Who We Are

Alliance Leadership and Staff

Frank Sesno

Executive Director, The GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future; Director of Strategic Initiatives, School of Media & Public Affairs,
[email protected]

Donna Attanasio

Managing Director, The GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future; Professorial Lecturer in Law, GW Law School,
[email protected]

Robert Orttung

Director, The Sustainability Research Institute; and Research Professor of International Affairs, GW Elliott School of International Affairs

Emily Hammond

Faculty Director of Academic Sustainability Programs, The GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future, Glen Earl Weston Research Professor of Law, [email protected] 

Caitlin Grady

Director of Impact and Innovation, The GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future, [email protected]

Anneliese Palmer

Anneliese (Lisa) Palmer is a Research Professor of Science Communication, Journalist-in-Residence at the GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future, and Senior Editor and Education Lead at Planet Forward, [email protected]

Angela Melidosian

Assistant Professor of Sustainability, The GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future, [email protected] 

Erin Carlin

Program Manager, Academic Sustainability Programs

Diedre Robinson

Executive Associate, The GW Alliance for a Sustainable Future, [email protected] 

Michaela Stones

Institute Associate, Sustainability Research Institute

Harita Iswara

Research Assistant (part-time); M.A. candidate, School of Media & Public Affairs

 

Our Alliance Community

Many faculty and staff across the university engage in research or work aimed toward fighting climate change and advancing sustainability efforts. As we work hard to advance the new Alliance and connect with additional university partners in this space, this nonexhaustive list of faculty and staff will continue to grow, reflecting GW's broad range of expertise in crucial areas related to sustainability and climate change. Stay tuned — you'll see more names soon.

• Randall 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 of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Director of GW Climate and Health Institute, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected]
• Lisa Benton-Short, Professor and Chair, Department of Geography, [email protected]
• Joseph Cascio, Co-Director, Environmental & Energy Management Institute, [email protected]
• Steve Charnovitz, Associate Professor of Law, [email protected] 
• Jim Chung, Associate Vice President for Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Alicia Cooperman, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, [email protected]

• Keith A. Crandall, Director, Computational Biology Institute, Professor, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, [email protected]

• Maria Cseh, Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Learning (HOL), Director, HOL Doctoral Program, [email protected] 
• Jonathan Deason, Lead Professor, Environmental and Energy Management Program, Executive Director, Environmental and Energy Management Institute, School of Engineering and Applied Science, [email protected]
• Payman Deghanian, Associate Professor, Director, GW SmartGrid Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, [email protected]
• María-José de la Fuente, Professor, Spanish, Sustainability Education in Spanish Teaching and Learning, [email protected]
• William Dietz, Director of Research & Policy, GW Global Food Institute, Chair of Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, [email protected]
• Malcolm Russell Einhorn, Research Professor of International Affairs, [email protected] 

• Rachel Emas, Associate Teaching Professor and Graduate Program Director of the Master of Arts in Environmental Resource Policy (MA-ENRP), [email protected] 

• Leila Farhadi, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, [email protected] 
• John Forrer, Director, Institute for Corporate Responsibility, Research Professor, Strategic Management and Public Policy, School of Business, [email protected]
• Royce Francis, Associate Professor, GW School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, [email protected]
• Michele Friend, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Logic Coordinator, [email protected]
• Ina Gjikondi, Director, Executive Education & Coaching, Director. e-Co Leadership Coaching Program, Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, College of Professional Studies, [email protected]
• Robert Glicksman, J. B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Environmental Law, [email protected] 
• Margaret Gonglewski, Associate Professor of German, Director of German Language, [email protected] 
• Caitlin Grady, Assistant Professor, Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, [email protected]
• Erica Gralla, Associate Professor, Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, [email protected]
• Emily Hammond, Glen Earl Weston Research Professor, [email protected]

• Donald Hawkins, Professor Emeritus of Management, Tourism Studies and International Affairs, George Washington University, [email protected]

• Salah Hassan, Professor of Global Marketing, Director, Global Business Sustainability, [email protected] 
• Kate Heath, Director, Student Entrepreneurship, Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, [email protected]
• Anna Helm, Director, GW Center for International Business Education & Research (GW-CIBER) and Associate Teaching Professor of International Business, GW School of Business, [email protected]
• John "JP" Helveston, Director, Data Analytics MS Program and Assistant Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, GW School of Engineering and Applied Science, [email protected]
• Remi Jedwab, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Director of the Institute for International Economic Policy, [email protected]

• Rachael Jonassen, Director, Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Management, Environmental & Energy Management Institute, [email protected]

• Robin L. Juni, Associate Professor, Fundamentals of Lawyering Program, The George Washington University Law School, [email protected] 
• Mukes Kapilashrami, Director of Programs and Operations, Environmental and Energy Management Institute, [email protected]
• Moses Kansanga, Assistant Professor, Geography & International Affairs, [email protected] 
• Melissa Keeley, Director of Environmental Studies & Sustainability Science; Associate Professor of Geography, Public Policy & Public Administration; CCAS [email protected]  
• Christopher Klemek, Associate Professor of History, Dept. of History, CCAS, [email protected]
• Peter LaPuma, Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health, [email protected]
• Josh Lasky, Director, Office of Sustainability, [email protected]
• Saniya Leblanc, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS, [email protected]
• Samuel T. Ledermann, Assistant Professor of Practice of International Affairs, International Development Studies Program, Director Global Capstone, Elliott School of International Affairs, [email protected] 
• Miguel Lejeune, Professor of Decision Sciences (GWSB), and Electrical and Computer Engineering (SEAS), [email protected]
• Matthew Levinger, Professor of Practice of International Affairs and Director, National Security Studies Program, [email protected]
• Xitong Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, [email protected] 
• Aman Luthra, Assistant Professor of Geography, [email protected]

• Patrick McHugh, Associate Professor of Management, GW School of Business, [email protected]  

• Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Associate Professor & Director, Sports Management Programs (BS, MS & MBA), [email protected]
• Kim Ossi van Brecht, Associate Director, Planet Forward, [email protected]
• Anneliese (Lisa) Palmer, Research Professor of Science Communication, Senior Editor & Education Lead, PlanetForward.org, School of Media and Public Affairs, [email protected] 
• Ethan Porter, Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs and of Political Science, [email protected] 
• David Rain, Associate Professor Geography and International Affairs, Geography Department Chair, [email protected]
• Matthew Rau, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, [email protected]
• Tara Scully, Director of Curriculum Development, GW Global Food Institute, Associate Professor of Biology, Dept. of Biological Sciences, CCAS, [email protected]
• Thom Shanker, Director, Project for Media and National Security, School of Media and Public Affairs, [email protected] 
• Yun Shen, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, [email protected]
• Nikolay Shiklomanov, Professor of Geography and International Affairs, Department of Geography, [email protected]
• Ekundayo Shittu, Associate Professor, SEAS, [email protected]
• Danmeng Shuai, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, [email protected] 
• Erin Speck, Assistant Professor, Interior Architecture, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design, CCAS, [email protected] 
• Dmitry Streletskiy, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, CCAS, [email protected]
• John Sutter, Ted Turner Visiting Professor of Environmental Media, [email protected] 
• Michael Svoboda, Assistant Professor of the University Writing Program, CCAS, and Advisor for the Sustainability Minor, [email protected]

• Costis Toregas, Director, Cyber Security and Privacy Research Institute, [email protected] 

• Neelima Tummala, Assistant Professor of Surgery, GW School of Medicine & Health Sciences, [email protected]
• Sandra Whitehead, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Sustainable Urban Planning Program, GW College of Professional Studies, [email protected]
• Linda Yarr, Research Professor of International Affairs, Director, Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia (PISA), Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Elliott School for International Affairs, [email protected]