Faculty and Staff
The ENVS Program has four dedicated faculty appointments: Jessica Kleiss, an oceanographer, climate scientist, and Program Director; Jim Proctor, a geographer; Alana Rader, a geographer; and Liz Safran, a geologist and disasters researcher. ENVS also involves a range of participating faculty specializing in biology, chemistry, economics, history, international affairs, philosophy, sociology, and other fields.
Contributing Faculty
Jessica Kleiss
James D. Proctor
Elizabeth Safran
Elizabeth A. Bennett
Andrew Bernstein
Spring 2026: Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30-2:00 & by appointment
Moriah B. Bostian
Maryann Bylander
Please schedule an appointment via email.
Kurt Fosso
Spring 2026: Tuesdays 3:30-4:30, Thursdays 10-11 & by appointment
Kabir Mansingh Heimsath
Wednesdays 1:45-4pm / Or schedule an appointment via email
Maria Hristova
Monday and Friday 2:30 - 4:00pm or by appointment
Bob Mandel
Susanna Morrill
Wednesday 3:00-4:00pm or by appointment
Jay Odenbaugh
TTH 11:30AM-12:30PM or by appointment.
Bruce Podobnik
Mondays & Wednesdays 3-4pm / Please sign up on my online calendar
Karen Russell
Ellen Seljan
Currently On Sabbatical Spring 2026
Janice Weis
Rishona Zimring
Spring 2026: Wednesdays 12-2PM & by appointment
Staff
Environmental Studies is located in room 104 of Albany Quadrangle on the Undergraduate Campus.
email envs@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7790
Symposium Advisor Jessica Kleiss
Environmental Studies
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219

























