Paul Sabin, Ph.D.
EVST Program Co-Chair
Professor Sabin teaches United States environmental history, energy politics, and political, legal, and economic history and coordinates the Yale Environmental History working group and the Yale Environmental Humanities Program. His fields of interest include 20th century U.S. history, U.S. and global environmental history, government and political development, American West, energy and resources
Craig Brodersen, Ph.D.
EVST Program Co-Chair
Professor Brodersen’s research focuses on the structure and function of plants, with a particular interest in how plants efficiently utilize two of the most limiting resources on Earth: water and light. His research also highlights the implications of environmental conditions that push plants beyond their physiological thresholds.
Michael Fotos, Ph.D.
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Professor Fotos BA-YC, MPA., PhD, is the EVST Director of Undergraduate Studies and Lecturer in Political Science. He studies the relationship between political theory and policy analysis. His earlier work focused on coal mining regulation, voter turnout, and ecosystem services.
Kealoha Freidenburg, Ph.D.
Associate DUS, BS Program
Dr. Freidenburg is the EVST Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, BS Program and Lecturer at YSE. She is an ecologist who conducts research in freshwater ecosystems with a particular focus on amphibians. Dr. Freidenburg teaches courses that incorporate ecology, conservation, and a field-based approach to learning. Her current focus is centered on understanding how suburban landscapes and associated land use impact amphibian populations.
Linda Evenson
EVST Program Manager
Linda Evenson B.A., M.E.M. YSE is EVST’s Program Manager. She is a former resident of Yale’s Trumbull College and Cendena College at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. She has 20 years of experience in the field of environmental science, policy, and administration.
Program Directory
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Yale School of the Environment
Shimon C. Anisfeld
Senior Lecturer II and Research Scientist in Water Resources and Environmental Chemistry203-432-5748
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Yale School of the Environment
Mark S. Ashton
Senior Associate Dean of The Forest School; Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology; Director of Yale Forests203-432-9835
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Yale Department of Chemical Engineering, Yale School of Public Health & Yale School of the Environment
Michelle L. Bell
Senior Associate Dean of Research and Director of Doctoral Studies; Mary E. Pinchot Professor of Environmental Health
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Yale Department of History and American Studies
Ned Blackhawk
Howard R. Lamar Professor of History203-432-8530
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Yale School of the Environment
Mark Bradford
E.H. Harriman Professor of Soils and Ecosystem Ecology203-436-9148
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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Derek Briggs
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences; Curator, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History203 432-8590
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Department of Chemistry
Gary Brudvig
Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
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Sarah Cheung
Graduate Student Liaison5-year BS ‘25/MPP ‘26 student at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs
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Auston Collings
EVST Website Manager, Peer Mentor, Climate Science and Solutions Certificate LiaisonEVST BS ‘26, Energy & Climate