Environmental Sciences, Studies and Policy (ESSP) Graduated Student Placement
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2024-25 (coming soon)
2023-24
Lina Aoyama (Butas)
Focal Department: Biology
Chair: Lauren Hallett
Position: Oak-woodland specialist for UCANR
Zac Provant
Focal Department: Major Concentration
Chair: Mark Carey
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Hazard and Climate Resilience Institute (HCRI) in the Department of Geosciences at Boise State University.
Sophia Ford
Focal Department: Geography
Chair: Laura Pulido
Position: NPS Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2022-23
Jamila Baig
Focal Department: Geography
Chair: Dan Gavin
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oregon
Holly Moulton
Focal Department: Major Concentration
Chair: Mark Carey
Position: Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (TT), College of the Holy Cross
Katrina Maggiulli
Focal Department: English
Chair: Stacy Alaimo
Position: Assistant Teaching Professor of Humanities, Northern Arizona University
Kyle Keeler
Focal Department: English
Chair: Stephanie LeMenager and Kirby Brown
Position: Assistant Professor (TT), Lafayette College
Lisa Fink
Focal Department: English
Chair: Sarah Wald
Position: Assistant Professor (TT), Michigan State University
2021-22
Hugo Seguin
Focal Department: Major Concentration
Chair: Nicolae Morar
Position: Executive Director of COPTICOM (Canadian non-profit)
Schyler Reis
Focal Department: Geography
Chair: Lucas Silva
Position: BLM Natural Resources Fire & Fuels Scientist
Kristen Vinyeta
Focal Department: Sociology
Chair: Kari Norgaard
Position: Assistant Professor (TT), Utah State University
Nathaniel ‘Nate’ Otjen
Focal Department: English
Chair: Stephanie LeMenager
Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Environmental Fellows Program at Princeton University’s High Meadows Environmental Institute
Currently: Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Environmental Studies (TT) at Ramapo College
Jamie Wright
Focal Department: Biology
Chair: Lucas Silva
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at USFS CA
Alejandro Brambila
Focal Department: Biology
Chair: Lauren Hallett
Position: Agroecologist at the Trustees Institute
2020-21
Briana Meier
Focal Department: ESSP Major
Chair: Nicolae Morar and Ted Toadvine
Position: ACLS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Reed
Focal Department: Biology
Chair: Scott Bridgham
Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Oregon in IEE
2019-20
Dan Shtob
Focal Department: Sociology
Chair: Richard York
Position: Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Sustainability, CUNY Brooklyn College
2018-19
Paul Guernsey
Focal Department: Philosophy
Chair: Ted Toadvine
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Penn State
2017-18
Jules Bacon
Focal Department: Sociology
Chair: Kari Norgaard
Position: Assistant Professor (TT), Grinnell College
Jean Faye
Focal Department: Geography
Chair: Dennis Galvan and Peter Walker
Position: Assistant Teaching Professor, Honors College, University of Oregon
Lucas Nebert
Focal Department: Biology
Chair: Brendan Bohannan
Position: Assistant Professor of Practice, Horticulture, Oregon State University
2016-17
Taylor McHolm
Focal Department: English
Chair: Stephanie LeMenager
Position: Director of Student Sustainability Center, University of Oregon
Sierra Deutsch
Focal Department: Sociology
Chair: Richard York
Position: Group Leader, Nature & Society, Department of Geography, University of Zurich
Shane Hall
Focal Department: English
Chair: Stephanie LeMenager and David Vázquez
Position: Associate Professor (TT), Salisbury University, MD
2015-16
Sonja Kolstoe
Focal Department: Economics
Chair: Trudy Cameron
Position: Assistant Professor of Economics w/ joint appointment in the Environmental Studies Department (TT), Salisbury University
2013-14
Erica Elliott
Focal Department: English
Chair: Karen Ford
Position: Consultant/ Academic Advisor, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University
2011-12
Ezra Markowitz
Focal Department: Psychology
Chair: Sarah Hodges and Azim Shariff
Position: Associate Professor of Environmental Conservation (TT), University of Massachusetts Amherst
2010-11
Shangrila Wynn (Joshi)
Focal Department: Geography
Chair: Shaul Cohen
Position: Member of the Faculty of the Graduate Program on the Environment, Evergreen State
2008-09
Sarah Ray
Focal Department: English
Chair: Shari Huhndorf
Position: Professor of Environmental Studies; Chair for Environmental Studies (TT), Humboldt State
Janet Fiskio
Focal Department: English
Chair: Molly Westling
Position: Professor of Environmental Studies and Comparative American Studies (TT), Oberlin College
2007-08
Michael Hughes
Focal Department: Geography
Chair: Patricia McDowell
Position: Associate Professor and Program Director of Environmental Sciences, Oregon Institute of Technology
2005-06
Chaone Mallory
Focal Department: Philosophy
Chair: John Lysaker
Position: Associate Professor of Philosophy (TT), Villanova University
2004-05
Stacey Rosenberg
Focal Department: Geography
Chair: Peter Walker
Position: Assistant Professor, Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University
2003-04
Patrick Hurley
Focal Department: Geography
Chair: Peter Walker and John Hardwick
Position: Professor of Environmental Studies (TT), Ursinus College
2002-03
Tony Leiserowitz
Focal Department: Geography
Chair: Shaul Cohen
Position: JoshAni-TomKat Professor of Climate Communication; Director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC)