Core Faculty
J. Bret Bennington (Chair), Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability: paleoecology, conservation paleobiology, glacial geomorphology, geologic history of Long Island, coastal sedimentology
E. Christa Farmer, Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability: paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, climate change, trace metals in soils and sediments
Sandra Garren, Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability: environmental policy, environmental management, energy management, greenhouse gas management, geoscience/geographic information systems (GIS)
Affiliated Faculty
Ralph Acampora, Department of Philosophy: ethics, animals, embodiment
Alan Bailin, Hofstra Library: research methods, research strategies, critical assessment of research, thesis preparation
Kevin Bisceglia, Department of Chemistry: environmental & analytical chemistry, water quality, chemical cycling in the built environment, sewage epidemiology
Meena Bose, Department of Political Science: presidential studies, executive politics, leadership and governance policy making, American politics
Russell Burke, Department of Biology: wildlife, ecology, urban, reptiles, mammals
Daniel Devine, Department of Art: fine arts, sculpture, sustainability in art, environmental sculpture, earth art, social art
Christopher Eliot, Department of Philosophy: philosophy of ecology and conservation biology, history of ecology and environmentalism, scientific reasoning, environmental ethics and aesthetics, urban ecology/ornithology
Martine Hackett, Health Sciences: public health, health promotion, childhood obesity, community based participatory research methods, environmental justice
Margaret Hunter, Department of Engineering: environmental engineering, environmental chemistry, organic pollutants, pesticides, soil and water quality
Javier Izquierdo, Department of Biology: renewable energy, waste management, agriculture
Zilkia Janer, Department of Geography and Global Studies: food culture
Katrina Fischer Kuh, Hofstra School of Law: climate law, regulating individual behaviors, clean water act, endangered species act, environmental review
Linda Longmire, Department of Geography and Global Studies: environmental politics, ecofeminism, sustainability and political theory, environmental racism
Greg Maney, Department of Sociology: funding and community-based research; community organizing, social movements, and sustainability; social inequalities and sustainability; human rights and sustainability
Cheryl Mwaria, Department of Anthropology: health, Africa and the African Diaspora, women, ethics, indigenous practices
Christopher Niedt, Department of Sociology: suburbs, housing, redevelopment, labor, equity
Geri Solomon, Hofstra Library: preservation, history, research
Mary Anne Trasciatti, Department of Rhetoric: advocacy, communication, community activism, public memory
Ying Qiu, Department of Geography and Global Studies: economic geography, environmental sustainability, eco-efficiency, green growth, sustainability indicators
Steve Raciti, Department of Biology: urban ecology, plant and soil biology, forest ecology, biogeochemistry, global environmental change
Ron Sarno, Department of Biology: urban ecology, conservation, behavior
Charles Smith, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship: organizational strategies for sustainability; social/technical innovations for sustainability; ethics, corporate responsibility/accountability; and consciousness/spirituality and activism
Kathleen Wallace, Department of Philosophy: ethics, weak and strong sustainability concepts, environmentalism
Jason Williams, Department of Biology: marine biology, invertebrate zoology, parasitology