Environmental Studies at Mansfield University

Current Environmental Studies Committee Members


Jimmy Guignard
Degrees: B.S. Appalachian State University, B.A. Coastal Carolina University, M.A. Western Carolina University, Ph.D. University of Nevada at Reno.
Assistant Professor of English
Major Interests and Activities: Composition and Rhetoric, Rhetoric of Education, Environmental Literature, Mountaineering Literature, Director of Composition Program
Email: jguignar@mansfield.edu

 Richard W. Soderberg, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison (1972)
M.S., Auburn University (1980)
Ph.D., Auburn University (1983)

Research Areas: management of fish populations in farm ponds, development of fish culture technology

Teaching Areas: Fisheries

E-mail: rsoderbe@mnsfld.edu

John Kirby, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology
B.S., Missouri Southern State College (1974)
M.S., Millersville University (1976)
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1981)

Research Areas: aquatic ecology, paleobiology

Teaching Areas: Ichthyology, Limnology, Evolution, Paleobiology, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

E-mail: jkirby@mnsfld.edu

Dr. Kathryn Thorne earned a B.A. in Geography with minors in Urban and Regional Studies and French from Ball State University. She received a M.A. in Geography from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario in 1983 and a Ph.D. in Geography from Michigan State University in 1991.Her research interests are in map perception and map reading abilities. Before coming to Mansfield, Dr. Thorne held numerous positions in government, research and not-for-profit organizations as well as working as a free lance cartographer. She has received awards for excellence in cartographic design from both the Canadian Cartographic Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.

Dr. Thorne advises the Geography: Mapping Technology program. She teaches Information Graphics, Human Geography, Cartography, Modern Cartographic Techniques, Seminar in Cartographic Programming, Geographic Research and The Geography of the US and Canada. kthorne@mnsfld.edu (570) 662-4612

Tom Murphy (Current Chair of ES Committee)
Degrees: B.A. Fordham University; M.A., Ph.D. Ohio State University.
Associate Professor of English
Major Interests and Activities: Nature Writing, Environmental Studies, Medieval English Literature. Member, Environmental Studies Committee.
Email address: tmurphy@mnsfld.edu and Home Page

 Thomas Young,
(PhD Southern Illinois-Carbondale)
Professor of Philosophy
Hemlock Manor 300
Ext: 4745
Email: tyoung@mansfield.edu
Areas of interest: Health Care Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Environmental Ethics

(Descriptions are taken from the various department web pages)