Research
Anthropocene Working Group
MISSION
The Anthropocene Working Group is an interdisciplinary network of researchers who conduct collaborative research, teaching, and outreach on the Anthropocene, a newly proposed geologic epoch representing the age in which human activities have induced shifts in the state and functioning of the Earth system that threaten environmental, social, and economic crises on global to local scales. Faculty in the working group represent the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, and the Patel College of Global Sustainability.
MEMBERS

Fenda Akiwumi
Associate Professor & Director of the Institute on Black Life, School of Geosciences

Kamal Alsharif
Associate Professor, School of Geosciences

Kellan Anfinson
Postdoc, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies

Mauricio Arias
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Robert Benford
Professor, Deparment of Sociology

Martin Bosman
Associate Professor, School of Geosciences

Stephen Buckman
Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs

Alan Bush
Instructor, Honors College

Zachary Caple
Provost's Postdoctoral Scholar

Ryan Carney
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology

Jennifer Cazenave
Assistant Professor, Department of World Languages

Todd Chavez
Dean, USF Libraries, USF Tampa Library

Meghan Cook
Coordinator of Library Operations, USF Tampa Library

Thomas Culhane
Instructor, Patel College of Global Sustainability

Travis Doering
Research Associate Professor, USF Library DHHC

Joni Downs
Associate Chair, School of Geosciences

Sara Dykins Callahan
Instructor, Humanities and Cultural Studies

Peter Funke
Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies

Gurleen Gerwal
Associate Professor, Department of English

William Goodwin
Associate Professor, Philosophy Department

Laurel Graham
Associate Professor/
Associate Chair, Department of Sociology

Jason Gulley
Assistant Professor, School of Geosciences

Mark Hafen
Sr. Instructor/
Graduate Program Assit. Director, School of Public Affairs

Cheryl Hall
Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies

Valerie (Jody) Harwood
Professor & Chair, Department of Integrative Biology

Trevor Hedberg
Postdoctoral Scholar, Philosophy Department

Greg Herbert
Associate Professor/
Director of Anthropocene Working Group, School of Geosciences

Carl Herndl
Professor, Department of English

David Himmelgreen
Professor, Department of Anthropology

Yulie Hu
Assistant Professor, School of Geosciences

John Jermier
Professor, Muma College of Business

Liz Kicak
Instructor & Director of the Humanities Institute, Department of English

Shawn Landry
Research Associate Professor/
Director of USF Water Institute

Patrizia La Trecchia
Associate Professor, Department of World Languages

Alex Levine
Professor & Chair, Philosophy Department

David Lewis
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology

Evangeline Linkous
Assistant Professor, School of Public Affiars

Dillon Mahoney
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

Lynn Martin
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology

Earl McCoy
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology

James Mihelcic
Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Connie Mizak
Instructor, School of Geosciences

Bogdan Onac
Professor, School of Geoscienes

Govindan Parayil
Dean, Patel College of Global Sustainability

Thomas Pluckhahn
Professor, Department of Anthropology

Luanna Prevost
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology

Kai Rains
Research Associate Professor, School of Geosciences

Mark Rains
Professor & Chair, School of Geosciences

Christina Richards
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology

Jarod Rosello
Assistant Professor, Department of English

Amy Rust
Associate Professor, Humanities and Cultural Studies

Martin Sch枚nfeld
Professor, Philosophy Department

Charles Stanish
Professor of Anthropology & Executive Dirctor of IASCE

Fred Steier
Associate Professor, Department of Communication

Elizabeth Strom
Associate Professor, School of Geosciences

Maya Trotz
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Philip Van Beynen
Associate Professor, School of Geosciences

Andrea Vianello
Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology

Diane Wallman
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

Christian Wells
Professor & Director of USF Center for Brownfields Research, Department of Anthropology

Nancy White
Professor, Department of Anthropology

Linda Whiteford
Professor, Department of Anthropology

Catherine Wilkins
Instructor, Honors College

Eric Winsberg
Professor, Philosophy Department

Yasin Yilmas
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department

Rebecca Zarger
Associate Professor/
Graduate Director, Department of Anthropology