | Environmental Politics | 4.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Summer | ||
| COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| PHIL 340 or PHIL 341 | Environmental Ethics or Environmental Philosophy | 3.0 |
| PSCI 371 | Science, Technology, & Public Policy | 4.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 4.0 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Winter | ||
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Electives | 6.0 | |
| Free Electives | 6.0 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Summer | ||
| COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Fifth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVS 441 | Issues in Global Change I: Seminar | 2.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 7.0 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| ENVS 442 | Issues in Global Change II: Research | 2.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Electives | 6.0 | |
| Free Electives | 7.0 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENSS 275 or ENVS 289 | Global Climate Change or Global Warming, Biodiversity and Your Future | 3.0 |
| ENVS 443 | Issues in Global Change III: Synthesis | 2.0 |
| PSCI 338 | Cities and Climate Change | 3.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Electives | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Total Credits | 175-183 | |
- *
Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
Students not participating in co-op will take an extra Free Elective credit in place of COOP 101
4 year, No co-op
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| ENSS 120 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 3.0 |
| ENVS 101 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 0.0,5.0 |
| MATH 101 | Introduction to Analysis I | 4.0 |
| UNIV S101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| Credits | 11-16 | |
| Winter | ||
| BIO 109 | Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | 3.0 |
| BIO 110 | Biological Diversity, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory | 1.0 |
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| PSCI 110 | American Government | 4.0 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology or Introduction to Cultural Diversity or Introduction to Cultural Diversity | 3.0 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIO 114 | Climate Change and Human Health | 3.0 |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| ENVS 260 | Environmental Science and Society | 3.0 |
| MATH 107 | Probability and Statistics for Liberal Arts | 3.0 |
| Free Elective | 4.0 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Summer | ||
| VACATION | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CS 150 or CS 171 | Computer Science Principles or Computer Programming I | 3.0 |
| ENSS 283 | Introduction to Environmental Policy | 3.0 |
| GST 261 | Introduction to Global Health and Sustainability | 4.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 4.0 | |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Winter | ||
| ENSS 244 | Sociology of the Environment | 4.0 |
| ENVS 230 | General Ecology | 3.0 |
| ENVS 308 | GIS and Environmental Modeling | 0.0,3.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 13-16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Social Science/Humanities Electives | 6.0 | |
| Free Electives | 9.0 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Summer | ||
| VACATION | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| COM 317 or COM 320 | Environmental Communication or Science Writing | 3.0 |
| ENSS 346 | Environmental Justice | 4.0 |
| UNIV H201 | Looking Forward: Academics and Careers | 1.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Winter | ||
| ENSS 356 | Aspects of Environmental Justice | 3.0 |
| GEO 201 | Earth Systems Processes | 3.0 |
| PSCI 284 | Environmental Politics | 4.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Electives | 9.0 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Summer | ||
| VACATION | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVS 441 | Issues in Global Change I: Seminar | 2.0 |
| PHIL 340 or PHIL 341 | Environmental Ethics or Environmental Philosophy | 3.0 |
| PSCI 371 | Science, Technology, & Public Policy | 4.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| ENVS 442 | Issues in Global Change II: Research | 2.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Electives | 6.0 | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENSS 275 or ENVS 289 | Global Climate Change or Global Warming, Biodiversity and Your Future | 3.0 |
| ENVS 443 | Issues in Global Change III: Synthesis | 2.0 |
| PSCI 338 | Cities and Climate Change | 3.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Total Credits | 175-183 | |
4 year, 1 co-op
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| ENSS 120 | Introduction to Environmental Studies | 3.0 |
| ENVS 101 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 0.0,5.0 |
| MATH 101 | Introduction to Analysis I | 4.0 |
| UNIV S101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| Credits | 11-16 | |
| Winter | ||
| BIO 109 | Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | 3.0 |
| BIO 110 | Biological Diversity, Ecology and Evolution Laboratory | 1.0 |
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| PSCI 110 | American Government | 4.0 |
| SOC 101 | Introduction to Sociology or Introduction to Cultural Diversity or Introduction to Cultural Diversity | 3.0 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIO 114 | Climate Change and Human Health | 3.0 |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| ENVS 260 | Environmental Science and Society | 3.0 |
| MATH 107 | Probability and Statistics for Liberal Arts | 3.0 |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Summer | ||
| VACATION | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CS 150 or CS 171 | Computer Science Principles or Computer Programming I | 3.0 |
| ENSS 283 | Introduction to Environmental Policy | 3.0 |
| GST 261 | Introduction to Global Health and Sustainability | 4.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 4.0 | |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Winter | ||
| ENSS 244 | Sociology of the Environment | 4.0 |
| ENVS 230 | General Ecology | 3.0 |
| ENVS 308 | GIS and Environmental Modeling | 0.0,3.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 13-16 | |
| Spring | ||
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Electives | 9.0 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Summer | ||
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Electives | 6.0 | |
| Free Electives | 9.0 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| COM 317 or COM 320 | Environmental Communication or Science Writing | 3.0 |
| ENSS 346 | Environmental Justice | 4.0 |
| UNIV H201 | Looking Forward: Academics and Careers | 1.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Winter | ||
| ENSS 356 | Aspects of Environmental Justice | 3.0 |
| GEO 201 | Earth Systems Processes | 3.0 |
| PSCI 284 | Environmental Politics | 4.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Summer | ||
| COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| Credits | 0 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ENVS 441 | Issues in Global Change I: Seminar | 2.0 |
| PHIL 340 or PHIL 341 | Environmental Ethics or Environmental Philosophy | 3.0 |
| PSCI 371 | Science, Technology, & Public Policy | 4.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| ENVS 442 | Issues in Global Change II: Research | 2.0 |
| Natural Science Elective | 3.0 | |
| Social Science/Humanities Electives | 6.0 | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Spring | ||
| ENSS 275 or ENVS 289 | Global Climate Change or Global Warming, Biodiversity and Your Future | 3.0 |
| ENVS 443 | Issues in Global Change III: Synthesis | 2.0 |
| PSCI 338 | Cities and Climate Change | 3.0 |
| Social Science/Humanities Elective | 3.0 | |
| Free Elective | 3.0 | |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Total Credits | 175-183 | |
- *
Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.
COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.
Students not participating in co-op will take an extra Free Elective credit in place of COOP 101
Career Opportunities
Environmental Studies and Sustainability majors find work in a variety of sectors, including governmental agencies, non-profits, NGOs, consulting and assessment firms, and corporate sustainability offices. They work in fields such as environmental education, environmental communication and journalism, urban planning, conservation, community organizing, ecotourism, renewable energy, climate mitigation and adaptation, and environmental policy. ENSS majors are well prepared to pursue graduate study in social science and humanities disciplines (e.g., sociology, geography, philosophy) and interdisciplinary environmental programs, or to pursue professional degrees in fields such as planning, policy, law, and environmental health.
Program Level Outcomes
Upon completion of the program, graduates will be prepared to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of key environmental issues facing our planet: including global climate change; air, soil and water quality; human, plant and animal ecosystems; and sustainable land use, transportation, food-agricultural systems
- Distinguish larger, complex societal forces, including social, political and economic systems that affect environmental trends and policy responses to environmental problems
- Apply the skills and methods in social and environmental and research. These include basic scientific method in ecological and earth sciences; as well as the social sciences, including, public policy; economics, politics; law; sociology; communications; and anthropology. Skills should include primary and secondary data collection, analysis, interpretation and the policy implications of data
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, while demonstrating basic knowledge of information technology as applied to environmental research and practice
- Competently apply both the legal and professional standards that govern proper behavior and ethical responsibility in environmental employment settings
- Demonstrate a sensitivity to racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender diversity in our society at large and in the area of environmental justice specifically
- Identify, formulate, and solve problems both individually as well as part of group focused on specific problems or issues
Environmental Studies and Sustainability Faculty
Walter F. Bien, PhD (Drexel University) Director, Laboratory of Pinelands Research. Research Professor. Natural resource management, restoration ecology, conservation biology, and New Jersey Pinelands community dynamics.
Elizabeth Burke Watson, PhD (University of California, Berkeley). Assistant Professor. The implications of global and regional environmental change, and unraveling the interacting effects of multiple anthropogenic stressors on coastal ecosystems to promote more informed management, conservation, and restoration.
Donald F. Charles, PhD (Indiana University) Senior Scientist and Section Leader, Phycology Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. Professor. Diatoms as water quality indicators; paleolimnological approaches for inferring change in biology and chemistry of lakes; lake management; assessment of perturbations in aquatic ecosystems due to municipal and industrial effluents, land-use change, acid deposition, eutrophication and climate change.
Carol Collier, FAICP, MRP (University of Pennsylvania) Sr. Advisor, Watershed Management and Policy at the Academy of Natural Sciences; Director, Environmental Studies and Sustainability Program.. Water resources management, environmental planning, climate change policy, the intersection of science, policy and decision making.
Ted Daeschler, PhD (University of Pennsylvania) Associate Curator of Vertebrate Zoology; Vice President for Systematic Biology and the Library: Academy of Natural Sciences. Associate Professor. Vertebrate fauna of the Late Devonian Period in eastern North America; fossil collecting; systematic work focusing on freshwater vertebrates; nature of early non-marine ecosystems.
Daniel P. Duran, PhD (Vanderbilt University). Assistant Teaching Professor. Phylogeography, systematics and taxonomy, population and conservation genetics, ecological niche modeling, focusing on insect systems to better understand fundamental evolutionary processes and maintain biodiversity.
Jon Gelhaus, PhD (University of Kansas) Curator, Department of Entomology: Academy of Natural Sciences. Professor. Systematic expertise in crane flies (Tipuloidea); phylogenetic reconstruction; historical and ecological biogeography; biodiversity measures and evolution of morphological character systems.
Richard J. Horwitz, PhD (University of Chicago) Senior Scientist; Fisheries Section Leader; Ruth Patrick Chair of Environmental Sciences. Associate Professor. Reproductive ecology, life history and distribution of freshwater fishes; effects of land use, habitat structure and hydrology on population dynamics and species composition in aquatic systems; ecological modeling and biometry; anthropogenic contaminants in fishes.
Susan S. Kilham, PhD (Duke University). Professor. Aquatic ecology: phytoplankton; physiological ecology, especially of diatoms in freshwater and marine systems; large lakes; food webs; biogeochemistry.
Danielle Kreeger, PhD (Oregon State University). Research Associate Professor. Trophic interactions in aquatic ecosystems.
Tatyana Livshultz, PhD (Cornell University) Assistant Curator of Botany. Assistant Professor. Expertise of the milkweed and dogbane family (Apocynaceae); evolution and species diversity of the genus Dischidia; differences in floral form and function.
Richard McCourt, PhD (University of Arizona) Associate Curator of Botany, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; 2010-2012: Program Director, Division of Graduate Education, National Science Foundation. Professor. Biodiversity, evolution, ecology, and systematic of green algae, specifically charophyte algae.
Michael O'Connor, MD, PhD (MD, Johns Hopkins University; PhD, Colorado State). Associate Professor. Biophysical and physiological ecology, thermoregulation of vertebrates, ecological modeling.
Sean O'Donnell, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Professor. Tropical ecology, focusing on geographic variation and elevation effects on ecology and behavior of army ants and ant-bird interactions; neurobiology, focusing on brain plasticity and brain evolution in social insects.
Marina Potapova, PhD (Russian Academy of Sciences) Assistant Curator. Assistant Professor. Taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms; methods of quantifying morphological characters of diatom frustules based on geometric morphometrics; systematic of monoraphid freshwater diatoms.
Gary Rosenberg, PhD (Harvard University) Pilsbry Chair of Malacology. Professor. Magnitude and origin of species-level diversity in the Mollusca.
Jacob Russell, PhD (University of Arizona). Associate Professor. Microbiomes and metagenomics; ecology and evolution of symbiosis.
Ron Smith, MS (Rutgers University). Instructor. Shorebird Ecology and Conservation; Amphibians of the NJ Pine Barrens; Restoration Ecology; Climate Change – Regional Effects and Education
James R. Spotila, PhD (University of Arkansas) L. D. Betz Chair Professor. Professor. Physiological and biophysical ecology, thermoregulation of aquatic vertebrates, biology of sea turtles.
Loyc Vanderkluysen, PhD (University of Hawaii). Assistant Professor. The cyclicity of volcanic eruptions, volcanic degassing processes, and large igneous provinces.
Jason Weckstein, PhD (Louisiana State University) Associate Curator of Ornithology. Associate Professor. Avian phylogenetics, comparative biology and evolutionary history; biodiversity surveys of birds and their parasites and pathogens; coevolutionary history of birds and their parasites.
Emeritus Faculty
John G. Lundberg, PhD (University of Michigan). Professor Emeritus. Diversity and diversification of fishes; documenting and interpreting the morphological, molecular, and taxonomic diversity of living and fossil fishes in the interrelated fields of systematic, faunistics and biogeography and paleobiology; exploration and collecting in poorly-known tropical freshwater habitats and regions.
Daniel Otte, PhD (University of Michigan) Senior Curator, Systematics and Evolutionary Biology. Professor Emeritus. Taxonomy and biogeography of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids and their relatives).
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