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Courtesy Faculty

The Environmental Studies Program invites faculty from across campus to offer courses related to each of the under-graduate degrees offered. Many of these faculty also advise environmental studies majors, and volunteer their time on various committees and projects of the Program. Their research is environmentally-oriented within their individual disciplines.

So-Min Cheong

  • Ph.D., Washington (2001)
  • Assistant Professor of Geography
  • Research Interests: Environment, Marine Policy, Economic Geography, Tourism, East Asia
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Email: somin@ku.edu
  • Office: 221 Lindley
  • Phone: (785) 864-1836


Greg Cushman

  • Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin (2003)
  • Professor of History
  • Research Interests: Environmental history (esp. climate, disasters, oceans); Latin America since 1750 (esp. Andes and Cuba); history of science and technology (esp. meteorology, oceanography, ecology, transportation, agriculture), global history.
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Email: gcushman@ku.edu
  • Office: ...
  • Phone: ...


Jerry deNoyelles

  • Ph.D., Cornell University, (1971)
  • Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
  • Associate Director, Kansas Biological Survey
  • Interim Chair, Environmental Studies Advisory Committee
  • Aquatic ecologist with specialty on effects of pesticides on phytoplankton communities
  • Email: jdenoy@ku.edu
  • Office: Kansas Biological Survey
  • Phone: (785) 864-7690


Dietrich H. Earnhart

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, (1995)
  • Economist with a field of specialty in environmental economics, law and economics, and comparative economics.
  • Email: earnhart@ku.edu
  • Office: 226K Summerfield
  • Phone: (785) 864-2866


Johannes Feddema

  • Ph.D., Delaware (1990)
  • Geographer with interests in Global climatology, air pollution & materials damage, hydro-climatology, and spacial statistics
  • Email: feddema@ku.edu
  • Office: 204 Lindley
  • Phone: (785) 864-5534


Don Haider-Markel

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee (1997)
  • Assistant Professor, Government
  • Interests: Public policy, political institutions, public opinion.
  • Email: prex@ku.edu
  • Office: 405 Blake Hall
  • Phone: (785) 864-9034


Jie Han

  • Ph.D., - Georgia Tech, (1997)
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
  • Geotechnical engineer with focus on geosynthetics, earth-retaining structures, ground improvement, pile foundations, pavement design
  • Email: jiehan@ku.edu
  • Office: 2143 Learned Hall
  • Phone: (785) 864-3714


Peter H. Herlihy

  • Ph.D., - Louisiana State University, (1986)
  • Associate Professor, Geography
  • Cultural Geographer with a specialty in biogeographic anthropology.
  • Email: herlihy@ku.edu
  • Office: 202 Lindley
  • Phone: (785) 864-4292


Mark Jakubauskas

  • Ph.D., - University of Kansas, (1994)
  • Associate Research Professor, Kansas Biological Survey
  • Courtesy Associate Professor, Geography
  • Geographer with interests in remote sensing, vegetation dynamics, landscape ecology.
  • Email: mjakub@ku.edu
  • Office: 138 Nichols Hall
  • Phone: (785) 864-1508


Dennis Lane

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana, Civil Engineering, (1976)
  • N.T. Veatch Distinguished Professor, Environmental Engineering
  • Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Interests in Air pollution, Aerosol science, Acid rain, Pesticide runoff from agricultural lands, Characteristics and Environmental impacts of atmospheric deposition
  • Email: lane@ukans.edu
  • Office: 4007 Learned Hall
  • Phone: (785) 864-3731


Garth Myers

  • Ph.D., UCLA, (1993)
  • Associate Professor, Geography
  • Chair of the Cultural Geography Specialty Group of the AAG.
  • Interests in Sub-Saharan Africa, Development, Cultural and Political Geography
  • Email: gmyers@ku.edu
  • Office: 201 Lindley
  • Phone: (785) 864-4291


Kevin Price

  • Ph.D., - University of Utah, Salt Lake City (1987)
  • Professor, Geography
  • Geographer with interests in biogeography, landscape ecology, remote sensing, geographic information systems, resource management
  • Email: price@ku.edu
  • Office: 230 Lindley Hall
  • Phone: (785) 864-5542/1507


Valery Terwilliger

  • Ph.D., UCLA (1988)
  • Associate Professor, Geography
  • Courtesy Associate Professor, Div. Of Biological Sciences
  • Interests in Biogeography, stable isotopes biogeochemistry.
  • Email: terwilli@ku.edu
  • Office: 402 Lindley
  • Phone: (785) 864-5547


Stacey Swearingen White

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, (1998)
  • Assistant Professor, Urban Planning
  • Urban Planner with specialty in environmental applications
  • Email: slsweari@ku.edu
  • Office: 317C Marvin Hall
  • Phone: (785) 864-3530


Donald Worster

  • Ph.D., - Yale University, (1971)
  • Professor, History
  • University of Kansas Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Distinguished Professor of U.S. History.
  • Environmental historian with a specialty in U.S. cultural and social history.
  • Email: dworster@ku.edu
  • Office: 2017 Wescoe Hall
  • Phone: (785) 864-9474