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history/culture

Below is a list of faculty, staff and students who are working or have an interest in this area followed by any related news items or upcoming events.

People

Faculty | Staff | Students

Faculty

Samer Alatout
snalatout@wisc.edu
Interests: Community and Environmental Sociology, developing countries, environmental history, environmental justice, environmental politics, more »

Michael Bell
michaelbell@wisc.edu
Interests: agriculture, community, Community and Environmental Sociology, complex systems, environmental justice, more »

Claudia Card
cfcard@wisc.edu
Interests: environmental ethics, environmental justice, history/culture

Jane Collins
jcollins@ssc.wisc.edu
Interests: Community and Environmental Sociology, history/culture, labor, qualitative methods, sustainable development

William Cronon
wcronon@wisc.edu
Interests: agriculture, conservation, energy, environmental history, environmental writing, more »

Richard Keller
rckeller@wisc.edu
Interests: environmental health, environmental justice, global health, health, History of Science, more »

Lynn Keller
rlkeller@wisc.edu
Interests: conservation, environmental justice, environmental literature, forest management, gardening, more »

Daniel Kleinman
dlkleinman@wisc.edu
Interests: agriculture, Community and Environmental Sociology, culture, history, history/culture, more »

Nancy Langston
nelangst@wisc.edu
Interests: climate change, environmental health, environmental history, health, history/culture

Gregg Mitman
gmitman@med.wisc.edu
Interests: animal studies, community engagement, cultural history, development, disease ecology, more »

Larry Nesper
lnesper@wisc.edu
Interests: great lakes, history/culture

Sissel Schroeder
sschroeder2@wisc.edu
Interests: ancient material culture, ancient subsistence economies, archaeology, archaeology of warfare, ecology, more »

David Williamson Shaffer
dws@education.wisc.edu
Interests: climate, education, engineering, global climate change, health, more »

John Stier
jstier@wisc.edu
Interests: biodiversity, history/culture, land use, water

Yongming Zhou
yongmingzhou@wisc.edu
Interests: biodiversity, environmental justice, history/culture, human dimensions, public policy, more »

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Staff

Andrew Case
ancase@wisc.edu
Interests: cultural history, environmental health, environmental history, food, health, more »

Richard Shaten
rjshaten@wisc.edu
Interests: climate, energy, energy debate moderator, energy economics, energy resource analyst, more »

Alberto Vargas
avargasp@wisc.edu
Interests: alumnus/alumna, business and society, climate change adaptation, collaboration, collective action, more »

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Students

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