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