PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Laura Hobgood-Oster, Associate Professor of Religion (Chair)

Tel. 863-1669
Email: hoboster@southwestern.edu
Office: RAC 2

Dr. Hobgood-Oster teaches courses in Religion and Ecology, the Christian Tradition and Indigenous Cultures of North America. Her particular research interests also include the place of non-human animals in religious traditions and ecojustice issues.

Emily D. Niemeyer, Associate Professor and Chair of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

Dr. Emily Niemeyer teaches Environmental Chemistry within the Environmental Studies program as well as courses in introductory chemistry, analytical chemistry, and instrumental analysis. Her teaching interests include the integration of environmental chemistry case studies in introductory and non-majors chemistry. A portion of her research focuses on developing a molecular-level understanding of "green" solvent systems, including reverse micelles and polymers in supercritical carbon dioxide.

Romi Burks, Assistant Professor of Biology; Chair of the Animal Behavior Program

Max Taub, Associate Professor of Biology

Tel. 863-1583
Email: taubm@southwestern.edu
Office: FJS 140
Homepage: www.southwestern.edu/~taubm

Melissa A. Johnson, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department

Tel: 863-1406
Email: meljohn@southwestern.edu
Office: MBH 310

Dr. Johnson teaches courses in ecological anthropology, development studies and the Caribbean and Latin America region. She conducts research on questions of conservation, development and environment history in the small Central American nation of Belize, and has an avid interest in both local and global questions of environmental racism and environmental justice.

Kathryn Stallard, Head of Special Collections and Library liaison for Environmental Studies

Tel. 863-1489
E-mail: stallark@southwestern.edu
Office: SLC–Special Collections

Kathryn Stallard works with the university's rare books and manuscript collections. She has graduate degrees in library science and classical languages & literature and has worked with political and social action collections from both ends of the political spectrum. Long interested in environmental issues, she was a volunteer river monitor for five years and is a past chair of the Georgetown Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.

PROGRAM FACULTY

Jimmy Smith, Professor of Kinesiology

Tel. 863-1210
E-mail: smithj@southwestern.edu
Office: CJR 221

Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton, Associate Professor of English

Tel. 863-1415
E-mail: piedmone@southwestern.edu
Office: MBH 208