ECo Faculty & Staff Network

Listed below are Georgetown faculty and staff dedicated to the broadening of environmental education, conservation, and public salience. These individuals belong to a range of departments and are leaders in scholarship, teaching and leadership in environmental matters.

To inquire about affiliating with the Earth Commons, email earthcommons@georgetown.edu, subject line, “ECo Faculty & Staff Network.” There are no requirements for you to become a member of the Network; our purpose is to clearly define in our communications and within our community those furthering research and leadership around environment and sustainability at Georgetown, promote this work, and create new connections.

ECo Faculty & Staff Network

Vishal Agrawal

Henry J. Blommer Family Endowed Chair in Sustainable Business, Professor of Operations and Information Management, Academic Director, Business of Sustainability Initiative

Bryan Alexander

Adjunct Professor

Randall Amster

Teaching Professor, and Director of the Environmental Studies Program (ENST) and co- Director of the Joint Program in Environment and Sustainability (JESP)
Co-Director, Environment & Sustainability Program

Ali Arab

Professor | Director of Graduate Studies

Peter Armbruster

Director of Graduate Studies in Biology Co-Director, Major in Environmental Biology

Victoria Arroyo

Professor from Practice

Michael Bailey

Professor
Colonel William J. Walsh Professor of American Government, Department of Government and McCourt School of Public Policy

Shweta Bansal

Professor

Evan Barba

Associate Professor
Co-Director: Iteration Lab

Edward Barrows

Professor Emeritus
Director of the Center for the Environment

Tim Bartley

Professor
Earth Commons and Department of Sociology

Nejm Benessaiah

Assistant Teaching Professor

Traci Bethea

Tenure Line — Assistant Professor

Uwe Brandes

Faculty Director and Professor of the Practice | Law Center – Adjunct
Faculty Director, Georgetown Global Cities Intiative

Denise Brennan

Department of Anthropology

Edith Brown Weiss

University Professor Emerita

Leah Buchman

Adjunct Lecturer

William Buzbee

Edward and Carole Walter Professor of Law

John Byrne

Emeritus Faculty

Raphael Calel

Associate Professor

Kerrie Carfagno

Associate Teaching Professor
MS-ESM Program Director

Claire Catenaccio

Assistant Professor

Erin Cline

Tagliabue Professor

Sara Colangelo

Associate Professor of Law

Ryann Craig

Special Assistant to the Vice President for Mission and Ministry & Director for Academic Initiatives
Assistant Research Professor

Kerry Danner

Adjunct Lecturer
Professorial Lecturer – Department of Theology

Marwa Daoudy

Associate Professor of International Relations

Rochelle Davis

Sultanate of Oman Chair

Kathryn de Luna

Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor

Alexandra DeCandia

Assistant Teaching Professor

Dagomar Degroot

Associate Professor

Robin Dillon-Merrill

Professor of Operations and Analytics and Vice Dean of Faculty

Katharine Donato

Vice Provost for Faculty and Professor | Adjunct Professor of Law

Rebecca Ellis, PhD, MPH, RN

Assistant Professor

Heidi Elmendorf

Director of the Regents STEM Scholars Program

Marisa Ensor

Senior Climate Research Fellow – Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace & Security Justice and Institute for the Study of Int’l Migration, School of Foreign Service

Jason Farr

Assistant Teaching Professor

Marissa Fond

Associate Teaching Professor

James Freericks

Robert L. McDevitt, K.S.G., K.C.H.S. and Catherine H. McDevitt L.C.H.S. Chair in Physics

Song Gao

Teaching Professor

Mark Giordano

Professor | Vice Dean for Undergraduate Affairs

Derek Goldman

Professor | Director of the Lab

Anita Gonzalez

Professor

William Gormley

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus
University Professor; Co-Director, Center for Research on Children in the U.S. (CROCUS)

Gina Green

Professor of the Practice

Brian Griffiths

Assistant Teaching Professor

Max Gruenig

Adjunct Professor – BMW Center for German and European Studies (CGES)

Bill Hahn

Adjunct Lecturer | GUMC Adjunct — Appointment Pending
Associate Research Professor, Biology

Raha Hakimdavar

Senior Advisor to the Deans of GU-Q and Earth Commons
Founder & CEO – Zyon Space

Matthew Hamilton

Associate Professor | Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies

Qiwei He

Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor

Yifan (Flora) He

Assistant Professor and Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow

Lisa Heinzerling

Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., Professor of Law

Rebecca Helm

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Earth Commons

Nathan Hensley

Professor | Director of Undergraduate Studies

Toshihiro Higuchi

Associate Professor | Director of Graduate Studies (MA)

Minji Jang

Postdoctoral Associate

Tony Jenkins

Assistant Teaching Professor
Managing Director, International Institute on Peace Education Coordinator, Global Campaign for Peace Education

Sarah Johnson

Professor

Taylor Jones

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, the Earth Commons

Kaveh Jorabchi

Professor

Shareen Joshi

Associate Professor
Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics (2024-2026)

Yuki Kato

Associate Professor

Rebecca Katz

Tenure Line — Professor

Marcus King

Director, MS in Environment & International Affairs

Robin King

Adjunct Professor – Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy (IBD)

Karah Knope

Professor | Director of Graduate Studies

Jane Komori

Assistant Professor

Jessica Kritz

Assistant Professor | Champion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Initiatives
Director, Initiative on Health and Peace

Shiloh Krupar

Professor
Culture & Politics Program Core Faculty

Amrita Kundu

Assistant Professor

Julia Lamm

Professor
Director, Costan Lecture in Early Christianity

Elise Larsen

Assistant Research Professor

Robin Lenhardt

Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Race, Law, and Justice

Joanna Lewis

Professor

Megan Lickley

Assistant Professor

Margaret Little

Professor
Senior Research Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics and Director of Ethics Lab

Kai Liu

Professor
Robert L. McDevitt, K.S.G., K.C.H.S. and Catherine H. McDevitt, L.C.H.S. Chair in Physics

Joan Lombardi

Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics

Rodney Ludema

Professor

Sydney Luken

Assistant Professor of the Practice

Eddie Maloney

Professor

Joan Mandell

Adjunct Instructor – Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) and Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS)

Janet Mann

Distinguished University Professor, Departments of Biology and Psychology
Distinguished University Professor

Peter Marra

Laudato Si’ Professor, Biology and the Environment; Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy

MaryBeth Martin

Professor

Jeremy Mathis

Associate Teaching Professor of Global Environmental Affairs

John Mc Neill

Distinguished University Professor
University Professor

Meredith McKittrick

Professor | Director of Undergraduate Studies

Jesse Meiller

Teaching Professor
Co-Director, BS in Environment & Sustainability

Emily Mendenhall

Professor | Director of Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA)

Judith Miller

Professor

Ranit Mishori

GUMC Adjunct — Professor
Vice President and Chief Public Health Officer; Professor of Family Medicine

Lelia Mooney

Adjunct Lecturer – SCS MPS Supply Chain Management Program

Amani Morrison

Assistant Professor

Orissa Moulton

Associate Teaching Professor

Margaret Myers Mullinix

Adjunct Professor – Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy (IBD)

Timothy Newfield

Associate Professor

Abraham Newman

Director, BMW Center for German and European Studies

Ann Oldenburg

Associate Teaching Professor and Assistant Director

Peter Olmsted

Professor and Joseph Semmes Ives Chair in Physics

Anneliese Palmer

Adjunct Lecturer

Pauliina Patana

Assistant Professor

Manus Patten

Teaching Professor

Nicoletta Pireddu

Professor | Director of Georgetown Humanities Initiative

Milton Regan Jr

Robert L. McDevitt Chair in Jurisprudence | Co-Director, Law Institute/Center

Juan Felipe Riano

Assistant Professor

Leslie Ries

Associate Professor

Nicole Rizzuto

Associate Professor

Paul Roepe

Professor
Co-Director, Georgetown University Center for Infectious Disease

Maya Roth

Della Rosa Term Professor of Theatre

Monica Sanders

Adjunct Professor of Law

Alexander Sens

Interim Vice President for Graduate Studies, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and the Markos and Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Professor of Hellenic Studies

David Shiffman

Adjunct Lecturer

Tara Shirvani

Affiliate Researcher
Global Lead Transition Finance at IFC I Author I LinkedIn Top Green Voice

Lisa Singh

Professor | Chair, Department of Computer Science

Ed Soule

Associate Professor Emeritus

Jessica Srikantia Field

Academic Director and Associate Professor of the Practice for ITL

Christopher Steck

Associate Professor
Fr.

Betsi Stephen

Associate Professor Emerita

Sarah Stoll

Professor

Robert Thomas

Professor Emeritus

Norma Tilden

Teaching Professor Emeritus

YuYe Tong

Professor
Director, Environmental Metrology & Policy Program

John Trybus

Academic Director and Assistant Professor of the Practice, Center for Social Impact Communication

Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò

Associate Professor

Jeffrey Urbach

Vice Provost for Research
Professor, Department of Physics

Angela van Doorn

Associate Teaching Professor

Edward Van Keuren

Professor | Director of Undergraduate Studies

Oswaldo Villena

Adjunct Lecturer

Sarah Vittone, DBe, MSN, MA, RN, HEC-C

Associate Professor | Clinical Ethics Consultant||Senior Program Director Undergraduate Studies and Masters Entry Nursing Program
Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics

Mark Vlasic

Adjunct Professor of Law
Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Law & Public Policy

Erik Voeten

Professor
Peter F. Krogh Professor of Geopolitics and Justice in World Affairs

Shabab Wahid

Assistant Professor

Ed Walsh

Adjunct Professor- GSAS MS in Environmental Metrology and Policy | GUMC Adjunct — SOH

Michelle Wang

Associate Professor

Cynthia Wei

Teaching Professor

Martha Weiss

Professor | Co-Director of Environmental Studies
Director, Major in Environmental Biology

Caroline Wellbery

GUMC Adjunct — Professor

Lois Wessel, DNP, FNP-BC

Associate Professor

Michael Westphal

Adjunct Professor-McCourt School of Public Policy

Ali Whitmer

Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

Gina Wimp

Professor | Co-Director of Graduate Studies

Diane Yeager

Associate Professor Emeritus
Thomas J. Healey, C’64, Family Distinguished Professor

Safak Yucel

Associate Professor and Associate Director at the Business of Sustainability Initiative

Ioannis Ziogas

Assistant Teaching Professor/ MDI Assistant Research Professor

Lucy Zipf

Assistant Teaching Professor


Staff Affiliates

Margaret Beetstra, Senior Statistical Analyst Office of Assessment and Decision Support
Jennifer Eagleton, Associate Director Georgetown Environmental Justice Program
Mia Massimino, Director of Creative Projects, The Woodshed, Racial Justice Institute