Faculty & Staff Breadcrumb Home Academic Departments Environmental Studies Faculty & Staff Jump to Department Contacts Faculty Staff Department Contacts Chair Chris Paradise Chair of Environmental Studies Departmental Coordinator Cathy Derby Departmental Coordinator for Environmental Studies Return to Top Faculty LeeAnna Chapman Assistant Professor of the Practice in Environmental Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Geoscience Education Geology Climate Science lechapman@davidson.edu 704-894-2059 Wall 388 Pronouns: she/her/hers Jennifer Garcia Peacock Thomson Associate Professor of Environmental Studies jegarciapeacock@davidson.edu 704-894-2735 Preyer 136 Brad Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Geomorphology and Soil Development Human Impacts on Landscapes Landslides brjohnson@davidson.edu 704-894-2096 Wall 272 Fuji Lozada Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty | Professor of Anthropology Primary Areas of Expertise China/East Asia Food Studies Science and Technology Studies erlozada@davidson.edu 704-894-2035 Chambers B 285 Risper Nyairo Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Climate Change Adaptation Ecological Niche Modeling Environmental Impact Assessment rinyairo@davidson.edu 704-894-2432 Wall 291 Chris Paradise Chair of Environmental Studies, Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Community Ecology Insect Biology Effects of Urbanization on Insects chparadise@davidson.edu 704-894-2890 Wall 192 Kevin Smith Chair & Herman Brown Professor of Biology Primary Areas of Expertise Conservation Biology Biodiversity Ecology kgsmith@davidson.edu 704-894-3038 Wall 117 Willa Swenson-Lengyel Holmes Rolston III Chair in Religion and Science | Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Religion and the Environment Environmental Ethics Religious Ethics wiswensonlengyel@davidson.edu 704-894-4376 Chambers 2011 Pronouns: she/her Jessica Worl Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Primary Areas of Expertise Science, Technology, and Society Studies Political Ecology Informal Economies and Labor with a focus on the extractive industries jeworl@davidson.edu 704-894-3205 Wall 286 Pronouns: she/her/hers Return to Top Staff Cathy Derby Departmental Coordinator caderby@davidson.edu 704-894-3445 Wall 287 Pronouns: She/Her Jessica Spillman Laboratory Manager Primary Areas of Expertise Water Quality jespillman@davidson.edu 704-894-3096 Wall 116A Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Return to Top In this section Academic Departments Environmental Studies - Major and Interdisciplinary Minor Research Faculty & Staff