Dr. Myers is a professor of Environmental Studies at Western Washington University. His interests are in human-animal interactions, life-span development psychology, and mixed-methods program evaluation. In the last 8 years, Dr. Myer has increased his research emphasis involving facilitating intersections between conservation psychology and positive psychology, as well as exploring eco-justice and critical race theory … Continued
Retired, no longer involved in academic research and teaching
Dr. Lisa Nisbet’s work investigates the environmental and health (happiness) benefits of individual differences in connectedness with the natural environment (nature relatedness). Current research questions that Dr. Nisbet is focusing on include: identifying elements or aspects of nature that impact well-being, examining perceptions of wildlife and human-animal interactions, and exploring the antecedents (early experiences, parenting) … Continued
Dr. Jessica Nolan has studied the effects of normative social influence on various environmental behaviors, including energy conservation and household recycling. Dr. Nolan is also interested in informal systems of social control, including how and when people are willing to impose social sanctions, as well as how government regulations (formal sanctioning systems) influence informal systems … Continued
Bryan Norton is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Philosophy and Policy in the School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, His current research concentrates on sustainability theory, on problems of scale in the formulation of environmental problems, and the theory and practice of adaptive management, with special emphasis on methods to evaluate environmental change. His … Continued
Josh Rottman, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Program in Scientific and Philosophical Studies of Mind at Franklin & Marshall College. Dr. Rottman’s research is situated at the intersection of cognitive development and moral psychology and he primarily focuses on studying the factors that lead certain entities and objects to be attributed with (or stripped of) moral … Continued
Prof. Dr. Peter Schmuck is a social science-oriented action researcher and sustainability scientist. In interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams, he has been involved in major transformation projects since 1998, particularly in the field of decentralized and participatory energy transition.His practical projects include converting the energy supply in 200 communities in Germany (www.energiewendedörfer.de). As a scientifically working … Continued
P. Wesley Schultz is a Professor of Psychology at California State University, San Marcos. His research interests are in applied social psychology, particularly in the area of sustainable behavior. Recent books include Social Psychology: An Applied Perspective (2000, Prentice-Hall), Psychology of Sustainable Development (2002, Kluwer), and Attitudes and Opinions (2005, Lawrence Erlbaum). His current work … Continued
Dr. Britain Scott is a social psychologist who joined the University of St. Thomas psychology faculty in 1996. From 2004 to 2007 she served as Director of Environmental Studies at St. Thomas. She is first author of Psychology for Sustainability, 5e (Scott, Amel, Koger, & Manning, 2021; Routledge) and co-creator of the instructor resource Teaching … Continued
Broadly, Dr. Nicole Sintov focuses on the role of individual-level behavior and decision-making in sustainable consumption with an emphasis on energy contexts, such as home energy use or energy-efficient technology adoption and use. Dr. Sintov often works on interdisciplinary teams in which I model consumer behavior in response to computer science- or engineering-enabled advances, such … Continued
Gregg Sparkman is an Assistant Professor in the department of Psychology and Neuroscience at Boston College. His research focuses on psychology and social change, including research on scalable interventions to address social problems related to the environment, health, and social inequity. He examines motivations to change behavior and how to advocate for change, including the … Continued
Dr. Sullivan studies how landscapes that we design, especially urban landscapes, impact the health and wellbeing of people. With his students, he examines this question by measuring exposure to varying landscapes — the level of green infrastructure in neighborhoods, the amount of nature on campuses, the density of vegetation in urban spaces, or the biodiversity … Continued