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




Lina Brand Correa
Professor; Business and Environment Coordinator
Ecological Economics; Energy; Wellbeing



Sheila Colla
Associate Professor & York Research Chair
Pollinator Conservation; Endangered Species; Bumblebees




Leesa Fawcett
Associate Professor; Environment/Sustainability Education Coordinator
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
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; Global Geography Coordinator
Spatial pattern; Boreal Forest Disturbance; Geomatics; Remote sensing; Uncertainty



Cate Sandilands
Professor; PhD Coordinator
Environmental Humanities; Queer, Multispecies & Feminist Ecologies

Dayna N. Scott
Associate Professor & York Research Chair
Environmental Justice; Gender & Environmental Health



Laura Taylor
Associate Professor; Planning Program Coordinator (on sabbatical)
Urban & Regional Planning; Climate Change; Exurbia

Gregory Thiemann
Associate Professor; Sustainable Environmental Management Coordinator (on sabbatical)
Arctic Ecosystems; Wildlife Conservation; Animal Physiology




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

Kathy Young
Professor; Environmental Science Coordinator (on sabbatical)
Arctic Hydrology; Hydrology of Extreme Environments
