School of Natural and Social Sciences:
Environmental Studies Faculty (Board of Study)

George Kraemer
Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
B.S., Florida Institute of Technology; M.S., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles. SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Marine and estuarine ecology; macrophyte physiology, aquaculture, ecology of nonnative species.
george.kraemer@purchase.edu
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Paul Steineck
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies
B.A., M.S., New York University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University. Geology; paleoceanography; paleobiology of deep sea ostracodes; environmental geology.
paul.steineck@purchase.edu

Ryan Taylor
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Mount Vernon Nazarene College; M.A., University of Illinois; Ph.D., Oregon State University. Wetland restoration and management standards; geomorphology assessment methods; water resource monitoring techniques; watershed management and wetland regulation.
ryan.taylor@purchase.edu

James Utter
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
B.S., State University of New York, Oneonta; Ph.D., Rutgers University. Avian ecology and behavior; plant ecology; wetlands ecology; conservation biology; ecosystem management.
james.utter@purchase.edu

David Yozzo
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies (part-time)
B.S., Purchase College; Ph.D., University of Virginia. Environmental impacts and restoration ecology.
david.yozzo@purchase.edu

Research Faculty

Peter Woodhead
Research Professor of Environmental Studies (part-time)
B.S., Ph.D., Durham University (England). Estuarine environmental biology, fish migration, fisheries oceanography, coral reef ecology.
peter.woodhead@purchase.edu

Cooperating Faculty

Karen Burstein: Political Science
Casey Haskins: Philosophy (School of Humanities)
Sanford Ikeda: Economics
Matthew Immergut: Sociology
Elise V. Lemire: Literature (School of Humanities)
Connie Lobur: Political Science
Maryann McEnroe: Biology
Joel Tenenbaum: Mathematics/Computer Science
Jennifer Uleman: Philosophy (School of Humanities)

Updated Aug. 19, 2008