Virginia Matzek

Associate Professor, Department Chair

Virginia is a restoration ecologist whose work links ecological restoration to ecosystem services that benefit humans. She is also interested in how land managers and policymakers use science and public opinion to set priorities for restoration.

Caitlin Lollis

Department Manager

Christopher Bacon

Associate Professor

Chris is both a political ecologist and an agroecologist. His research focuses on agriculture, food systems change, and ecology. How does agri-environmental governance link to sustainable livelihoods, seasonal hunger, diversified farming, environmental and food justice in the Americas?

John S. Farnsworth

Senior Lecturer Emeritus

John specializes in environmental writing and literature, especially in terms of literary natural history and Anglo/American nature writing. His current research focuses on long-term ecological projects, especially in terms of how these projects engage community.

C.J. Gabbe

Assistant Professor

C.J. is an urban planner. His research focuses on the connections between land use regulations, housing affordability, and climate change mitigation.

Leslie Gray

Professor

Leslie's research and teaching examine global environments, development and population change. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Tanzania and Sudan examining issues of agrarian change, land use patterns, and gendered access to resources. Her local work in Santa Clara County examines the socio-environmental nature of urban agriculture.

Ted Grudin

Lecturer

Ted's research involves environmental history, science & technology studies, philosophy, and religious studies. He focuses on how cosmologies of nature have been conceived and reproduced in American society.

Stephanie Hughes

Senior Lecturer

I am a registered Chemical Engineer with more than 20 years of broad technical experience in air and water quality, including pollutant source characterization, chemical fate and transport, water and wastewater treatment, and regulatory permit compliance.

Lisa Kealhofer

Professor

Lisa's research in environmental anthropology addresses issues related to ancient landscapes, political economy, and land use. Her research areas include Turkey, and the ancient regions of Sunda and Sahul. Lisa holds a joint appointment in the Department of Anthropology.

Michelle Marvier

Professor

Michelle is a conservation scientist. Her research examines ecosystem recovery following major perturbation and the environmental pros and cons of genetically modified crops.

Hari Mix

Assistant Professor

Hari is a stable isotope geochemist. He studies the interactions between different components of the Earth system, from plate tectonics to the climate and biosphere.

Daria Siciliano

Academic Year Adjunct Lecturer

Daria is a marine ecologist with research expertise in tropical coastal conservation. Her research explores how climate variability and historical changes in nutrient runoff affect coral reef ecosystems.

Iris Stewart-Frey

Associate Professor

Iris is a hydrogeologist with expertise in hydroclimatology and GIS. Her research explores the effects of climate variability and change on water flow and water quality in the mountain streams of California, the West, and beyond.