Faculty and Staff

Bill Hamilton
Department Chair; Professor of Biology
Interim Director for Environmental Studies AY 2024-2025
Howe 403
540-458-8890
hamiltone@wlu.edu

Robert Humston
John Kyle Spencer Director for Environmental Studies and Professor of Biology
On sabbatical AY 2024-2025
Howe 311
540-458-8341
humstonr@wlu.edu

Mauricio Betancourt
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Tucker 018
540-458-8196
mbetancourt@wlu.edu

Jamie Casey
Professor of Economics
Holekamp 119
540-458-8102
caseyj@wlu.edu

Lisa Greer
Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
On Sabbatical for 2024-2025
Science Addition 123
540-458-8870
greerl@wlu.edu

Andrew M. Hess
Ehrick Kilner Haight, Sr. Term Professor of Business Administration and Associate Department Head of Business Administration
Hopkins 204
540-458-8346
hessa@wlu.edu

Megan F. Hess
Associate Professor of Accounting
Holekamp 214
540-458-8370
hessm@wlu.edu

Lawrence E. Hurd
Herwick Professor of Biology
Parmly 321
540-458-8484
hurdl@wlu.edu

Ryan McCoy
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Tucker 019
540-458-8252
rmccoy2@wlu.edu

Catarina Passidomo
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Tucker 020
540-458-4868
cpassidomo@wlu.edu

Brian Alexander
Associate Professor of Politics
Huntley 320
540-458-8054
alexanderb@wlu.edu

Paul Cabe
Professor of Biology
Howe 303
540-458-8894
cabep@wlu.edu

Leah Naomi Green
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Payne Hall 213
540-458-4821
greenl@wlu.edu

Joseph Guse
Professor of Economics
Hopkins 207
540-458-8915
gusej@wlu.edu

Rebecca C. Harris
Professor of Politics
Holekamp 204
540-458-8199
harrisr@wlu.edu

Margaret Anne Hinkle
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
Science Addition 115
540-458-8271
hinklem@wlu.edu

Elizabeth Knapp
Director of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity / Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
Science Addition G17
540-458-8867
knappe@wlu.edu

David Marsh
Professor of Biology
Parmly 320
540-458-8176
marshd@wlu.edu

Kary Smout
Associate Professor of English
Washington 112
540-458-8979
smoutk@wlu.edu

Greg Cooper
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
cooperg@wlu.edu

Jim Kahn
Emeritus Professor of Economics and Professor of Environmental Studies
kahnj@wlu.edu

Debra Frein
Environmental Studies Program Coordinator
Tucker Hall 015
540-458-4870
freind@wlu.edu