Kim Hiller Connell
Current position: Assistant Professor, College of Human Ecology, Kansas State University
E-mail: kyhc@ksu.edu
Department: Human Environment and Design
Dissertation: Ecological Consumer Decision Making: Nature, Process, and Barriers in Apparel Acquisition

Marcia JnBaptiste
Current Position: USDA Agricultural Research Service in Bowling Green, KY
E-mail: marcia.jn-baptiste@ars.usda.gov
Department: Crop and Soil Sciences
Dissertation: Effects of gypsum, compost and cover crops on soil nutrient availability, corn yield and quality and soil quality

Jason Karl
Current position: The Nature Conservancy, Idaho
E-mail: karljaso@msu.edu
Department: Fisheries & Wildlife
Dissertation: Object-based image analysis for scaling properties of rangeland ecosystems: Linking field and image data for management decision making

Sara Parr Syswerda
Current position(s): Starting her own farm, helping to run a green business, Heritage Antique Lumber, and coaching adult runners.
E-mail: parrsar1@msu.edu
Department: Crop and Soil Sciences
Dissertation: Ecosystem services from agriculture across a management intensity gradient in Southwest Michigan

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Rachel Shwom
Current position: Assistant Professor of Human Ecology, Rutgers University
E-mail: shwomrac@msu.edu
Department: Sociology
Dissertation: Greens, Suits, and Bureaucrats: A Sociological Perspective on Interorganizational Relations in Appliance Energy Efficiency Policy

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Pariwate Varnakovida
Current position: Assistant Professor, Lake Superior State University
E-mail: varnakov@msu.edu
Department: Geography
Dissertation: Human-environment interactions in urban environment and sustainable development: Spatial modeling and landscape prediction in northeast Thailand