ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FACULTY The Environmental Studies program takes advantage of the expertise of the Mount faculty from many different disciplines, including Science, Philosophy, History, Political Science, Economics, Theology, English, and Psychology. Dr. Rosie Bolen (co-director)— Assistant Professor of Biology—website
bolen@msmary.edu - B.A. Mary Baldwin College; Ph.D. University of Miami
- Research Interests: Behavioral ecology, foraging behavior, plant-herbivore evolution
- Environmental Studies courses: Evolution, Animal Behavior, Ecology
Dr. Brian G. Henning (co-director)— Assistant Professor of Philosophy—website
henning@msmary.edu - B.A. Seattle University; M.A. and Ph.D. Fordham University
- Areas of Interest: Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Environmental Ethics, Metaphysics
- Environmental Studies courses: Environmental Philosophy
William J. Collinge— The Henry J. Knott Professor in Theology, Professor of Theology and Philosophy - B.A. Georgetown University; M.Phil., Ph.D. Yale University
- Areas of Interest: history of Christianity, philosophy of religion, spirituality, and Catholic social teaching
- Environmental Studies course: Theology and the Environment
- B.S., Ph.D. University of Maryland
- Research Interests: Instrument automation, trace element spectrochemical analysis, chemical archeology, environmental and forensic science
- Environmental Studies course: Analytical Chemistry
- A.B. Albright College; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University
- Areas of Interest: social psychologist – collecting behavior, the "flow" experience, religious expression in college students, rumor transmission, and body art in popular culture
- Environmental Studies course: Environmental Psychology
- M.P.P. Harvard University; Ph.D. University of Wisconsin - Madison.
- Areas of Interest: public economics, welfare and poverty, regional and environmental economics
- Environmental Studies course: Environmental Economics
Indrani Mitra— Associate Professor of English
mitra@msmary.edu - B.A. Presidency College (India); M.A. University of Calcutta; Ph.D. Kent State University
- Areas of Interest: postcolonial literature from Africa, India, and the Caribbean countries; non-Western women writers; gender and cultural studies
- Environmental Studies course: Literature and the Environment
Dr. Emilio A. Rodriguez— Associate Professor of Political Science
rodrigue@msmary.edu - B.A., Duke University; M.A., The American University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
- Areas of Interest: Latin American Politics, Third World Development, American Foreign Policy, European Politics
- Environmental Studies course: Politics and the Environment
Dr. Jeffrey Simmons— Associate Professor of Biology
simmons@msmary.edu - B.A., University of Rochester; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
- Research Interests: aquatic ecology, impacts of water pollution on streams and lakes; effects of coal mining on watershed health
- Environmental Studies courses: Introduction to Environmental Science
Dr. J. Kristen Urban— Associate Professor of Political Science
urban@msmary.edu - B.S., The University of Minnesota; M.S., The University of Alabama; Ph.D., The University of Tennessee
- Areas of Interest: Middle East, International Relations, African Politics, Human Rights, Politics of Peace and Conflict
- Environmental Studies course: Human Rights
T. Stephen Whitman— Associate Professor of History
whitman@msmary.edu - B.A. Michigan State University; M.S. Drexel University; M.A., PhD. The Johns Hopkins University
- Environmental Studies course: Environmental History
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