Meet our Faculty and Staff
Chair
Sociology of Food and Agriculture, Environmental Sociology, Governance and Sustainability, and Social Movements and Social Change
Jason.Konefal@uvm.edu
Senior Lecturer • Assistant Chair
Community development, international development, research methods, service learning, technology literacy
Thomas.DeSisto@uvm.edu
Assistant Professor
Food Systems, Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Health Economics
Anaka.Aiyar@uvm.edu
Assistant Professor • L4E Degrowth Lead
Monetary theory, ecological economics, degrowth, embeddedness, ecofeminist political ecology, labour theory, post-liberal theory.
jament@uvm.edu
Director of MPA Program • Associate Professor
Election Science and Administration, Public Service Delivery, Community-Engaged Scholarship, Pedagogy of Teaching and Learning, Public Policy and Governance
Christina.Barsky@¶¶Òõ̽̽.edu
Research Associate • L4E Ecozoic Alternatives Lead
just transition; science-technology-society; political economy and ecology; ecological restoration; food systems; bioregions
matthew.burke@uvm.edu
Lecturer
Journalism, advocacy, public communication, Latin American politics and history, social movements, international reporting.
Benjamin.Dangl@uvm.edu
Professor • L4E Ecological Economics Lead
Designing an economy to balance what is biophysically possible with what is socially, psychologically, and ethically desirable.
jfarley@uvm.edu
Senior Lecturer • Research Specialist, Center for Rural Studies
Affordable housing, rural community planning, international development, environmental education
Kelly.A.Hayes@uvm.edu
Associate Professor
Public communication, health communication, strategic communication, food media, food politics
Sarah.Heiss@uvm.edu
Lecturer
Community Media, Video Production, Values Based Documentary and Ethics of Representation, tension between fiction and non-fiction, Ethnographic approaches to Media, Animation, Editing
Myles.Jewell@uvm.edu
Associate Professor
Visual communication, graphic design, time-based media, design systems, traditional craft practices, creative economies, cultural entrepreneurship, material prototyping.
steven.kostell@uvm.edu
Assistant Professor
Human-machine communication, social impact of emerging technologies, human-centered artificial intelligence, AI governance and ethics, mixed methods.
kate.mays@uvm.edu
Lecturer
Public communication, environmental rhetoric, water culture, epideictic
James.McGuffey@uvm.edu
Lecturer
Arts, visual design, papermaking, textile and fiber, weaving, traditional craft, Southeast and East Asian history and cultural practices, drawing, illustration, and curatorial work.
Veronica.Pham@uvm.edu
Associate Professor
food policy, food security, agricultural development, sustainable agriculture, rural livelihoods
twreynol@uvm.edu
Associate Professor
- CDAE 2660: Introduction to Community Entrepreneurship
- CDAE 3670: Strategic Planning for Community Entrepreneurs
- CDAE 6510: Research & Evaluation Methods
Associate Professor • Food Systems Graduate Faculty
Sociology of agriculture, Development Sociology, Political economy of agricultural development, Crop diversity conservation, and Seed Systems.
Daniel.Tobin@uvm.edu
Assistant Professor
Regional economics, community development, entrepreneurship, data science & visualization
Andrew.Vanleuven@uvm.edu
Lecturer
Photography, visual storytelling and marketing for nonprofits, global entrepreneurship for social impact, systems thinking and data visualization
Sarah.Williamson@uvm.edu
Associate Dean of Research and Postgraduate Education • Professor
Computational policy analysis, governance networks, social ecological systems, coupled natural and human systems, sustainable development, food, energy and water systems
Asim.Zia@uvm.eduPart-Time Faculty
Part-time Lecturer
Department Administration
Graduate Student Services
CDAE Professional Advisors
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