Core Faculty Team • Job Openings • Staff

Faculty Profiles:

• Shaleen Jain
• Jessica Leahy
• Darren Ranco
• Gayle Zydlewski and Teresa Johnson

SSI Team

• Ted Ames
  Coastal Studies Scholar, Bowdoin College
• Mark Anderson
  Senior Instructor, School of Economics, UMaine
  
• Kate Beard-Tisdale
  Professor, Department of Spatial Information Science Engineering, UMaine
  
• Kathleen Bell
  Associate Professor, School of Economics, UMaine
• Catherine Bevier
  Associate Professor of Biology, Colby College
  
• Aram Calhoun
  Associate Professor of Wetlands Ecology, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, UMaine
  
• Charlie Colgan
  Chair, Community Planning & Development Program, Professor Public Policy, Muskie School of Public Service, USM
  
• Chris Cronan
  Professor, School of Biology & Ecology, UMaine
  
• John Daigle
  Associate Professor of Forest Recreation Management; Program Leader, Parks, Recreation and Tourism
• Michael Donihue
  Professor of Economics, Colby College
  
• Cathy Elliott
  Associate Extension Professor, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
• James Fleming
  Professor of Science, Technology and Society, Colby College
• Eric Gallandt
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant, Soil & Environmental Sciences, UMaine
  
• Susan Gardner
  Associate Professor, College of Education & Human Development, UMaine
  
• Ta Herrera
  Bowdoin College
• David Hart
  Research Leader, SSI; Director, Senator George J. Mitchell Center; Professor of Biology, UMaine
  
• Mac Hunter
  Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Libra Professor of Conservation Biology, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, UMaine
  
• Shaleen Jain
  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMaine
• Eileen Johnson
  Lecturer & Program Manager, Dept. of Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College
  
• Teresa Johnson
  Assistant Professor of Marine Policy, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine
  
• Jack Kartez
  Professor, Community Planning and Development, Muskie School of Public Service, USM; Associate Director, USEPA Region I Environmental Finance Center.
  
• Yuseung Kim
  Assistant Professor of Community Planning & Development, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
• Whitney King
  Miselis Professor of Chemistry, Colby College
• Jessica Leahy
  Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, School of Forest Resources
• Lynne Lewis
  Professor of Economics, Bates College
• John Lichter
  Samuel S. Butcher Associate Professor in the Natural Sciences, Bowdoin College
  
• Rob Lilieholm
  E.L. Giddings Associate Professor of Forest Policy, School of Forest Resources, UMaine
  
• Laura Lindenfeld
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication & Journalism and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, UMaine
• Bill Livingston
  Associate Professor of Forest Resources, School of Forest Resources, UMaine.
  
• Cynthia Loftin
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, Assistant Leader-Wildlife, Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
  
• Jean MacRae
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  
• Shannon McCoy
  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, UMaine.
  
• Brian McGill
  Assistant Professor of Ecological Modeling, School of Biology and Ecology & SSI, UMaine.
• Caroline Noblet
  Lecturer/Research Associate, School of Economics
  
• Dave Owen
  Associate Professor, University of Maine School of Law
  
• Firooza Pavri
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography & Anthropology, USM
  
• Darren Ranco
  Associate Professor, Anthropology and Director, Native American Research, UMaine
  
• Andy Reeve
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences, UMaine
  
• Steven Sader
  Professor, School of Forest Resources
  
• Sean Smith
  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth Sciences & SSI, UMaine
• Linda Silka
  Director, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, UMaine; Professor, School of Economics
• Esperanza Stancioff
  Extension Educator, Maine Cooperative Extension & Sea Grant
  
• Mario Teisl
  Professor, School of Economics, UMaine
  
• Tim Waring
  Assistant Professor, School of Economics and SSI, UMaine
  
• Aaron Weiskittel
  Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources, UMaine
• Theo Willis
  University of Southern Maine
  
• Jeremy Wilson
  Associate Professor, School of Forest Resources
• Jim Wilson
  Professor, School of Marine Resources, UMaine
• Karen Wilson
  Assistant Research Professor, Dept. of Environmental Science & Aquatic Systems Group, USM
  
• Gayle Zydlewski
  Research Assistant Professor, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine
  

STAFF

• John Peckenham
  Assistant Director, Senator George J. Mitchell Center; Director, Maine Water Resources Research Institute
• Ruth Hallsworth
  Strategic Program Manager, Senator George J. Mitchell Center
• Kim Raymond
  Communications & Outreach Coordinator, Senator George J. Mitchell Center
• Carol Hamel
  Administrative Assistant II, Maine's Sustainability Solutions Initiative

I believe that our greatest asset is the extraordinary collaborative spirit that has developed among these talented, passionate, and dedicated researchers.

David Hart
Project Leader