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Permanent Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Emeriti Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

Deans

Sarah Anderson

Sarah Anderson

Interim Dean

sanderson@bren.ucsb.edu

Bruce Kendall

Bruce Kendall

Professor; Associate Dean

kendall@bren.ucsb.edu

Dr. Leticia Porter

Leticia Porter

Assistant Dean

porterl@ucsb.edu

Permanent Faculty

Mark Buntaine

Mark Buntaine

Professor

buntaine@bren.ucsb.edu

Kelly Caylor

Kelly Caylor

Professor; Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

caylor@ucsb.edu

Jayajit Chakraborty

Jayajit Chakraborty

Professor & Mellichamp Chair in Racial Environmental Justice

jchakraborty@bren.ucsb.edu

Christopher Costello

Christopher Costello

Distinguished Professor; emLab Director

costello@bren.ucsb.edu

Max Czapanskiy

Assistant Teaching Professor, Marine Data Science

maxczap@ucsb.edu

Ranjit Deshmukh

Ranjit Deshmukh

Associate Professor

rdeshmukh@ucsb.edu

Joan Dudney, Assistant Professor.

Joan Dudney

Assistant Professor

dudney@bren.ucsb.edu

Carmen Galaz Garcia

Carmen Galaz García

Assistant Teaching Professor

galazgarcia@bren.ucsb.edu

Roland Geyer

Roland Geyer

Professor

geyer@bren.ucsb.edu

Ben Halpern

Ben Halpern

Professor; NCEAS Director

halpern@bren.ucsb.edu

Robert Heilmayr

Robert Heilmayr

Associate Professor

rheilmayr@bren.ucsb.edu

Patricia Holden 2024

Patricia Holden

Professor

holden@bren.ucsb.edu

Scott Jasechko

Scott Jasechko

Professor

jasechko@bren.ucsb.edu

Arturo Keller

Arturo Keller

Distinguished Professor

keller@bren.ucsb.edu

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Ashley Larsen

Associate Professor

larsen@bren.ucsb.edu

Hunter Lenihan

Hunter Lenihan

Professor

lenihan@bren.ucsb.edu

Andy MacDonald

Andrew MacDonald

Assistant Professor

macdonald@bren.ucsb.edu

Eric Masanet

Eric Masanet

Professor and Mellichamp Chair in Sustainability Science for Emerging Technologies

emasanet@ucsb.edu

Kyle Meng

Kyle Meng

Associate Professor

kmeng@bren.ucsb.edu

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Ruth Oliver

Assistant Professor

rutholiver@bren.ucsb.edu

Alexandra Phillips

Alexandra Phillips

Assistant Teaching Professor

alexandra_phillips@ucsb.edu

Andrew Plantinga

Andrew Plantinga

Professor

plantinga@bren.ucsb.edu

Matt Potoski

Matt Potoski

Professor

mpotoski@bren.ucsb.edu

James Salzman

James Salzman

Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law

salzman@bren.ucsb.edu

Samantha Stevenson

Samantha Stevenson-Karl

Associate Professor

stevenson@bren.ucsb.edu

Christina Naomi Tague

Christina Tague

Professor

ctague@bren.ucsb.edu

David Tilman

David Tilman

Distinguished Professor

tilman@bren.ucsb.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Darcy Bradley, Adjunct Professor

Darcy Bradley

Adjunct Faculty

darcy.bradley@tnc.org

Lee Hannah

Lee Hannah

Adjunct Professor & Lecturer

lhannah@bren.ucsb.edu

Max Moritz

Max Moritz

Adjunct Professor

mmoritz@bren.ucsb.edu

Bob Wilkinson

Robert Wilkinson

Adjunct Professor

wilkinson@bren.ucsb.edu

Jono Wilson

Adjunct Professor

jonowilson@tnc.org

Durwood Zaelke

Durwood Zaelke

Adjunct Professor

zaelke@igsd.org

Emeriti Faculty

Frank Davis

Frank Davis

Distinguished Professor

fwd@bren.ucsb.edu

Thomas Dunne

Thomas Dunne

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

tdunne@bren.ucsb.edu

James Frew

James Frew

Professor Emeritus

frew@bren.ucsb.edu

Steve Gaines

Steve Gaines

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Bren School

gaines@bren.ucsb.edu

Charles Kolstad

Charles Kolstad

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

ckolstad@stanford.edu

Gary Libecap

Gary Libecap

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

glibecap@bren.ucsb.edu

John Melack

John Melack

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

melack@bren.ucsb.edu

Oran Young

Oran Young

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

young@bren.ucsb.edu

In Memoriam

Jeff Dozier

Jeff Dozier

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Affiliated Faculty

Peter Alagona

Peter Alagona

Affiliated Faculty

alagona@es.ucsb.edu

Olivier Deschenes

Olivier Deschenes

Affiliated Faculty

olivier.deschenes@ucsb.edu

Sally MacIntyre

Sally MacIntyre

Affiliated Faculty

sally@eri.ucsb.edu

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Paasha Mahdavi

Affiliated Faculty

paasha@ucsb.edu

Cesar B. Martinez-Alvarez

Affiliated Faculty

cbmartinez@ucsb.edu

Wendy Meiring

Wendy Meiring

Affiliated Faculty

meiring@pstat.ucsb.edu

Matto Mildenberger

Matto Mildenberger

Affiliated Faculty

mildenberger@polsci.ucsb.edu

Antony Millner

Antony Millner

Affiliated Faculty

millner@ucsb.edu

David Pellow

David Pellow

Affiliated Faculty

pellow@es.ucsb.edu

Debra Perrone, Associate Professor

Debra Perrone

Affiliated Faculty

perrone@ucsb.edu

Ronald Rice

Ronald Rice

Affiliated Faculty

rrice@comm.ucsb.edu

Dar Roberts

Dar Roberts

Affiliated Faculty

dar@geog.ucsb.edu

Rafael J.P. Schmitt

Rafael J.P. Schmitt

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

rschmitt@ucsb.edu

Leah Stokes

Leah Stokes

Affiliated Faculty

stokes@polsci.ucsb.edu

Grace Wu, Affiliated Professor

Grace Wu

Assistant Professor

gracecwu@ucsb.edu

Lecturers

Annie Adams

Lecturer

aradams@bren.ucsb.edu

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Julien Brun

Lecturer

Emily Cotter

Emily Cotter

Environmental Innovation Program Manager and Lecturer

ecotter@bren.ucsb.edu

Sage Davis

Director, R & D Engineering & Building Systems

sage@bren.ucsb.edu

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Christopher Free

Research Professor

Adam Garber

Lecturer

agarber@ucsb.edu

Maggie Hall

Deputy Chief Counsel at the Environmental Defense Center

mhall@environmentaldefensecenter.org

Heather Hodges

Heather Hodges

Postdoctoral Researcher

hehodges@ucsb.edu

Greg is Director of Research Data Services at the UCSB Library.

Greg Janée

Director, Research Data Services, UCSB Library

gjanee@ucsb.edu

Associate Researcher, Marine Science Institute, UCSB

Christopher Jerde

Lecturer

cjerde@ucsb.edu

Lisa Leombruni

Lisa Leombruni

Environmental Communication Program Director & Lecturer

lisa@bren.ucsb.edu

Frederick Long

Lecturer

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Mateo Robbins

Lecturer

mjrobbins@bren.ucsb.edu

Will Shafroth joined the Bren School as a lecturer in 2021 and is an alumnus of UCSB, 1980. Will serves as the president and CEO of the National Park Foundation since 2015.

Will Shafroth

Lecturer

Cora Snyder

Water Policy Lecturer

cora.snyder@bren.ucsb.edu

Caitlin Swalec (she/her) is an engineer and energy and climate researcher.

Caitlin Swalec

Lecturer