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Bell, David V. J.
BA (Political Science) Toronto/York, MA, PhD (Political Science) Harvard. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Political linguistics; Political culture; Environmental policy; Politics of sustainability.
Email: dvjbell@yorku.ca
Carrothers, Gerald A.P.
BArch (Architecture), MArch (Community Planning) Manitoba, MCP (Urban Planning and Design) Harvard, PhD (Economics and Regional Planning) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, FRAIC, FCIP, AICP, RPP. University Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Environmental learning.
Daly, Gerald P.
BA (History and Liberal Arts), MCP (Urban Planning) Harvard, MBA (Economic Planning and Analysis) Pennsylvania, PhD (Urban Studies) Cambridge, MCIP, AICP. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Urban and regional planning; Housing; Homelessness; Comparative planning; Social policy.
Email: gdaly@yorku.ca
Desfor, Gene
BA (Economics), MA, PhD (Regional Science) Pennsylvania. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Urban Waterfronts, Urban development processes; Making Urban Environmental Policy; Urban growth and decline.
Email: desfor@yorku.ca
Ellis, Jack B.
BASc. (Electrical Engineering) Toronto, MSC DIC (Control Systems) Imperial College, London, PhD (Systems Theory) Michigan State. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Tourism, recreation, and leisure; Northern development; Computer modeling; Planning techniques; Urban and regional planning methods.
Email: jackel@yorku.ca
Fletcher, Frederick J.
BA (Political Science and English) British Columbia, MA, PhD (Political Science) Duke. University Professor Emeritus in Political Science. Director, Communication & Culture Graduate Program.
Areas of Academic Interest: Communication/Theory and policy; Public opinion; Political discourse; Media analysis; Politics and environmental issues.
Email: ffletch@yorku.ca
Found, William C.
BA (Geography) McMaster, MA, PhD (Geography) Florida, PhD (honoris causa) Umeå. University Professor, Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: International Development; Program implementation and evaluation; Rural planning; Participation and sustainability.
Email: wfound@yorku.ca
Greer-Wootten, Bryn
BA (Geography) Durham, PGCE (Education) London, MA (Geography) Durham, PhD (Geography and Planning) McGill. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Resource management and policy analysis; Epistemology in environmental studies; Waste management; Folk narratives on the environment; Elites and environmental policy formulation.
Email: bryngw@yorku.ca
Handy, Femida
BSc (Mathematics & Statistics) Poona, MA (Mathematics), MES (Mathematical & Economic Analysis of Environmental Issues), PhD (Environmental Studies) York. Associate Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Non-profit sector and environmental organizations, Volunteering, Philanthropy, Environmental nonprofit organizations, Environmental economics
Email: fhandy@yorku.ca
Homenuck, H. Peter M.
BA (Geography) Waterloo Lutheran, MA (Geography) MCP (Community Planning), PhD (Geography) Cincinnati. MCIP. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Social impact assessment; Social planning; Native-Canadian relations; Public consultation; Strategic planning.
Email: homenuck@yorku.ca
Kettel, Bonnie
BA (Anthropology) Toronto, PhD (Social Anthropology) Illinois. Associate Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Gender, environment and development; Feminist environmentalism/Ecofeminisms; Gender/Culture/Nature; Indigenous frameworks for natural resource management; Research design.
Email: bkettel@yorku.ca
Macdonald, Robert G.
BSc (Mathematics and Physics), MSc (Physics), PhD (Physics and Physical Chemistry) Toronto. Associate Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Energy policy for sustainable development; Energy conservation and renewable energy strategies; International development; Action research in developing countries; International collaboration for sustainable development; Bioregionalism.
Email: robmac@yorku.ca
Morley, David
BA, MA (Geography) Birmingham, PhD (Geography) Australian National University. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Action research as praxis methodology applied to multi-organizational problems within turbulent environments; Human services, health, community development, environmental issues, education, tourism, human settlements; Organizational change; Action research/action learning and social change in the Caribbean, East Africa, Latin America; Transdisciplinary approaches to environmental education.
Email: dmorley@yorku.ca
Murray, Alex L
BA (History) McMaster, MA (History) London, PhD (History) Pennsylvania. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Environment and behaviour; Design and redesign of work environments; Ecological approaches to food production, distribution, and consumption.
Email: amurray@yorku.ca
Penz, G. Peter
BA, MA (Economics) British Columbia, DPhil (Social Studies) Oxford. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Global environmental and social justice; Development ethics; Population displacement and development refugees; Human rights and basic needs; Indigenous peoples in the Third World; Development and environmental refugees; Socio-environmental-justice movements; Focus on South Asia; Core theory in the human sciences and social philosophy and its relation to power.
Email: ppenz@yorku.ca
Peterson, Rebecca L
BA (Sociology and Psychology) Kansas, MA, PhD (Psychology) Claremont. Associate Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Feminist perspectives on health and environments; Healthy and sustainable buildings; The use of open space technology in environmental and organizational change; Organizational resistance and acceptance of sustainability initiatives; Multiple issues in health and environments such as global warming and health.
Email: rebecca@yorku.ca
Rutherford, Brent M.
BA (Political Science) Bradley, MA, PhD (Political Science) Northwestern. Associate Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Program and policy evaluation and analysis; Operations research; Survey research; Quantitative methods; Computer applications.
Email: brentr@yorku.ca
Schwass, Rodger D.
BA, MA (Economics) EdD (Adult Education) Toronto. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Sustainable development and resource management; Economic and social impacts of development on small communities; Development of conservation strategies; International development.
Email: rschwass@yorku.ca
Seager, Joni K
BA Toronto, MA, PhD Clark. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Feminist Environmentalism and Geography; International Environmental Policy; Global Political Economy; International Status of Women.
Email: jseager@yorku.ca
Spence, Edward S.
BA, MSc (Geography) Western, PhD (Geography) Alberta, MCIP. Professor Emeritus in Environmental Studies.
Areas of Academic Interest: Land use and transportation planning, resource management, water resources and hydrology, environmental policy and planning, international development.
Email: esspence@yorku.ca
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