Binney Girdler
Director of Environmental Studies
Professor of Biology
Phone: 269.337.5977
Email: Binney.Girdler@kzoo.edu
Office: Dow 307
Credentials:
B.A., University of Virginia
M.S., Yale University
Ph.D., Princeton University
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
BIOL 115 Environmental Science
BIOL 224 Ecology and Conservation with Lab (every Fall and Spring)
BIOL 312 Population and Community Ecology with Lab (every spring)
ENVS 490 Environmental Studies Senior Seminar (topics vary)
Amelia Katanski
Professor of English
Phone: 269.337.7045
Email: Amelia.Katanski@kzoo.edu
Office: Humphrey House 207
Credentials:
B.A., Kalamazoo College
M.A., University of California-Los Angeles
M.A., Ph.D., Tufts University
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
ENGL 151: Reading the World: Environments: Gardens (every spring quarter)
ENGL 217/SEMN 217: World Indigenous Literature
ENGL/SEMN 435 American Indian Literature and the Law
Jennifer Einspahr
Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Political Science Department
Department of Political Science and Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Phone: 269.337.7059
Email: einspahr@kzoo.edu
Office: Olds Upton 305A
Credentials:
B.A., Whitman College
Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
POLS 267 Environment and Political Theory (Every even Fall quarter)
Amy Newday
Mellon Fellow for Experiential Learning
Phone: 269.337.7381
Email: Amy.Newday@kzoo.edu
Office: Dewing 004E
Credentials:
B.A., Adrian College
M.A., Western Michigan University
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
SEMN 408 Slow Farming: Resilient, Just, and Joyful Agriculture (every Spring)
Charlene Boyer Lewis
Professor of History
Department of History and Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Phone: 269.337.7058
Email: clewis@kzoo.edu
Office: Dewing 303E
Credentials:
B.A., Kalamazoo College
M.A., American University
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
HIST 217 History of Leisure and Recreation in America
James Lewis
Professor of History
Department of History
Phone: 269.337.5791
Email: jlewis@kzoo.edu
Office: Dewing 303G
Credentials:
B.A., College of William and Mary
M.A., The American University
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
HIST 212 American Environmental History (even years)
Nayda Collazo-Llorens
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Department of Art and Art History
Phone: 269.337.7047
Email: ncollazo@kzoo.edu
Office: Dewing 309H
Credentials:
B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art
M.F.A., New York University
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
ARTX 295 Art and Environmental Justice
Sarah Lindley
Arcus Social Justice Leadership Professor of Art
Department of Art and Art History
Phone: 269.337.7004
Email: slindley@kzoo.edu
Office:
Credentials:
BFA New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
MFA University of Washington
Sarah Lindley’s Website
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
ARTX 234 Structure & Space
Tom Askew
Professor of Physics
Department of Physics
Phone: 269.337.7097
Email: askew@kzoo.edu
Office: Olds Upton 208C
Credentials:
B.A., Gordon College
M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
PHYS 105 Sustainable Energy
Robert Mowry
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Department of Anthropology & Sociology
Phone: 269.337.7124
Email: Robert.Mowry@kzoo.edu
Office: Dewing 309F
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
ANSO-232 Nature and Society
Cyndy Garcia-Weyandt
Assistant Professor of Critical Ethnic Studies
Department of Critical Ethnic Studies
Phone: 269.337.7426
Email: cyndy.garcia-weyandt@kzoo.edu
Office: Humphrey House 206
Credentials:
B.A., Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., Culture and Performance, University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., Culture and Performance, University of California, Los Angeles
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
CES-300 Body, Land, and Labor
CES 340 Plant Communication and Kinship
Darshana Udayanganie
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Department of Economics & Business
Phone: 269.337.7057
Email: darshana.udayanganie@kzoo.edu
Office: Dewing 303I
Credentials:
B.S., University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
M.S., University of Maine
Ph.D., M.A., University of New Hampshire
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
ECON-235 Environmental & Resource Econ
ECON-490 Environmental Economics (senior seminar)
Vijayan Sundararaj
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Phone: 269.337.5977
Email: vijayan.sundararaj@kzoo.edu
Office: Dow 307
Credentials:
Ph.D., Lakehead University
M.S., Ben Gurion University
B.S., Gujarat University
Courses taught for Environmental Studies:
ENVS-115-01 Environmental Science