Faculty

Patrick Hurley during field research in New York City.

Patrick Hurley

Professor and Chair / Co-director, Robert and Shurley Knaefler Whittaker Environmental Research Station / Co-coordinator, Food Studies / Director, People and Urban Forest Research Program
Environmental Studies

Pfahler 112F
phurley@ursinus.edu 
ResearchGate
484-762-4323

Leah Joseph standing in front of a blossoming tree

Leah H. Joseph

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies

Pfahler Hall 112E
610-409-3017
ljoseph@ursinus.edu

Tristan Ashcroft standing in front of a blossoming tree

Tristan Ashcroft

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies

Pfahler Hall 112A
610-409-3511
tashcroft@ursinus.edu

Brie Berry

Brie Berry

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies

Associated Faculty

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Jonathan L. Clark

Associate Professor of Sociology, Chair
Anthropology & Sociology
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Lauren Wynne

Associate Professor of Anthropology / Coordinator of Food Studies Program
Anthropology and Sociology
Bomberger 222
lwynne@ursinus.edu 
610.409.3048
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Glenda Chao

Assistant Professor of History
History
gchao@ursinus.edu
Olin 306
ext. 3299
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Ellen Dawley

Professor of Biology
Biology and Neuroscience

Innovation and Discovery Center 301
610-409-3285
edawley@ursinus.edu

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Robert Dawley

Professor of Biology / Co-director of the Parlee Center for Science and the Common Good
Biology

Thomas Hall 109
610-409-3069
rdawley@ursinus.edu

Denise Finney

Denise Finney

Associate Professor of Biology
Biology

Thomas Hall 123
610-409-3373
dfinney@ursinus.edu

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Cory Straub

Associate Professor of Biology
Biology

Thomas Hall 113
610-409-3306
cstraub@ursinus.edu

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Kathryn Goddard

Professor of Biology
Biology
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Brenda Lederach

Visiting Instructor - Psychology
Psychology

Thomas Hall 330
484-762-4590
blederach@ursinus.edu

Areas of Interest:
Psychology and the Law
Human Sexuality
Environmental Psychology

Kelly Sorensen

Kelly Sorensen

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Philosophy and Religious Studies

F. W. Olin Hall 219
610-409-3527
ksorensen@ursinus.edu

Danielle Widmann Abraham

Danielle Widmann Abraham

Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Comparative Religion
Philosophy and Religious Studies
F.W. Olin Hall 221
610-409-3533
dwidmannabraham@ursinus.edu
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Louise Woodstock

Associate Professor
Media and Communication Studies

Ritter Center 144
610-409-3021
lwoodstock@ursinus.edu

Staff

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Aimee Black

Administrative Assistant Chemistry and Environmental Studies

ablack@ursinus.edu
610-409-3609
Pfahler 203