Profiles in "Environmental Social Science" Expertise Area

  • Morehart is an environmental anthropologist, an ethnobotanist/paleoethnobotanist, an archaeologist, and a Latin Americanist.
  • BurnSilver's work engages with the role of social relationships in navigating change, long histories of people in places, and processes of collaboration and knowledge co-production.
  • Senko's work transcends disciplines to ensure a future for threatened wildlife as well as coastal fisheries and the people who depend on them. He leads field and lab-based research in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
  • Dutta studies creative ways to address development, health and social disparity issues.
  • Lekelia “Kiki” Jenkins, studies the human dimensions of marine technologies to create sustainable ocean uses and the role of science dance in science communication. She has won numerous awards for her work.
  • Shea serves as the Director of Staff Operations for the Downtown community in Barrett, The Honors College. He has dedicated his career to motivating students through sustainability education, holistic wellness exploration, and social justice initiatives.
  • Tyler's research focuses on sustainability and human well-being, environmental philosophy, environmental decision-making, the nature of interdisciplinary science, and climate change.
  • Robert E. Kirsch is a political theorist researching extreme organizational change, from "doomsday prepping," climate change denialism, and public finance, to the role of leadership in building equitable organizations.