Atal Ahmadzai
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies
Do you have an unwavering passion for working to make the planet a healthier place?
You’ll be in good company at Colby.
About Environmental Studies
Our students and professors are active locally, nationally, and internationally helping to address the world’s environmental challenges. Through extensive project-based learning and field-research opportunities—beginning in the first-year introductory course—students gain an understanding of climate change, biodiversity loss, natural-resource use, and the relationships between humans and nature.
Colby’s Environmental Studies (ES) Department is one of the oldest and best in the country. The department, the faculty, and students have achieved national recognition, and our introductory and senior-level courses are national models. We offer interdisciplinary majors in environmental policy, environmental science, and environmental computation, as well as a minor in environmental studies that can be elected by majors in any discipline.
Faculty and Staff
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Alison Bates
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Justin Becknell
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies; Chair of Environmental Studies
Denise Bruesewitz
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies; Interdisciplinary Studies Division Chair; Associate Chair of Environmental Studies
Gail Carlson
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Cait Cleaver
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Lindsey Cotter
Environmental Studies Coordinator
David Ernst
Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies
Amanda Gallinat
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Philip Nyhus
Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Professor of Environmental Studies
Alejandra Ortiz
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Abby Pearson
Environmental Studies Senior Lab Instructor
Nichole Price
Professor of Environmental Studies
Events
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Newsletter
During the academic year the ES Department distributes a weekly electronic newsletter listing upcoming events, speakers, internship and job opportunities, along with items of interest to ES majors, faculty, staff, and interested community members.
To sign up for the newsletter simply put “Subscribe ES newsletter” in your subject and email Lindsey Cotter-Hayes.