Faculty Experts- Environmental Science
Name: Howard DrossmanTitle: Associate professor; director of environmental science program
Office phone: (719) 389-6756
E-mail: hdrossman@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.S. University of California Berkeley, chemistry; Ph.D. UW Madison, chemistry
Came to CC in: 1992
Courses taught at CC: General Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; Bioanalytical Chemistry; Energy; Water; Air; Environmental Internship; Environmental Capstone; Introductory Science Environmental Ethics; Global Bioethics
Areas of expertise: Environmental leadership, environmental chemistry, water chemistry, and curriculum development for environmental science.
Major publications: Most presentations are on new interdisciplinary classes and curriculum development for environmental science.
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Co-founder of Catamount Institute, a biological field campus in Woodland Park.
Name: Phillip M. Kannan
Title: Visiting professor
Office phone: (719) 389-6578
E-mail: pkannan@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: B.S. University of North Carolina; M.A. University of North Carolina; J.D. University of Tennessee
Came to CC: 1996
Courses taught: Environmental Policy; Environmental Law of the Southwest; Native Americans under Federal Law; Environmental Justice; Environmental Regulations and Property Rights; Landmark Supreme Court Cases in Public Education; Academic Freedom in Public Education; Sexual Harassment at School; Gender and Civil Rights; Environmental Law and Policy of the Global Commons.
Areas of expertise: Administrative law; environmental law; government contracts.
Major publications: P. Kannan, The Compensation Dimension of CERCLA: Recovering Unpaid Contract Costs, 30 U. Mem. L. Rev. 29 (1999). P. Kannan, Advisory Opinions by Federal Courts, 32 U. Rich. L. Rev. 769 (1998). P. Kannan, Symbolic Logic in Judicial Interpretation, 27 U. Mem. L. Rev. 85 (1996).
Name: Eric P. Perramond (On sabbatical academic year 2009-10)
Title: Assistant professor of southwest studies & environmental science
Office phone: (719) 389-6241
E-mail: eric.perramond@ColoradoCollege.edu
Education: Ph.D., 1999 The University of Texas at Austin, department of geography and the
environment. Dissertation: Desert Meadows: The Cultural, Political, and
Ecological Dynamics of Private Cattle Ranching in Sonora, Mexico. M.A., 1994
Louisiana State University, geography. Thesis: An Historical Geography of Zuni
Agriculture. B.A., 1992 Mary Washington College (VA), geography.
Came to CC in: 2005
Courses taught at CC: 2005-06: Colorado College Block 1- Human Ecologies of the Southwest Block 3 -
Introductory Earth Systems Science Block 4 - History & Geography of the Colorado River Block 5 - Geographical Inquiry in the Southwest (GIS) Block 8 - Water - co-taught with Fricke (GY)
Areas of expertise: Political ecology & natural resources Latin America, U.S. Southwest, Mediterranean, environmental geography, environment and development, field & research techniques, geographic information science systems
Major publications: Forthcoming. "Melting the Kachinas: Agricultural Hegemony and Indigenous Incorporation at Zuni Pueblo in the Modern Era," Journal of Political Ecology Vol 12 In Press. 2005. "The Politics of Ecology: Wild Chili Collection in Sonora, Mexico." Journal of Latin American Geography Vol 4(1): 59-75. 2004. "Desert Traffic: The Drug Corridor in Northwest Mexico." In Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes, eds. M.K. Steinberg , J. Hobbs and K. Mathewson, pp. 209-17. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. Grazing the Periphery: The Political Ecology of Private Ranchers in Sonora, Mexico. In Cultural and Physical Expositions: Geographic Studies in the Southern United States and Latin America, eds. P.H. Hudson and M.K. Steinberg, pp. 51-7. Baton Rouge, LA: Geoscience Publications.
Other areas of personal/professional interest: Mexico, Running