Sustainability at SOU

Faculty Teaching Sustainability

Steve Schein
Senior Instructor of Business.
BS, 1982, University of Colorado; MA, 2004, Fielding Graduate Institute

Research Interests:

• Sustainability within the context of organizational leadership
• Relationships between organizational strategy, leadership, organizational culture, and sustainability
• Building community in organizations

Courses with sustainable content:

• Sustainable Leadership
• Case Studies in Corporate Sustainability

Eric Dittmer
Associate Professor of Geology
BA, 1968, Fresno State College; MS, 1972, San Jose State College. Emeritus since 2007.

Research Interests:

• Water resources management
• Earthquake occurrence and hazard reduction
• Sustainability enhancement

Courses with sustainable content:

• ES 210 Environmental Studies I
• ES 310 Environmental Studies II
• ES 495 ES Capstone - Honors

Pat Acklin
Associate Professor of Geography
BS, 1978, MS, 1991, Southern Oregon State College.

Research Interests:

• Land Use Planning
• Community Action

Courses with sustainable content:

• GEOG 101, Introduction to Geography, Geographic methodology applied to local area
• ES 111 & ES 112, Physical Environments I & II, (Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Lithosphere, Biosphere)
• GEOG/ES 437/537, Conservation in the U. S.
• GEOG/ES 439/539, Land Use Planning
• GEOG/ES 440, Planning Issues

Gregory Jones, PhD
Professor of Geography
BA, 1993, PhD, 1997, University of Virginia.

Research Interests:

• Meteorology, climatology, hydrology, and agriculture
• Phenology of plant systems
• Biosphere and atmosphere interactions
• Climate change
• Quantitative methods in spatial and temporal analysis

Courses with sustainable content:

• Geog 482/582 – Climatology

John J. Gutrich, PhD
Associate Professor of Environmental Science
BS, 1994, PhD, 2000, The Ohio State University

Research Interests:

• Ecological Economics & Sustainable Development
• Economics of Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration and Climate Policy
• Invasive Species Management
• Environmental Modeling
• Wetland Mitigation and Restoration
• Watershed Management

Courses with sustainable content:

• ES 103 Introduction to Environmental Studies: Social Science Perspectives
• ES 350 Environmental Policy
• ES 421 Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development
• ES 442 Valuation of Ecosystem Goods and Services
• ES 475 Environmental Modeling