School of Sustainability and the Environment

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

• David Hassenzahl, Ph.D.
  Dean and Professor, School of Sustainability and the Environment

• Alice Julier, Ph.D.
  Program Director and Associate Professor, Food Studies

• Michael Finewood, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Sustainability

• Crystal Fortwangler, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Anthropology

• Allen Matthews
  Director and Instructor of Sustainable Agriculture

• Molly Mehling, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Ecology and Sustainability

Adjunct Faculty

• Danae Clark, Ph.D.
• Sally Frey, Ph.D.
• Margaret Puskar-Pascewicz, Ph.D.

Staff

Jessica Mooney
Assistant to the Dean

In this position, she has been involved in design charettes for Chatham’s new Eden Hall Campus in Richland Township, PA which will become the first higher education sustainability campus built from the ground up, and developed and written grant proposals to support projects and faculty research.

Jessica has extensive experience in city and county government sustainability planning and practices, including data gathering, analysis and recommendations that provide institutions with baseline statistics and best-practice next steps. Most recently, she worked on business development for the Allegheny County Economic Development department as Assistant Manager, and evaluated Community Development Block Grants. She was a member of the Allegheny County Green Team that was tasked with reducing the County’s greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by 2015. She was also a key member of the team that helped the City of Pittsburgh, PA initiate its Green Government Task Force and helped complete the Pittsburgh Climate Protection Initiative. Jessica is a board member at Allegheny Land Trust.

Fiona Fisher
Communications and Outreach Specialist

Fiona has more than 25 years of experience in corporate and non-profit public relations, including brand development, multi-media communications and event planning. Most recently, she pioneered a collaboration of regional chefs who are committed to buying from local, sustainable and organic farmers, the farmers themselves and regional conservation and environment non-profits into an annual feast event which drew more than 2,500 people from Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Maryland and Virginia.

Fiona has owned her own communications business with several Fortune 100 clients, and has worked in New York City and London, England. She has been published in news media and specialty magazines, and has appeared on local television and national radio. She has been a member of the City of Pittsburgh Climate Initiative/Green Government Task Force (2006-2008), the Allegheny County Green Government Action Team (2008-2011) and the Pittsburgh Great Outdoors Partnership (2007-present).