Steering Committee, 2024-2027
The Steering Committee is the primary advisory group for the George Perkins Marsh Institute, providing broad strategic guidance for all Institute activities. Members represent a broad range of Departments within Clark University.
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Denise Humphreys Bebbington
Research Associate Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice
Denise Humphreys Bebbington is Research Associate Professor in the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice (formerly IDCE) at Clark University in Massachusetts, USA. She is Co-director of the Center for the Study of Natural Resources Extraction and Society at Clark […]
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Timothy Downs
Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice
Tim Downs is a specialist in environmental science and engineering with over 30 years field experience designing and managing collaborative projects in the UK, the United States, Latin America and Africa. His research focus is on how humans change the […]
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Lyndon Estes
Associate Professor, Geography
I am an environmental scientist who investigates the drivers and impacts of agricultural change, with a particular focus on Africa. I conduct my research using new Earth Observation technologies and a range of modeling techniques, and work within inter-disciplinary projects […]
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Ellen Foley
Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice
Ellen Foley is a medical anthropologist whose research addresses the social production of disease with a focus on how intertwined global, national, and local social forces shape vulnerability to disease, health status, and access to medical care, particularly in sub-Saharan […]
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Karen Frey
Professor, Geography
Dr. Karen Frey is a professor of earth system science in the Graduate School of Geography. Her research interests involve the combined use of field measurements, satellite remote sensing, and geospatial analytics to study large-scale linkages between land, atmosphere, ocean, […]
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Robert Goble
Part-time Instructor, Sustainability and Social Justice
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Deborah Martin
Professor, Geography
I am an urban geographer with interests in the meanings and understandings of place, local politics, legal geography, qualitative methodologies, and social movements (particularly neighborhood activism). My research focuses on the United States, including past research in the Twin Cities […]
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Jim Murphy’s research elucidates the structures, agencies, relationalities, and spatialities shaping contemporary economic geographies and examines the prospects for more just, sustainable, and resilient forms of development in the Global South (esp. Africa). This work draws on concepts, theories, and […]
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Laurie Ross
Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice
Director, Sustainability and Social Justice
Laurie Ross brings expertise in developing and supporting long-term community-university partnerships that address the social determinants of youth violence. The intractability of youth violence requires horizontal knowledge and strategy production (i.e. responses that are co-created by individuals and communities affected […]
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Rinku Roy Chowdhury
Professor, Geography
Rinku Roy Chowdhury completed her bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Environmental Science at Wellesley College, a master's degree in Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development at the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. in Geography at Clark University. Before returning […]
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Christopher Williams
Professor, Geography
Dr. Williams is a professor of earth system science within Clark’s School of Geography and is director of the environmental sciences program at Clark. His expertise is in terrestrial ecosystems, global environmental change, and climate change. He and his team […]
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