Cross-appointed faculty

Derek Armitage
Director of Environmental Change and Governance Group & Associate Faculty at Balsillie School of International Affairs

Location: EV2 2013
derek.armitage@uwaterloo.ca

Faculty Interests: Community-based resource management, conservation and development, political ecology, Canada's North and Indonesia.

Jennifer Baltzer
Associate Professor, Biology; Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change; Cross appointed with the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

Location: N3022D
jbaltzer@wlu.ca

Faculty Interests: Studies in my lab seek to understand the mechanistic bases of plant species distributions along environmental gradients. By understanding the morphological and physiological mechanisms by which plants respond to environmental change, we can better predict responses of these same species to future conditions. We focus on forest ecosystems including tropical, temperate and boreal forests as well as low arctic tundra.

Rob de Loë
Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability; Cross appointed with Geography and Environmental Management

Location: EV2 2029
rdeloe@uwaterloo.ca

Faculty Interests: Water governance and water policy: water security, water allocation, drinking water source protection, and adaptation to climate change.

Link to personal website.

Alex Latta

​Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies; Cross appointed with the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

Location: DAWB 5-120
alatta@wlu.ca

Faculty Interests: Field of political ecology, with particular interests related to ecological citizenship and environmental justice, indigenous rights and natural resources, sustainable local economies, and environmental policy.

Robert Feick
Associate Professor, School of Planning; Cross appointed with Geography and Environmental Management

Location: EV3 3237
rdfeick@uwaterloo.ca

Faculty Interests: GIS, multi-criteria evaluation methods for land management, spatial decision support systems, public facility systems.

Brenda Murphy
Professor, Society, Culture and Environment; Graduate Faculty Member, Social Justice and Community Engagement; Cross appointed with Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

Location: RCW305 (Brantford Campus)
bmurphy@wlu.ca

Faculty Interests: Community vulnerability and capacity in the management of both natural and technological risks and disasters including nuclear fuel waste facilities, tornadoes, electricity power failures and water-borne contamination. Special areas of interest include social capital and environmental justice.

Bob Gibson
Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability; Cross appointed with Geography and Environmental Management

Location: EV2 2037
rbgibson@uwaterloo.ca

Faculty Interests: Environmental and sustainability policy issues; decision-making successes and failures in environmental planning, assessment and regulation in various Canadian jurisdictions; environmental assessment law and process, the development of environmental thought.

Stephen Murphy
Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability; Cross appointed with Geography and Environmental Management

Location: EV2 2034
sd2murph@uwaterloo.ca

Faculty Interests: Restoration ecology, conservation, and management of natural and built environments.

Link to personal website.

Maren Oelbermann
Associate Professor & Associate Director, Graduate Studies; Cross appointed with Geography and Environmental Management

Location: EV2 2008
moelbermann@uwaterloo.ca

Faculty Interests: Soil ecosystems, especially in tropical regions, and agroforestry.

Link to personal website.

Larry Swatuk
Associate Professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development; Cross appointed with Geography and Environmental Management

Location: EV3 4253
lswatuk@uwaterloo.ca

Faculty Interests: International Development, South Africa.