Faculty & Staff

Faculty and Staff contact information for the Environmental Studies Department.

Faculty

Monica Ayala-Martinez

Associate Professor

ayala@denison.edu

740-587-6228

Quentin Hedges Duroy

Professor

Director of International Studies

duroyq@denison.edu

740-587-6314

Annabel Edwards

Associate Professor

James and Carolyn Gillingham Endowed Chair

edwardsa@denison.edu

740-587-8556

740-587-5886

Amanda M. Gunn

Associate Professor

gunna@denison.edu

740-587-6396

Tom Henshaw

Visiting Assistant Professor

henshawt@denison.edu

740-587-6443

Rebecca N. Homan

Professor

homanr@denison.edu

740-587-5577

Abram Kaplan

Anne Powell Riley Professor

Director, Sustainability & Environmental Studies

kaplan@denison.edu

740-587-6736

Rebecca Karason

Visiting Instructor

karasonr@denison.edu

Jordan Katz

Associate Professor

Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry

katzj@denison.edu

740-587-5613

740-587-5888

Rebecca Futo Kennedy

Professor

Chair of Classical Studies, Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

kennedyr@denison.edu

Erik Klemetti

Associate Professor

Chair of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geosciences

klemettie@denison.edu

740-587-5788

Jonathan Maskit

Associate Professor

maskit@denison.edu

740-587-5641

Lucy McAllister

Assistant Professor

mcallisterl@denison.edu

740-587-5099

Andy McCall

Associate Professor

mccalla@denison.edu

740-587-8554

Shiri Noy

Associate Professor

Director, Latin American & Caribbean Studies

noys@denison.edu

740-587-5010

Frank (Trey) Proctor

Professor

Director of Digital Humanities

proctorf@denison.edu

740-587-5791

Joe Reczek

Professor

The Wickenden Chair of Chemistry

reczekj@denison.edu

740-587-6496

740-587-6205

Karl Sandin

Associate Professor

sandin@denison.edu

740-587-6400

Keith Allyn Spencer

Associate Professor

Chair of Visual Arts

spencerk@denison.edu

740-587-6465

Doug Spieles

Professor

spielesd@denison.edu

740-587-5732

Catherine Stuer

Associate Professor

Chair of Art History and Visual Culture

stuerc@denison.edu

740-587-6749

Sarah R. Supp

Associate Professor

supps@denison.edu

740-587-6593

Wes Walter

Professor

Henry Chisholm Chair in the Natural Sciences

walter@denison.edu

740-587-5704

James Weaver

Associate Professor

Lorena Woodrow Burke Endowed Chair of English

weaverj@denison.edu

740-587-5794

Andrea L. Ziegert

Professor of Economics

John E. Harris Chair of Economics

ziegert@denison.edu

740-587-6575

Staff

Brenda Franks

Academic Administrative Assistant

franksb@denison.edu

740-587-6250

Emeriti Faculty

John E. Cort

Professor Emeritus

cort@denison.edu

Harry Heft

Professor Emeritus

heft@denison.edu

Tom Schultz

Professor Emeritus

schultz@denison.edu

Steven Vogel

Professor Emeritus

vogel@denison.edu

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