Open Academy
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Find all of the resources you need as an ESF online student on this page. Click here to access ESF’s Online Education Student Guide. Still can’t find what you’re looking for? Reach out to us at openacademy@esf.edu.

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Meet the Instructors

Neal Abrams
Associate Professor, Chemistry
SUS 420 Sustainable Energy: Technology, Systems, and Policy
SUS 496 Solar Power: Photo Voltaic Design and Install
nmabrams@esf.edu

Eddie Bevilacqua
Professor, Sustainable Resources Management
SUS 350 Intro to Spatial Analysis and GIS
ebevilacqua@esf.edu

Sophie Brown
Visiting Instructor, Open Academy
SUS 310 Human and Social Dimensions of Sustainability
sebrown@esf.edu

Mariela Cavo
Associate Professor, Sustainable Resources Management
SUS 375 Environmental Economics
mcavo@esf.edu

Andrea Feldpausch-Parker
Associate Professor, Chemistry
EST 608 EST 608: Environmental Advocacy Campaigns and Conflict Resolution
amparker@esf.edu

Will Helenbrook
Visiting Instructor, Open Academy
SUS 320 Ecological Dimensions of Sustainability
SUS 355 Conservation Biology and Landscape Ecology
wdhelenb@esf.edu

Paul Hirsch
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
EST 640 Environmental Thought and Ethics
EST 612 Environmental Policy and Governance
EST 635 Public Participation and Decision Making: Theory and Application
pahirsch@esf.edu

Maren King
Emeritus Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
SUS 450 Civic Engagement & Participatory Planning
mfking@esf.edu

Dr. Patrice Kohl
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
EST 606 Public Perception and the Communication of the Environment, Science and Risk
pakohl@esf.edu

Dr. Michael Mikulewicz
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
EST 615 Environmental Justice: Policy, Tools, & Society
EST 616 Global Perspectives on Environmental Justice
EST 617 Measuring Environmental Inequality
mmikulew@esf.edu

Shayan Mirzabeigi
Visiting Instructor, Open Academy
SUS 330 Introduction to Sustainability Data Analysis
SUS 400 Analysis of Sustainable Systems
SUS 496 Green Building Design Principles and Practices
smirzabeigi@esf.edu

David Newman
Professor, Sustainable Resources Management
SUS 340 Principles of Sustainable Development
dnewman@esf.edu

Tania Ploumi
Assistant Professor, Open Academy
SUS 300 Sustainable Systems Thinking: Ecology, Economics, & Society
SUS 365 Sustainability and Behavior Change
SUS 410 Sustainable Urbanism
SUS 480 Sustainability Management Capstone
ktploumi@esf.edu