Affiliated Faculty & Staff

Please link on the form below to request your addition to CIRCA’s Affiliated Faculty & Staff page and indicate your areas of expertise related to CIRCA’s mission. Affiliated faculty agree to have their information posted on this page as a way to demonstrate the multidisciplinary expertise that UConn can leverage to tackle resilience problems and strategies. Affiliated faculty & staff will consult with CIRCA as needed and receive our monthly Resilience Roundup newsletter to stay informed about climate related programs, grants, events, and community engagement opportunities.

Affiliated Faculty Form

 

List of People
NameTitleDepartment
Thelma AbuAssistant Professor in Human and Environment Interactions
Department of Geography
Emmanouil AnagnostouCIRCA Director of Applied Research, Professor
Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Marina AstithaAssociate Dept Head & Associate Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Carol Atkinson-PalumboAssociate Professor
Department of Geography
Peter AusterResearch Professor Emeritus
National Undersea Research Center
Juliana BarrettAssociate Extension Educator
Connecticut Sea Grant, Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR), Extension
Frank BohlenEmeritus Professor
Department of Marine Sciences
Kara BonsackGraphic and Website Developer
Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR), Extension
Jeffrey CohenProfessor and Kinnard Scholar in Real Estate
Department of Finance
Chris ElphickAssociate Professor
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Zoey EnglandChief of Staff
UConn Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Todd FakeIT/Research Support
Department of Marine Sciences
Alexander FelsonProfessor
The University of Melbourne, Elisabeth Murdoch Chair of Landscape Architecture
William FitzgeraldDistinguished Emeritus Professor
Department of Marine Sciences
Mariana FragomeniAssistant Professor
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
Norman GarrickProfessor Emeritus
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Kay Howard-StrobelResearch Staff
Department of Marine Sciences
Michael HrenAssociate Professor
Department of Earth Sciences
Christine KirchhoffAssistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Beth LawrenceAssistant Professor
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
Carolyn LinProfessor
Department of Communication
Chang LiuAssistant Professor
School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering
Joseph MacDougaldCIRCA Director of Applied Research | Professor-in-Residence
School of Law
Cara ManningAssistant Professor
Department of Marine Sciences
Matthew McKenzieAssociate Professor
Department of History
Peter MiniuttiAssociate Professor, Administrative Coordinator for LA @ UConn, Director of Community Research and Design Collaborative
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture
James O'DonnellCIRCA Executive Director, Professor
Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation | Department of Marine Sciences
Jennifer O’DonnellAssociate Research Professor
Department of Marine Sciences
Jason ParentAssistant Professor
Department of Natural Resources Science at the University of Rhode Island
Nalini RavishankerProfessor and Undergraduate Program Director
Department of Statistics
Tracy RomanoProfessor in Residence
Department of Marine Sciences | Mystic Aquarium
Miriah Russo KellyAssistant Professor
SCSU Department of  Environment, Geography & Marine Sciences
Paula SchenckDirector Indoor Environments and Health Programs
Clinical Instructor Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut Health Center
Anji SethCIRCA Director of Applied Research, Associate Professor
Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation | Department of Geography
Farhed ShahAssociate Professor
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Xinyi ShenAssistant Research Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Mike ShorAssociate Professor
Department of Economics
Eleanor Shoreman-OuimetAssistant Professor of Environment and Human Interactions
Department of Anthropology
Sandra ShumwayResearch Professor
Department of Marine Sciences
James StuartProfessor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry, Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE)
Stephen SwallowCIRCA Applied Research Director, Professor
Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation | Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics
Charles ToweAssociate Professor
Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Jamie VaudreyAssistant Research Professor
Department of Marine Sciences
Guiling WangProfessor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
J. Evan WardProfessor and Head of Marine Sciences
Department of Marine Sciences
Michael WhitneyAssociate Professor
Department of Marine Sciences
Emily WilsonGeospatial Educator
Center For Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR), Extension
Wei ZhangAssistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering