Our faculty members are trained in a wide array of fields (including Agriculture, Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Geography, Health, History, Law, Planning, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology). Together we form a community of urban, environmental and geographical researchers addressing some of the planet’s most pressing problems and challenges.
Our Full-time Faculty
Muna-Udbi Abdulkadir Ali
Assistant Professor
Black Studies; Diaspora & Transnational Migration Studies
Alison L. Bain
Associate Professor; Global Geography Coordinator
Urban Social Geography; Queer Geographies
Sheila Colla
Associate Professor & York Research Chair
Pollinator Conservation; Endangered Species; Bumblebees
Leesa Fawcett
Associate Professor; Graduate Program Director, Environmental Studies
Animal Studies; Biological Conservation; Political Ecology
Sarah Flicker
Professor (on sabbatical) & York Research Chair
Adolescent Sexual Health; Community-Based Research
Gail Fraser
Professor; Undergraduate Program Director; Sustainable Environmental Management Coordinator
Waterbird Ecology; Wildlife Management; Oil & Gas
Andil Gosine
Professor; Environmental Arts & Justice Coordinator
Environmental Arts and Justice; Caribbean Sexualities
Christina Hoicka
Associate Professor (on leave)
Energy Justice; Energy Transitions; Community Energy
Roger Keil
Professor; Cities Regions Planning Coordinator
Global Suburbanisms; Infectious Disease & Cities
Philip Kelly
Associate Dean Research, Graduate and Global Affairs & Professor
Economic and Labour Geography; Migration; Southeast Asia
Jennifer B. Korosi
Associate Professor; Environmental Science Coordinator
Lakes; Environmental Change; Permafrost
Carlota McAllister
Associate Professor
Political Ecology, Religion, Revolution, Latin America, Ethnography, Rivers
Felipe Montoya-Greenheck
Professor; Chair Neotropical Conservation; Director Las Nubes Project
Peasant Livelihoods; Biocultural Diversity
Lisa Myers
Associate Professor & York Research Chair
Visual Art; Indigenous Art; Curatorial Practice
Justin J. Podur
Associate Dean Teaching and Learning & Professor
Geopolitics; Quantitative Methods; GIS
Tarmo K. Remmel
Associate Professor
Spatial pattern; Boreal Forest Disturbance; Geomatics; Remote sensing; Uncertainty
Cate Sandilands
Professor; PhD Coordinator (on sabbatical)
Environmental Humanities; Queer, Multispecies & Feminist Ecologies
Dayna N. Scott
Associate Professor & York Research Chair
Environmental Justice; Gender & Environmental Health
Luisa Sotomayor
Associate Professor; Planning Program Coordinator
Equity Planning; Urban Governance of Housing; Latin America
Gregory Thiemann
Associate Professor (on sabbatical)
Arctic Ecosystems; Wildlife Conservation; Animal Physiology
Peter Timmerman
Associate Professor; Business & Environment Coordinator; Environment/Sustainability Education Coordinator
Environmental Ethics and Conflict; Coastal City Management
Traci Warkentin
Assistant Professor; Teaching Stream (on leave)
Animal Studies; Novel Urban Ecologies
Mark Winfield
Professor; MES Coordinator & MES/JD Coordinator
Sustainable Energy Transitions; Climate Change Policy; Environmental Policy and Governance;
Patricia Wood
Professor; Graduate Program Director, Geography
Citizenship & Governance; Settler Colonialism; Cities
