Robert Askins, Katherine Blunt Professor Emeritus of Biology: An animal ecologist and ornithologist whose research focused on ecology and conservation of migratory birds in both their temperate-zone breeding areas and their tropical wintering areas
Anne Bernhard, Associate Professor of Biology: A biologist who is interested in the role of microbes in marine and estuarine ecosystems, and their interactions with other organisms as well as with their environment
Rachel Black, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Wendy Blake-Coleman ’75, Geospatial Program Manager at the US Environmental Protection Agency
Margaret Bounds, Director of Sustainability at Connecticut College
Beverly Chomiak, Senior Lecturer in Geology and Environmental Studies with special interests in high-grade metamorphic rocks and metamorphosed ore deposits, particularly stratabound and volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits
Jeffrey Cole, Dean of the Faculty, and Profesor of Anthropology: Cole explores the movement of people and products, with a geographical focus on Europe, specializing in migration, race and ethnicity, food and agriculture and work
John Cook, Managing Director, Eastern Region, The Nature Conservancy
Maria Cruz-Saco, Professor of Economics: an economist specializing in open macro and development economics, social protection systems in Latin America, as well as migration and remittances.
Andrew N. Davis Ph.D., is a partner at Shipman & Goodwin, in the firm's Real Estate, Environmental and Land Use Practice Group. He counsels clients in transactional, permitting, compliance and enforcement matters under federal and state health and safety, hazardous waste, air and water pollution, site development and property transfer laws
Jane Dawson, Professor of Government: A political scientist who is currently examining how environmentalism may be linked to a variety of subgroup identities across a broad spectrum of political settings and the implications of this linkage for the achievement of domestic and international environmental policy objectives
Glenn Dreyer, Charles and Sarah P. Becker '27 Arboretum Director Emeritus: A botanist who has interests in the interface between ecology and horticulture
Michele Fitzpatrick, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics
Julia Flagg, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
David Foster ’77, Harvard Forest Director, Harvard University
William Frasure, Professor of Government: A political scientist interested in the political behavior of public and private interest groups, businesses and government agencies as they interact on environmental issues
Anthony Graesch, Associate Professor of Anthropology: an anthropologist who examines discard behavior and contemporary waste streams with archaeological and ethnographic methods
Pam Hine, Senior Lecturer in Botany with special interests in environmental education, Hine has research experience in pollination ecology and tidal marsh ecology
Chad Jones, Associate Professor of Botany with special interests in plant ecology, plant succession, invasive species, GIS and ecological modeling
Linda Lear ’62, Environmental Historian and Connecticut College Board of Trustees, retired
Ralph Lewis, Professor of Physics (adjunct) and Connecticut State Geologist Emeritus
Manuel Lizarralde, Associate Professor of Ethnobiology: An ethnobotanist whose research focuses on indigenous peoples knowledge and use of rainforest plants, indigenous rights and live histories
Edward Monahan, Connecticut Sea Grant Program Director, retired
Karina Mrakovcich, United States Coast Guard Academy, Marine Science Section Chief, whose current research interests are the areas of fisheries and ecosystem management, fishing vessel safety, ocean literacy, and scholarship of teaching and learning
Michelle Neely, Assistant Professor of English with research and teaching focuses on questions of nature, culture and democracy in American literature before 1900.
Maggie Redfern, Assistant Director, Connecticut College Arboretum
Maria Rosa, Professor of Biology
Miles Sax, Charles and Sarah P. Becker ’27 Arboretum Director
Joseph Schroeder, Associate Professor of Physchology, Director of the Behavioral Neuroscience Program
Peter Siver, Professor of Botany: A limnologist/phycologist who studies the current and historic ecology of lakes and ponds using techniques from electron microscopy to geographic information systems
Tiffany Smythe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Maritime Policy, Strategy and Governance, United States Coast Guard Academy. Smythe is a social scientist specializing in marine environmental policy. Focus areas include ocean governance; offshore renewable energy; marine spatial planning; and coastal climate resilience
Rachel Spicer, Assistant Professor of Botany with special interest in the biology of trees, shrubs and lianas – anything with a large woody stem – and includes projects on how woody stems develop, age, and transport water to the leaves
Douglas Thompson, Rosemary Park Professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Geophysics: A geologist whose special interests are geomorphology, hydrology and natural hazards
Derek Turner, Associate Professor of Philosophy: A philosopher whose research interests lie in philosophy of biology, especially in natural history, evolutionary biology, systematics, and biological teleology
Suffia Udin, Professor of Religious Studies
Eric Vukicevich, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sustainable Agriculture, and SPROUT
Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry: A computational/inorganic chemist who is studying the molecular basis of bacterial methane production and fertilizer breakdown by nitrogen volitization