Meet Our Faculty

Our faculty researchers in the Earth, Environment and Society doctoral program are engaged in a wide range of interests and expertise. Browse the list below to find an advisor whose research area aligns with your own interests.

NameDepartmentResearch AreasLab WebsiteEmail
Shelby AndersonAnthropologyHuman eco-dynamics; climate resilience; food technologies; STEM equity; and collaborative research with Indigenous communities of the Arctic, Subarctic, and Pacific Northwest ashelby@pdx.edu
John BershawGeologyPaleoclimate, stable Isotope hydrology, basin analysis, geothermalWebsitebershaw@pdx.edu
Adam BoothGeologyQuantitative geomorphology: landslides, LiDAR, landscape evolution modeling, inverse problems, numerical modeling, remote sensingEarth Surface Processes Groupboothad@pdx.edu
Alida CantorGeographyWater resources management, legal geography, environmental justice, political ecology, renewable energy, food systems, qualitative methods, human-environment geographyWebsiteacantor@pdx.edu
Heejun ChangGeographyHydrology & water resources, climate change impact assessment, ecosystem services, visual spatial analysis, GISWater as an Integrated System and Environment (WISE) Research Groupchangh@pdx.edu
Catherine de RiveraEnvironmental Science & ManagementEcology and behavior of marine and estuarine invertebrates, ecological impacts of roadsde Rivera Labderivera@pdx.edu
Geoffrey DuhGeographyGIS, remote sensing, spatial decision support systems, ecological and socioeconomic processesWebsitejduh@pdx.edu
Jonathan FinkGeologyVolcanology, fluid dynamics, urban systems, sustainability jon.fink@pdx.edu
Michele GamburdAnthropologyCultural anthropology; transnationalism; globalization; migration; alcohol consumption; disaster studies; violence; gender; aging; political economy; Sri Lanka, West Asia, South Asia gamburdm@pdx.edu
Kelly GleasonEnvironmental Science & ManagementSnow and ice processes in mountain environments, snow hydrology, disturbance eco-hydro-climatology, integrated modeling of water-climate-forest interactions, remote sensing, land cover change, spatio-temporal statistics, and geo-analyticsEcohydroclimatology Research Groupk.gleason@pdx.edu
Elise GranekEnvironmental Science & ManagementCoastal marine ecology and conservation: land-sea connectivity, ecosystem services and marine ecosystem-based managementApplied Coastal Ecology Labgraneke@pdx.edu
Melissa HaeffnerEnvironmental Science & ManagementSocial science, water justice, urban water governance, resilience, sustainability, broader impacts, interdisciplinary collaborationWebsitemelh32@pdx.edu
Andrés HolzGeographyForest dynamics, disturbance ecology, drought, dendroecology, climate-fire-human relationship, management, and conservationGlobal Environmental Change Labandres.holz@pdx.edu
Charles KleinAnthropologyApplied & medical anthropology; urban anthropology; food and nutritional security, emerging class identities; public space & constructed landscapes; health promotion; health disparities; gender/sexuality/queer theory; Brazil; North America Websitecharles.klein@pdx.edu
Martin LafrenzGeographyGeomorphology and water resources, land use change, GIS lafrenz@pdx.edu
Paul LoikithGeographyClimate science, meteorology, climate and weather extremesClimate Science Labploikith@pdx.edu
Paola López-DuarteEnvironmental Science & ManagementBehavior and ecology of invertebrates and fish, especially the factors controlling larval dispersal from and recruitment to adult habitatsLópez-Duarte Labpaola.lopezduarte@pdx.edu
Jill MarshallGeologyGeomorphology, critical zoneMarshalling Science Labjillmar@pdx.edu
Jen MorseEnvironmental Science & ManagementBiogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, urban ecology, wetlands, greenhouse gases, ecosystem restoration, and global changeEnvironmental Biogeochemistry Labjlmorse@pdx.edu
Max Nielsen-PincusEnvironmental Science & ManagementEnvironmental legislation and policy, land use and cover change, community-based natural resource management, watershed restoration, wildfire management, sense of place, landowner psychology, agent-based modelingEnvironmental Management Labmaxnp@pdx.edu
Pronoy RaiGeographyHuman geography: global development, labor, migration, gender (masculinities, sexualities), climate & agro-ecological change, social transformations (identities, castes, social movements), South Asia, Oregon rai@pdx.edu
Alex RuzickaGeologyMeteorites, planetary science, geochemistryCascadia Meteorite Laboratoryruzickaa@pdx.edu
Vivek ShandasGeographyEnvironmental justice, climate change, urban systems, socio-ecological resilienceSustaining Urban Places Research Labvshandas@pdx.edu
Martin StreckGeologyVolcanoes, evolution and eruption of magmas, geochemistry, 
petrology, Oregon geology
 streckm@pdx.edu
Ashley StreigGeologyNeotectonics, paleoseismology, structural geology and tectonic geomorphology, study of active faults and folds, earthquakes and associated hazardsActive Tectonicsstreig@pdx.edu
Martin SwobodzinskiGeographyGeographic information science, behavioral geography, spatial cognition, transportation swobod@pdx.edu
Mrinalini TankhaAnthropologyMoney and finance, exchange, economic anthropology, business, human-centered design, international development, applied anthropology, globalization, informal economy, Cuba, Latin America and the Caribbean mtankha@pdx.edu
Natalie VaseyAnthropologyBiological Anthropology; primate behavioral ecology; life history adaptations; primate evolution; endangered and recently extinct primates of Madagascar nvasey@pdx.edu