The George Washington University Faculty Engaging in Sustainability Research
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Last Name
First Name
Department
Aaronson
Susan Ariel
History
Anderson
Catherine
Bailard
Catie
Interior Design and
Architecture
Media and Public Affairs
Benton-Short
Lisa
Geography
Bloom
Dana
Bobe
Rene
Interior Design and
Architecture
Anthropology
Bowie
Alasdair
Political Science
Brooks
Leah
Public Policy
Chang
Jennifer
English
Cheers
Churchill
Cressy
de la Fuente
Doebel
Imani
Robert Paul
Pamela
Maria J.
Hartmut
Media and Public Affairs
Philosophy
Anthropology
Romance Languages
Biology
Engstrom
Ryan
Geography
Feldman
Fishman
Illana
Ram
Anthropology
Economics
Fisher
Joshua
Anthropology
Friend
Michele
Philosophy
Gonglewski
Margaret
Romance Languages
Hawks
Catherine
Museum Studies
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Research Topic
Global corporate social
responsibility
Design, construction drawings
and LEED
Information and communication
technologies in developing
countries
Sustainability theory; urban
sustainability; sustainability
planning in the U.S.
Sustainable design
Climate change and evolutionary
process
Emergence of civil society in
Southeast Asia
Long-term effects of land use
choices; urban development
Intersection of nature and culture
in poetry
Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Environmental philosophy
Preservation planning
Sustainability in Latin America
Wetland ecology; pollinators;
impact of urbanization on local
flora and fauna
Climate change; artic
environments; using GIS and
remote sensing
Refugees and the politics of living
Sustainable development;
environmental and agricultural
economics; development
economics
Political ecology; fair trade;
ecologies of recycling in
Nicaragua
Philosophy of ecological
economics
Greening the German business
curriculum
Natural science collections
Hughes
Llewelyn
Political Science
Jones
Kanter
Antwan
Jodi
Sociology
Theatre and Dance
Keeley
Melissa
Geography
Ken
Ivy
Sociology
Klemek
Christopher
History
LeTourneur
Michele
Licht
Stuart
Interior Design and
Architecture
Chemistry
Lill
John
Biology
Linquiti
Peter
Public Policy
Liu
Meina
Livingston
Steven
Organizational Sciences
and Communication
Media and Public Affairs
Malik
Arum
Economics
Mann
Markham
Matthews
Michael
Catherine
Rosser
Geography
Anthropology
History
Modarres
Morris
Reza
David
Statistics
Biology
Mote
Jonathan
Norton
Palmquist
Powell
Rain
Macy
Sasha
Scott
David
Organizational Sciences
and Communication
History
Museum Studies
Biology
Geography
2
Political economy of energy
markets; oil markets; and climate
change
Socio-environmental processes
Strengthening communities
through adaptation and
performance
Urban sustainability, green
infrastructure and green
buildings; storm water
management in cities
Urban food policy; links between
farms and schools
Urban policy; environmental
history
Design of sustainable commercial
interiors
Renewable energy; solar energy;
energy storage; batteries and fuel
cells; environmental chemistry
Insects/caterpillars and climate
change
Research and development
related to green technologies;
climate change
Transformative learning
Mobile communication
technology in Africa
Environmental and natural
resource economics; design of
regulatory policy
Wildland fires
Behavioral ecology
History of statistical reasoning to
illustrate the role of chance,
uncertainty and risk
Environmental Statistics
Fuel production from organic
waste
Networks of science and
innovation
Food and society
Evolution and climate change
Community ecology
Nature and society; vulnerability
in African slums; development
Rogers
Daniel
Anthropology
Ross
Schmesier
Eric
Maximilian
Sesno
Shepherd
Frank
Robert
Anthropology
Organizational Sciences
and Communication
Media and Public Affairs
Anthropology
Shiklomanov
Streletskiy
Nikolay
Dmitry
Geography
Geography
Svoboda
Smith
Michael
Adam
University Writing
Biology
Smith
Stephen
Economics
Squires
Stroud
Greg
Jonathan
Sociology
Statistics
Talmadge
Tossell
Caitlin
John
Political Science
Chemistry
Von Balgooy
Voutchkov-Kostal
Max
Adelina
Museum Studies
Chemistry
Wagner
Waisbord
Michael
Silvio
Chemistry
Media and Public Affairs
Wilkerson
Yezer
Zanne
Abby
Anthony
Amy
University Writing
Economics
Biology
Elliott School of International Affairs
Last Name
First Name
King
Marcus
Department
N/A
Rycroft
Yarr
N/A
N/A
Robert
Linda
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and natural resources
Social responses to climate
change
Global politics of food
Well-being of vulnerable
populations
Energy and climate
Development and contemporary
urban China
Russian arctic and climate change
Russian arctic and climate change
and vulnerability; urban
sustainability in the artic
Writing about climate change
Animal behavior; ecology and
evolution; tropical biology
Climate adaptation in developing
countries
Inequality and urban sprawl
Environmental and statistical
applications; sediment transport
Energy security and the gulf
Computational geometry; new
methods for the capture and
utilization of CO2
Historic preservation
Green chemistry; chemical
toxicology
Energy storage; conservation
Journalism, politics and social
change
Sustainability and food writing
Energy footprint of cities
Ecology; plant community
composition changes across
ecological settings
Research Topic
Global climate change and
national security
Environmental politics
Climate smart agriculture in
ASEAN countries and the SEA
region
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Last Name
First Name
Department
Cseh
Maria
Human and Organizational
Learning
Scully-Russ
Ellen
Human and Organizational
Learning
Sheppard
Maia
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Milken Institute School of Public Health
Last Name
First Name
Department
Applebaum
Kate
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Baird
Sarah Jane
Global Health
Bingenheimer
Jeffrey Bartlett
Prevention and
Community Health
Cleary
Sean
Colon-Ramos
Uriyoan
Epidemiology and
Biostatistics
Global Health
Dietz
William
Evans
W. Douglas
Goldman
Lynn
Graham
Jay
Gray
George
Katz
Rebecca Lynn
LaPuma
Peter
McCormick
Sabrina
Michaels
David
Mookerji
Sangeeta
Prevention and
Community Health
Prevention and
Community Health; Global
Health
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Environmental and
Occupational Health;
Global Health
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Health Policy; Global
Health
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Global Health
4
Research Topic
Systems thinking and complexity
Sustainable organizations and
green jobs
Teaching about sustainable
communities
Research Topic
Pesticide exposure; other
chemicals’ impact on health
Scoring corporate sustainability;
health, poverty and education in
sub-Saharan Africa
Family life impacts on health
Community-based participatory
research on health disparities
Sustainable neighborhood home
food environments
Health food production top
combat obesity
Social marketing of water and
sanitation products in Africa
Pesticides, toxics and children’s
health
International water supply;
sanitation and health
Ecosystem research, toxicology
and risk assessment
Disease, security and
preparedness
Sustainable energy; sustainable
living
Extreme impacts of climate
change; environmental links to
breast cancer
Chemical exposure
Urban health; systems thinking
Northcross
Amanda
Environmental and
Occupational Health;
Global Health
Environmental and
Occupational Health;
Epidemiology and
Biostatistics
Health Policy;
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Prevention and
Community Health
Perry
Melissa
Phoenix
Janet
Price
Lance
Price
Olga Acosta
Robien
Kim
Roess
Amira
Schwartz
Arnold
Vigilance
Pierre
Young
Heather
Zota
Ami
School of Business
Last Name
Askari
Elliott
First Name
Hossein
Sheryl Marie
Department
International Business
Marketing
El Tarabishy
Ayman
Management
Forrer
John
Friedland
Julian
Strategic Management
and Public Policy
Strategic Management
and Public Policy
Hawkins
Donald
Epidemiology and
Biostatistics; Exercise
Science
Global Health
Environmental and
Occupational Health;
Pathology in the School of
Medicine and Health
Sciences
Global Health
Epidemiology and
Biostatistics
Environmental and
Occupational Health
Tourism & Hospitality
5
for health
Global health research on air
pollution
Health effects of agricultural
work; pesticide exposure
Environmental asthma triggers;
lead poisoning
Antibiotic resistance and livestock
Strategies for sustaining
behavioral health prevention and
promotion
Sustainable food systems
Environmental and public health
aspects of food production
Toxic inhalants; drinking water
Healthy food access; sustainable
neighborhoods
Pesticides and cancer
Endocrine disruption
Research Topic
Energy economics
Environmental management
systems; sustainable tourism
Entrepreneurship and
sustainability
Corporate responsibility and
green supply chain
Sustainability
Ecotourism; environmental
Management
Helm
Anna
International Business
Lamoureux
Kristin
Levy
Stuart
Tourism & Hospitality
Management
Marketing
Luna-Kelser
Juan
Kim
Eun-Hee
Patnaik
Sanjay
Radin
Tara
Rivera
Jorge
Weiner
Robert
Tourism & Hospitality
Management
Strategic Management
and Public Policy
Strategic Management
and Public Policy
Strategic Management
and Public Policy
Strategic Management
and Public Policy
International Business
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Last Name
First Name
Department
LeBlanc
Saniya
Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
Deason
Jonathan
Engineering Management
and Systems Engineering
Farhadi
Leila
Francis
Royce
Hsu
Stephen
LeBlanc
Saniya
Leftwich
Megan
Li
Zhenyu
Manzari
Majid
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Engineering Management
and Systems Engineering
Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
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management; biodiversity
conservation
Consumer perceptions of green
products; sustainability and
marketing strategy
Ecotourism; Global Sustainable
Tourism Alliance
Sustainability and corporate
responsibility
Ecotourism
Energy and sustainability; green
technology and innovation
Environmental regulation and
policy
Corporate decision-making and
sustainability
Corporate environmental
management; environmental
policy; voluntary green
certification; ecotourism
Energy economics
Research Topic
Improved energy conservation
Renewable energy;
environmental sustainability;
water resources; air quality;
waste management wetlands
protection; endangered species
Water resources monitoring and
climate change
Strategic urban ecologies;
engineering and decisionmaking
Wind and solar energy
Improved energy conservation
Wind farm design
Environmental monitoring
Sustainable design for
earthquake engineering
Monteleoni
Plesniak
Claire
Michaele
Computer Science
Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Engineering Management
and Systems Engineering
Engineering Management
and Systems Engineering
Engineering Management
and Systems Engineering
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Climate change informatics
Environmentally benign
consumer aerosol sprays
Sustainable water and
wastewater treatment
Sustainable building design
Riffat
Rumana
Roddis
Kim
Santos
Joost Reues
Shaw
Shittu
Gregory
Leonard
Ekundayo
Shuai
Danmeng
van Dorp
René
Engineering Management
and Systems Engineering
Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering
Uncertainty analysis; maritime
transportation
Smart materials, systems and
control architectures for energy
harvesting
Wickenheiser
Adam
School of Law
Last Name
Attanasio
Braman
Charnovitz
Glicksman
First Name
Donna
Donald
Steve
Robert
Department
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Murphy
Paddock
Sean
LeRoy
N/A
N/A
Pierce
Schoenbaum
Shelton
Richard
Thomas
Dinah
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turley
Jonathan
N/A
Research Topic
Energy law, electricity regulation
Global warming
Trade and environment
Environmental regulation,
governance, and enforcement;
natural resources
Environmental treaty law
Environmental enforcement,
governance, and justice; public
participation; energy
Energy
International environmental law
International human rights;
international environmental law
Environmental law,
environmental crime
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Last Name
First Name
Department
El-Bayoumi
Jehan (Gigi)
Medicine
7
Extreme event preparedness
Crisis, disaster and risk
management
Climate change, energy and
economic decision-making
Water treatment, environmental
chemistry, water sustainability
issues
Research Topic
Sustainability and health
Schwartz
Arnold
College of Professional Studies
Last Name
First Name
Ashkar
Adele
Carruthers
John
Pathology; Environmental
and Occupational Health
in the Milken Institute
School of Public Health
Department
N/A
N/A
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disparities
Toxic inhalants; drinking water
Research Topic
Sustainable landscape design
Environmental valuation;
sustainable urban planning