UW COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
 

American Studies

Freida Knobloch  
Associate Professor of American Studies
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1994
(307) 766-3910
e-mail: knobloch@uwyo.edu
Research:  Placing people, artifacts and landscapes of Wyoming within a larger context of national and international developments, not as from a "backwater," but as agents of historical change.

Art

David Reif
Professor Emeritus, Art
M.F.A., Yale University, 1970
(307)766-3354
e-mail: dreif@uwyo.edu
Research: Cultural values and actions that determine interaction with the environment; and design of aesthetic "improvements" on nature as part of mining reclamation and in response to other activities that result in substantial alteration of the natural landscape.

Botany

Gregory K. Brown
Department Head and Professor of Botany
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1980
(307)766-2380
e-mail: rhartman@uwyo.edu
Research: Phylogenetic systematics of Bromeliaceae.

Ronald Hartman
Professor of Botany; Curator of the Rocky Mountain Herbarium
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1976
(307)766-2236
e-mail: rhartman@uwyo.edu
Research: Flora of the Rocky Mountain region; biological diversity and the recognition and protection of endangered species.

Stephen T. Jackson
Professor of Botany
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1983
(307)766-2819
e-mail: jackson@uwyo.edu
Research: Plant species and community responses to environmental change; long-term environmental monitoring using the paleoecological record; and vegetation-sensing properties of sedimentary pollen assemblages.

 Chemistry

Dean M. Roddick
Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1984
(307)766-2535
e-mail: dmr@uwyo.edu
Research: New approaches to the development of catalysts for clean hydrocarbon conversions, including efficient conversion of methane to methanol.

Geography

William L. Baker
Professor of Geography
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1987
(307)766-2925
e-mail: bakerwl@uwyo.edu
Research: Landscape ecology; forest dynamics; effects of human activities on the biosphere; and use of geographical information systems and remote sensing in biogeographic studies.

Jeffrey D. Hamerlinck
Research Scientist – Dept. of Geography, and Director – Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center
Master of Planning, University of Wyoming, 1992
(307) 766-2736
e-mail: itasca@uwyo.edu
Research: Geographic information science applications in land and water resource management, spatial data infrastructures, decision support systems.

Deborah D. Paulson
Associate Professor of Geography
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1971
(307) 766-2628
e-mail: debp@uwyo.edu
Research: collaborative natural resource management; cultural ecology of tropical forest regions; alternative agriculture movement; international development.

Geology and Geophysics

James I. Drever
Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geophysics
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1968
(307)766-6434
e-mail: drever@uwyo.edu
Research: Chemistry of surface and groundwaters; effects of contamination; and geochemical aspects of contaminant migration, mining activities, and waste disposal.

Carol D. Frost
Professor of Geology and Geophysics
Ph.D., University of Cambridge,
United Kingdom, 1984
(307)766-6254
e-mail: frost@uwyo.edu
Research: Evolution of the continental crust using radioactive elements and their products to trace sources of various earth materials and establish their age.

Ronald W. Marrs
Professor of Geology and Geophysics
Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines, 1973
(307)766-2330
e-mail: rwmarrs@uwyo.edu
Research: Remote sensing and mapping; applications of remote sensing to geologic and environmental problems and resource management. 

 Law

Debra L. Donahue
Distinguished Professor of Law
J.D., University of Colorado
School of Law, 1989
(307)766-2191
e-mail: ddonahue@uwyo.edu
Research: Biological diversity and ecosystem management issues on public lands, including the extent to which resource management agencies have mandates under existing law to conserve biodiversity and manage whole ecosystems; and non-point water pollution problems.

Mathematics

Benito Chen
Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1979
(307)766-2280
e-mail: bchen@uwyo.edu
Research: Numerical studies of flow, transport, and biofilm growth in porous media, and their use to control pollution in groundwater.

Political Science

Robert Mcgreggor Cawley
Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1981
(307)766-6484
e-mail: cawley@uwyo.edu
Research: Federal Land policy; natural resource management; and environmental politics.

Sociology

Audie L. Blevins
Emeritus Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1970
(307)766-5241
e-mail: ablevins@uwyo.edu
Research: Social changes occurring in small communities and rural counties, including the social impacts associated with rapid community growth or decline; farm structure and the economic well-being of nonmetropolitan counties; socioeconomic impact of oil shale development; and attitudes toward energy development in the northern Great Plains.

Garth M. Massey
Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1975
(307)766-6119
e-mail: gmmassey@uwyo.edu
Research: Rural social change; and social impact mitigation.

Statistics

Richard Anderson-Sprecher
Associate Professor of Statistics
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1990
(307)766-4289
e-mail: sprecher@uwyo.edu
Research: Environmental statistics; spatial statistics; time series; and wildlife statistics.

Zoology and Physiology

Merav Ben-David
Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology
Ph.D., University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1996
(307)766-5307
e-mail: bendavid@uwyo.edu
Research: Influence of animal behavior on ecosystem processes.

Harold L. Bergman
Director, William D. Ruckelshaus Institute and Helga Otto Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources; Professor of Zoology and Physiology
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1973
(307)766-5677
e-mail: bergman@uwyo.edu
Research: Aquatic toxicology; fish physiology; water quality regulation; and environmental issues with energy technologies. Issues include fossil fuel development, acid rain, bioavailability of heavy metals to aquatic organisms, and science/policy interface.

Steven W. Buskirk
Professor of Zoology and Physiology
Ph.D., University of Alaska, 1983
(307)766-4207
e-mail: marten@uwyo.edu
Research: Wildlife conservation; mammal ecology; and forest management in relation to wildlife.

Wayne A. Hubert
Professor of Zoology and Physiology and Leader, Wyoming Cooperative Research Unit
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1979
(307)766-5415
e-mail: whubert@uwyo.edu
Research: Fish and habitat relations and their management, population assessment, fisheries management in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains.