How faculty can get involved

CHE's faculty members come from a range of departments at UW-Madison. Some call the humanities home, while others come from social or natural science fields. What CHE's faculty members share is a commitment to understanding environmental issues of the past and present from disciplinary perspectives beyond their own. To find out more about current members, you may review the CHE Faculty page and contact any of the people listed.

CHE faculty members Matt Turner (left) and Gregg Mitman during the 2010 Place-Based Workshop on Energy in the Upper Midwest

Photo by Wiliam Cronon


Faculty Involvement

Faculty members are frequent participants in CHE's biweekly colloquium and other events, and can serve as advisors to grad students for CHE's certificate.

There are two ways for UW faculty to get involved:

  1. You can join the "friends" listserv and then attend some of our colloquia and other events. To sign up, just email our webmaster and say you'd like to be added.
  2. You can become a CHE faculty associate.

Membership is open to all faculty and academic staff who teach a course with content that significantly addresses themes of culture, history, and environment; conduct research in the thematic areas of the Center, or can otherwise demonstrate an intellectual/pedagogical commitment to the aims of the Center.


What are the benefits of becoming a CHE Faculty Member?

  • Taking part in an exciting intellectual and social community dedicated to exploring the changing relationships of people and environment over time
  • Eligibility to serve on the Executive Committee
  • Opportunities to have a voice in the future events, programs, and governance of CHE and to play an active role in the design, development, and teaching of an Interdisciplinary CHE Graduate Certificate being planned

How to apply

Applicants for membership shall be nominated to the Executive Committee by themselves or someone else. Please submit an expression of interest that includes a jpg photo and a 100-word biographical statement that includes your research interests, key departments and programs you regard as core to your intellectual community on campus, and link to personal webpage (if you have one). Please also include a current CV.

Applications for membership should be sent to Jess Gilbert. Applications will be taken up and approved by the CHE Executive Committee and the Members at large.

If you're interested in learning more about becoming a faculty associate, please contact Jess Gilbert.