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Faculty Directory

Hamilton's faculty members are active and accomplished scholars and dedicated teachers. In the classroom, the lab, the studio and beyond, professors are engaged in the intellectual and cultural lives of their students.

This directory includes an alphabetical listing of current Hamilton faculty members and information about their areas of expertise and teaching experience. You can also search by name or area of study below.

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  • Aaron Strong

    Director, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4863
    Email:
    astrong@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    climate change, carbon accounting, climate resilience, renewable energy, and coastal and marine systems

  • Brianna Burke

    Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4128
    Email:
    brburke@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Native and Indigenous Studies, Environmental Justice, Climate Change studies, Animal Studies, and Environmental Humanities

  • Kwabena Edusei

    Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4355
    Email:
    kedusei@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Environmental philosophy (esp. environmental justice & Indigenous environmental philosophy), decolonial philosophy, soundscape studies, hermeneutics, and philosophy of race

  • Nathan Goodale

    Professor of Anthropology, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Co-Director of Geoarchaeology
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4389
    Email:
    ngoodale@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    complex hunter-gatherers in the interior Pacific Northwest; the forager/farmer transition in Southwest Asia; rural coastal adaptations in western Ireland

  • Heather Kropp

    Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4786
    Email:
    hkropp@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    environmental data science, ecohydrology, ecology, and geospatial analysis

  • Onno Oerlemans

    Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of Literature
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4378
    Email:
    ooerlema@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Romantic period literature; animals in literature; animal rights; nature writing – literature and environmentalism; cultural and political history of the Adirondack Park

  • Jason Townsend

    Assistant Professor of Instruction in Biology
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4740
    Email:
    jtownsen@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    conservation biology, agroecology, ornithology, Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds, and ecotoxicology

  • Elissa Johnson

    Lecturer in Environmental Studies
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4979
    Email:
    ejohnso1@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Intersection of social systems of power, cultural foodways, environmental shifts

  • Alma Lowry

    Lecturer in Environmental Studies
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    Contact
    Phone:
    Email:
    alowry@hamilton.edu

  • Alicia Luhrssen-Zombek

    Lecturer in Environmental Studies
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-3289
    Email:
    aluhrsse@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    food system, regenerative agriculture, soil health science, plant nutrition, climate-smart farming, reclamation agriculture for underserved communities, community engagement, food business, entrepreneurship, food safety

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