Institute of Environmental Sciences
at Miami University
People
Core Staff
Dr. Doug Meikle is Co-director of IES. Dr. Meikle is the chair, and a professor in, the Department of Zoology. His research interests include behavioral ecology and conservation biology.
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Dr. Bill Renwick is Co-director of IES. Dr. Renwick is the chair, and a professor in, the Department of Geography. His research interests include geomorphology, water resources, and environmental management.
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Dr. Sandra Woy-Hazleton has been the Deputy Director for Academic Affairs at IES since 1982 and is an adjunct Associate Professor in Political Science. Dr. Woy-Hazleton teaches several courses and is responsible for many administrative activities, notably the academic advising of all students.
Dr. Donna McCollum is Environmental Monitoring Coordinator and has been with the IES since 2007. Dr. McCollum is responsible for many of the natural science service-learning initiatives of the IES (e.g. Butler County Stream Team).
Dr. Andrew Miller is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography and Departmental Science.
Ms. Christine Ingham is the Assistant Administrator and has been with the IES program since 1984. She supervises the finances, purchasing, and logistics of the IES (travel, announcements, publicity, etc.).
Ms. Denise Withrow is the Program Associate. She is the first responder to all questions in the office and maintains the database and contacts of alumni and friends. She is the central figure in the functioning of the office.
There are no faculty appointments in IES. However, there are 2 additional persons who, because of their teaching and research positions, are de-facto members of the IES:
Dr. Dolph Greenberg teaches an introductory core course for IES masters students (IES 431/531), and is the principal liaison in the IES relationship with the Miami Indian Nation. He is the director of the Center for the Protection of Traditional Cultural Landscapes and is the principal architect of several special projects with IES students and staff. Dr. Greenberg has been with the university for 34 years.
Ms. Monica Rakovan is the Twin Creek Watershed 
Coordinator, a full-time position at IES supported by a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. She was the Deputy Director for Research at IES from 2005-2007 and remains a valuable resource for watershed studies. Several IES students collaborate with her on projects related to the Twin Creek watershed.
Faculty Affiliates
- Almquist, Catherine — Paper & Chemical Engineering
- Interests: methanol oxidation
- Armitage, Kevin — Western Program
- Interests: environmental history and the Progressive Era
- Bailer, John — Department of Statistics
- Interests: biostatistics, experimental design and analysis, quantitative risk assessment
- Boardman, Mark R. — Department of Geology
- Interests: oceanography, marine ecology, climage change, coral reefs, environmental geochemistry
- Brown, Clyde — Department of Political Science
- Interests: politics of organized interests, applied/citizen/practical politics, youth politics
- Crist, Thomas — Department of Zoology
- Interests: terrestrial ecology, biodiversity, insect ecology, conservation biology
- Cummins, Hays — Department of Geography
- Interests: reconstruction of past ecological communities in marine systems, ecological change, meteorology, astronomy
- Dong, Hailang — Department of Geology
- Interests: mineral-microbe interactions, life in extreme environments, environmental bioremediation
- González, María J. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: aquatic ecology, community ecology, predator-prey interactions, zooplankton
- Gorchov, David L. — Department of Botany
- Interests: plant population ecology, population biology of harvested plants, invasive plants
- Green, Jerry — Department of Geography
- Interests: land-use analysis, historical geography
- Hagerman, Ann — Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Interests: plant tannins and effects of human consumption
- Hardesty, William — Department of English
- Interests: alternate histories, space opera
- Huerta, Alfredo — Department of Botany
- Interests: environmental physiology and stress metabolism
- Johnston, Scott A. — Department of Architecture & Interior Design
- Interests: sustainable design, solar design, energy conservation, building systems
- Keiffer, Carolyn — Department of Botany
- Interests: ecological restoration, invasive plants, phytoremediation, bioremediation
- Levy, Jonathan — Department of Geology
- Interests: ground water flow and contamination, pesticide fate and transport
- Maingi, John — Department of Geography
- Interests: forest wildfires, forest regeneration, global change
- Medley, Kimberly E. — Department of Geography
- Interests: biogeography, plant ecology, landscape ecology, conservation
- Ornelas, Roxanne — Department of Geography
- Interests: geographies of indigenous peoples, sacred lands and human rights
- Paulson, Susan — Department of Anthropology
- Interests: political ecology, social/cultural anthropology, gender
- Rubenstein, James — Department of Geography
- Interests: human geography, auto industry
- Russo, Philip — Department of Political Science
- Interests: local government, fiscal policy, strategic analysis
- Rypstra, Ann L. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: behavioral ecology, community ecology, predator-prey interactions, spiders
- Schaefer, Robert — Department of Statistics
- Interests: experimental design, biostatistics, data analysis
- Shaffer, Marguerite — American Studies Program
- Interests: U.S. cultural history, conceptions of nature and the construction of public culture
- Smith-Huerta, Nancy — Department of Botany
- Interests: ecology and floral biology of annual wildflowers
- Stevens, Charles — International Studies Program
- Interests: cultural anthropology in the Pacific Islands and local agricultural sustainability
- Stevens, M. Henry — Department of Botany
- Interests: ecology and evolution of community dynamics and diversity, statistical methods
- Vanni, Michael J. — Department of Zoology
- Interests: ecosystem and community ecology, food webs, aquatic ecology, watersheds
- Widom, Elisabeth — Department of Geology
- Interests: application of trace elements and isotope systems
- Zhang, Jing — Department of Statistics
- Interests: statistical modeling for environmental and biological sciences