Faculty and Staff

The environmental studies faculty are drawn from diverse departments in the natural and social sciences, humanities, College of Business and College of Nursing. The faculty is composed of distinguished and dedicated teachers whose research and scholarship is well-known both nationally and internationally. They lecture widely and their publications include many books and articles.

Core Faculty and Staff

Kim Bullington

University Services Program Associate



Stewart Cole

PhD, English, University of Toronto, 2012

website | c.v.



ES 101: Introduction to Environmental Studies
ES 282: Environmental Humanities
ES/ENG 360: Literary Animal Studies
ES/ENG 399: Utopian/Dystopian Literature

Dr. Shannon Davis-Foust

PhD, Biology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. 2012

Halsey 255
920-424-1548
davisfos@uwosh.edu

ES 101: Introduction to Environmental Studies
Bio 201: Conservation in Action
ES 260: Environmental Science
ES 305: The Biology, Identification, and Management of Invasive Species
ES 396: Field Studies in Environmental Science

Jim Feldman

Environmental Studies Director, Professor of Environmental Studies & History

PhD, History, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2004
website | c.v.
Sage Hall 3451
(920) 424-3235
feldmanj@uwosh.edu

ES 101: Introduction to Environmental Studies
ES 102: Introduction to Sustainability
ES 320: Topics in Campus Sustainability
ES/History 326: American Environmental History
ES/History 335: Nuclear America
ES/History 345: History of American Wilderness
ES/History 355: Global Environmental History
ES 490: Senior Seminar

Kathryn "Katy" Hofmeister

Geography and Environmental Studies

PhD, Natural Resources, Cornell University, 2018.

Sage Hall 3449
(920) 424-0861
hofmeisterk@uwosh.edu

ES/Geography 304: Principles of Soil Science
Geography 314: Environmental Conservation
Geography 221: Physical Geography II – Landforms and Soils
ES 102: Introduction to Sustainability

M. Elsbeth “Misty” McPhee

Professor of Environmental Studies & Biology

PhD, Conservation Biology and Ecosystem Management, University of Michigan, 2002
website | cv
Sage Hall 3448
(920) 424-0644
mcpheem@uwosh.edu

ES 101: Introduction to Environmental Studies
ES/Biology 260: Environmental Science
ES 312: The Science of Sustainable Food
ES/Biology 314: Principles of Wildlife Management
ES/Biology 318: Wildlife Behavior & Conservation
ES 395:  Approaches to Resource Management in Tropical Ecosystems (three week course in Belize)

Paul Van Auken

Sociology & Environmental Studies

Website | cv
Sage Hall 4607
(920) 424-2038
vanaukep@uwosh.edu

ES/Sociology 261: Environment and Society
ES/Sociology 313: Rural Sociology
ES/Sociology 315: Population Problems
Sociology 342: Social Ecology

Contributing Faculty and Staff

Greg Adler

Biology/Microbiology

Halsey 37
(920) 424-3068
adler@uwosh.edu

Biology 349: Ecology and Evolution
Biology 376: Population and Community Ecology

Michael Baltutis

Religious Studies & Anthropology

Swart 309
(920) 424-7071
baltutim@uwosh.edu

ES/Religious Studies 164: Religion & Nature

Jeremiah Bohr

Sociology

Ph.D. Sociology
website

Sage Hall 4617
(920) 424-3494
bohrj@uwosh.edu

ES/Soc 261: Environment & Society

Mamadou Coulibaly

Geography & Urban Planning

Sage Hall 4473
(920) 424-3123
coulibalym@uwosh.edu

Geography 364: Water Resource Management
Geography 382: Remote Sensing of the Environment
Geography 241: Introduction to GIS
Geography 341: Spatial Analysis in GIS
Geography 441: Advanced GIS

Dr. Jeff Filipiak

PhD, History, University of Michigan

ES 102: Introduction to Environmental Studies
ES 390: Special Topics

Ben Hallett

Geology

PhD Geology
website | cv

  310 Harrington Hall
920-424-0868
hallettb@uwosh.edu

Courses:
ES/Geology 323:
Minerals, Energy, and the Environment
Geology 102: Earth:
Dynamic Planet
Geology 369:
Geochemistry of Environments

Douglas Haynes

English

MFA, Southern Illinois University
Author, Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters
website

Radford 204
(920) 424-0914
haynesd@uwosh.edu

ES/English 243: Introduction to Nature Writing
ES/English 343: Nature Writing

Eric Hiatt

Geology

Harrington 214/315
(920) 424-7001
hiatt@uwosh.edu

Geology 328: Oceanography

Robert Hinrichs

Communication

Arts & Communication S410
hinrichs@uwosh.edu

ES/Comm 455: Environmental Rhetoric

Greg Kleinheinz

Engineering Technology

R.S., Ph.D. WI Licensed Well Driller, and Licensed Building Contractor
website

ERIC Lab 102
(920) 424-1100
kleinhei@uwosh.edu

Biology 113: Intro to Environmental Health
Biology 327: Microbial Ecology & Diversity
ET 202: Water and Wastewater
ET 375: Renewable Energy
ET 377: Occupational Safety and Health
ET 397: Field Sampling and Analysis
ET 400: Internship

Gabe Loiacano

History

Sage Hall 3615
(920) 424-1409
loiacong@uwosh.edu
website

Hist 339: Public History

Colin Long

Geography and Environmental Studies

PhD, Geography, University of Oregon, 2003
CV
Sage Hall 4457
(920) 424-2182
longco@uwosh.edu

Geography 121: Physical Geography I: Weather and Climate
Geography 303: Pyrogeography
Geography 363: Biogeography

Robert Pillsbury

Biology/Microbiology

Halsey Science 42
(920) 424-3069
pillsbur@uwosh.edu

Biology 326: Introductory Limnology
Biology 336: Fresh Water Algae

Ron Rindo



Courses

Dru Scribner

Political Science

Ph.D., University of California San Diego
Sage Hall 4631
(920) 424-0924
scribned@uwosh.edu

Political Science 101: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Political Science 111: Politics and Culture- Global Perspective
Political Science 303: Women, Politics and Policy: A Global Perspective
Political Science 323: Comparative Constitutional Law (GS)
Political Science 342: Gender, Law and Policy
Political Science 351: Political Film
Political Science 379: Latin American Politics
Political Science 383: Latin America in International Relations
Political Science 386: Politics of Development
Political Science 401: Political Analysis

Tracy Slagter

Political Science

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Iowa (2006)

Sage 4626
(920) 424-3456
slagtert@uwosh.edu

ES/Pol Sci 388: Global Environmental Politics

Brad Spanbauer, M.Sc.

Sustainability Director/Biology

Sage 4475
(920) 424-1191
spanbauerb@uwosh.edu

ES 101: Introduction to Environmental Studies

Stephanie Spehar

Anthropology

Swart 312
(920) 424-7073
spehars@uwosh.edu

ES/Anthropology 368: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conservation
ES/Anthropology 372: Primate Behavior and Ecology

Robert Stelzer

Biology/Microbiology

Halsey Science 150
(920) 424-0845
stelzer@uwosh.edu

Biology 325: Field Ecology
Biology 386: Global Change Biology
Bio/Eng 119Q3: Introduction to Freshwater
Bio 104: Ecosphere in Crisis

Jerry Thomas JD, PhD

Political Science

Sage 4628
(920) 424-3456
thomasj@uwosh.edu

ES/PS 316: Environmental Law

Environmental Studies

UW Oshkosh | Oshkosh Campus
835 High Ave. Oshkosh, WI
Sage 3464

Jim Feldman, Director

Sage Hall 3451
(920) 424-3235
feldmanj@uwosh.edu