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Society & Environment
Faculty & Specialists
Claudia J. Carr
Associate Professor
Email: claudiacarr@berkeley.edu
Office: 137 Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-643-3964
Fax: 510-643-5098
Research Group(s): Carr Group
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests
International and rural resource development
Research Description
I am primarily involved in research concerning alternative types of rural development policies in terrestrial (especially drylands and river basin environments) and coastal and offshore resources in the ‘Third World.’ My approach to development problems,…[read more]
Kathryn De Master
Assistant Professor
Email: Kathryn.DeMaster@berkeley.edu
Research Group(s): De Master Group
Office Hours: By appointment
Carolyn Finney
Assistant Professor
Email: cfinney@berkeley.edu
Office: 128C Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-643-6342
Fax: 510-666-3031
Research Group(s): Finney Group
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:30-4:30 and by appointment. Updated: 2012/09/04
Research Interests
Identity representation difference and place, race and natural resource management
Research Description
My focus as a geographer is to explore how issues of difference impact participation in decision-making processes designed to address environmental issues. I first conducted research in Nepal, speaking with women about their experiences collecting…[read more]
Louise Fortmann
Professor
Email: louisef@berkeley.edu
Office: 121 Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-642-7018
Website(s): Louise Fortmann Web Page
Research Group(s): Fortmann Group
Office Hours: Mondays 1:20-4:40 sign up sheets on my office door 121 Giannini
Research Interests
Natural resource sociology, political ecology, rural development, gender
Research Description
[Please note: I am currently not accepting any new students.]
My students and I study the outcomes of natural resource use and management for individuals and for communities. My own research is located in northern California…[read more]
Christy M. Getz
Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist
Email: cgetz@berkeley.edu
Office: 130A Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-642-8681
Website(s): Research and Outreach Program
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests
Ethics, history, politics, rural development
Research Description
As a Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Division of Society and Environment, I conduct research and extension that link natural resource-dependent people, activities, enterprises and organizations in California with teaching and research programs in ESPM….[read more]
J. Keith Gilless
Dean of College, Professor
Email: gilless@berkeley.edu
Office: 101 Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-642-7171
Fax: 510-642-4612
Website(s): Gilless Web Page
Research Group(s): Gilless Group
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests
Forest economics and management, wildfire protection planning
Research Description
My research uses economic analysis and operations research modeling techniques to address forest resource management issues such as: forest products market forecasting, analysis of resource-dependent local economies, the role of forestry in international development, forest…[read more]
Lynn Huntsinger
Professor Rangeland Ecology and Management, and Chair, Division of Society and Environment
Email: huntsinger@berkeley.edu
Office: 313 Hilgard Hall; Lab: 10 Hilgard Hall
Phone: 510-685-1884
Website(s): Huntsinger Lab
Research Group(s): Bartolome Group Huntsinger Group
Office Hours: Spring 2013: Tuesdays 9:45-11, starting the second week of classes.
Research Interests
Rangeland conservation and management
Research Description
Whether the topic is Inner Mongolian herders or California ranchers, extensive livestock production on rangelands requires negotiation between demand for a relatively predictable flow of products and the inherent unpredictability of an arid rangeland environment….[read more]
Alastair Iles
Assistant Professor
Email: iles@berkeley.edu
Office: 128A Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-643-3126
Website(s): Alastair Iles Lab
Research Group(s): Iles Group
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests
Science, technology and environment; green chemistry; sustainability learning; environmental policy
Research Description
Broadly, I look at the intersections between science, technology, and environment. I am especially interested in how technologies – ranging from chemistry, energy systems, environmental health monitoring, to information technology – can not only affect…[read more]
Carolyn Merchant
Professor
Email: merchant@berkeley.edu
Office: 138 Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-642-0326
Fax: 510-643-4361
Website(s): Carolyn Merchant CV and Information Environmental History
Research Group(s): Merchant Group
Office Hours: M 1-2, Tu 4-5
Research Interests
Environmental history, philosophy and ethics
Research Description
As Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics, I conduct research on these three topics and their interrelationships. I focus on American environmental and cultural history in the overall context of Western history, philosophy, and…[read more]
Rachel Morello-Frosch
Professor
Email: rmf@berkeley.edu
Office: 128B Giannini
Phone: 510-643-6358
Fax: 510-643-4361
Research Group(s): Morello-Frosch Group
Office Hours: Mondays, 10-11:30
Research Interests
Race and class determinants of the distribution of health risks associated with air pollution among diverse communities in the United States.
Research Description
My research focuses on environmental health and environmental justice. I am particularly interested in addressing the double jeopardy faced by communities of color and the poor who experience high exposures to environmental hazards and who…[read more]
Kate O’Neill
Associate Professor
Email: kmoneill@berkeley.edu
Office: 129 Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-642-3747
Fax: 510-643-5438
Research Group(s): O'Neill Group
Office Hours: Spring 2013: Mondays, 1-3pm
Research Interests
International environmental politics/ global political economy
Research Description
Dara O’Rourke
Associate Professor
Email: orourke@ berkeley.edu
Office: 130B Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-643-3110
Website(s): O'Rourke Research Website
Research Group(s): O'Rourke Group
Office Hours: Monday, 4-5, Updated: 2010/01/21
Research Interests
Environmental justice, globalization, industrial ecology, labor
Research Description
My current research analyzes systems for regulating the environmental and social impacts of industrial activities. Through a range of projects, I have been examining trends in industrial development, and state, firm, and community responses to…[read more]
Nancy Lee Peluso
Henry J. Vaux Distinguished Professor of Forest Policy
Email: npeluso@berkeley.edu
Office: 139 Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-643-2797
Research Group(s): Peluso Group
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests
Environmental sociology/resource policy
Research Description
I am a political ecologist. My research is primarily ethnographic and historical. My students and I study the social processes that affect the management of land-based resources. My work explores various dimensions of resource access,…[read more]
Jeffrey M. Romm
Professor of the Graduate School
Email: jeffromm@berkeley.edu
Office: 130C Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-642-6499
Fax: 510-643-5438
Research Group(s): Romm Group
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests
Natural resource and environmental policy
Research Description
The research and educational interests of our group can be placed roughly in four categories. In the first and most developed, we explore relations between social distributions of power and wealth, economic growth, and natural…[read more]
Kimberly TallBear
Assistant Professor
Email: kimberly.tallbear@berkeley.edu
Office: 122 Giannini Hall
Phone: 510 643-1966
Fax: 510-666-3458
Website(s): Kim TallBear: Indigeneity & Technoscience
Research Group(s): TallBear Group
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests
Indigenous Peoples, Science, Technology, and Policy
Research Description
My research and teaching cross the fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS), feminist science studies, anthropology of science, cultural studies, and Native American Studies (NAS). I critically integrate frameworks and methods from these disciplines…[read more]
David Winickoff
Associate Professor of Bioethics and Society
Email: winickoff@berkeley.edu
Office: 115 Giannini Hall
Phone: 510-643-0319
Fax: 510-643-5438
Research Group(s): Winickoff Group
Office Hours: Mon 1 - 2, Tue 3:45 - 5:15 Sign up sheets at office Updated: 2012/08/23
Research Description
I analyze the role of science and expertise in environmental law and politics, and explore biotechnology and medicine from an ethical, legal and social perspective. I write about questions of biological resources, property rights, and…[read more]
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