Faculty

Core Faculty

Core faculty retain a partial appointment in the Environmental Studies Program. Many of these individuals have garnered professional awards, citations and honors recognizing the importance of their research and classroom skills.

Sharon Ashworth

• Ph.D. - University of Kansas, 2003
• Ecologist with interests in wetland ecology, restoration ecology, and plant community ecology.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Email: ashworth@ku.edu
• Office: 252A Snow Hall
• Phone: ...

Karl B. Brooks

• Ph.D. - University of Kansas - 2000
• Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and History
• Environmental law and policy in North America; energy and environment; non-governmental organizations in American politics, especially environmental policy; and American social and political history since 1945.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Email: kbrooks@ku.edu
• Office: 3626 Wescoe Hall
• Office Hours: Mondays, 11:30a.m. - 1p.m.; Thursdays, 2:00 - 3:00p.m.
• Phone: (785) 864-9464
• NOTE: Karl Brooks is currently on sabbatical for the Fall 2007 semester, and will not be available for advising. Please feel free to contact any of the other faculty advisors, or the departmental advisor Heidi Hulse, for appointments.

Christopher Brown

• Ph.D. - UCLA - 1999
• Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and Geography
• Political ecologist, biogeography, Latin America and tropical environments.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Email: jcbrown2@ku.edu
• Office: 213 Lindley
• Phone: (785) 864-5543

Dorothy Daley

• Ph.D. - UC Davis, 2001
• Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and Political Science
• Interests in Environmental Policy, Hazardous Waste, State Politics, Urban Redevelopment
• Curriculum Vitae
• Email: daley@ku.edu
• Office: 408 Blake
• Phone: (785) 864-9839

Robert Hagen

• Ph.D. - Cornell, 1986
• Research Associate, KU Field Station and Ecological Reserves
• Courtesy Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Ecologist with interests in the effect of habitat fragmentation and landscape context on development of terrestrial arthropod communities.
• Email: rhagen@ku.edu
• Office: 252A Snow Hall
• Phone: (785) 864-1531

Kelly Kindscher

• Ph.D. - University of Kansas, 1991
• Associate Scientist, Kansas Biological Survey. Courtesy Associate Professor, Environmental Studies and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Plant ecologist with a specialty in prairies, ethnobotany and restoration.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Email: kindscher@ku.edu
• Office:135A Higuchi Hall
• Phone: (785) 864-1529

Edward A. Martinko

• Ph.D. - University of Kansas, (1976)
• Director, Kansas Biological Survey
• Director, Kansas Applied Remote Sensing Program
• Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Ecologist with specialty in Remote Sensing
• Email: martinko@ku.edu
• Office: Higuchi Hall, 2101 Constant Avenue
• Phone: (785) 864-1505

Shannon O'Lear

• Ph.D. - Syracuse University - 1997 (Geography)
• Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies and Geography
• Political environmental issues in the Caucuses and Caspian Sea area, Environmental security and vulnerability, Environmental conflict
• Curriculum Vitae
• Email: olear@ku.edu
• Office: 219B Lindley
• Phone: (785) 864-2041

Val H. Smith

• Ph.D. - University of Minnesota, 1982
• Professor, Environmental Studies, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Ecologist with a specialty in community and ecosystem ecology.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Email: vsmith@ku.edu
• Office: 6007 Haworth Hall
• Phone: (785) 864-4565

William Woods

• Ph.D. - University of Milwaukee, 1986
• Director, Environmental Studies Program
• Professor, Geography
• An expert on prehistoric settlement and agricultural systems at Cahokia.
• Curriculum Vitae
• Email: wwoods@ku.edu
• Office: 258A Snow Hall, 1460 Jayhawk Blvd
• Phone: (785) 864-8992