Faculty & staff
Office
Our office is located in the David Turpin Building, B-Wing, room B243. We are normally open from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday - Friday.
General inquiries:
Phone: 250-721-7354
Email: esoffice@uvic.ca
Undergraduate advising:
Ryan Hilperts, 250-472-5767, esadvise@uvic.ca
Graduate advising:
Dr. Trevor Lantz, 250-853-3566, esgrad@uvic.ca
Mailing address:
School of Environmental Studies
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria BC V8W 2Y2
Canada
Courier address:
School of Environmental Studies
University of Victoria
David Turpin Building, B-Wing, B243
3800 Finnerty Road (Ring Road)
Victoria, BC V8P 5C2
Faculty
![Natalie Ban - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/ban_2023.jpg)
Professor & President's Chair Environmental Studies
Office: DTB B250 nban@uvic.ca 250-853-3569
![Deborah Curran - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/curran.jpg)
Professor & director School of Environmental Studies Environmental Studies and LAW
Office: DTB B243b dlc@uvic.ca 250-853-3105
![Eric Higgs - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/higgs_2023.jpg)
![Ryan Hiilperts](../_assets/images/profiles/ryanhilperts2024.jpg)
Assistant teaching professor Environmental Studies
Office: DTB B262 ryzome@uvic.ca 250-472-5767
![Sarah Hunt - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/hunt_2023.jpg)
Associate professor & Canada Research Chair, Indigenous political ecology Environmental Studies
Office: DTB A133 sarah@uvic.ca 250-472-5828
![Trevor Lantz - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/lantz.jpg)
![Darcy Matthews - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/matthews.jpg)
Associate professor Environmental Studies
Office: DTB A141 dmathews@uvic.ca 250-472-4941
![Ian Mauro - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/mauro_2022.jpg)
Professor & executive director Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) Environmental Studies
Office: UH1 picsdir@uvic.ca 250-853-3596
![Loren McClenachan - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/mcclenachan.jpg)
Associate professor & Canada Research Chair, ocean history and sustainability Environmental Studies & History
Office: CLE B216 / DTB B150 lorenm@uvic.ca 250-721-7389
![James Rowe - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/rowe_2023.jpg)
Associate professor Environmental Studies
Office: DTB A143 jkrowe@uvic.ca 250-853-3574
![Nancy Shackelford - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/shackelford.jpg)
Assistant professor & director Restoration of Natural Systems Environmental Studies
Office: DTB A129 nshack@uvic.ca 250-472-4387
![Karena Shaw - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/shaw_2023.jpg)
Professor & academic director Transformative Climate Action Certificate Environmental Studies
Office: DTB A131 shawk@uvic.ca 250-721-7353
![Gerald Singh - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/singh_2023.jpg)
Assistant professor & Ocean Nexus Chair of Global Change and Sustainable Development Environmental Studies
Office: DTB B224 singhg@uvic.ca 250-853-3558
![Brian Starzomski - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/starzomski.jpg)
Ian McTaggart Cowan Professor Environmental Studies
Office: B225 starzom@uvic.ca 250-853-3564
![John Volpe - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/volpe_2023.jpg)
Cross-listed & limited-term faculty
![Benjamin Neal - Environmental Studies](../_assets/images/profiles/neal.jpg)
Assistant teaching professor Environmental Studies and Biology
Office: PCH 009 benjaminpneal@uvic.ca 250-721-7142
Staff
![Sarah Theophilus](../_assets/images/profiles/theophilus2023.jpg)
Sarah Theophilus
Administrative officer Environmental Studies
Oversees the financial and administrative operations of the school. Contact Sarah for assistance with administration, financial accounting, endowment accounting, course scheduling, website updates, HR & payroll, faculty appointments, post-doctoral fellowships, sessional instructor positions and TA appointments.
Office: DTB B243a esadmin@uvic.ca 250-472-4568
![Generic profile pic](../_assets/images/profiles/generic-profile-pic.jpg)
Elizabeth E
Receptionist, undergraduate program assistant Environmental Studies
Office: DTB B243 esoffice@uvic.ca 250-721-7354
![Margy Gamble](../_assets/images/profiles/margy2024.jpg)
Margy Gamble
Graduate program and administrative assistant Environmental Studies
Office: DTB B243 esgradsec@uvic.ca 250-472-5516
![Ryan Hiilperts](../_assets/images/profiles/ryanhilperts2024.jpg)
Ryan L. Hilperts
Undergraduate adviser, field school coordinator Environmental Studies
Office: DTB B262 esadvise@uvic.ca 250 472 5767
![Alina Fisher](../_assets/images/profiles/fisheralina2023.jpg)
Alina Fisher
Research manager Environmental Studies
Office: DTB B239 alinaf@uvic.ca 250-472-5923
![Laurel Currie](../_assets/images/profiles/lurrielaurel.jpg)
Laurel Currie
Program manager, climate & sustainability scholars Environmental Studies
Office: DTB B216 laurelc@uvic.ca 250-721-6125
![Lina Guo](../_assets/images/profiles/linaguo2024.jpeg)
Emeriti
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Professor Emeritus Environmental Studies
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Director Emeritus, Restoration of Natural Systems Environmental Studies
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Professor Emerita & American Geophysical Union Fellow Environmental Studies
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Assistant professor Emeritus Environmental Studies
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Professor Emerita Environmental Studies
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Associate professor Emerita Environmental Studies
Sessional instructors
Caolan Barr
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
2025 spring courses: ES 301 A01, ES 413 A01
Sebastian Bonet
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Andrew Elves
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
2024 fall courses: ES 341 A01
2025 spring courses: ES 341 A01
Julian Evans
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
2025 spring courses: ES 301 A02
Alina Fisher
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Jake Fisher
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Elin Kelsey
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Nick Montgomery
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Ben Morton
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Erin Nuckols
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Hannah Roessler
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Trudi Smith
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Christine van der Stege
Sessional instructor Environmental Studies
Adjuncts
Pamela Asquith, adjunct professor
E. Richard Atleo, adjunct associate professor
Brenda Beckwith, adjunct assistant professor
Louise Blight, adjunct associate professor
Sebastian Bonet, adjunct assistant professor
Jeremy Caradonna, adjunct assistant professor
Alain Cuerrier, adjunct associate professor
Rod Davis, adjunct assistant professor
Douglas Deur, adjunct associate professor
Karen Dunmall, adjunct professor
Donald Eastman, adjunct associate professor
Emily Eaton, adjunct professor
Jason Fisher, adjunct assistant professor
Beatrice Frank, adjunct professor
Alejandro Frid, adjunct assistant professor
Emily Gonzales, adjunct assistant professor
Purnima Govindarajulu, adjunct assistant professor
Richard Hebda, adjunct associate professor
Thomas Heyd, adjunct professor
Morgan Hocking, adjunct assistant professor
Elin Kelsey, adjunct associate professor
Leslie King, adjunct professor
Steven Kokelj, adjunct associate professor
Lynn Lee, adjunct assistant professor
Nick Montgomery, adjunct assistant professor
Charlotte Norris, adjunct assistant professor
Tom Okey, adjunct associate professor
Briony Penn, adjunct professor
Ana Maria Peredo, adjunct professor
John Restakis, adjunct assistant professor
Peter Ross, adjunct professor
Judith Sayers, adjunct professor
Valentin Schaefer, adjunct associate professor
Christina Service, adjunct assistant professor
Trudi Smith, adjunct assistant professor
Pamela Spalding, adjunct assistant professor
Nicholas Stanger, adjunct associate professor
Frances Stewart, adjunct assistant professor
Duncan Taylor, adjunct associate professor
Angeline Tillmanns, adjunct assistant professor
Nancy Turner, adjunct professor
Charlotte Whitney, adjunct assistant professor
Postdoctoral fellows
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Andrew Barnas
Post-doc Environmental Studies
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Ludovic Brown
Post-doc Environmental Studies
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Kathleen Carroll
Research associate Environmental Studies
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Rosanna Carver
Post-doc Environmental Studies
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Marissa Dyck
Post-doc Environmental Studies
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Kayla Hamelin
Post-doc Environmental Studies
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Patrick Hayes
Post-doc Environmental Studies
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Sarah Jacobs
Post-doc Environmental Studies
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Sara Mynott
Research Associate Environmental Studies
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Jesse Sayles
Research Associate Environmental Studies
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Niek Jesse Speetjens
Post-doc Environmental Studies
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Jackie Ziegler
Post-doc Environmental Studies
Grad students
Vist our grad student page to learn about our incredible PhD and master's students!