Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Initiative Working Group Members

Principal Investigators

  • Anne R. Kapuscinski - Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology & Director, Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability
  • Peter B. Reich - Regents' Professor, Forest Resources & F.B. Hubachek, Sr. Chair in Forestry
  • G. David Tilman - Regents' Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and
    Behavior & Director, Cedar Creek Natural History Area

Sustainability Studies Minor Founding Faculty

Curriculum Working Group

  • Todd Arnold - Associate Professor Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
  • Lisa Disch - Professor, Political Science
  • Mary Guzowski - Associate Professor, Department of Architecture
  • Anne R. Kapuscinski - Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology & Director, Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability
  • Kristen Nelson - Associate Professor, Forest Resources and Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
  • Steve Polasky - Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics & Professor, Department of Applied Economics
  • Craig Sheaffer - Professor, Agronomy and Plant Genetics
  • Michael Semmens - Professor, Civil Engineering

Capstone Course Working Group

  • Anne R. Kapuscinski - Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology & Director, Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability
  • Kristen Nelson - Associate Professor, Forest Resources and Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
  • Nick Jordan - Professor, Agronomy and Plant Genetics
  • Eric Sheppard - Professor, Geography
  • Leslie Van Duzer - Associate Professor and Director, Undergraduate Studies Architecture

Interdisciplinary Research Teams Working Group

  • Jim Anderson - Professor, Department of Soil, Water and Climate and Co-Director, Water Resources Center
  • John Carmody - Director, Center for Sustainable Building Research
  • Kent Cavender-Bares - Research Associate, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
  • Sarah Hobbie - Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Admissions,
    Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
  • Nick Jordan - Professor, Agronomy and Plant Genetics
  • Anne R. Kapuscinski - Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology & Director, Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability
  • Jennifer Kuzma - Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  • Clarence Lehman - Research Associate & Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
  • Joe McFadden - Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
  • Steve Morse - Senior Fellow, Agronomy and Plant Genetics
  • Laura Musacchio - Assistant Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
  • Kristen C. Nelson - Associate Professor, Forest Resources and Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
  • Steve Polasky - Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics & Professor, Department of Applied Economics
  • Peter B. Reich - Professor, Forest Resources & F.B. Hubachek, Sr. Chair in Forestry
  • Ingrid Schneider - Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources & Director, Tourism Center
  • Sangwon Suh - Assistant Professor, Department of Bio-Based Products
  • G. David Tilman - Regents' Professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior & Director, Cedar Creek Natural History Area
  • Elizabeth Wilson - Assistant Professor, HHH Institute of Public Affairs

K-12 Teacher Outreach Working Group

  • Robert B. Blair - Associate Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
  • Barbara Coffin - Coordinator, Bell Museum
  • Fred Finley - Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
  • Karen Oberhauser - Assistant Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology & Director, Monarchs in the Classroom
  • G. David Tilman - Regents  Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior & Director, Cedar Creek Natural History Area

Journalist Working Group

  • Martha Coventry - Program Director, Office of University Relations
  • Kathleen Hansen - Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication& Director, Minnesota Journalism Center
  • Ken Meter - President, Crossroads Resource Center
  • Marty Moen - Director of Communications, College of Natural Resources
  • Helene Murray - Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics & Executive Director, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Nina Shepard - Director of Media and Public Relations, Bell Museum

Steering Committee

  • Robert B. Blair - Associate Professor, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
  • John Carmody - Director, Center for Sustainable Building Research
  • Lisa Disch - Professor, Political Science
  • Allen Isaacman - Regents  Professor, Department of History & Director, MacArthur Program
  • Larry Jacobs - Walter F. Mondale Chair for Political Studies, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  • Jennifer Kuzma - Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Public Policy Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  • Helene Murray - Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics & Executive Director, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Steve Polasky - Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics & Professor, Department of Applied Economics
  • Deborah Swackhamer - Professor, Environmental Health Sciences & Interim Director of Institute on the Environment