Faculty Advisors
During their first semester at Tufts, students are assigned an academic advisor who will be their advisor until they declare their major (before the end of their sophomore year). Students majoring in Environmental Studies must select an advisor from the list below and list that advisor on their major declaration form. Faculty on this list may be on leave or be at advising capacity, therefore, students must email to inquire first before listing them. If you need help finding an advisor or deciding who might align best with your interests, contact Dr. Sara Gomez at sara.gomez@tufts.edu. Visit our ENVS Step-by-Step guide for more information on becoming an ENVS major.
List of Faculty Advisors
Alexander Blanchette, Anthropology
Expertise: Industrial agriculture, Ecology, Ethnography of labor, Food systems
Preferred tracks to advise in: II, IV
Accepting New Advisees: YES
Office Hours Fall 2025: Tuesdays 12:00-1:30pm, Eaton Hall, Room 133
Silvia Bottinelli, (On leave Fall 2025) Visual and Critical Studies
Expertise: History and theory of environmental art, Eco-art, Food-based art, Art and environmental activism, Social practice and public art
Preferred tracks to advise in: II, III, IV, V
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Ujjayant Chakravorty, Economics
Expertise: Resource and environmental economics, Energy and development, Food systems
Preferred tracks to advise in: II, IV
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Tatiana Chudakova, Anthropology
Expertise: Medical anthropology, science and technology, environment, ethnicity and indigeneity, nationalism, post-socialism
Preferred tracks to advise in: II
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Jennifer Coates, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Expertise: Food systems
Preferred tracks to advise in: IV
Accepting New Advisees: YES
Office Hours Fall 2025: Thursdays 12-1pm, Bromfield-Pearson, Room 204, or via Zoom: https://tufts.zoom.us/j/3510974314?omn=92881208100 Meeting ID: 351 097 4314
Benjamin Davies, Environmental Studies
Expertise: Environmental anthropology, environmental data, paleoecology, forager and pastoralist land use, climate adaptation, serious games
Preferred tracks to advise in: I, II, III, IV
Accepting New Advisees: NO
Office Hours Fall 2025: Wednesday 2-3pm, Bromfield-Pearson, Room 203
Julie Dobrow, Child Study and Human Development and Interdisciplinary Studies
Expertise: Media literacy, Children and media, Ethnicity/gender and media, Adolescents and media use
Preferred tracks to advise in: III
Accepting New Advisees: NO
Office Hours Fall 2025: Wednesdays 9-11:30am, Eliot-Pearson, Room 159
John Durant, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Air and water pollution
Preferred tracks to advise in: I
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Kyle Emerick, Economics
Expertise: Agricultural and Resource Economics, Technology adoption by farmers, Economics of agricultural development, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics
Preferred tracks to advise in: IV
Accepting New Advisees: YES
Office Hours Fall 2025: Fridays 10-11:30am, Joyce Cummings Center, Room 620F
Patrick Forber, Philosophy
Expertise: Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Philosophy of biology, Philosophy of science
Preferred tracks to advise in: II
Accepting New Advisees: YES
Office Hours Fall 2025: Tuesdays 3-5pm, Miner, Room 111B.
Sara Gomez, Environmental Studies
Expertise: Plant ecology, Plant-insect interactions, Invasive Species, Sustainable Agriculture
Preferred tracks to advise in: All tracks
Accepting New Advisees: YES
Office Hours Fall 2025: Thursdays 3-4pm, Bromfield-Pearson, Room 202 or virtual: https://tufts.zoom.us/my/saragomez
David Gute, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Environmental health, Environmental and social Justice
Preferred tracks to advise in: I
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Andrew Kemp, Earth and Ocean Sciences
Expertise: Sea-level research, Wetlands, Coastal management, Climate change
Preferred tracks to advise in: I
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Hassaan Khan, (On leave Fall 2025) Environmental Studies and Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
Expertise: Water-energy-food nexus, Urban water systems, Transboundary water conflicts, Hydroeconomics
Preferred tracks to advise in: I, II, IV
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Karen Kosinski, Environmental Studies and Community Health
Expertise: Environmental health, Environmental justice, One Health, Global health, Water resources, Sanitation, Infectious diseases
Preferred tracks to advise in: I, II, IV
Accepting New Advisees: YES
Office Hours Fall 2025: Mondays 12:30-2pm on Zoom. Email karen.kosinski@tufts.edu for a link
Nimah Mazaheri, Political Science
Expertise: Comparative political economy, Developing countries, Oil and mining sectors, Government-business relations
Preferred tracks to advise in: II
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Colin M. Orians, Biology & Environmental Studies
Expertise: Plant Biology, Tropical Ecology, Food systems, Conservation
Preferred tracks to advise in: All tracks
Accepting New Advisees: YES
Office Hours Fall 2025: Thursdays 2:00-3:30pm, Robinson, Room 364
Alisha Rankin, History
Expertise: Early modern Europe, History of science and medicine, Women's history, History of the body and sexuality
Preferred tracks to advise in: II, III
Accepting New Advisees: NO
Office Hours Fall 2025: Wednesdays 3-5pm, East Hall, Room 101
J. Michael Reed, Biology
Expertise: Conservation, Habitat Loss, Animal Behavior, Biodiversity
Preferred tracks to advise in: I
Accepting New Advisees: YES
Office Hours Fall 2025: Mondays 3-4:30pm, Robinson, Room 360 (go through 359 to find it)
James Rice (on leave until Spring 2026) History
Expertise: Early America, Native American history, Environmental History
Preferred tracks to advise in: V
Accepting New Advisees: NO
Office Hours: On sabbatical for the 2025-2026 academic year
Modhumita Roy, English
Expertise: Environmental humanities, Anglophone literatures of Africa and the Africa diaspora, South Asian literature, Feminist theory, Literary theory
Preferred tracks to advise in: III, V
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
George Scarlett, Child Studies and Human Development
Expertise: Child-Nature Connection, Ecological literacy Development
Preferred tracks to advise in: II, III
Accepting New Advisees: NO
Office Hours Fall 2025: Via Zoom--email george.scarlett@tufts.edu for appointment
Caleb Scoville, Sociology
Expertise: Environmental sociology, Science and technology studies, Political sociology, Economic sociology, Social and political theory
Preferred tracks to advise in: II
Accepting New Advisees: YES
Office Hours Fall 2025: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:15-10:15am, Eaton Hall, Room 311. Sign up at https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/rmfmh or by appointment Caleb.Scoville@tufts.edu
Ninian Stein, Environmental Studies
Expertise: Environmental Policy, Environmental Justice, Environmental Communication, Landscape Change, Archaeology, Environmental Anthropology
Preferred tracks to advise in: II, III, IV, V
Accepting New Advisees: NO
Office Hours Fall 2025: Mondays 2:45-4pm, Tisch, Room 316; Wednesdays 11:45-12:30pm, Tisch, Room 304 and by appointment
Markus Wilczek, German
Expertise: Literature and the Environment, Discourses of Sustainability; Literary and Cultural Theory, Theories of Reading; Intersections of Literature, Science, and Philosophy; Media Studies
Preferred tracks to advise in: III, V
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Benjamin Wolfe, Biology
Expertise: Food microbiology, Evolution, Metagenomics, Comparative genomics/transcriptomics, Genome engineering, In situ community reconstructions
Preferred tracks to advise in: IV
Accepting New Advisees: Contact professor
Office Hours Fall 2025: Contact professor
Learn more about the different thematic tracks here.