CSU FACULTY IN SUPPORT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION
About the Statment
In December 2016, a small group of CSU faculty (including Julia Klein, Michele Betsill, Diana Wall, Dennis Ojima, Kathleen Galvin, SueEllen Campbell and John Calderazzo) drafted a non-partisan statement on climate change. There were several motivating factors for the statement, including local discussions about whether the Mayor of Fort Collins should sign the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda open letter to the President-elect, the President-elect’s campaign vow to ‘cancel’ the Paris climate agreement, and his subsequent nomination of several high-level Cabinet appointments who question the science of climate change. Several of the CSU faculty work with communities around the world who already are being negatively affected by climate change, but who do not have a platform from which to speak. This small group of faculty – consisting of scholars who have spent most of their academic careers studying various aspects of climate change science, impacts, policy and communication – were compelled to join together to clearly articulate the unequivocal need to address climate change and now invite other CSU faculty members to join as well. We stand in solidarity with other academics and diverse groups who have issued similar statements and hope ours will catalyze further awareness and action. Together, our voices will be heard.
Our Pledge
We, the undersigned faculty at Colorado State University, represent researchers across diverse disciplines who focus on the social and scientific challenges of global climate change and who are concerned about how these changes will affect us all.
We are part of the overwhelming consensus that has provided the scientific evidence for and affirms the seriousness of human-caused climate change. We stand for scientific research, reasoned inquiry, and verifiable facts. Our scholarship, like that of scientists worldwide, points to the negative current and future changes to our climate – with consequences such as more damaging wildfires, extreme events like droughts and floods, sea level rise – and the impacts of climate change on society, flora and fauna, health and critical processes that support human well-being and the human enterprise.
We are part of collaborative efforts to discover and implement technical, socio-economic, cultural, and political solutions to climate change.
We are also educators who help students understand this complex issue, appreciate the competing values and perspectives that shape public discourse around it, and prepare them to meet this emerging challenge.
As employees of a public land-grant institution, we affirm our responsibility to deploy our knowledge in service of society, in Colorado and beyond. We will continue to work with diverse people and cultures and to collaborate with university leaders; local, state, and federal elected officials; faith communities and civic organizations; and business leaders – many of whom are already engaged in raising awareness and developing innovative strategies for reducing and adapting to climate change.
Signatories
Jeff Achter, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
Henry Adams, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Cameron Aldridge, Associate Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Ruth Alexander, Professor, Department of History
Timothy R. Amidon, Assistant Professor, Department of English
David G. Anderson, Director, Colorado Natural Heritage Program
Juan Lucas Argueso, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences
Peter Backlund, Associate Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Meena Balgopal, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Todd Bandhauer, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jennifer Barfield, Special Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Elizabeth Barnes, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science
Haley Bates, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Dan Beachy-Quick, Associate Professor, Department of English
Delwin Benson, Professor, Department of Fish Wildlife & Conservation Biology
Joyce Berry, Professor Emerita, Warner College of Natural Resources
Michele Betsill, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science
Daniel Birmingham, Assistant Professor, Department of Education
Andrew Bliss, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Jens Blotevogel, Special Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Randall Boone, Associate Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Thomas Borch, Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Ellen Brinks, Professor, Department of English
Kirk Broders, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management
Cynthia Brown, Professor, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management
Katherine Browne, Professor, Department of Anthropology
Patrick J. Burns, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Libraries and VP for IT
Phil Cafaro, Professor, Department of Philosophy
John Calderazzo, Professor Emeritus, Department of English
Ryan T. Campbell, Instructor, Department of English
SueEllen Campbell, Professor Emerita, Department of English
Jacey Cerda, Instructor, School of Global Environmental Sustainability
Joe Champ, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Media Communication
Tony Cheng, Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Jon Clark, Professor, Department of Computer Information Systems
Maggie Clark, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences
Doug Cloud, Assistant Professor, Department of English
Adrienne Cohen, Special Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Thomas Conway, Instructor, Department of English
Matthew Cooperman, Professor, Department of English
Francesca Cotrufo, Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Michael Coughenour, Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Lab
Tim Covino, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Kevin Crooks, Professor, Department of Fish Wildlife & Conservation Biology
Courtenay Daum, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Sandra Davis, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Thomas Seth Davis, Assistant Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Gregg Dean, Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Thomas Dean, Professor, Department of Management
Scott Denning, Montfort Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Catherine DiCesare, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Robert Duffy, Professor, Department of Political Science
Brian Dunbar, Professor Emeritus, Institute for the Built Environment
Colleen Duncan, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Pamela Duncan, Special Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Cassandra Eddington, Instructor, Department of English
David Edmunds, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Paul Evangelista, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Patrick Fahey, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Suzanne Faris, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Art & Art History
Delphine Farmer, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Kim Ferrer, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Art & Art History
Emily Fischer, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Paul Flippen, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Jason Frazier, Assistant Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Linny Frickman, Director and Chief Curator, Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, Department of Art & Art History
W. Chris Funk, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Kathleen Galvin, Professor, Department of Anthropology
Dan Ganster, Partnership for Excellence Professor, Department of Management
Liba Goldstein, Associate Professor, Department of Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Biology
Moti Gorin, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Director Jann Benson Ethics Center
Gwen Gorzelsky, Associate Professor, Department of English
Stephanie G’Schwind, Director, Center for Literary Publishing, Department of English
Neil Grigg, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Peter Hall, Affiliate Professor, Department of Sociology
John Hayes, Dean, Warner College of Natural Resources
Mary Hickey, Instructor, Department of English
Katie Horton, Instructor, Department of Anthropology
Ruth Hufbauer, Professor, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management
Terry Iverson, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Shantanu Jathar, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kelly Jones, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
Jaime Jordan, Instructor, Department of English
Robert Jordan, Instructor, Department of History
Stephanie Kampf, Associate Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Shane B Kanatous, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Jeff Kasser, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
Suzanne Kent, Special Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Julia Klein, Associate Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Alan Knapp, Professor, Department of Biology
Jane Kneller, Professor Emerita, Department of Philosophy
Boris C. Kondratieff, Professor, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Mary-Ann Kokoska, Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Stephan Kroll, Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Melinda Laituri, Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability; Director, CSU Geospatial Centroid
Jan Leach, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management; Associate Dean for Research in the College of Agriculture
Marius Lehene, Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Katharine Leigh, Professor, Department of Design and Merchandising
Stephen Leisz, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Nancy E. Levinger, University Distinguished Teaching Scholar, Professor of Chemistry and Electrical and Computer Engineering
E.J. Levy, Associate Professor, Department of English
Marilee Long, Professor, Department of Journalism and Media Communication
Stacy Lynn, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Bradley Macdonald, Professor, Department of Political Science
Lee MacDonald, Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Ann Magennis, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Sheryl Magzamen, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences
Stephanie Malin, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Eric D. Maloney, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science
Ken Manning, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty, Department of Marketing
Kelly Martin, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
Katherine Mattor, Research Scientist, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Arabi Mazdak, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ross McConnell, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
Katie McShane, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Amanda Memoli, Instructor, Department of English
Todd Mitchell, Assistant Professor, Department of English
Janice Moore, Professor, Department of Biology
John Moore, University Distinguished Teaching Scholar & Department Head, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability; Director, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Rachel Mueller, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Steve Mumme, Professor, Department of Political Science
Linda Nagel, Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Dhruba Naug, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Jennifer L Neuwald, Special Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Jac A. Nickoloff, Professor and Head, Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Barry R. Noon, Professor, Department of Fish Wildlife & Conservation Biology
Troy Ocheltree, Assistant Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Paul Ode, Associate Professor, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management
Dennis Ojima, Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability; University Director, North Central Climate Science Center
Jared Orsi, Professor, Department of History
Erika Osborne, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Art History
Michael Pante, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Mark Paschke, Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Joelle Paulson, Instructor, Department of English
Keith Paustian, Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Sarah Payne, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Jeff Pierce, Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
N LeRoy Poff, Professor, Department of Biology
Rachel Pries, Professor, Department of Mathematics
Melissa Raguet-Schofield, Instructor, Department of Anthropology
Sanjay Ramchander, Professor and Associate Dean, Department of Finance and Real Estate
Jorge A Ramirez, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
David Randall, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Kristen Lani Rasmussen, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Sara Rathburn, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences
Laura Raynolds, Professor, Department of Sociology
Ken Reardon, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Louann Reid, Professor and Department Chair, Department of English
Robin Reid, Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability and Director of the Center for Collaborative Conservation
Monique Rocca, Associate Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Holmes Rolston, III, University Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy
Kyle Saunders, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Meagan Schipanski, Assistant Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Kathryn A. Schoenecker, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Courtney Schultz, Assistant Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Barbara Sebek, Professor, Department of English
Pete Seel, Professor, Department of Journalism and Media Communication
Kenneth Shockley, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Mark Shoemaker, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Jason Sibold, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
James Sites, Professor, Department of Physics
Sarah Jane Sloane, Professor, Department of English
Bruno Sobral, Director, One Health Institute and Professor, Department of Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Jennifer Solomon, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
David Steingraeber, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Mark Stetter, Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine
Dimitris Stevis, Professor, Department of Political Science
Mary Stromberger, Professor, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
David Swift, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability and Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Patrice Sullivan, Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Daniele Tavani, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Dawn Thilmany, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
David Thompson, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science
Debby Thompson, Associate Professor, Department of English
William M. Timpson, Professor, School of Education
Wade Tinkham, Special Assistant Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Cyane Tornatzky, Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History
Beth Tropman, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
Craig Trumbo, Professor, Department of Journalism & Media Communication
Brad Udall, Senior Water and Climate Research Scientist/Scholar
Sue VandeWoude, Associate Dean for Research, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Joseph von Fischer, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Diana H. Wall, University Distinguished Professor, Director, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Professor, Department of Biology, Senior Scientist, NREL
Matthew Wallenstein, Associate Professor, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Yu Wei, Associate Professor, Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship
Bryan Willson, Director, CSU Energy Institute and Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Kenneth Wilson, Professor & Department Head, Department of Fish Wildlife & Conservation Biology
Ellen Wohl, Professor, Department of Geosciences
Robert Woodmansee, Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability
Azer Yalin, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Daniel Zimmerle, Senior Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering