Department Contacts
- Director: Aaron Swoboda, (507) 222-5784
- Administrative Assistant: Lisa Falconer, (507) 222-5248
- 2023-24 Student Departmental Advisors: Eli Watt and Aria Kischner.
Director | Program Faculty | Other Faculty Involved in Environmental Studies | Emeriti Faculty | Staff |
Director
Aaron Swoboda
’01
Bio
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Economics
Director of Environmental Studies
Director of Environmental Studies
Program Faculty
Other Faculty Involved in Environmental Studies
Anna Estes
Bio
Director of the Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania Program and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Phone:
507 222 5248
Email:
aestes@carleton.edu
Deborah Gross
Bio
Charles “Jim” and Marjorie Kade Professor of the Sciences
Off Campus: Spring 2024, Winter 2024
Mark Kanazawa
Bio
Wadsworth A. Williams Professor of Economics
Office:
Willis Hall 308
Phone:
507 222 4106
Email:
mkanazaw@carleton.edu
Director of the Environmental Studies Program from 2008-2011.
David Lefkowitz
’85
Bio
Professor of Art
Office:
605 Three Oaks Drive Paint
/ Boliou Hall 153
Phone:
507 222 4343
Email:
dlefkowi@carleton.edu
Arjendu Pattanayak
Bio
Professor of Physics
Off Campus: Spring 2025, Winter 2025
Emeriti Faculty
Beverly Nagel
’75
Bio
Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Sociology, Science, Technology, and Society, Emerita
Phone:
507 222 4303
Email:
bnagel@carleton.edu
Mary Savina
’72
Bio
Charles L. Denison Professor of Geology, Emerita
Phone:
507 222 4404
Email:
msavina@carleton.edu
Kimberly Smith
Bio
Professor of Environmental Studies, Emerita
Phone:
507 222 5248
Email:
ksmith@carleton.edu
Norman Vig
’61
Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Science, Technology, and Society, Emeritus
Email:
nvig@carleton.edu
Previous director of Environmental Studies.
Gary Wagenbach
Bio
Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor of Biology, Science, Technology, and Society, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 4884
Email:
gwagenba@carleton.edu
Dr. Wagenbach is trained as an invertebrate zoologist and parasitologist, is examining the population biology of freshwater mussels in regional rivers. The general goal of his research is to better understand the conservation of rare and endangered species. He taught Biology of the Invertebrate Animals, Marine Biology, Aquatic Biology, environmental studies courses, and a seminar on parasitism. He served as Director of Environmental and Technology Studies.
Joel Weisberg
Bio
Herman and Gertrude Mosier Stark Professor of Physics and Astronomy and the Natural Sciences, Emeritus
Phone:
507 222 4252
Email:
jweisber@carleton.edu
Staff
Lisa Falconer
Bio
Administrative Assistant in American Studies
Administrative Assistant in Environmental Studies
Administrative Assistant in Linguistics
Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Cowling Arboretum
Administrative Assistant in Environmental Studies
Administrative Assistant in Linguistics
Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Cowling Arboretum
