This committee supports faculty efforts regarding the causes and consequences of our changing climate. The focus of the committee is to initiate and support solutions aimed at reducing CU Boulder鈥檚 carbon footprint through science, research, and education. The committee works with CU administration in the following areas: Facilities Management Sustainability office, Parking & Transportation, Environmental Health & Safety, and Housing & Dining Services. Additionally, members from CU student environmental groups sit on the committee. The committee existed as a BFA Ad-hoc committee and was formally approved as a BFA standing committee on April 30, 2020.听

Fall 2024: The CSEC will meet on Zoom on听the following Thursdays from 2:45 to 4:15:

  • September 12
  • September 26
  • October 10
  • October 24
  • November 14
  • November 21 (if needed)
  • December 12

Committee Chair

NameContact Information
Carol Cogswell
Department Representative • CSEC Co-Chair • Research Professor
Electrical / Computer / Energy Engineering
David Paradis
CSEC Co-Chair • Department Representative
History

BFA Representatives

NameContact Information
Irina Overeem
Department Representative • Associate Professor • Deputy Director, CSDMS
Geological Sciences
David Paradis
CSEC Co-Chair • Department Representative
History

A&S Representatives

NameContact Information
Lisa Barlow
CSEC Rep: A&S • Associate Teaching Professor
Environmental Studies
Rebecca Dickson
CSEC: A&S Representative • Teaching Associate Professor
Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR)
Laura Michaelis
CSEC Rep: A&S • Department Chair • Professor
Linguistics

Other Units (Non-A&S) Representatives

NameContact Information
Carol Cogswell
Department Representative • CSEC Co-Chair • Research Professor
Electrical / Computer / Energy Engineering
Azza Kamal
CSEC: Other Units Representative • Associate Teaching Professor
Environmental Design
Rebecca Zuege Kuglitsch
CSEC: Other Units Representative • Associate Professor
University Libraries

Faculty Resource Members

NameContact Information
Erin Espelie
Department Representative • Associate Professor • CSEC: Faculty Resource Member
Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
Shelly Miller
BFA Chair • Professor
Mechanical Engineering • Environmental Engineering Program

Campus & Administration Liaisons

NameContact Information
Chris Herr
Director Environmental Center • CSEC Liaison
environmental center
Marianne Moulton Martin
CSEC Administrative Liaison
environmental center
Gabrielle Petron
Research Associate
CIRES
Kathryn Ramirez-Aguilar
Liaison CU Green Labs
environmental center
Heidi VanGenderen
Chief Sustainability Officer • CSEC Administration Liaison