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Core Faculty
Environmental studies core faculty members use interdisciplinary teaching methods and incorporate their research experience in their teaching with students on local, regional, and global environmental issues.

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Kent "Kip" Curtis**
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Research interests include the literary roots of political ecology, contemporary urban ecology and environmental justice issues, and ongoing naturalist pursuits. Currently completing an environmental history of 19th-century United States mining and its impacts on American ideas about nature.
CONTACT: (727) 864-7854 or curtiska@eckerd.edu
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Beth Forys
Professor of Environmental Science
I am interested in how to preserve declining and rare species. Much of my current research focuses on beach-nesting birds and the use of GIS to better understand and manage these threatened species.
CONTACT: (727) 864-7880 or forysea@eckerd.edu
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Alison Ormsby
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Research interests include people-nature interactions, the role of environmental education in biodiversity conservation, and protected areas management. Current research focuses on people-park interactions in Madagascar and Florida as well as sacred forests in Ghana.
CONTACT:(727) 864-8379 or ormsbyaa@eckerd.edu
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**Discipline Coordinator 2007 - 2008
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