A National Teach-In on Global Warming
Join us at the University of Oregon
Speaker Bios
Rob Illig - Law
Office: Law 324
Phone: 541-346-1723
Email: rillig@uoregon.edu
Rob Illig graduated with a J.D. from Vanderbilt where he was a John W. Wade Scholar and Senior Managing Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. Illig began his academic career at the University of Missouri-Columbia before joining the UO faculty in 2004. Illig practiced corporate and securities law in the New York and London offices of Nixon Peabody LLP. While in practice, he handled a wide range of negotiated transactions in the US and overseas, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings and private equity transactions. Illig teaches courses such as LAW 626: Mergers and Acquisitions, LAW 621: Advanced Business Associations, and LAW 607: Private Equity and Venture Capital.
Greg Bothun - Physics
Office: 415/417 Willamette
Phone: 541-346-2569
Email: nuts@bigmoo.uoregon.edu
Greg Bothun received his Ph.D. in Astronomy from University of Washington in 1981. He has been a professor at the University of Oregon since 1990 and his research interests include observational astrophysics, the properties of galaxies, observational cosmology, climate change, sustainable energy, and applications of industrial technology. He teaches in both the Physics and Environmental Science Departments. Bothun is the director of the Pine Mountain Observatory and the webmaster of the "Electronic Universe" web site project, which allows the public unprecedented access to professional sites and data from sciences of all fields.
Bart Bartlein - Geography
Office: Condon 154
Phone: 541-346-4555
Email: bartlein@uoregon.edu
Patrick “Bart” Bartlein graduated with a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1978. He has been with the University of Oregon since 1982 and has taught previously in the Geography departments at University of Iowa , Boston University , and Brown University . His research interests include paleoclimatology, environmental modeling, data analysis and visualization in geography. Bartlein teaches courses on subjects such as climatology, environmental change, data analysis and visualization in geography. Bartlein maintains the UO Current Weather & Climate web page, which has links to extensive weather and climate information resources.
Shaul Cohen - Geography
Office: 107G Condon
Phone: (541) 346-4500
Email: scohen@uoregon.edu
Shaul Cohen graduated with Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Chicago in 1991. He has been an assistant professor of Geography at the University of Oregon since 2002 and also the Co-director of Peace Studies Program since 2005. Cohen's teaching interests focus on Human Geography, in particular the topics related to the interface between environment, politics, and culture. He has conducted research on the elements of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with emphasis on land, territory, and environment. Some of the courses that Cohen teaches are: GEOG 410: Cultural Geography; GEOG 341: Population and the Environment; GEOG 209: Geography of the Middle East; GEOG 607: Tree and Forest in the Human Experience.
Mike Russo - Business
Office: Lillis 480
Phone: 541-346-5182
E-mail: mrusso@lcbmail.uoregon.edu
Mike Russo received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989. He has been a Professor of Sustainability Management at the University of Oregon since 2005. His areas of expertise are Business and Public Policy, Corporate Strategy and Environmental Management. Russo has done research in sustainable supply chain management, Technology and Sustainability, and the Management of Natural Environmental Issues. He has also worked as an energy planner specializing in commercialization of wind and solar energy. In 2003, Russo received a $30,000 grant from the University of California Energy Institute for the project entitled “Governance and Emissions Performance in the Electric Generation Industry.”
Jon Palfreman - Journalism
Office: 308 Allen Hall
Email: jonp@uoregon.edu
Jon Palfreman received his Ph. D in Journalism from University of Glamorgan , UK in 2005. He is currently a KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Oregon . Palfreman is an expert in the areas of reporting for the electronic media, documentary film and video production, and science and environmental journalism. Palfreman is an Emmy, Dupont and Peabody Award-winning journalist. His published work includes more than forty hours of prime-time television documentaries (for BBC and PBS), and two books. His recent focus has been in-depth investigative reports centered on the intersection of science & technology, policy and law, with such films as: ‘NOVA/FRONTLINE: What's up with the Weather' (about global climate change); ‘FRONTLINE: Currents of Fear' (about the alleged health effects of power lines); and ‘NOVA/FRONTLINE: Harvest of Fear' (about genetically modified food).
Galen Martin – ENVS
Office: 267 Onyx Bridge
Phone: 541-346-5674
Email: gmartin@uoregon.edu
Galen Martin is an adjunct faculty member of the Environmental Science Department. He is also an undergraduate advisor for Environmental Studies. Martin teaches courses on conservation & communities and environmental geography. He teaches ENVS 199: Globalization: Connecting Here and there. The course explores this debate by investigating the global promotion, production, and consumption of specific products. Martin also helped with the CASL (Center for the Advancement for Sustainable Living) in the Spring of 2004.
Peter Walker - Geography
Office: 107 Condon Hall
Phone: 541-346-4541
Email: pwalker@uoregon.edu
Peter Walker received his Ph.D in Geography from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997. He is an associate professor that is jointly appointed in the Department of Geography and the Environmental Studies program since 2004. Walker 's research interests include human – environmental relations, focusing on the human dimensions of land use and environmental change in the United States and in Southern Africa ; political and cultural ecology; politics and policy; and land-use change. He teaches such courses as ENVS 201: Intro to Environmental Studies – social sciences, ENVS 420/520: Perspectives on Society & Nature – Global Climate Change and Geog 475/575: Africa –Politics, Development and Environment. Walker received the CAS Rippey Innovation Teaching Award and the CAS College Connections Teaching Award the last 3 years in a row.
Ted Toadvine - ENVS and Philosophy
Office: 319 PLC
Phone: 541-346-5554
Email: toadvine@uoregon.edu
Ted Toadvine received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from University of Memphis in 1996. He has been an assistant professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon since 2003. Toadvine specializes in Environmental Philosophy, phenomenology, ethics, aesthetics, 20 th – Century continental philosophy, 19 th century philosophy, and ancient Greek philosophy. He has pioneered an approach to phenomenology known as “ecophenomenology” that is uniquely situated to illuminate contemporary environmental debates. He received the 2006 Summer Research Award from the University of Oregon for his research in “Environmental Aesthetics and the Education of the Senses.” Toadvine is the director of the upcoming 2008 conference entitled “Thinking through Nature: Philosophy for an Endangered World” sponsored by the International Association for Environmental Philosophy and the University of Oregon .
Ron Mitchell - Political Science
Office: PLC 921
Phone: 541-346-4880
Email: rmitchel@uoregon.edu
Ron Mitchell received his Ph.D. in Public Policy at Harvard University in 1992 and has been teaching Political Science at the University of Oregon since 1993. He has been a part of the Environmental Studies core faculty since 2004 and has taught courses on international environmental policy, international relationship theory, and international organization. In 2004, he was a member on the State of Oregon Governor's Advisory Group on Global Warming. He currently has a grant from the National Science Foundation for the “Analysis of the effects of environmental treaties” and for “Fostering Cross-Disciplinary Relationships and Early-Career Development to Advance Interdisciplinary Research on Climate Change and Impacts.”
Ericka Keely - Climate Trust
The Climate Trust
Address: 65 SW Yamhill Street, Ste 400 ; Portland , OR 97204
Phones: 503-238-1915
Email: info@climatetrust.org
Carbon offsets are generated by the reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of GHG emissions from a specific project. Offsets are so named because they counteract or offset greenhouse gases that would have been emitted into the atmosphere; they are a compensating equivalent for reductions made at a specific source of emissions. The Climate Trust invests funding from power plants, businesses, organizations and individuals into projects that offset the GHG emissions resulting from activities such as generating electricity, running a business, driving, flying, heating a home, etc.
Bill Drumheller - Oregon Dept. of Energy
Senior Policy Analyst – Oregon Department of Energy
Phone: 503-378-4035
Email: Bill.Drumheller@state.or.us
During the Climate Change Symposium this fall at the University of Oregon School of Law, Drumheller made a presentation on “Oregon Climate Change Regulatory Activities and Policy Initiatives.” It summarized the efforts in Oregon to monitor and enforce climate change policies. In 2006, Drumheller severed as the staff leader on the Renewable Energy Working Group at the Oregon Department of Energy.