School of Natural Resources and Environment

Environmental Policy and Planning

Bobbi S. Low, Ph.D.

Professor

Educational Background: 

Ph.D. Evolutionary Zoology, 1967, University of Texas
M.A. Evolutionary Zoology, 1964, University of Texas
B.A. Biology (Honors), 1962, University of Louisville

Teaching and research in evolutionary and behavioral ecology; resource control and reproductive success in vertebrates, including humans; integration of evolutionary theory and resource management; resources and reproductive variance; reproductive and resource tradeoffs for modern women.

Contact:

bobbilow@umich.edu

G142a Dana

734-763-4518

Paul Mohai, Ph.D.

Professor

Educational Background: 

Ph.D. Environmental Sociology and Environmental/Natural Resource Policy, 1983, Pennsylvania State University

M.S. Statistics and Environmental Science, 1976, State University of New York-Syracuse

B.A. With Distinction, Mathematics, 1971, University of California-Berkeley

Teaching and research interests are focused on environmental justice, public opinion and the environment, and influences on environmental policy making. A founder of the Environmental Justice Program at the University of Michigan. Current research includes understanding the causes of disproportionate environmental burdens in people of color communities and the role that environmental factors play in accounting for racial and socioeconomic disparities in health.

Contact:

pmohai@umich.edu

3520 Dana

734-763-4598

3360 ISR

A win-win for local northeastern Michigan communities, U-M students

On June 8 University of Michigan students and faculty will meet with state and local stakeholders to kick off an innovative project intended to evaluate options for establishing sustainable eco-tourism in northeast Michigan. The Northeast Michigan Integrated Assessment project, coordinated by the Northeast Michigan Council of Governments and the Michigan Sea Grant program, is the largest collaborative effort of its kind in the state, according to Don Scavia, professor and associate dean of the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment.

Reducing Greenhouse-gas Emissions Can Boost Michigan's Economy

Ann Arbor, MI
5/23/2007


Michigan can add $380 million a year and 3,400 full-time jobs to the state's economy by 2025 while reducing emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases linked to global warming, according to a study released today by the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems.

Fields of Study: 
Environmental Policy and Planning

50 years later: Sustainability still at the heart of EPA's challenges

It was like deja vu all over again as Alan D. Hecht, Ph.D., Office of Research and Development with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited the University of Michigan in early January to deliver a cautionary tale about the importance of sustainability to the global environment. Hecht was back in town recently (as he was 15 years ago to commemorate the EPA's 35th anniversary) to refresh the message as the EPA turns 50 years old.

Advancing sustainability strategies: Jan McAlpine brings 30 years to SNRE fellowship

Jan L. McAlpine, a leading U.S. government advisor, policy maker, negotiator and facilitator on international issues, has assumed a new role at the University of Michigan to contribute to and learn about collaborative research and education on environmental sustainability. The 17-year government-service veteran, currently on a one-year sabbatical from the U.S. Department of State, is serving as a senior research fellow with Natural Resources and Environment and the first visiting scholar at the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute.

Pages

Subscribe to Environmental Policy and Planning