Meet the Faculty

Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty - Thesis Chairs

Faculty Image       Faculty Name Faculty Contact Information
katherine-cushing Katherine Cushing
Professor, ERC Faculty
Advisor


Ph.D., Civil and
Environmental
Engineering, Stanford
University

Email:
katherine.cushing@sjsu.edu

Office hours: Tuesday (10am - 12pm)

Make advising appointment via this link

Top Research Interests:

  • Water Reuse
  • Environmental Policy
    Implementation
  • Environmental Education
gary-klee Gary Klee
Professor

Ph.D., Geography,
University of Oregon

 

Email:
kleegary@comcast.net

Top Research Interests:

  • California Protected Lands (i.e., Wildlands)
  • California Coastal Wetlands 
  • Nature and Conservation Photography

*Not currently accepting
Master of Science students

metha-klock Metha Klock
Professor

Ph.D., Biological
Sciences, Louisiana
State University

Email:
metha.klock@sjsu.edu
(408) 924-5427

Office hours: 
Thursday: 10am - 12pm

Make an appointment via this link.

Top Research Interests:

  • Invasive Species
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
dustin-mulvaney Dustin Mulvaney
Professor

Ph.D., Environmental
Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Email:
dustin.mulvaney@sjsu.edu
(408) 924-5439

Office hours:
Tuesday: 1-2:30pm or by appointment (in WSQ-115A or via Zoom)

Top Research Interests:

  • Political Ecology
  • Science & Technology Studies
  • Solar Power Commodity Chains, Land Use & Recycling
rachel-omalley Rachel O'Malley
Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator

Ph.D., Biology,
University of California, Santa Cruz
Email:
Office hours, sign up here!

rachel.omalley@sjsu.edu
(831) 334-1066

Top Research Interests:
  • Insect Ecology, Conservation & Restoration
  • Environmental Justice & Impact Assessment
  • International & CA Coastal Sustainable Agriculture
costanza-rampini Costanza Rampini
Professor

Ph.D., Environmental
Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

Email:
costanza.rampini@sjsu.edu
(408) 924-8979

Office hours: 
Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30-1:30 pm in WSQ-111C
Or email 24 hours in advance for appointment. 


Top Research Interests:

  • Human Dimensions of Climate
  • Change Risks & Disasters
  • Environmental Justice
will-russell William Russell
Professor

Ph.D., Environmental
Science Policy and Management,
University of California, Berkeley

Email:
will.russell@sjsu.edu
(408) 924-5487

Office hours: 
Mondays: 1:30-2:30pm and by appointment.

Top Research Interests:

  • Forest Disturbance & Recovery
  • Fire Ecology
  • Ecosystem Restoration
amanda-stasiewicz Amanda Stasiewicz
Professor

Ph.D., Natural
Resources, University
of Idaho

Email:
amanda.stasiewicz@sjsu.edu

Office hours: 
Tuesdays: 12- 2pm


Top Research Interests:

  • Human Dimensions of Wildfire
  • Cooperative Wildfire Management
  • Forest, Rangeland & Wildfire Policy
lynne-trulio Lynne Trulio
Professor, Undergraduate
Program Advisor

Ph.D., Ecology,
University of California, Davis

Email:
lynne.trulio@sjsu.edu

Office hours:
Tuesdays: 2:00-4:00pm
Wednesdays: 3:00-5:00pm

Make advising appointment via this link.

Top Research Interests:

  • Conservation Biology
  • Human-Wildlife Interactions
  • Burrowing Owl Ecology & Conservation

Lecturers

Faculty
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Faculty Name Faculty Contact Information
benoit-delaveau                        Benoit Delaveau
Lecturer

M.S., Environmental
Studies, San José
State University

Office Hours:
Monday 3:30pm to 4:15pm (in-person)
Tu-Th 10:30am - 11:30am (online)

Make an appointment via this link

benoit.delaveau@gmail.com
(650) 288-6653

rainbow-desilva Rainbow DeSilva
Lecturer

Ph.D., Forest
Ecology, University
of California, Berkeley
Email:
rainbow.desilva@sjsu.edu
patrick-ferraro Patrick Ferraro
Lecturer

M.S., Civil Engineering,
San José State
University

Email:
patrick.ferraro@sjsu.edu
(408) 293-1852

Office hours: 
Mondays & Wednesdays: 10-10:30 am (on Zoom) and by appointment. 

robert-foran Robert Foran
Lecturer

M.S., Environmental Studies, San José State University
Email:
robert.foran@sjsu.edu
(415) 940-4917

Top Research Interests:
  • Community-based Education
  • Environmental & Social Justice
  • Activism
pj-lyer PJ (Padmaja) Iyer
Lecturer

MBA, Management
Information Systems
and Marketing,
University of Illinois at
Chicago
Email:
padmaja.iyer@sjsu.edu
(408) 777-0939

Top Research Interests:
  • Circular Economy & Sustainability
  • Environmental & Climate Justice
  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation 
rachel-lazzeri-aerts Rachel Lazzeri-Aerts
Lecturer

M.S., Environmental
Studies, San José
State University 

Email:
rachel.lazzeriaerts@sjsu.edu

Office hours: 
Contact via email for appointment on Zoom or on-campus availability. 

ada-marquez Ada Márquez
Lecturer

M.S., San José
State University
Email:
ada.marquez@sjsu.edu
bruce-o Bruce Olszewski
Lecturer, Director of the
Center for Development
of Recycling

M.S., Environmental Studies, San José State University
Email:
bruce.olszewski@sjsu.edu
(408) 924-5350

Top Research Interests:
  • Sustainable Materials
    Management (Recycling)
  • Circular Economy
  • Globalization, Capitalism, & Sustainability
ou Sung Jay Ou
Lecturer

Ph.D., Socio-cultural Anthropology,
University of
California, Berkeley
Please use the link here for zoom meeting.

Email:
sungjay.ou@sjsu.edu
(510) 730-1146

Top Research Interests:
  • Controlling Processes
  • Development Studies
  • Environmental Justice
amy-peterson Amy Petersen
Lecturer

M.S., Environmental
Studies, San Jose
State University
Email:
amy.petersen@sjsu.edu
(650) 517 - 3660
mary-poffenroth Mary Poffenroth
Lecturer

M.S., Biology and
MSc., Science
Communication
Imperial College
London

Email:
mary.poffenroth@sjsu.edu
(408) 924-4831

Office hours:
Mondays: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm online (via Zoom) or by appointment.

cristina-siegel Cristina Siegel
Lecturer

M.S., San José
State University

Office hours:
Monday & Wednesday, 11am - 12pm & 1:30 - 2:30 pm or by appointment

Email:
cristina.siegel@sjsu.edu

nadine-skinner Nadine Skinner
Lecturer

Ph.D., MPA,
International
Comparative
Education,
Stanford University

Email: nadine.skinner@sjsu.edu

Office hours: Email for appointment

Top Research Interests:

  • Social Movements
  • Sustainable Development
  • Human Rights & Education
chiao-su Chiao Su
Lecturer

M.S., Economics,
San Jose State
University
Email:
cheng.su@sjsu.edu
(408) 924 - 8977
bernadette-white Bernadette White
Lecturer

Ph.D., Sociology,
Syracuse University
Email:
bernadette.white@sjsu.edu

Emeritus

Faculty
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Faculty Name Faculty Contact Information
donald-aitken      Donald Aitken
Founding Chair
Professor
 
kate-davis Kathryn Davis
Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., Geography,
University of California,
Berkeley
Email:
kathryn.davis@sjsu.edu
(408) 924-5485

Top Research Interests:
  • Ocean/Desert Environments
  • Historical Ecology
  • Environmental History
les-rowntree Lester Rowntree
Professor (Retired in 2005)

Ph.D., Environmental
Geography, University of
Oregon