Director of ENS Program

Dr. Bob Sandmeyer
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Areas of Expertise:  Environmental Philosophy, Phenomenology
bob.sandmeyer@uky.edu

ENS Director of Undergraduate Studies

Dr. Nari Senanayake
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Areas of Expertise:  Political Ecology, Agrarian Livelihoods, Feminist Geographies, South Asian Studies
nari.senanayake@uky.edu 

ENS Staff

Laura Stone
Arts and Sciences Academic Adviser
lestone@uky.edu

Manny Williams Fuentes
Program Administrator
Department of Geography
ewilliams@uky.edu

ENS Program Faculty

Dr. Lauren Cagle
Associate Professor
Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Rhetoric, Climate Change, Communication, Disability Studies
lauren.cagle@uky.edu

Dr. Lisa Cliggett
Professor
Department of Anthropology
Areas of Expertise: Sub-saharan Africa, Migration, Political Ecology
lisa.cliggett@uky.edu

Dr. Alan Fryar
Professor
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Hydrogeology, Geochemistry
alan.fryar@uky.edu

Dr. Liang Liang
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Areas of Expertise: Climate Change, Plant Phenology, Climate Modeling
liang.liang@uky.edu

Dr. Tad Mutersbaugh
Professor
Department of Geography
Areas of Expertise: Sustainability Certifications, Coffee Commodities, Labor, Gender, Latin American, Marxism
tmute2@uky.edu

Dr. Bob Sandmeyer
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Philosophy
bob.sandmeyer@uky.edu

Dr. Jeffrey Seay
Professor
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Areas of Expertise: Conversion Technology, Sustainability
jeffrey.seay@uky.edu

Dr. Nari Senanayake
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Areas of Expertise: Health-Environment Geography, Political Ecology, Feminism, South Asian studies
nari.senanayake@uky.edu

Dr. Tony Stallins
Professor
Department of Geography
Areas of Expertise: Environmental and Human Sciences; Animal Studies; Geographic Thought 
ja.stallins@uky.edu

Shane Tedder
Sustainability Coordinator
UK Office of Sustainability
Areas of Expertise: Campus Sustainability
shane.tedder@uky.edu

ENS Affiliate Faculty

Dr. Alicia Barceinas Cruz
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Areas of Expertise: Political Ecology, Migration and Transnational Livelihoods, Environmental Justice
aliciabarceinas@uky.edu

Dr. Emily Bergeron
Associate Professor
Department of Historic Preservation
Areas of Expertise: Cultural Resource Protection, Environmental Justice, and Land Tenure Issues
emily.bergeron@uky.edu

Dr. Andrea Erhardt
Associate Professor
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Paleoceanography, Isotopes as environmental tracers, and Low Temperature and Environmental Geochemistry
andrea.erhardt@uky.edu

Dr. Crystal Felima
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology 
Areas of Expertise: Disasters and Crises, Black Ecologies, Emergency Management and Response, Mapping and GIS, International Development, Anthropology of the State, Black Feminist Theory, Narrative Research, and Embodiment and Exposure
crystal.felima@uky.edu

Dr. Ann Kingsolver
Professor
Department of Anthropology
Areas of Expertise: Appalachian Studies, Social Justice, Latin America
ann.kingsolver@uky.edu

Dr. Austin Lillywhite
Lecturer
Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Humanities, Postcolonial and Global Literature, Queer Ecology, Global Modernism, Caribbean and New World Studies
austin.lillywhite@uky.edu

Dr. Priscilla McCutcheon
Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Areas of Expertise: Alternative Food Movements, Sustainable Agriculture, Black Geographies, Race and Racism, Spirituality and Religion
priscilla.mccutcheon@uky.edu

Dr. Mike McGlue
Alumni Endowed Professor
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Sustainability and Environmental Change, Conservation, Water Resources, and Paleolimnology
michael.mcglue@uky.edu

Dr. Kathryn Newfont
Professor
Department of History
Areas of Expertise: Environmental History, Appalachian History
kathryn.newfont@uky.edu

Dr. Erik Reece
Professor
Department of English
Areas of Expertise: Environmental journalism, Creative Writing, Sustainability
erik.reece@uky.edu

Dr. Ted Schatzki
Professor
Departments of Philosophy and Geography
Areas of Expertise: Theory of Social Life, Philosophy of Social Science
schatzki@uky.edu

Dr. Doug Slaymaker
Professor
Department of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Areas of Expertise: Contemporary Japanese Literature, animal studies, disaster studies
douglas.slaymaker@uky.edu

Dr. Alice Turkington
Professor
Department of Geography
Areas of Expertise: Geomorphology, Climate Change, Physical Geography
alicet@uky.edu

Emeritus ENS Faculty

Dr. Jim Krupa
Professor
Department of Biology
Areas of Expertise: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Mammology
james.krupa@uky.edu

Dr. Ernest Yanarella
Professor Emeritus
Department of Political Science
Areas of Expertise: Appalachian Studies, Peace Studies, Political Science
College of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Inductee 2024
ejyana@uky.edu