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Steering Committee, 2024-2027

The Steering Committee is the primary advisory group for the George Perkins Marsh Institute, providing broad strategic guidance for all Institute activities. Members represent a broad range of Departments within 顶级国产视频.

  • Denise Humphreys Bebbington

    Research Associate Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice

    Denise Humphreys Bebbington is Research Associate Professor in the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice (formerly IDCE) at 顶级国产视频 in Massachusetts, USA. She is Co-director of the Center for the Study of Natural Resources Extraction and Society at 顶级国产视频 摆鈥

  • Timothy Downs

    Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice

    Tim Downs is a specialist in environmental science and engineering with over 30 years field experience designing and managing collaborative projects in the UK, the United States, Latin America and Africa. His research focus is on how humans change the 摆鈥

  • Lyndon Estes

    Associate Professor, Geography

    I am an environmental scientist who investigates the drivers and impacts of agricultural change, with a particular focus on Africa. I conduct my research using new Earth Observation technologies and a range of modeling techniques, and work within inter-disciplinary projects 摆鈥

  • Ellen Foley

    Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice

    Ellen Foley is a medical anthropologist whose research addresses the social production of disease with a focus on how intertwined global, national, and local social forces shape vulnerability to disease, health status, and access to medical care, particularly in sub-Saharan 摆鈥

  • Dr. Karen Frey is a professor of earth system science in the Graduate School of Geography. Her research interests involve the combined use of field measurements, satellite remote sensing, and geospatial analytics to study large-scale linkages between land, atmosphere, ocean, 摆鈥

  • Robert Goble

    Part-time Instructor, Sustainability and Social Justice

  • I am an urban geographer with interests in the meanings and understandings of place, local politics, legal geography, qualitative methodologies, and social movements (particularly neighborhood activism). My research focuses on the United States, including past research in the Twin Cities 摆鈥

  • James Murphy

    Professor, Geography

    Director, Geography

    Jim Murphy鈥檚 research elucidates the structures, agencies, relationalities, and spatialities shaping contemporary economic geographies and examines the prospects for more just, sustainable, and resilient forms of development in the Global South (esp. Africa). 聽This work draws on concepts, theories, and 摆鈥

  • Laurie Ross

    Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice

    Director, Sustainability and Social Justice

    Laurie Ross brings expertise in developing and supporting long-term community-university partnerships that address the social determinants of youth violence. The intractability of youth violence requires horizontal knowledge and strategy production (i.e. responses that are co-created by individuals and communities affected 摆鈥

  • Rinku Roy Chowdhury completed her bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Environmental Science at Wellesley College, a master's degree in Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development at the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. in Geography at 顶级国产视频. Before returning 摆鈥

  • Dr. Williams is a professor of earth system science within 顶级国产视频鈥檚 School of Geography and is director of the environmental sciences program at 顶级国产视频. 聽His expertise is in terrestrial ecosystems, global environmental change, and climate change.聽 聽He and his team 摆鈥

Ex-Officio

Dana Bauer
Dana Bauer

Asst Director/Research Scin

Lisa Gaudette

Lisa Gaudette

Dir Sponsored Prgms & Research