Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies Faculty Advisory Committee

Members of the EVST Faculty Advisory Committee come from a variety of disciplines across the School of Liberal Arts. Every major in EVST is assigned a faculty advisor to guide them throughout their studies at Tulane. The current director of the program is Dr. Laura McKinney, Associate Professor of Sociology.

Other Environmental Researchers At Tulane

Thomas Oatley, Tulane University

Thomas Oatley

Director of Environmental Studies
evst@tulane.edu
504-865-5093
Nathaniel Rich, Tulane University

Environmental Studies Program Coordinator

nrich1@tulane.edu    
Office: 300 Hebert Hall

Environmental Studies Faculty Bios

Melissa Bailes, Tulane University
Professor of English
Thomas Beller, Tulane University
Director of Creative Writing & Professor of English
Amanda Bertana, Tulane University
Assistant Professor
Brad Bolman, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts. photo Jason Smith
Assistant Professor
Marcello A. Canuto Professor Department of Anthropology Tulane University
Professor
Marcus Coleman, Tulane University
Professor of Practice, Strategy, Leadership & Analytics Minor and Economics
Simone Domingue, Tulane University
Research Assistant Professor
Michelle Foa, Newcomb Art History at Tulane University
Associate Professor, Art History
Leslie Geddes, Tulane University
Associate Professor, Art History, Italian Renaissance & Baroque Art
Felipe Gómez Trejos, Tulane University
Assistant Professor
Nicole Katin Professor of Practice Department of Anthropology Tulane University
Senior Professor of Practice
Woman with dark hair and glasses smiles in a striped shirt outdoors.
Associate Professor
Laura McKinney, Environmental Studies at Tulane University
Associate Professor
Jason S. Nesbitt Associate Professor Department of Anthropology Tulane University
Associate Professor, On Leave Fall 2026
Thomas Oatley, Tulane University
Professor
Christopher Oliver, Tulane University
Senior Professor of Practice
Sociology and Environmental Studies
Nathaniel Rich, Tulane University
Professor of Practice
Christopher B. Rodning Professor Tulane University Department of Anthropology
Professor, Anthropology
Edwige Tamalet Talbayev, Tulane University
Associate Professor of French