Western Michigan University is a student-centered, nationally recognized research institution. The School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability reflects the mission to advance research and creativity through the work of faculty in diverse areas of interest. If you are interested in getting involved in any of the areas described below, feel free to reach out to the faculty member directly.
- Spatial data science and geospatial modeling
- Social determinants of health
- Conservation management
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Sustainable brewing
- Regenerative agriculture
- Physical and environmental geography
- Natural hazards and hazard perception
- Sports geography
- Environmental history and humanities
- Great Lakes landscapes & waterscapes
- Ecocultural storytelling
- Comparative Genocide Studies
- Chinese Minority Policy
- Civil System Resiliency and System Collapse
- Great Lakes environmental history and policy
- US-Canada environmental and energy relations
- Water history and policy
- Climate Variability and Change
- Land-atmosphere Interactions
- Extreme Weather
- Latin America
- Indigenous peoples
- Political Ecology
- Faith-based environmentalism
- Environmental Justice
- Community climate resilience
- Cultural and Biological Adaptations to Climate Change
- Human Emotion and Morality in Contexts of Conflict and Disaster
- Tourism Planning and Marketing
- Ethnic and Cultural Tourism
- Urban and regional planning
