FACULTY

 

  

 

SEMINAR CHAIR

Chad Oliver is Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies at F&ES and is Director of the Yale Global Institute for Sustainable Forestry. Chad's initial research, featured in his book, Forest Stand Dynamics, focused on the basic understanding of how forests develop and how siviculture can be applied to ecological systems most effectively. He is currently working on landscape approaches to forest management and is involved in the technical tools, the policies, the management approaches, and the educational needs.

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

SEMINAR VICE-CHAIR

Marian Chertow, Director of the Industrial Environmental Management (IEM) Program at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, has led the Seminar since its inception in 1992. Within her broad interest area of environmental management and policy, her research and teaching focus on industrial ecology, environmental technology innovation, and business/environment issues. She is the Editor of Thinking Ecologically: The Next Generation of Environmental Policy with Daniel Esty and the author of Innovation and Environmental Technology, forthcoming.

 

 

 

 

SEMINAR FACULTY (partial list)

 

Garry D. Brewer, Frederick K. Weyerhauser Professor of Resource Policy and Management, F&ES, jointly appointed with Yale School of Management. Garry has served as Dean and Professor at the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment, Professor at the Michigan Business School, and as Dean and member of the faculty at the University of California at Berkeley.

 

William Ellis, Senior Fellow at F&ES. From 1983 to 1993, he served as CEO of Northeast Utilities, New England's largest electric utility company. Previously, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company. He is on the boards of directors of several manufacturing, insurance, and financial-service companies, the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. He has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering.

 

Daniel C. Esty, Associate Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, F&ES; Clinical Professor, Yale Law School; Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. His research interests cover a range of environmental policy issues. His is the author or editor of a number of books, including Greening the GATT: Trade, Environment, and the Future; Thinking Ecologically: The Next Generation of Environmental Policy; and Sustaining the Asia Pacific Miracle: Environmental Protection and Economic Integration.

 

Laura Freebairn-Smith, Director of the Organizational Development and Learning Center at Yale, is responsible for guiding the University in developing cross-campus organizational development initiatives and learning opportunities for staff. Prior to joining Yale in 1999, Laura founded and was a partner at a consulting firm providing organizational development and strategic planning services to a wide range of clients.

 

Thomas Graedel, Clifton R. Musser Professor of Industrial Ecology and Director of the Center for Industrial Ecology, joined F&ES following 27 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories. An expert in atmospheric science and global change, he has written four books and numerous articles on industrial ecology. His current interests include studies of the flows of materials within the industrial ecosystem and the development of analytical tools to assess the environmental characteristics of products, processes, the service industry, and urban infrastructures.

 

Nathaniel Keohane, Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management. His research concerns the theory and practice of environmental policy. His current projects examine the effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act on how electric power plants control pollution; the optimal choice of environmental policy instruments when technical change is endogenous; and the management of stocks and flows to promote environmental quality.