# Environmental Studies

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2126 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Muir College\
 (858) 534-3580\
 <https://environmentalstudies.ucsd.edu/>

#### Director

K. Wayne Yang, PhD, *Provost, John Muir College*

#### Affiliated Faculty

Octavio Aburto Oropeza, PhD, *Professor, Marine Biology*

Lihini Aluwihare, PhD, *Professor, Geosciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography*

Adam Aron, PhD, *Professor, Psychology*

Tarik Benmarhnia, *Associate Professor, Climate Science, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography*

Craig Callender, PhD, *Professor, Philosophy*

Richard T. Carson, Jr., PhD, *Distinguished* *Professor, Economics*

Anela Choy, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Integrative Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography*

Sherice Clarke, PhD, *Associate Professor, Education Studies*

Elsa Eleanor Cleland, PhD, *Professor, Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution*

Geoff Cook, PhD, *Teaching Professor, Geosciences*

Heather Ponchetti Daly, PhD, *Assistant Professor, History*

Moira Décima, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Integrative Oceanography*

Andrew Devereux, PhD, *Associate Professor, History*

Ivan Evans, PhD, *Professor, Sociology and Provost, Eleanor Roosevelt College*

Fonna Forman, PhD, *Professor, Political Science*

P. Keolu Fox, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Anthropology*

Devin M. Garofalo, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Kelly Gates, PhD, *Professor, Communication*

Cathy Gere, PhD, *Professor, History*

Clark Gibson, PhD, *Professor, Political Science*

Jack A. Gilbert, PhD, *Professor, Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Pediatrics, UC San Diego School of Medicine*

Sarah Gille, PhD, *Professor, Oceans and Atmospheres*

Vicki H. Grassian, PhD, *Distinguished Professor and Distinguished Chair of Physical Chemistry, Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Jennifer Susan Haase, PhD, *Professor, Geosciences*

Amro Hamdoun, PhD, *Professor, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego School of Medicine*

Matthew Herbst, PhD, *Teaching Professor, Center for Hellenic Studies*

Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Jan Kleissl, PhD, *Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Karen Kovaka, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Philosophy*

Carolyn Kurle, PhD, *Professor, Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution*

Amy M. Lerner, PhD, *Associate Teaching Professor, Urban Studies and Planning*

Micah Muscolino, PhD, *Professor and Paul G. Pickowicz Endowed Chair in Modern Chinese History, History*

Keith Pezzoli, PhD, *Teaching Professor, Urban Studies and Planning*

George Porter, PhD, *Professor, Computer Science and Engineering*

Veerabhadran Ramanathan, PhD, *Edward A. Frieman Endowed Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability*

Noah Rose, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution*

Yuanyuan Shi, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Jonathan Shurin, PhD, *Professor, Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution*

Shermin de Silva, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution*

Shelley Streeby, PhD, *Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Erin Suzuki, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Kathryn Walkiewicz, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Marco Wilkinson, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Alena Williams, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Visual Arts*

K. Wayne Yang, PhD, *Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Pinar Yoldas, PhD, *Associate Professor, Visual Arts*