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IBES Faculty are directly appointed within IBES and often have joint appointments with other units at Brown. As a group, they exemplify the innovative, cooperative and interdisciplinary foundations of IBES research and teaching.

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Core Faculty

Leslie Acton

Associate Teaching Professor in Environment and Society
Rachel Baker

IBES Director of Research, John and Elizabeth Irving Family Assistant Professor of Climate Health, Assistant Professor of Environment and Society & Epidemiology
Kim Cobb

Lawrence and Barbara Margolis Director of IBES, Professor of Environment and Society & Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Bathsheba Demuth

Dean's Associate Professor of Environment and Society & History
Scott Frickel

Professor of Environment and Society & Sociology
Elizabeth Fussell

Professor (Research) of Environment and Society & Population Studies
Meredith Hastings

George Ide Chase Professor of Physical Sciences, Professor of Environment and Society & Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Daniel Ibarra

IBES Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Manning Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences & Environment and Society
Allan Just

Nazareth-Ferguson Family University Associate Professor of Public Health, Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Environment and Society
Tyler Kartzinel

Peggy and Henry D. Sharpe Associate Professor of Environment and Society, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
James Kellner

IBES Director of Early Career Development and Training, Professor of Environment and Society & Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Dawn King

Deputy Dean of the College for Curriculum, Teaching Professor in Environment and Society
Brian Lander

Stanley J. Bernstein Associate Professor of Environment and Society & History
Myles Lennon

Dean's Assistant Professor of Environment and Society & Anthropology
Amanda Lynch

Sloan Lindemann and George Lindemann, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Environment and Society, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Aparajita Majumdar

Assistant Professor of History & Environment and Society
Dev Patel

Incoming Assistant Professor of Economics & Environment and Society, Fall 2026
Stephen Porder

Associate Provost for Sustainability, Acacia Professor of Ecology, Professor of Environment and Society & Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
J Timmons Roberts

Ittleson Professor of Environment and Society, Professor of Sociology
Seda Şalap-Ayça

Assistant Professor of the Practice in Geospatial Science in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences & the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Dov Sax

Professor of Environment and Society & Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Mindi Schneider

IBES Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Teaching Professor in Environment and Society
Laurence C. Smith

John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environment and Society, Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Kurt Teichert

Teaching Professor in Environment and Society
Mark Tracy

Professor of the Practice of Sustainable Finance and Investing
Leah VanWey

Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Environment and Society & Sociology
Rachel Wetts

Acacia Assistant Professor of Environment and Society & Sociology

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