Our Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Katerina Beach

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Connie Y. Chiang

Rusack Professor of History and Environmental Studies and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Inclusion

Allison Guess

Iris W. Davis Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Roux Distinguished Scholar

Kate Olson

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Matthew Klingle

Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies and Environmental Studies Program Director

Jill E. Pearlman

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies

Mary Rogalski

Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies

Shana Starobin

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Government

Dharni Vasudevan

Stanley F. Druckenmiller Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies

Lab Instructor

Shana Stewart Deeds

Laboratory Instructor in Biology and Environmental Studies

Staff

Ted Ames

Research Affiliate in Environmental Studies

Rosemary Armstrong

Program Manager for Environmental Studies and Roux Building Manager

Jenny Baca

Research Affiliate in Environmental Studies

Anne Hayden

Research Affiliate in Environmental Studies.

Sarah Elkind

Research Affiliate in Environmental Studies

Scot Mcfarlane

Research Affiliate in Environmental Studies

Conrad Schneider

Research Affiliate in Environmental Studies

Contributing Faculty

Mark O. Battle

Norma L. and Roland G. Ware, Jr. Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Rachel J. Beane

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Natural Sciences; Senior Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs

David Carlon

Professor of Biology

Vladimir Douhovnikoff

Associate Professor of Biology

Laura A. Henry

William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Constitutional and International Law and Government, Chair of Department of Government

Guillermo Herrera

Professor of Economics, on leave for the spring 2027 semester

Amy Johnson

James R. and Helen Lee Billingsley Professor of Marine Biology

Patricia Jones

Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Bowdoin College Scientific Station on Kent Island, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year

Susan Kaplan

Professor of Anthropology, Director of Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

Michèle LaVigne

Associate Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science, Chair of Earth and Oceanographic Science Department

Barry Logan

Samuel S. Butcher Professor in the Natural Sciences, Director of Biochemistry Program

Erik Nelson

Professor of Economics

Erik Nelson

Professor of Economics

Emily M. Peterman

Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science

Samia Rahimtoola

Associate Professor of English

Collin Roesler

William R. Kenan Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year

Shu-chin Tsui

Bowdoin Professor of Asian Studies and Cinema Studies

Anthony E. Walton

Senior Writer-in-Residence

Faculty Emeriti

Eileen Sylvan Johnson

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies Emerita

John Lichter

Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies, Emeritus

Lawrence Simon

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies Emeritus