Faculty Research & Creative Work

Faculty members Win Curran, a white woman wearing short hair, glasses, and a button-up shirt and Michelle Stuhlmacher, a white woman wearing medium-length hair, glasses, and a sleeveless blouse, in front of a colorful abstract mural.

Featured Faculty Researchers: Win Curran & Michelle Stuhlmacher | April 23, 2023

DePaul geography faculty members Winifred Curran (left) and Michelle Stuhlmacher are part of a research team that received a $250,000 grant from NASA to work on the team’s “Designing for Just Green Enough: A Data Integration Tool for Informing Community Green Space Planning” project.

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Directory of DePaul Faculty Engaged with Sustainability

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NameSchool or DepartmentAreas of Research or Creative WorkLearn More
Clement E. AdibePolitical ScienceAfrican politics
Nezih AltayManagement & Entrepreneurshiphumanitarian operations and supply chains; business and social responsibility
Ted AntonEnglishscience-related writing for general audiencesPersonal Website
Kathleen R. ArnoldPolitical Science; Refugee and Forced Migration Studiesmigration dynamics, including climate-induced migration
Hugh BartlingAssociate Professor and Chair of Public PolicySchool of Public Service
Patricia BombardSchool of Public Servicehosted a Vincentian Institutions and Sustainability conferenceEvent
Alec BrownlowGeography and GIS, Sustainable Urban Developmentexplores a variety of political and social geographies of fear, safety, and security in the urban landscape
Michelle CaplanBusinesssustainability in corporate settings
Winifred CurranLiberal Arts & Social Sciencesurban geography; gentrification and the urban landscape
Patrice EglestonTheatre climate and climate activism in theatre
Kaveh EhsaniInternational Studiesresearch is on the historical and contemporary impact of oil on society and politics; the historical sociology of warfare; the politics of property, land use, and water; the urban process and spatial change in Middle East cities; and the political economy and geopolitics of post-revolution Iran.
Tim ElliottRhetoric and Discoursespecializes in Technical and Professional Communication, Urban Planning Communication, Service Learning, Community Engagement and Public Policy, etc
Kyle GriceChemistry and Biochemistry“Green Chemistry”; waste reduction and reuse in chemical reactionsPersonal Website
Euan HagueSchool of Public Servicecultural and urban geography, with a focus on gentrification and urban activism
Liam HeneghanEnvironmental Science and Studiesconservation strategies in urban areas, especially the active management of land set aside for the protection and conservation of biodiversity
Jill HopkeCommunication and Technology, Digital Communication and Media Arts, Journalismhow environmental activists use emerging digital and mobile media tools and platforms
Sungsoon (Julie) HwangCollege of Liberal Geography and GIS, Sustainable Urban Developmentsustainable urban development; GIS for sustainability education
Jason KalinWriting, Rhetoric and Discourse, New Media Studiesrhetorical theory; visual and material rhetorics; digital rhetorics
Amanda KassSchool of Public Servicesupported by the Joyce Foundation, focuses on the American Rescue Plan Act’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund program
Christie KlimasEnvironmental Science and Studiessustainable resource use in urban and tropical settingsPersonal
Website
Jalene LaMontagneBiological Sciences and Health Sciencespopulation ecology; long-term ecological researchPersonal
Website
Julia LippertHealth Sciencesengaging young people in scientific inquiry and social justice action to mitigate environmental disparities in Chicago
Sanjukta MukherjeeWomen’s and Gender Studiesresearch and teaching interests lie at the intersection of transnational feminisms, postcolonial and decolonial theory, critical international development, and urban geographies focused on South Asia and the South Asian diaspora in the U.S.
Raphael OgomSchool of Public ServiceInternational Association of Nigerian Studies & Development, 2008-Present
Mark PotosnakEnvironmental Science and Studieshow climate change impacts interactions between plants and air quality
Ramya RamanathSchool of Public ServiceRefugee and Forced Migration Studies & Grace School of Applied Diplomacy
Ken RoseSchool of Public Serviceeconomic foundations of public service and policy implementation
Howard RosingRefugee and Forced Migration Studieslocal and regional food procurement by public institutions
Joe SchwitermanSchool of Public Serviceconsulted with prominent national organizations on planning and development issues
Shailja SharmaRefugee and Forced Migration Studies, International Studies, Global Asian Studies, and Islamic World Studiesforced migration and displacement
Alice StuhlmacherPsychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychologyunderstanding, assessing, and supporting organizational climate for pro-environmental actions in workplaces
Michelle StuhlmacherGeography and GIS Faculty
using satellite imagery to measure green space and its social and environmental impacts on urban systems
Kelly TzoumisPublic Policy Studies, School of Public Serviceuse of virtual exchanges to address sustainability issues; brownfield- and land revitalization
Nur UysalPublic Relations and Advertisingcorporate-shareholder engagement concerning environmental and social issues
Jess VogtEnvironmental Science and Studiesurban forestry;  social–ecological systems; sustainability scienceLUFA
Barbara WillardCommunication and Media, Communication Studiesenvironmental communication; agricultural rhetoric, and US cultural eating practices bearing on sustainability