This page shows all SGCI Faculty Affiliates who have selected Social-Ecological Systems as either a primary OR secondary Research Theme.
The SGCI uses six broadly-defined Core Research Themes, pictured at right, to better categorize UConn’s research capacity on topics involving cities. Our Faculty Affiliates are grouped according to these six themes. Affiliates self-select one primary Research Theme that best represents their research and scholarship, and — since cities-related research is often interdisciplinary — they typically select one or more secondary themes as well.
Click on any Faculty Affiliate name to see a detailed profile, including contact information, research interests, recent cities-related publications, useful links, and more. Use the links in the sidebar at left to browse SGCI Faculty Affiliates by last name or Research Theme.
You can learn more about the SGCI’s Faculty Affiliate program here.
| Photo | Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Carol Atkinson-Palombo | Director, Environmental Studies Program Associate Professor, Geography | carol.atkinson-palombo@uconn.edu |
 | Juliana Barrett | Extension Educator, Connecticut Sea Grant | juliana.barrett@uconn.edu |
 | Alaina Brenick | Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences | alaina.brenick@uconn.edu |
 | Ross Buck | Professor, Department of Communication | ross.buck@uconn.edu |
 | Scott Campbell | Associate Professor, English | scott.campbell@uconn.edu |
 | Fred V. Carstensen | Director, Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis Professor, Finance, School of Business | fred.carstensen@uconn.edu |
 | Jason Oliver Chang | Director, Asian and Asian American Studies Institute Associate Professor, Asian American Studies and History | Jason.O.Chang@uconn.edu |
 | Ryan Scott Coles | Assistant Professor, School of Business | ryan.coles@uconn.edu |
 | John Cooley | Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | john.cooley@uconn.edu |
 | Andrew Deener | Associate Professor, Sociology | andrew.deener@uconn.edu |
 | Robert T. Fahey | Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment | robert.fahey@uconn.edu |
 | Mariana B. Alfonso Fragomeni | Assistant Professor, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture | mariana.fragomeni@uconn.edu |
 | Kim M. Gans | Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences | kim.gans@uconn.edu |
 | Mark Healey | Department Head and Associate Professor, History Faculty Affiliate, El Instituto | Mark.Healey@uconn.edu |
 | Prakash Kashwan | Associate Professor, Political Science | prakash.kashwan@uconn.edu |
 | James O'Neil Knighton | Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment | james.knighton@uconn.edu |
 | Ken Lachlan | Department Head and Professor, Department of Communication | kenneth.lachlan@uconn.edu |
 | Kathryn Libal | Director, Human Rights Institute Associate Professor, Social Work | kathryn.libal@uconn.edu |
 | Kerry L. Marsh | Professor, Psychological Sciences | kerry.l.marsh@uconn.edu |
 | Jiff Martin | Associate Educator, UConn Extension, College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources | jiff.martin@uconn.edu |
 | Peter Miniutti | Associate Professor, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture | peter.miniutti@uconn.edu |
 | Michael O'Neill | Associate Dean and Associate Director, UConn Extension, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources | mp.oneill@uconn.edu |
 | Eleanor Ouimet | Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Anthropology | eleanor.ouimet@uconn.edu |
 | Sohyun Park | Assistant Professor, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture | sohyun.park@uconn.edu |
 | Wizdom A. Powell | Director, Health Disparities Institute Associate Professor, Psychiatry | wpowell@uchc.edu |
 | Bandana Purkayastha | Professor, Sociology and Asian and Asian American Studies | bandana.purkayastha@uconn.edu |
 | Beth Russell | Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences | beth.russell@uconn.edu |
 | Cathy J. Schlund-Vials | Director, Asian and Asian American Studies Institute Professor, English and Asian and Asian American Studies | Cathy.Schlund-Vials@uconn.edu |
 | Marlene Schwartz | Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences | marlene.schwartz@uconn.edu |
 | Farhed A. Shah | Associate Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics | farhed.shah@uconn.edu |
 | Nathaniel Trumbull | Associate Professor, Geography | trumbull@uconn.edu |
 | Sarah Willen | Director, Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights Associate Professor, Anthropology | sarah.willen@uconn.edu |
 | Michael R. Willig | Executive Director, Institute of the Environment Director, Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | michael.willig@uconn.edu |
 | Chuanrong (Cindy) Zhang | Department Head and Professor, Geography | cindy.zhang@uconn.edu |