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Associated Faculty

Francis Barchi, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences; B.A., Smith; M.S., M.B.E., Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Teaching and research interests include international research ethics; bioethics and HIV/AIDS; cross-cultural challenges in the clinical setting; women's status and health outcomes; and gender-based violence in women's health.

Neal R. Boyd, B.A., Carson-Newman; M.S., Ed.D., Tennessee; M.S.P.H., Alabama
Teaching and research interests include tobacco control; cancer prevention and control; and computer-generated tailored print communications.

Caron Chess, Associate Professor, Department of Human Ecology; Director, Center for Environmental Communication, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; B.A., New York; M.S., Michigan; Ph.D., New York
Teaching and research interests are public participation; deliberation; and communication concerning environmental issues.

Frank Fischer, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration (Rutgers-Newark); Ph.D., New York
Teaching and research interests include science; technology; and environmental policy.

Robert Kopp, Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; S.B., Chicago; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Teaching and research interests include past states of the Earth system and modeling future global change; and assessments of the effects of policy on energy, economic, and climate systems.

Karen O'Neill, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director, Department of Human Ecology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; B.A., San Francisco; M.A., Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Teaching and research interests include environmental policy; U.S. history; political sociology; comparative and historical sociology; environmental justice; and environmental sociology.

Edward Ramsamy, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, School of Arts and Sciences; B.A. Hons, UDW (South Africa); M.C.R.P., Ph.D., Rutgers
Teaching and research interests include social theory and urban planning; international development planning; race, culture, and identity; urban political economy; and regional planning in Southern Africa.

Thomas Rudel, Distinguished Professor, Department of Human Ecology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; B.A., Princeton; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale
Teaching and research interests include land-use change; tropical deforestation in the Ecuadorian Amazon; and suburban sprawl.

Rachael Shwom, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences; B.A., Syracuse; M.E.M., Duke; Ph.D., Michigan State
Teaching and research interests include energy efficiency policy; reducing greenhouse gas emissions; formation of public opinions on climate change; and media's coverage of climate change.

Olivia Wackowski, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences; B.A., Rutgers; M.P.H., Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Teaching and research interests include tobacco control; risk perception and health communication; and media studies.