Faculty and Staff

Future Generations faculty have exceptional credentials in core sciences as well as extensive field experience. They come from five countries (United States, China, Peru, India, and Bolivia) and have worked in 85 countries, with particularly extensive research and field operations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Haiti, Guyana, India, Nepal, China, Peru, and Vietnam.

Name Title Educational Background
Thomas Acker Dean of Future Generations Graduate School
Ph.D.
Biology
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
1961
B.A.
Classical Language
Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois
1952
S.J.
Ordained Catholic Priest
1963
Laura Altobelli Country Program Director, Peru
Dr. P.H.
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
1988
M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins University
1982
B.S.
University of Missouri at Columbia
1974
Elaine Zook Barge Adjunct Instructor of Trauma Studies
M.A.
Conflict Transformation
Eastern Mennonite University
B.S.
Eastern Mennonite University
Karen Edwards Adjunct Professor in Nature Conservation and Management
M.A.
Liberal Studies
SUNY
Plattsburgh
1984
B.A.
SUNY
Potsdam
1980
Robert L. Fleming Professor for Equity and Empowerment, Conservation
Ph.D.
Zoology, Major: Ornithology, out-of-department minor: Botany
Michigan State University
1967
B.A.
Albion College
1959
Christie Hand
Registrar
Interactive Online Learning Coordinator
M.A.
Developmental and Adult Education
Texas State University
San Marcos
2006
B.A.
Teaching English as a Second Language
Central Washington University
1986
B.A.
European Studies
Seattle Pacific University
1984
Ben Lozare Professor of Health, Behavior, and Society
Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin
1982
M.S.
University of Wisconsin
1977
B.A.
University of the Philippines
Sheila McKean Adjunct Professor in Agriculture, Food Security, and Population Studies
Ph.D.
Agronomy
University of Reading
United Kingdom
1989
M.Sc.
Soil Chemistry
University of Reading
United Kingdom
1985
B.Sc.
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
1983
Henry Mosley Professor of Population and Family Health
M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene & Public Health
1965
M.D.
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
1959
B.A.
Rhodes College
1955
Henry Perry Carl Taylor Professor for Equity and Empowerment, Health
Ph.D.
Sociology and Anthropology (Social Relations)
Johns Hopkins University
1976
M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
1974
M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins University
1971
B.A.
Duke University
1969
Mike Rechlin Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Forestry
Ph.D.
Resource Management and Policy
State University of New York
1986
M.S.
University of Michigan
1973
B.S.
University of Michigan
1968
Daniel Robison Adjunct Professor in Agriculture, Food Security, and Population Studies
Ph.D.
Soil Science
University of Reading
United Kingdom
1987
B.S. and B.A.
Kansas State University
1984
Lisa Schirch Adjunct Professor in Social Movements and Peacebuilding
Ph.D.
Conflict Analysis/Resolution
George Mason Univerity
1997
M.S.
Conflict Anaylsis/Resolution
George Mason University
1993
B.A.
University of Waterloo
1991
Daniel Taylor President Emeritus
Ed. D.
Development Planning
Harvard University
1972
Ed. M.
Harvard University
1969
B.A.
Johns Hopkins University
1967
Dan Wessner Adjunct Professor
Ph. D.
International Relations
University of Denver
2000
M.Div.
Princeton Theological Seminary
1990
J.D.
University of Virginia School of Law
1983
B.A.
Stanford University
1979