Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

IBES Appoints 35 New Faculty Affiliates

The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society is pleased to welcome affiliates representing over 20 different departments, schools, and centers across the University.

These interdisciplinary scholars working in climate, sustainability, and the environment will enrich IBES' growing community and enhance cross-campus engagement as Brown strives for a more just, sustainable world. IBES will also facilitate these experts' engagement in interdisciplinary research and teaching by promoting their work and keeping them apprised of relevant opportunities both on and off campus. Please consult the Elected Fellows & Affiliates page to see the new affiliates' full profiles.

Karianne Bergen

Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Data Science, and Computer Science

Kenny Breuer

Professor of Engineering

Mark Blyth

William R. Rhodes Professor of International Economics, Professor of International and Public Affairs

Xan Chacko

Lecturer in Science, Technology, and Society

Emily Cooperdock

Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Lisa Di Carlo

Senior Lecturer in Sociology

John Eason

Watson Family University Associate Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs

Thalia Field

Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor of Creative Writing

Rick Fleeter

Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering

Tyler Franconi

Visiting Assistant Professor of Archaeology

Mara Freilich

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Macarena Gomez-Barris

Chair and Timothy C. Forbes and Anne S. Harrison University Professor of Modern Culture and Media 

James W. Head III

Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the Geological Sciences, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences (Research)

Alani Hicks-Bartlett

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, French and Francophone Studies, and Hispanic Studies

Michael D. Kennedy

Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs

Indrek Kulaots

Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Engineering

David Laidlaw

Professor of Computer Science

Harriet Lau

Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences

Jeremy Lehnen

Senior Lecturer in Language Studies and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

Leila Lehnen

Associate Professor and Chair of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

Larisa Leventon

Professor of the Practice of Engineering, Master of Science in Technology Leadership Academic Director

Kyle Denison Martin

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Patrick McHugh

Professor of the Practice of Engineering, PRIME Program Director

Shanti Morell-Hart

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Kevin Mwenda

Director of Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences, Assistant Professor of Population Studies (Research)

Nitin P. Padture

Otis Everett Randall University Professor of Engineering, Director of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy

Ron Potvin

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Humanities, Assistant Director and Curator at the John Nicholas Brown Center for Advanced Study

Jordi A. Rivera Prince

Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology

Yue Qi

Joan Wernig Sorensen Professor of Engineering

Thangam Ravindranathan

Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Jerome Robinson

Manning Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Ankur Shah

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ellen Tohn

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Epidemiology

Matthew Turner

Professor of Economics

Ernesto R. Zaldivar

Associate Professor of the Practice of Computer Science