Professorships, Chairs, and Faculty Fellows

The Nelson Institute is fortunate to have a number of professorships, chairs, and faculty fellowships that have been established via generous philanthropic gifts.

Paul Block giving a classroom lecture in front of a screen showing a PowerPoint presentation

Paul Block

Reid A. Bryson Distinguished Professor of Climate, People and Environment

Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Will Brockliss

Bradshaw Knight Professor of the Environmental Humanities

Associate Professor, Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies

Director, Center for Culture, History and Environment

Andrea Hicks

Hanson Family Fellow in Sustainability

Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Director of Sustainability Education and Research, Office of Sustainability

Tracey Holloway

Inaugural Jeff Rudd and Jeanne Bissell Professor of Energy Analysis and Policy

Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Program Chair, Energy Analysis and Policy Program

Jonathan Patz

John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment

Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and School of Medicine and Public Health

Paul Robbins

Nelson-Hanson Chair in Environmental Studies

Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Geography

Dean, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Ken Genskow

Ken Potter Professor of Water Resources

Professor, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture

Program Chair, Water Resources Management Program

Monica White

Gaylord Nelson Distinguished Chair in Integrated Environmental Studies

Associate Professor of Environmental Justice, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and Department of Community and Environmental Sociology

Inaugural Director, Nelson Institute Office of Environmental Justice