When Elsie Sunderland was 17, her hometown on the southern shore of Nova Scotia sought to create jobs for local fishermen—impacted by the collapse of local fisheries—by building a toxic waste incinerator. To alert the community to the potential health impacts of the plan, Sunderland petitioned local politicians, wrote Op-Eds, and launched a citizen’s group. “And that was it,” she was hooked on the environment. “I knew that’s what I was going to do with my life.”
The Center for the Environment brings together one of the largest and most varied faculty communities on campus. HUCE Faculty Associates participate in events, workshops, grant programs, and meet twice-monthly to discuss their research and environmental issues more broadly.
The directory below contains profiles of the more than 250 faculty affiliated with the Center. The directory is searchable by research area, School, and keyword.
Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management; Director of Harvard's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard Business School
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Gordon McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering [Emeritus]
School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities
Harvard School of Public Health
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Associate of the Department of Economics
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science and Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology; co-Director of the Master in Design Engineering Program
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Ellen Gurney Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies; Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Harvard University Center for African Studies
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Professor of the Practice of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School
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Jerome A. and Joan L. Cohen Professor of Law; Director, East Asian Legal Studies Program; Chair, Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Harvard Law School
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Associate Professor of Exposure Assessment Science
Harvard School of Public Health
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Douglas Dillon Professor of Government
Harvard Kennedy School
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Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor; Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor of Urban Policy and Planning [Emeritus]
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard Kennedy School
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Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Frank G. Thompson Professor of Government
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies
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