The Institute for Environment and Society supports research to understand the interactions between natural, human and social systems. Our teaching programs prepare future leaders to envision and build a just and sustainable world. Our engagement programs take research from the lab to the statehouse, the hospital and the public sphere.

Undergraduate and graduate students can study conservation science and policy, water and food security, environmental health, climate science and meteorology, biogeography and evolution, and more. Research is conducted in laboratories, on supercomputers and at field sites around the world.

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Faculty Administrative Positions

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Cobb, KimDirector of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

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King, DawnDeputy Dean of Environment and Society

Faculty Positions

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Acton, Leslie DLecturer in Environment and Society

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Baker, Rachel ElizabethAssistant Professor of Epidemiology and Environment and Society

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Cobb, KimProfessor of Environment and Society and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

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Demuth, Bathsheba RDean’s Associate Professor of History and Environment and Society

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Fairbanks, LukeAssistant Professor of Environment and Society (Research)

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Frickel, Scott AProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology

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Hastings, Meredith KGeorge Ide Chase Professor of Physical Sciences

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Herbert, Timothy DProfessor of Environment and Society

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Ibarra, Daniel EnriqueAssistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences and Environment and Society

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Just, Allan CarpenterAssociate Professor of Environment and Society

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Karp, Caroline ASenior Lecturer Emerita in Environment and Society

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Kartzinel, Tyler RAssociate Professor

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Kellner, James R.Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology and Environment and Society

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King, DawnSenior Lecturer in Environment and Society

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Lander, Brian GAssociate Professor of History and Environment and Society

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Lennon, MylesDean's Assistant Professor of Environment and Society and Anthropology

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Lummis, SarahResearch Associate in Environment and Society

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Lynch, AmandaSloan And George Lindeman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies, Professor of Environment and Society and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

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Majumdar, AparajitaAssistant Professor of History and Environment and Society

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Mustard, John FProfessor of Environment and Society

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Porder, StephenProfessor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology and Environment and Society

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Roberts, J TimmonsIttleson Professor of Environmental Studies, Professor of Environment and Society and Sociology

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Rudman, AlexieResearch Associate in Environment and Society

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Sax, Dov FProfessor of Environment and Society

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Schneider, MindiLecturer in Environment and Society

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Smith, Laurence C.John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environmental Studies

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Teichert, KurtSenior Lecturer in Environment and Society

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Tracy, Mark AtwoodAssistant Professor of the Practice of Environment and Society

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VanWey, Leah KProfessor of Environment and Society and Sociology

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Ward, Harold RProfessor Emeritus of Environment and Society

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Wetts, RachelAcacia Assistant Professor of Environment and Society and Sociology