Newswise — The George Washington University is the District of Columbia's leading university on issues regarding sustainability and environmental responsibility. In the classroom, GW leads the way with world-renowned programs in domestic and international environmental law, environmental engineering, and public policy with concentrations in environmental, resource policy, and sustainable tourism among others. GW's Institute for the Analysis of Solar Energy (solar.gwu.edu) will experts from several university departments and schools to conduct critical new research in sustainability and solar research. The university's commitment to its global community reaches beyond the academic realm. In 2007, GW President Steven Knapp established the Task Force on Sustainability to review how the university should respond to the ongoing challenge of environmental sustainability (www.sustainability.gwu.edu).
In fall 2008, GW launched its Office of Sustainability to help coordinate operational activities University-wide under a collaborative plan that aims to maximize GW's environmental efficiency at its two campuses in Washington, D.C., and its campus in Ashburn, Va.
Experts Available to Discuss Climate Change, Earth Day, and Sustainability
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Sheryl ElliottAssociate Professor of TourismProfessor Elliott is an expert on environmental systems and sustainable tourism as well as tourism information systems and technology and marketing research.
John ForrerDirector, Globalization Research CenterAssociate Research Professor of International Business and of Public Policy and Public AdministrationForrer is an expert on economic consequences of globalization and has written extensively on the effectiveness of U.S. economic sanctions. He also researches global policy and governance, particularly climate change, global disease control, corporate governance and public-private partnerships. He is currently researching what individuals can do to affect climate change.
Lisa Delpy NeirottiAssociate Professor of Tourism and Sport ManagementDelpy Neirotti is one of the world's foremost Olympic scholars and professor of tourism administration and sports management programs at The George Washington University School of Business. She is the leader of the Green Sports Score Card initiative, which helps sports organizations globally assess their environmental friendliness.
Jorge RiveraAssistant Professor of Strategic Management and Public PolicyProfessor Rivera is an expert in business and public policy, corporate environmental management, and environmental policy. Web site: http://home.gwu.edu/~jrivera Office: (202) 994-0163
Arun MalikAssociate Professor of EconomicsProfessor Malik is an expert on environmental and natural resource economics, applied microeconomic theory, and design of regulatory policy as well as teaching the economic course natural resources and environmental economics.
Web site: http://home.gwu.edu/~amalik/ Office: (202) 994-5471
Mark StarikChair, Department of Strategic Management and Public PolicyProfessor of Strategic Management and Public PolicyStarik is an expert in environmental management and business and strategic management. Specifically, his areas of focus are strategic environmental management, international environmental policy, environmental sustainable development, and sustainable tourism. He is affiliated with the Academy of Management Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) interest group. He also teaches business courses focused on environmental policy and sustainable organizations. He is co-chair of GW's Sustainability Taskforce.
Profile: http://business.gwu.edu/faculty/mark_starik.cfm
GEOGRAPHY
Lisa Benton-ShortShort Associate Professor of GeographyBenton-Short's areas of expertise include monuments, memorials and public space, national parks in cities, environmental issues in cities and cities and immigration. Benton-Short is the author of four books.
Thomas Foggin Adjunct Professor of GeographyFoggin's research interests include human impact on environmental processes; diffusion of plants, animals, and humans; and environmental history.
David RainAssistant Professor of GeographyProfessor Rain is an expert in population and environment as well as international urban geography, geographic information systems, and international development. Professor Rain teaches related courses including "Society and Environment."
LAW AND ETHICS
Robert ChurchillProfessor of PhilosophyProfessor Churchill's subject area is philosophy and he is an expert in environmental ethics and philosophy. He also focuses on nonviolence, aggression, just war theory, pacifism, philosophy of law, logic, ethics and public policy, and Holocaust and genocide studies.
Jamie GrodskyAssociate Professor of LawProfessor Grodsky is an expert in environmental law, natural resources law, and science and technology law.
Sean MurphyAssociate Professor of LawProfessor Murphy is an expert in international law and specializes in international environmental law. He also specializes in public international law, military tribunals, and the use of force. He is a consultant for the Department of State, a member of the board of editors of the American Jounral of International Law, and a member of the executive council of the American Society of International Law.
Lee PaddockAssociate Dean for Environmental StudiesProfessorial Lecturer in LawPaddock served as director of Environmental Legal Studies at Pace University Law School from 2002-2007. He also has been senior consultant for the National Academy of Public Administration on several projects since 1999. From 1978 until 1999, Lee was an assistant attorney general with the Minnesota Attorney General's Office where he served as director of environmental policy for 13 years, as manager of the office's agriculture and natural resources division and a member of its executive committee.
Jonathan WeissProfessorial Lecturer in Law Executive Director of the University Center on Sustainability & Regional GrowthProfessor Weiss is an expert in smart growth, urban environmental law, sustainable development and land use, and urban/regional planning.
POLITICS AND POLICY
Robert RycroftProfessor of International Science and Technology Policy and of Public Policy and Public Administration Professor Rycroft is an expert in international affairs, science, technology, and environment and international affairs. He teaches in both the Elliott School of International Affairs and the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.
Web sites: http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott/faculty/rycroft.cfm and http://www.gwu.edu/~tspppa/faculty/rycroft.cfm
SCIENCE
Terry HuffordProfessor Emeritus of BotanyProfessor Hufford is an expert in aquatic freshwater ecology, pollution biology, and the environment with specialties in science/environmental curriculum and staff development, diatoms, introductory biology, water pollution biology. He is active in the area of environmental education.
John LillAssistant Professor of BiologyJohn Lill is a biology professor who is an expert in ecology, plant-insect interactions, entomology, and evolution. He also conducts research on climate change. Professor Lill teaches "Conservation Biology," which includes units focused on global warming.
Henry MerchantAssociate Professor of BiologyDirector, Graduate Programs in Environmental and Resource PolicyMerchant is an expert in biology and biological sciences with focus on environmental studies, interdisciplinary science, terrestrial and fresh water aquatic ecology, and ecological energetics. He is also the director of graduate programs in environmental and resource policy. Merchant teaches courses in ecology and senior seminars in environmental studies as well as an environmental policy course.
John MillerProfessor of ChemistryProfessor John Miller is an expert in combustion, environmental theory, and environmental chemistry. He teaches Environmental Chemistry.
Web site: http://home.gwu.edu/~houston/
Vladislav Sadtchenko,Assistant Professor of ChemistrySadtchenko is an expert in physical and environmental chemistry.
Henry TengAssistant Professor of GeologyProfessor Teng is an expert in earth and environmental sciences with specialties in geochemistry, aqueous geochemistry, surface geochemistry, and environmental geology.
Web site: http://home.gwu.edu/~hteng/
Kenneth ZweibelDirector, Institute for the Analysis of Solar EnergyZweibel was the recent president and senior PV technologist for PrimeStar Solar. Zweibel helped develop low-cost electricity at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Lab and has since moved his focus to raising awareness of solar possibilities.
ENGINEERING
Jonathan DeasonProfessor of Engineering Management and Systems EngineeringDeason was appointed professor of Environmental Management at the George Washington University in 1996. Before joining GW, he was Director of the Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance at the U.S. Department of the Interior, where he managed nine regional offices across the nation and seven staff divisions in Washington, D.C. He has authored more than 100 professional papers dealing with environmental issues. Web site: http://www.seas.gwu.edu/~jdeason/
Rumana RiffatAssociate Professor of Civil EngineeringRiffat is involved in biological research related to the removal of nutrients from wastewater that directly impacts the health of the Chesapeake Bay. She has expertise in treatment of hazardous wastes, digestion processes, enumeration of growth kinetics and toxicity.
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