Affiliated Faculty | Alliance for a Sustainable Future

The GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future is proud to collaborate with a distinguished and diverse group of faculty whose expertise spans disciplines. These cross-disciplinary thought leaders are united by a shared commitment to advancing sustainability through research, teaching, and community engagement.

Research Communities

To strengthen collaboration across GW’s 10 schools and accelerate impactful sustainability research, the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) organized three interdisciplinary research communities. These communities connect faculty across disciplines, foster new partnerships, and unlock innovative funding opportunities.

Serving as hubs for ideation, relationship-building, and resource-sharing, the research communities help GW researchers coalesce around shared interests and pursue interdisciplinary solutions to global sustainability challenges.

Explore the research communities and learn more about our affiliated faculty’s research, expertise, and passions for the planet:

Cities, Communities, and Infrastructure

Energy, Technology, and Decision Making

Planetary Well-Being and Civic Life

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Name:	Title(s):	Email:
Randall S. Abate	Assistant Dean for Environmental Law Studies	[email protected]
Sean Aday	Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs	[email protected]
Susan Anenberg	Professor and Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health Department	[email protected]
Donna Attanasio	Managing Director, GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future	[email protected]
Chris Cahill	Department Chair, Professor of Chemistry and International Affairs	[email protected]
Alicia Cooperman	Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs	[email protected]
Keith Crandall	Professor, Director of Computational Biology Institute, Director of Genomics Core, Courtesy Appointment: Office of the Dean	[email protected]
Maria Cseh	Associate Professor, Human and Organizational Learning	[email protected]
Jonathan Deason	Lead Professor, Environmental and Energy Management Program	[email protected]
Payman Dehghanian	Associate Professor	[email protected]
William Dietz	Director of Research and Policy for the Global Food Institute, Director of STOP Obesity Alliance, and Professor, Department of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences	[email protected]
Rachel Emas	Director of the Master of Arts in Environmental and Sustainability Policy (MA-ESP); Associate Teaching Professor of Public Public Policy and Public Administration	[email protected]
Leila Farhadi	Associate Professor	[email protected]
John Forrer	Associate Research Professor of Strategic Management & Public Policy; Associate Faculty, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration	[email protected]
Royce Francis	Associate Professor	[email protected]
Michele Friend	Full Professor of Philosophy, Logic Coordinator	[email protected]
Ina Gjikondi	Director, Learning Innovation & Strategic Growth	[email protected]
Robert Glicksman	J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law	[email protected]
Margaret Gonglewski	Associate Professor of German and International Affairs, Faculty Director of Academic Programs, GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future	[email protected]
Caitlin Grady	Director, Impact and Innovation, GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future	[email protected]
Erica L. Gralla	Associate Professor	[email protected]
Salah Hassan	Professor of Marketing	[email protected]
Anna Helm	Director, Center for International Business Education & Research (GW-CIBER); Teaching Associate Professor of International Business	[email protected]
John Helveston	Associate Professor	[email protected]
Kathy Hessler	Assistant Dean for Animal Law	[email protected]
Remi Jedwab	Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Director of the Institute for International Economic Policy	[email protected]
Rachael Jonassen	Associate Research Professor, Sustainable Urban Planning Program; Director, Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Management Program	[email protected]
María José de la Fuente	Professor of Spanish	[email protected]
Robin L. Juni	Associate Professor of Fundamentals of Lawyering	[email protected]
Mukes Kapilashrami	Director of Operations - George Washington Solar Institute	[email protected]

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