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Natural Resources and Environmental Management

Hugh J. Brown, Chair and Associate Professor of NREM
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., Iowa State University;
Postdoctoral research: University of Vermont
Scholarly interests: Wetlands and hydric soils; nutrient management; soil and water conservation; soil physics.
Phone: (765) 285-5788
E-mail: hbrown@bsu.edu

Paul M. Chandler, Associate Professor of NREM
B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill;
M.S., North Carolina State University;
Ph.D., University of Washington
Scholarly interests: ethnoecology; natural resources anthropology; international rural development; agroforestry, and forest fallow agricultural systems.
Phone: (765) 285-5786
E-mail: pchandle@bsu.edu

James C. Eflin, Associate Professor of NREM
B.A. and M.A., University of Colorado;
Ph.D., University of Washington
Scholarly interests: environmental planning; environmental economics and development; natural hazards.
Phone: (765) 285-2327
E-mail: jeflin1@bsu.edu

 

Thaddeus J. Godish, Professor of NREM
Director of Indoor Air Quality Research Laboratory
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Scholarly interests: indoor air quality; effects of air pollution on the atmosphere; industrial hygiene.
Phone: (765) 285-5782
E-mail: 00tjgodish@bsu.edu

B. Thomas Lowe. Professor of NREM,
Assistant Provost
B.A. and M.S., Marshall University;
Ph.D, University of Tennessee
Scholarly interests: policy issues concerning land use and reclamation of disturbed environments; alternative energy paradigms; international resource development and related environmental problems; environmental systems.
Phone: (765) 285-1511
E-mail: tlowe@bsu.edu

Timothy F. Lyon, Assistant Professor of NREM
B.S., University of Illinois;
M.S. and Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Scholarly interests: conservation and environmental education; outdoor education; environmental attitudes; general resource issues.
Phone: (765) 285-5783
E-mail: tlyon@bsu.edu

John R. Pichtel, Professor of NREM
B.S., Rutgers University;
M.S. and Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Scholarly interests: disposal of hazardous wastes; mine reclamation; environmental engineering; soil chemistry/biochemistry.
Phone: (765) 285-2182
E-mail: jpichtel@bsu.edu

Amy L. Sheaffer, Assistant Professor of NREM
B.S., Ursinus College;
M.S., The Ohio State University;
Ph.D., Purdue University
Scholarly interests: outdoor recreation management; human dimensions of wildlife, conservation practices among private landowners; diffusion of innovations theory, social groups in outdoor recreation, role of leisure in modern society.
Phone:(765) 285-5781
E-mail: asheaffer@bsu.edu

Horst F. Siewert, Professor of NREM
B.A. and M.S., Brigham Young University;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Scholarly interests: water resources; aquatic ecology, including water quality management; wastewater treatment; acid rain; and leachates from hazardous waste disposal sites.
Phone: (765) 285-5790
E-mail: fsiewert@bsu.edu

Donald E. Van Meter, Professor of NREM. Interim Dean, College of Sciences and Humanities.
B.S.A., Purdue University;
M.S., Michigan State University;
Ed.D., Indiana University
Scholarly interests: soil and water conservation; conservation and environmental education; general natural resources management; Indiana Outdoors.
Phone: (765) 285-1042
E-mail: dvanmete@bsu.edu

 

Charles O. Mortensen, Professor and Chair Emeritus
B.S., Michigan State University;
M.S., Indiana University;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Scholarly interests: interpretation; recreation impact on wildlands; wilderness perception and management; American environmental history.
Phone: (608) 373-0187

Stanley Keil, Associate Professor of Economics
A.B., University of California-Berkeley;
M.A. and Ph.D., University of Oregon.
Scholarly interest: environmental economics; environmental management; industrial location.

Thomas E. Lauer, Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. and M.S., Ball State University;
Ph.D., Purdue University
Scholarly interest: fish population dynamics; exotic aquatic species