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Environmental Studies FacultyElizabeth Atkinson - Associate Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean of Faculty; Coordinator of Interdepartmental Studies Murdock 115 Education: B.S., Creighton University, Ph.D., University of Arizona Academic Interests: Professor Atkinson has been a Linfield faculty member in the department of chemistry since 1997. Prior to becoming Associate Dean of Faculty in 2005, she was vice chair of Linfield?s facutly executive council for two years and previously served on the enrollment, retention, and student life committee and faculty development committee. Among her duties as associate dean, she coordinates faculty development initiatives and works with the Dean of Faculty and academic department heads on providing for the Linfield Curriculum and January-Term on-campus programs. She has published and presented research in the areas of aqueous waste remediation, synthesis of liquid crystalline phthalocyanines , and electrochemistry of amphiphilic polyoxotungstenates. Robert Owen Gardner - Assistant Professor of Sociology Walker 217 http://calvin.linfield.edu/~rgardne Education: B.A. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 1997; Ph.D. University of Colorado- Boulder 2004. Academic Interests: I arrived at Linfield College in the Fall of 2004 after earning my Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado-Boulder. My doctoral research examined the growth of bluegrass music and culture in the Rocky Mountain West. I am currently working on an edited collection of essays exploring the phenomenon of Recurrent Temporary Communities. I also working on a project exploring grassroots volunteer response after Hurricane Katrina. My teaching interests include culture, community, environment, religion, and music. In my spare time, I enjoy bluegrass guitar, snowboarding, hiking, landscaping, live music, and running. Publications Articles in Refereed Journals
Randy R Grant - Professor/ Department Chair Malthus Hall 6D Education: PhD Economics University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1996 BA Economics Pacific Lutheran University 1987 Jennifer Heath - Assistant Professor Graf 014B Education: Ph.D., Physics, University of Oregon M.S., Physics, University of Oregon B.A., Mathematics and Physics, Whitman College Academic Interests: Electronic properties of materials (especially understanding and improving materials for solar cells) Thomas Love - Professor of Anthropology (Chairperson); Coordinator of Latin American Studies Walker 218 Education: BA Columbia University; MA, MS, Ph.D. University of California, Davis Academic Interests: Research Interests: 1) Socio-cultural aspects of sustainable human use of neotropical and
2) Political economy and cultural ecology of small-scale Andean agriculture
Publications IQS 125 The End of Cheap Oil: Societal Collapse? Joel Marrant - Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Walker 216 Education: : BA ? University of California, Santa Cruz (1969); MA (1971), PhD. Oregon (1977). Academic Interests: Eastern Europe, social identity. Publications ?From Crisis Reaction to Conflict Resolution Joelle Murray - Associate Professor; Engineering Coordinator of Pre-Professional, Coopertative Programs Graf 014A Education: Ph.D., Physics, Michigan State University B.S., Physics & Mathematics, Beloit College Academic Interests: Nuclear physics, computational physics, particle physics, energy and the environment Lex Runciman - ProfessorMelrose 213B http://www.linfield.edu/~lruncim Education: Ph.D., English and Creative Writing, Univ. of Utah; M.F.A., Creative Writing (Poetry), Univ. of Montana; B.A., English, Santa Clara Univ. Academic Interests: Lex Runciman teaches in both the creative writing and literature degree programs. A poet as well as a scholar, his interests include environmental concerns, literature of the West, creative writing, contemporary literature in the UK, and American literature in general.
Publications Three books of poems, including Out of Town (Cloudbank Books, 2004); four textbooks, including Open Questions (Bedford/St. Martins, 2005); two anthologies. His reviews and comments on books appear irregularly in his blog, The Far Corner Reader. Eric Schuck - Associate Professor Malthus Hall 6B Education: B.A., Economics, Pacific Lutheran University, 1993; M.A., Economics, University of Montana, 1995; Ph.D., Agricultural and Resource Economics, Washington State University, 1999 Academic Interests: Natural resource, environmental, and agricultural economics with an emphasis on water use during droughts and controlling agricultural runoff. Publications Genevieve Briand, David Holland, and Eric Schuck. Economic Impacts on Farms of Flow Augmentations in the Snake River Basin. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. Volume 44, No 2 (April 2008), pp. 360-366.
Kareen B. Sturgeon - ProfessorMurdock 206 http://www.linfield.edu/~ksturg Education: 1965, B. S. in Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles; 1976, M.A. in Biological Sciences, California State University, Hayward; 1980, Ph.D. in Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder David Thomas Sumner - Associate Professor English/Environmental Studies Director of WritingMelrose 205A Education: B.A University of Utah M.A Brigham Young University Ph.D University of Oregon Academic Interests: Environmental Rhetoric,
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