A variety of faculty who span the breadth of TCU are affiliated with the Institute and, as such, contribute to the Institute in a variety of ways (e.g., offer courses, direct graduate students, engage in environmentally related research, participate in outreach initiatives).
Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Mike Slattery
Professor, Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Director of IES
817.257.7506
m.slattery@tcu.edu

Dr. Dave Aftandilian
Associate Professor, Anthropology
817.257.4540
d.aftandilian@tcu.edu

Dr. Tory Bennett
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
817.257.6603
v.bennett@tcu.edu

Michele Birmingham
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
817.257.7273
michele.birmingham@tcu.edu

Dr. Ann Bluntzer
Executive Director, Ralph Lowe Energy Institute Associate Professor of Professional Practice
817.257.4066
a.bluntzer@tcu.edu

Nick Bontrager
Associate Professor of Art, School of Art
817.257.4651
n.bontrager@tcu.edu

Garry Bruton
Professor, Management and Leadership Department, Neeley School of Business
817.257.7421
g.bruton@tcu.edu

Dr. Art Busbey
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Geological Sciences
817.257.7301
a.busbey@tcu.edu

Dr. Ashley Coles
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
817.257.4370
a.coles@tcu.edu

Dr. Matt Chumchal
Professor, Biology and Director of Pre-Health
817.257.6440
m.m.chumchal@tcu.edu



Dr. Esays Gebremichael
Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
817.257.4740
e.gebremichael@tcu.edu

Jeff Geider
William Watt Matthews Directorship of the TCU Institute of Ranch Management
817.257.7145
j.geider@tcu.edu

Dr. Omar Harvey
Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
817.257.4272
omar.harvey@tcu.edu

Dr. Gina Jarman Hill
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Nutritional Sciences
817.257.6320
g.jarman@tcu.edu

Dr. John Holbrook
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
817.257.6275
John.holbrook@tcu.edu


Dr. Gehendra Kharel
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
817.257.5318
g.kharel@tcu.edu

Dr. Brendan Lavy
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
817.257.4457
b.lavy@tcu.edu

Randy Lewis
Professor of Management, Neeley School of Business
817.257.6078
r.l.lewis@tcu.edu


Dr. Rhiannon Mayne
Oscar and Juanita Monnig Endowed Chair of Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Department of Environmental and Sustainability Sciences
817.257.4172
r.g.mayne@tcu.edu





Dr. Carol Thompson
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
817.257.7470
c.thompson@tcu.edu


Adjunct Faculty

Pete McKone
Wildlife Biologist, Weaver Consultants Group
817.946.7379
PMckone@wcgrp.com
Pete has more than 25 years of experience in industry with broad expertise in natural resources, especially stream and wetland restoration, wildlife biology, and wetlands ecology and mitigation.