Faculty & Staff
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James R. Besancon
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Continuing study of physical model and salt content of campus water, ICP-OES analysis of water; X-ray diffraction of complex mixtures.
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Daniel J. Brabander
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., M.A., Binghamton University; Ph.D., Brown University
Research interests: biogeochemistry, environmental geochemistry, and medical geology.
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William F. Coleman
B.S., Eckerd College; Ph.D., Indiana University (Bloomington)
Physical/Inorganic chemist, doing quantum chemistry and applications of computers in chemical education.
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Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Focuses on environmental politics, international environmental law, ocean and atmospheric issues, and protection of the global commons.
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Alden Griffith
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Wesleyan University; Ph.D., University of California (Santa Cruz)
Ecologist focusing on invasive plant population dynamics and environmental influences.
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Monica R. Higgins
Visiting Lecturer in Environmental Studies
B.S., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., University of Michigan
Research Interests: Environmental engineering, life cycle assessment, and the design of sustainable environmental systems.
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Jessica Hunter
Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
B.Sc. McGill University, M.A. in Environmental Studies, Brown University
Jess facilitates internship and job opportunities for students and coordinates curricular and extracurricular events and activities across campus and beyond.
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Kristina Niovi Jones
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Director, Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
B.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California
Ecologist with a dual Wellesley role: Director of the Botanic Gardens and faculty member in Biology and Environmental Studies.
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Marianne V. Moore
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., Colorado College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Aquatic ecologist, freshwater and marine food webs; also teaches marine and freshwater biology; editor.
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Robert L. Paarlberg
Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Researcher on food and agricultural policy, with a focus on farming technologies and poverty in the developing world.
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Andrea S. Sequeira
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
M.S., Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Evolutionary biologist with interest in conservation genetics.
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Marcia E. Thomas
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
B.S., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Smith College
Interested in environmental science, plant biology, and geospatial analysis.
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James Turner
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Washington and Lee University; A.M., Brown University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Researcher on the recent history of U.S. environmental politics and policy, including public lands, climate change, and science and technology.
