Faculty & Staff

Department Contacts

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Faculty

LeeAnna Chapman

  • Assistant Professor of the Practice in Environmental Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Geoscience Education
  • Geology
  • Climate Science
  • GIS
  • Earth Systems

lechapman@davidson.edu

704-894-2059

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LeeAnna Chapman

Jennifer Garcia Peacock

  • Thomson Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
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Brad Johnson

  • Professor of Environmental Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Geomorphology and Soil Development
  • Human Impacts on Landscapes
  • Landslides
  • Suburban Streams
  • Landscape evolution
Brad Johnson

Fuji Lozada

  • Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty | Professor of Anthropology

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • China/East Asia
  • Food Studies
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Environmental Policy
  • Digital Media
Fuji Lozada

Risper Nyairo

  • Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Ecological Niche Modeling
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Geographic Information Systems
Risper Nyairo

Chris Paradise

  • Chair of Environmental Studies, Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Community Ecology
  • Insect Biology
  • Effects of Urbanization on Insects
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Kevin Smith

  • Chair & Herman Brown Professor of Biology

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Conservation Biology
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecology
  • Data Analysis
  • Inclusive Pedagogy
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Willa Swenson-Lengyel

  • Holmes Rolston III Chair in Religion and Science | Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Religion and the Environment
  • Environmental Ethics
  • Religious Ethics
  • Theology
  • Moral Psychology

wiswensonlengyel@davidson.edu

704-894-4376

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Willa Swenson-Lengyel

Jessica Worl

  • Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Science, Technology, and Society Studies
  • Political Ecology
  • Informal Economies and Labor with a focus on the extractive industries
  • Discards, Waste, and Pollution
  • Toxic Risk and Risk Governance

jeworl@davidson.edu

704-894-3205

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Staff

Cathy Derby

  • Departmental Coordinator

caderby@davidson.edu

704-894-3445

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Cathy Derby

Jessica Spillman

  • Laboratory Manager

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Water Quality

jespillman@davidson.edu

704-894-3096

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