MEET SOME UVM PROFESSORS, HUMANS FOR HUMANKIND

Paul Bierman

GEOLOGY AND HUMAN IMPACTS

National Science Foundation award-winning geomorphologist and geochemist engaged in research focused on isotope geochemistry, surface processes, and human-induced landscape change around the world.

Melissa Pespeni

BIOLOGY—OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS

Expert in ecological genomics, population genetics and evolutionary biology and physiology, seeking answers to environmental and global health problems in ocean ecosystems.

Pablo Bose

GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

Migration scholar and urban geographer examining forced migration and refugee resettlement, and ways that the flow of capital, labor bodies, and ideas transform landscapes.

Dita Sharma

BUSINESS—FAMILY ENTERPRISE

Daniel Clark Sanders Chair in Entrepreneurship & Family Business; founder UVM's Global Family Enterprise Case Competition; co-founder of the Family Enterprise Research Conference.

Chris Danforth

MATH AND STATISTICS—COMPLEX SYSTEMS

Applied mathematician; applies chaos theory, big data, and other tools to model physical, biological, and social phenomena—leading to creation of the "hedonometer" (an algorithmic, real-time sensor of global happiness), improved weather forecasting, and other advances.

Regina Toolin

EDUCATION—SCIENCE STANDARDS

An expert in science curriculum and instruction and principal investigator of the National Science Foundation's Robert Noyce Scholarship Program.

Nancy Gauvin

COMMUNICATION SCIENCES

Clinical expert in craniofacial anomalies, resonance disorders, prosthetics, dysphagia, and accent modification. Research interests include effects of supervisory process on culturally diverse populations.

Tina Escaja

SPANISH—POET/WRITER/DIGITAL ARTIST

International award-winning poet and author of fiction, interactive novels, and plays. Scholarly pursuits focus on gender, society, literature, and digital media.

Ray Vega

MUSIC—JAZZ

Three-time GRAMMY award winner and former member of the Tito Puente and Mongo Santamaria bands. Currently lectures on jazz combos, trumpet and jazz history.

PROF. LUIS VIVANCO IS A CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGIST

WHOSE WORK CENTERS ON ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS. STUDENTS PRAISE HIS “INFECTIOUS INQUISITIVE NATURE” AND “UNWAVERING SUPPORT," QUALITIES THAT DEFINE ALL OUR TEACHER-SCHOLARS. VIVANCO URGES HIS STUDENTS TO EXAMINE DIFFERING FACTS SHAPING HUMAN BELIEFS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE, AND GAIN “APPRECIATION OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PLURALITY OF THE HUMAN CONDITION.”