Faculty & Staff

Professor of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, Environmental Studies Program
Professor of Biology
Specialties:
- Battlefield Ecology
- Landscape Fragmentation and Connectivity
- Park Management
- Conservation
- Forest Community Ecology
(804) 289-8265

Rob Andrejewski
He/Him
Director of Sustainability
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Nonprofit Studies
Contact: (804) 287-1268

Ms. Emily Boone
She/Her
Senior Teaching Faculty of Biology
Specialties:
- Marine ecology
- Physiological ecology
- Environmental studies
(804) 287-6831

Associate Professor of Economics
Specialties:
- Environmental Economics
- Non-Market Valuation
(804) 287-1815

Associate Dean, Professional Education & Special Programs
Associate Professor, Geology
Member, SPCS Speakers Bureau
Specialties:
- Climate Change
- Earthquakes & Natural Disasters
- Volcanoes
- Geology
(804) 289-8382

Professor of English
Tucker-Boatwright Professor of Humanities
Specialties:
- Modernism
- Twentieth-century British and Irish literature and culture
- History of the novel
(804) 287-1806

Ms. Nancy Propst, CAP, PACE
She/Her

Associate Professor of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability, Geography Advisor
Chair, Department of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability
Environmental Studies Advisor
Global Studies Concentration Advisor, Development and Change
Specialties:
- Human environment interface
- Amazonia
- Political ecology
- Cartography
- Conservation and development
(804) 289-8661

Professor of Art
Specialties:
- Painting
- Drawing
- Land and Environmental Art
(804) 289-8273

Associate Professor of Biology
Chair, Department of Biology
Specialties:
- Ecology
- Science Policy
- Conservation Biology
- Environmental Studies
(804) 289-8803

Dr. Stephanie Spera
She/Her
Assistant Professor of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability
Data Science Advisory Board Member
Specialties:
- Coupled Natural-Human Environment Systems
- Terrestrial Remote Sensing
- Land-Change Science
- Regional Climate Change Modelling
- GIS
- Spatial Statistics

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Specialties:
- Analytical Chemistry
- Environmental Chemistry
(804) 289-8635

Associate Professor of Biology
Specialties:
- Evolutionary ecology
- Local adaptation and speciation
- Plant population biology and genetics
- Evolutionary genetics of invasive species
(804) 289-8712
Emeriti Faculty

Stephanie Bennett-Smith Chair of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Emerita
Specialties:
- 20th Century French & German Philosophy
- Queer Theory
- Political Theory
(804) 289-8423