Aquinas College :: Environmental Studies

Faculty

Dr. Paul M Bieneman
Professor of Geography
Office: 104 AH
Phone: (616) 632-2193
E-mail: bienepau@aquinas.edu

B.S. - 1965 University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, M.A. - 1967 University of Oklahoma, Ph.D. - 1982 University of Oklahoma

Dr. Bieneman started teaching at Aquinas College in 1975. Prior to that, he taught at the University of North Texas in Denton. His interests and teaching responsibilities include physical geography, cartography, and air photo interpretation/remote sensing.

Dr. Richard E. McCluskey
Associate Professor of Geography
Office: 103 AH
Phone: (616) 632-2192
E-mail: mccluric@aquinas.edu

B.S. - 1984 Michigan State University, M.S. - 1987 The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. - 1995 The Pennsylvania State University

Professor McCluskey arrived in the Geography Department in the Fall Semester of 1999. Before coming to Aquinas, he taught at the State University of New York at Geneseo and was a researcher for the Washington Department of Social and Health Services. While in Washington (1997-99), he was the geographer for the Washington Household Needs Assessment Survey. This project was a complex and comprehensive survey of alcohol and drug use by citizens in the State of Washington. Here at Aquinas, he is responsible for teaching many of the human and cultural geography courses offered by the department and specializes in economic, industrial, and urban geography. His interests include the economic and geographic restructuring of the automobile industry, the historical geography of immigrant groups in the U.S., and survey research encompassing a variety of social and economic topics.

Deborah Steketee
Assistant Professor of Sustainable Business
Phone: (616) 632-2930
E-mail: stekedeb@aquinas.edu

Deborah Steketee joined the Sustainable Business Program in the Fall of 2005, bringing an expertise related to the social dimensions of natural resources management. She will be teaching several core SB courses, including the newly offered SB 200, Sustainable Energy Systems.

Dr. Steketee completed her doctoral work at Indiana University 's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where her research focuses on the role of environmental organizations in shaping forest policy in Ecuador. She has her Master of Science degree in Resource Development from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Michigan.

Ms. Steketee's teaching experience includes undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental studies, environmental policy, geography and international development as well as continuing education workshops and seminars. Ms. Steketee has also been employed as an environmental advocate and educator, television producer, and magazine editor. Strongly committed to community service, Ms. Steketee has served on the boards of a variety of area organizations.

Born in Grand Rapids, MIch., Ms. Steketee enjoys exploring the Thornapple River by canoe with her husband, Fred, their young daughter, and the family's exuberant springer spaniel.

Dr. Matthew Tueth
Steelcase Foundation Professor of Sustainable Business
Sustainable Business Department Chairman
Office: Albertus Hall 101
Phone: (616) 632-2191
E-mail: tuethmat@aquinas.edu

Dr. Tueth has a master's degree in environmental studies from SIU-E and a Ph.D. in environmental science from Oklahoma State University. Both his thesis and dissertation research deal with contemporary sustainability issues. He continues to investigate various components that promote a durable and fecund social infrastructure as well as the role of business in developing such an effective society. Dr. Tueth has over 20-years of natural resource management experience with the U.S. Forest Service and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. He now serves as the Steelcase Foundation Professor of Sustainable Business and the director of the Aquinas College Sustainable Business Program and makes sustainable business presentations throughout the U.S. and Japan. Dr. Tueth also represents Aquinas College in the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and in a number of other sustainability service committees in the region. He teaches the following environmental studies and sustainable business courses: EL 100 - Introduction to Environmental Studies, EL 301 - Advanced Environmental Studies, SB 100 - Industrial Ecology, SB 201 - Sustainable Business Management


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