Faculty and Staff
Program Coordinator and Self Reliant House Environmental Center Director:
Robin Freeman, MA
Environmental Design, Green Building, Public Policy, Watershed Topics, Sustainable
Systems, Social Ecology Research
Environmental Center Staff:
Nancy Ceridwyn MS, MEd
Administrative; Interests- Interpretation / Outdoor Education, Natural and Cultural History
Current Faculty:
L. Bruce Douglas, PE
Green Building, Energy, Watershed
Daniel Edelstein, MS
Field Studies, Wildlife, Ornithology
Ron Felzer, MS
Field Studies, Forestry, Biology
Leslie Geathers, BArch
Architecture, Agroecology
Nehanda Imara, MA
Environmental Justice
Dave Kaplow, MA
Landscape Ecological Restoration
David Ralston, PhD, BArch
Urban Planning, Geography, Fellow - Brower Dellums Institute for Sustainable Policy
Recent Faculty:
Paul Belz, MA
Environmental Education
Josh Bergstrom, BS, PG
Watersheds, Water Quality
Martha Berthelsen, MA
Habitat Restoration
Junko Bryant, MRP
Urban and Regional Planning
Ray Chamberlain, PhD
Chemistry
Steve Cochrane, MS
Watershed Restoration
Whitney Dotson, MPH
Community and Environmental Health
Eric Folmer, BA
Ranger, Forest Management
Charles Ford, MS
Marine Biology
Dana Harvey, MS
Soils, Urban Ecology, Urban Agriculture
Philip Klasky, MA
Public Policy, Citizen Participation
Susan Lobo, PhD
Native American Studies
Laurel Marcus, MS
Watershed Assessment and Restoration
Sue Mark, MFA
Cultural Research
Amiko Mayeno, MA
Community Environmental Education
Josh Meidav, PhD
Watershed Science, Ecology
Maria Morales, MS
Vegetation and Fire Management
Darby Price, PhD
Ecology and Culture
Alumni Staff
Heather Ellison, BA
Administrative; Interests- Certified Horticulturalist, Urban Forestry, Agroecology, Natural
History, Sustainable Landscape Gardening, Aesthetic Pruning
Megan Hess, BA
Administrative; Interests– Watershed Issues, Watershed and Landscape Restoration
Jennifer Jordan-Wong, BA
Administrative; Interests - Art, Human Ecology, Psychology, Creative Community
Caretaking
Dacie Luce, MA
Watershed Coordination
Emeritus
Charles Ford, MS
Marine Biology, Self Reliant House founding Director
In Memoriam
Suzanne Adams, PhD
Psychology, Founding Faculty Urban Ecology
George Hilton, MS
Geologist, Founding Faculty, Field Studies
Daniel Rosen, MA
History, Founding Faculty Urban Ecology
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Info at 510-434-3840 or email ecomerritt@peralta.edu.
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