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Environmental Resources and Policy - Forestry

Kofi Akamani is an Assistant Professor of Forest Recreation and Conservation Social Science in the Department of Forestry at Southern Illinois University. He received his Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Idaho. His interdisciplinary teaching and research agenda involves the integration of concepts from social-ecological systems research, rural sociology, and common pool resources among others with the aim of gaining a theoretical understanding of human-environment interactions across multiple scales from the local to the global, and informing policies that promote human well-being and ecosystem health across the rural urban continuum. He is particularly interested in understanding and enhancing the resilience of rural resource-dependent communities and the adaptive governance of forests, land and water resources in Ghana and the US.

Environmental Resources and Policy - Sociology

Dr. Barber is Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. She received her Ph.D. from University of Southern California and joined the SIU faculty in 2011. Her expertise lies in the sociology of gender with a focus on masculinities, culture, and work. Barber's research is guided by questions about what everyday boundary-crossing behavior can teach us about complex systems of inequality. Her book, Styling Masculinity: Gender, Class and Inequality in the Men's Grooming Industry is published by Rutgers University Press; and her 2019 co-authored textbook, Gendered Worlds 4th Edition, is published by Oxford University Press.

Environmental Resources and Policy - Forestry

Dr. Carver is Professor of Conservation Planning and Sustainable Development and Director of Engagement for the College of Agricultural Sciences. Dr. Carver leads a globally recognized teaching and research program in international natural resource conservation and international development. His research informs policy decision making in Europe, North America, Central America and Central Asia. His outreach duties include building domestic and international partnerships for the SIU College of Agricultural Sciences.

Environmental Resources and Policy - Computer Science

Environmental Resources and Policy - Plant Biology

Environmental Resources and Policy - SIUE Cooperative Faculty

I'm an environmental scientist interested in human health hazard and exposure assessment. My prior research experience largely focused on monitoring and modeling contaminant fate, bioaccumulation, and human exposure. I have also maintained an interest in environmental statistics and data analysis applications, as well as information exchange, collaboration, and education with other environmental specialists and the general public. 

Environmental Resources and Policy - Economics

Environmental Resources and Policy - SIUE Cooperative Faculty

Environmental Resources and Policy - SIUE Cooperative Faculty

I am a physical geographer with GIS expertise. I received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geosciences (2005), and a Master of Science in Geography (Fluvial Geomorphology, 2008) at Texas A&M University and a PhD in Geography (Fluvial Geomorphology, 2013) at the University of Oregon.

Environmental Resources and Policy - School of Law

Professor McCubbin is an expert on federal environmental law and administrative law. She joined SIU Law in 2000 after a distinguished career with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. She served as a Fulbright Scholar in China at the Wuhan University School of Law in Wuhan, China, which is home to one of China’s premier research institutes for environmental law. She also was a visitor at the Izmir University of Economics in Izmir, Turkey. 

Environmental Resources and Policy - Forestry

Logan O. Park is the Associate Professor of Forest Recreation and Park Management in the Forestry Department of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He provides consultation to protected area managers, undergraduate and graduate instruction, and extension service. He has completed degrees in Environmental Chemistry (B.S., Furman University), in Natural Resources Planning - recreation management (M.S., The University of Vermont) and in Forestry - interdisciplinary studies in the sociology and ecology of outdoor recreation (Ph. D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University). While completing his doctoral studies, Logan was awarded a Burruss Fellowship. Previously, Logan was a Dow Chemistry Scholar.

Environmental Resources and Policy - SIUE Cooperative Faculty

Environmental Resources and Policy - Forestry

Environmental Resources and Policy - Forestry

Jon Schoonover is a native of southern Illinois who grew up in Salem, IL. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Department of Forestry at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) in 1999 and 2001, respectively. He then pursued a Ph.D. degree from the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University, AL, which he completed in 2005. Jon is currently employed as a Professor of Physical Hydrology in the Department of Forestry at SIUC.

Environmental Resources and Policy - Animal Science

Dr. Sylvia Smith is a faculty member in the Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Southern Illinois University (SIU). She received her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Smith teaches foodservice management classes at SIU. Her research includes farmers markets, farm to school programs, and consumer behavior concerning local food. Dr. Smith helped establish the Illinois Farmers Market Association. Her current research interests involve support of the local fermentation market, as well as sensory evaluation. She is a member of FoodWorks, the Illinois Farmers Market Association, Museum of Food and Drink, National Restaurant Association, and the Society of Sensory Professionals. She is published in academic journals and serves as a reviewer, as well.

Environmental Resources and Policy - SIUE Cooperative Faculty

Environmental Resources and Policy - Forestry

Karl W.J. Williard is a Professor of Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management in the Department of Forestry at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU). He received a B.A. in Biology from Lehigh University, an M.S. in Environmental Pollution Control from Penn State University, and a Ph.D. in Forest Hydrology from Penn State University under the direction of David DeWalle. Dr. Williard teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Watershed Management and Hydrology at SIUC.

Environmental Resources and Policy - Mathematics

Environmental Resources and Policy - SIUE Cooperative Faculty

My main research interests span a spectrum of environmental toxicology and medical entomology to protect agriculture, animal and human health in environmentally safe, sustainable and affordable ways. I have been particularly interested in the following areas of interdisciplinary research: (1) mechanism of acute action of toxic substances: (2) genetic and epigenetic factors and processes associated with insecticide resistance; (3) adverse effects of sub-lethal and long-term exposure to environmental chemicals; (4) controlling and management of human head and body louse populations; and (5) developing and evaluating biochemical and molecular diagnostics for chemical and pest management. Overall, my scholarly work has attempted to addresses the linkage and interaction between exposure to environmentally ubiquitous toxic substances and factors governing physiology, genetics and epigenetics.