Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Leadership
Leadership Team
IBES Leadership develops and implements the Institute’s ongoing research initiatives and educational programs, and provides intellectual guidance for its multidisciplinary community of affiliated scholars and students.
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Kim Cobb
Lawrence and Barbara Margolis Director of IBES, Professor of Environment and Society & Earth, Environmental and Planetary SciencesResearch Interests Tropical Pacific climate, Coral reefs, Global water cycle, Climate data-model intercomparison, Coastal climate resilience, Urban heat islands -
Katie Silberman
Director of Strategic OperationsAreas of Expertise Strategic initiatives, Communications, Public and alumni engagement, Advancement -
Scott Frickel
Director of Research - IBES, Professor of Environment and Society & SociologyResearch Interests Environment-society interactions, Experts and knowledge/ignorance, Social movements, Social theory, Risk and disaster, Urbanization -
Daniel Ibarra
Director of Diversity and Inclusion - IBES, Manning Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences & Environment and SocietyResearch Interests Water cycle, Paleoclimate, Carbon cycle, Isotope geochemistry, Modeling, Climate change, Critical Zone, Weathering -
James Kellner
Director of Early Career Development and Training - IBES, Professor of Environment and Society & Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Structure and dynamics of tropical forests, Remote sensing -
Mindi Schneider
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Teaching Professor in Environment and SocietyResearch Interests Agriculture, Agrarian change, Development sociology, Land, Land and environmental justice, Commodity studies, Historical sociology, Political ecology, Social reproduction and feminist political economy/ecology, Waste and discard studies
Curriculum Committee
The IBES Curriculum Committee modifies track options as needed, examines ways to improve and expand the curriculum, and assesses requests for substitutions.
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Leslie Acton
Associate Teaching Professor in Environment and SocietyResearch Interests Coastal and oceans governance & politics, marine conservation, Political ecology, Common-pool resource theory -
Tyler Kartzinel
Peggy and Henry D. Sharpe Associate Professor of Environment and Society, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal BiologyResearch Interests Conservation biology, Molecular ecology, Evolution of species interactions -
Mindi Schneider
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Teaching Professor in Environment and SocietyResearch Interests Agriculture, Agrarian change, Development sociology, Land, Land and environmental justice, Commodity studies, Historical sociology, Political ecology, Social reproduction and feminist political economy/ecology, Waste and discard studies