FACULTY – Associate Professor of Political Science, Administrative Faculty in Native American Studies Program Spotlight on POLSCI 495: Undergraduate Seminar in Political Theory – Climate Justice: Colonialism, Carbon, and the Future Growing up, Dr. David Temin was no stranger to “having conversations about politics around the kitchen table” as his mom “was always watching Sunday…
Category: People
Dan Rife
STAFF – Director of LSA Facilities & Operations “I came to the university as a student, in chemical engineering. After I graduated, [I went] to work for a local chemical consulting company, where they had an office of two or three people that focused on energy management. When I interviewed, I interviewed to hire in…
Meghan Duffy
FACULTY – Susan S. Kilham Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies “So I’m a professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and I ended up here because [U of M] is a really wonderful university. It has amazing students. It has amazing resources. And my research focuses on aquatic…
Sol Hart
FACULTY – Professor of Communication and Media and Program in the Environment Spotlight on COMM 413: Environmental Communication With an undergraduate degree in Environmental Policy, Analysis, and Planning from UC Davis, Professor Sol Hart’s passion for policy and legislative writing determined his initial path after college. During his first experience working in politics in California,…
Bénédicte Boisseron
FACULTY – Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Affiliated Faculty, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Chair, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Spotlight on AAS 498: DAAS in Action – Black Ecologies Born and raised in France to a French mother and French Caribbean father, Dr. Bénédicte Boisseron had always been fascinated with African American…
Jill Myers
STAFF – Biodiversity Lab Manager “When I was doing my PhD, I kind of joked with my advisor that I was never going to leave. And then I defended my PhD in summer of 2020, which was a tough time to find a job…everyone had a hiring freeze. And this was not the job that…
Jessica Kenyatta Walker
FACULTY – Assistant Professor of Afro-American and African Studies, American Culture Spotlight on AAS 104: African American Foodways and AAS 558: The Biopolitics of Food Dr. Jessica Kenyatta Walker’s journey to teaching at the University of Michigan began at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she studied American Studies, specifically material culture or the…
Brian Klein
FACULTY – Assistant Professor of Afro-American and African Studies and Assistant Professor of Program in the Environment Spotlight on ENVIRON 209: Nature and Power: An Introduction to Political Ecology Guided by his curiosity and a passion for experiential learning, Brian Klein charted a unique path to the University of Michigan. Born and raised in Hawai‘i,…
Sara R. Rivera
STAFF – Geomicrobiology Lab Manager “Yeah, so I’m originally from Michigan. And I came to University of Michigan as an undergrad, with every intention of transferring and leaving, because I really wanted to do oceanography and live on the coast by the ocean somewhere. Really, when I was eight, I decided I wanted to get…
Virginia Murphy
FACULTY – Lecturer in Program in the Environment and the LSA Residential College Spotlight on ENVIRON 302: The Environment in an Election Year and RCCORE 334: Environmental Justice: The View From Capitol Hill Virginia Murphy didn’t begin her academic career with a focus on the environment or sustainability – in fact, she worked as a…