Program Leadership & Executive Committee
Program Leadership
Colin Orians
Biology and Environmental Studies
Director of Environmental Studies Program
Sara Gomez
Environmental Studies
Associate Director of Environmental Studies Program
Executive Committee
The Environmental Studies Executive Committee consists of a group of faculty from across the university and two to three rotating ENVS student representatives. The Executive Committee's role is to provide guidance on curricular and non-curricular matters to ensure the program stays relevant and up-to-date with the evolving needs of the field. Here are the members of the ENVS Executive Committee:
Julian Agyeman, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
Alexander Blanchette, Anthropology
Silvia Bottinelli, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts
Ujjayant Chakravorty, Economics
Benjamin Davies, Environmental Studies
John Durant, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sara Gomez, Environmental Studies
Andrew Kemp, Earth and Climate Sciences
Hassaan Khan, Environmental Studies and Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
Karen Kosinski, Community Health
Colin Orians, Biology and Environmental Studies
J. Michael Reed, Biology
James Rice, History (on leave until Spring 2026)
Modhumita Roy, English
George Scarlett, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development
Caleb Scoville, Sociology (on leave Fall 2024)
Cathy Stanton, Anthropology
Ninian Stein, Environmental Studies
Student Representatives
Lydia Savitt, Applied Environmental Studies, A24
Ryan Kadet, Applied Environmental Studies, A24