2014-2015 Graduate Studies Bulletin [Archived Catalog]
Environment and Sustainability Program|
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| Gwendelyn Geidel, Director |
| Jay Pinckney, Graduate Director |
The Environment and Sustainability Program (formerly the School of the Environment) within the School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, has multidisciplinary teaching, research, and outreach programs which are focused on present and future environmental concerns. These programs promote efficient, environmentally safe use of both natural and man-made resources; safeguard the health of humans and other species; and promote public policy, planning, management, and business as avenues for improvement of the environment. Special interests are: environmentally safe use of natural resources; sustainable development; geohazards; assessment and use or mitigation of hazardous, or environmentally sensitive, man-made materials or processes; use and protection of hydrologic systems, marine systems, and the coastal zone; and preservation and protection of ecologically sensitive or specially designated areas. The program draws on interdisciplinary strengths of its associated faculty in various departments and institutes of the University as well as on collaborative arrangements with other universities, public agencies, and the private sector.
The Program offers the Master of Earth and Environmental Resources Management (M.E.E.R.M.) degree and the J.D./M.E.E.R.M. dual degree, which are administered by a coordinating committee to assist students in developing programs of study with the school’s associated faculty. Collaborative projects with the public and private sectors are encouraged.
Admission
Applicants must meet all requirements of The Graduate School for admission and be accepted by the Environment and Sustainability Program. Attention will be given not only to the applicant’s academic record but also to relevant scientific and administrative experience.
- A signed and dated application, with all requested information supplied.
- Official transcripts showing all college-level course work attempted and the award of the baccalaureate or higher degree by an accredited college or university. A GPA of 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale is preferred. Official transcripts verifying all previous college-level course work are required for the University’s records. To be considered official, transcripts must be sent directly from the institution to The Graduate School or delivered in a sealed envelope bearing a registrar’s stamp.
- Two letters of recommendation.
- A satisfactory score on the GRE, taken within five years of applying. LSAT and GMAT scores will also be accepted. Applications for the GRE and the GMAT can be obtained from The Graduate School or from the Educational Testing Service, Box 955, Princeton, NJ 08540. Applicants from western states should write the Educational Testing Service, 1947 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704.
- International applicants whose native language is not English are also required to submit a satisfactory score on the TOEFL or the IELTS Intl. Academic Course Type 2 exam. The minimum acceptable score on the TOEFL is 80 (Internet-based). The minimum acceptable overall band score on the IELTS Intl. Academic Course Type 2 exam is 6.5.
- In addition to The Graduate School’s admission requirements, the Environment and Sustainability Program requires a 1-2 page letter of intent, making clear to us why you wish to study with us. This can be emailed directly to: meerm@environ.sc.edu
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Requests for further information should be addressed to: Graduate Director, Earth and Environmental Resources Management Program, Environment and Sustainability Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208; e-mail, meerm@environ.sc.edu
Faculty from Other Departments
The following Environment and Sustainability Program faculty have appointments in other departments and are listed below by these affiliations.
College of Arts and Sciences
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| Department of Anthropology |
| Joanna L. Casey, Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1993 |
| Kenneth G. Kelly, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1995 |
| Thomas L. Leatherman, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1987 |
| Gail E. Wagner, Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, 1987 |
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| Department of Art |
| David W. Voros, M.F.A., Indiana University, 1994 |
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| Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences |
| Dennis M. Allen, Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1978 |
| Wendy B. Allen, M.Ed., University of South Carolina, 1980 |
| James T. Morris, Ph.D., Yale University, 1979 |
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| Department of Biological Sciences |
| Jill Anderson, Ph.D., Cornell University, 2009 |
| Ronald H. Benner, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1984 |
| Carol L. Boggs, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1979 |
| Erin Connolly, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1997 |
| Berten E. Ely III, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1973 |
| Bob Friedman, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2002 |
| Austin L. Hughes, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1984 |
| Lazlo Marton, Ph.D., Jozsef Attila University, 1976 |
| James T. Morris, Ph.D., Yale University, 1979 |
| Timothy A. Mousseau, Ph.D., McGill University, 1988 |
| John B. Nelson, Ph.D., Florida State University |
| Sean Place, Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara, 2005 |
| Jay L. Pinckney, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1992 |
| Joseph M. Quattro, Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1991 |
| Tammi Richardson, Ph.D., Dalhousie University (Canada) 1996 |
| Roger H. Sawyer, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1970 |
| Sarah A. Woodin, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1972 |
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| Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| John Ferry, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1996 |
| Scott R. Goode, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1974 |
| Timothy J. Shaw, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1988 |
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Earth Sciences and Resource Institute
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| Robin (Buz) Kloot, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2005 |
| John M. Shafer, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1979 |
| Michael Waddell, M.S., University of South Carolina, 1982 |
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| Department of English |
| James Barilla, Ph.D., University of California, Davis |
| Paula R. Feldman, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1974 |
| Christy Friend, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1997 |
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| Department of Geography |
| Jessica Barnes, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2010 |
| Gregory J. Carbone, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1990 |
| Edward R. Carr, Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2002; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2001 |
| Susan L. Cutter, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1976 |
| Kirstin Dow, Ph.D., Clark University, 1996 |
| Jean T. Ellis, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2006 |
| William L. Graf, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1974 |
| April Hiscox, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2006 |
| Michael E. Hodgson, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1987 |
| L. Allan James, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1988 |
| John R. Jensen, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1976 |
| David Kneas, Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University |
| John Kupfer, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1995 |
| Jerry T. Mitchell, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1998 |
| Cary J. Mock, Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1994 |
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| Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences |
| Claudia Benitez-Nelson, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999 |
| Subrahmanyam Bulusu, Ph.D., Satellite Oceanography, National Oceanography Center (formerly Southampton Oceanography Center), University of Southampton, England, 1998 |
| Gwendelyn Geidel, Ph.D., J.D., University of South Carolina, 1982, 1989 |
| Venkat Lakshmi, Ph.D., Princeton University, 1995 |
| Robert C. Thunell, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 1978 |
| Raymond Torres, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1997 |
| George Voulgaris, Ph.D., University of Southhampton, UK, 1992 |
| Scott M. White, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2001 |
| Alicia Wilson, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1999 |
| Alexander E. Yankovsky, Ph.D., Physical-Mathematical Sciences/Geophysics, Marine Hydrophysical Inst., Sevastopol, USSR (now Ukraine), 1991 |
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| Department of History |
| Emily Brock, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2004 |
| Ann Johnson, Ph.D., Princeton University, 2000 |
| Thomas M. Lekan, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999 |
| Robert R. Weyeneth, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1984 |
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| Department of Mathematics |
| Douglas B. Meade, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1989 |
| Hong Wang, Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1992 |
| Department of Political Science |
| Mark E. Tompkins, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1981 |
| David P. Whiteman, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1980 |
| Laura Woliver, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1986 |
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| Department of Religious Studies |
| Kevin Lewis, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1980 |
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| Department of Statistics |
| Don Edwards, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1981 |
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Environmental Systems Research
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| Jeremy Cothran, Programer/Developer, The Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine & Coastal Sciences |
| Dan Ramage, Programmer/Developer, Environment and Sustainability Program |
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SC Lowcountry Center for Humans and Nature
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| Bruce C. Coull, Ph.D., Lehigh University, 1968 |
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| Congaree National Park |
| David C. Shelley, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2007 |
| Theresa A. Thom, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2005 |
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College of Education
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| Stephen Thompson, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2002 |
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| USC’s Collaborative Research and Program Development |
| Heidi Mills, Ed.D., Indiana University, 1986 |
College of Engineering and Computing
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| Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Michael D. Amiridis, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1991 |
| Francis A. Gadala-Maria, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1979 |
| Michael A. Matthews, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1986 |
| Branko N. Popov, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, 1972 |
| James A. Ritter, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989 |
| John W. Weidner, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1991 |
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| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| M. Hanif Chaudhry, Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1970 |
| Jasim Imran, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1997 |
| Anthony S. McAnally, Ph.D., Auburn University, 1989 |
| Michael E. Meadows, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 1976 |
| Charles A. Pierce, Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1998 |
| Richard P. Ray, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1983 |
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| Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
| Michael N. Huhns, Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1975 |
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| Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Abdel E. Bayoumi, Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1982 |
| Jamil A. Khan, Ph.D., Clemson University, 1988 |
| Jeffrey H. Morehouse, Ph.D., Auburn University, 1976 |
| Walter H. Peters, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978 |
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School of Law
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| Joshua Eagle, J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1990 |
| David Linnan, J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1979 |
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| Moore School of Business |
| Jason Murray, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2007 |
| Kathleen M. Whitcomb, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1989 |
| Douglas F. Woodward, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1986 |
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School of Medicine
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| Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Anatomy |
| Charles A. Blake, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1972 |
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| Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
| Alvin Fox, Ph.D., University of Leeds, 1976 |
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| Arnold School of Public Health |
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| Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities |
| Sonya Jones, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2002 |
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| Department of Environmental Health Sciences |
| G. Thomas Chandler, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1986 |
| Alan W. Decho, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1987 |
| Charles E. Feigley, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1978 |
| Dwayne E. Porter, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1995 |
| Sarah E. Rothenberg, D.Env., University of California, 2007 |
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| Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| James R. Hebert, Sc.D., Harvard University, 1984 |
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| Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders |
| Elaine M. Frank, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1988 |
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| Environmental Genomics Core Facility |
| W. Joe Jones, Ph.D., University of California, 2001 |
USC Aiken
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| Department of Biology and Geology |
| Andrew R. Dyer, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1996 |
| Sarah Michele Harmon, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2003 |
| William A. Pirkle, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1972 |
| Harry E. Shealy Jr., Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1972 |
| Garriet W. Smith, Ph.D., Clemson University, 1981 |
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USC Beaufort
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| Department of Biology |
| Joseph L. Staton, Ph.D., University of Louisiana, 1992 |
USC Sumter
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| Division of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering |
| Pearl R. Fernandes, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1993 |
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Earth and Environmental Resources Management
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| MEERM Graduate Committee |
| Jill Anderson |
| L. Allan James |
| Dwayne Porter |
| Jenny Pournelle |
| Joseph Quattro |
| Mark E. Tompkins |
| Scott White |
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Environmental Studies
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