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Forestry and Wood Technology Faculty

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Graduate Faculty

Matthew J. Kelty, Associate Professor and Head of the Department ofNatural Resources Conservation, B.S., Notre Dame, 1974; M.S., New York at Syracuse, 1979; Ph.D., Yale, 1984.

William A. Patterson III,Professor of Forestry and Graduate Program Director, B.S., Maine, 1967; M.S., Minnesota, 1969; Ph.D., 1978.

Paul K. Barten, Associate Professor of Forest Resources Management, A.A.S., New York State Ranger School, 1977; B.S., New York at Syracuse, 1983; M.S., Minnesota, 1985; Ph.D., 1988.

Peggi L. Clouston, Assistant Professor of Building Materials and Wood Technology, B.A. Sc., British Columbia, 1989; M.A. Sc., 1995; Ph.D., 2001.

David T. Damery, Lecturer in Building Materials and Forest Products Marketing, B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980; M.S., Carnegie Mellon, 1988.

John T. Finn, Professor of Systems Ecology, B.S., Georgetown, 1970; Ph.D., Georgia, 1977.

Paul R. Fisette,Associate Professor of Building Materials and Wood Technology, A.S., Johnson and Wales, 1972; B.S., Massachusetts, 1984; M.S., 1986.

James H. Fownes, Research Professor of Ecosystem Studies, A.B., Dartmouth, 1979; Ph.D., Wisconsin at Madison, 1985.

Robin A. Harrington, Associate Professor of Forest Ecology and Conservation,  B.S., Simmons, 1977; M.S., Wisconsin at Madison, 1984; Ph.D., 1987.

R. Bruce Hoadley, Professor of Wood Technology, B.S., Connecticut, 1955; M.F., Yale, 1957; D.F., 1962.

Brian C. P. Kane, MAA Assistant Professor of Commercial Arboriculture, A.B., Holy Cross, 1992; M.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1997; Ph.D., 2002.

David B. Kittredge, Associate Professor of Forestry, B.S., Vermont, 1978; M.F.S., Yale, 1980; M.A., 1983; Ph.D., 1986.

David K. Loomis, Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Resource Management,  B.S., Michigan State, 1979; M.S., Colorado State, 1984; Ph.D., Texas A&M, 1988.

Brenda C. McComb, Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology,  B.S., Connecticut, 1974; M.S., 1976; Ph.D., Louisiana State, 1979.

Robert M. Muth,Associate Professor of Social and Policy Sciences, B.A., Washington, 1973; M.P.A., 1975; Ph.D., 1985.

Timothy O. Randhir, Extension Assistant Professor, B.S., Annamalai, 1982; M.S., Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, 1988; Ph.D., Purdue, 1995.

H. Dennis P. Ryan III,Professor of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry,  A.S., Stockbridge, 1968; B.S., Massachusetts, 1974; M.S., 1976; Ed.D., 1987.

Charles M. Schweik,Assistant Professor of Technology and Environmental Policy, B.A., SUNY College at Potsdam, 1984; M.P.A., Syracuse, 1991; Ph.D., Indiana, 1998.

 

Adjunct/Associate Faculty

David V. Bloniarz, Director, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry.

Robert T. Brooks, Research Wildlife Biologist,U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station.

Richard M. DeGraaf, Leader,  U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station.

Joseph S. Elkinton, Professor of Entomology.

Aaron M. Ellison, Associate Professor of Biology, Harvard Forest, Harvard University.

Kenyon Fairey, Head of Software and Network Support, Personal Computing Support Services, Office of Information Technologies.

David R. Foster, Director, Harvard Forest, Harvard University.

David A. Orwig, Research Associate, Harvard Forest, Harvard University.


Faculty Emeriti

Herschel G. Abbott, Professor Emeritus (1986).

William P. MacConnell, Professor Emeritus (2002).

Alan A. Marra, Professor Emeritus (1984).

William W. Rice, Professor Emeritus (1988).

Brayton F. Wilson, Professor Emeritus (1999).