Leadership
Kristen Intemann
Director
Professor, History & Philosophy
Interests: Ethics of emerging technologies, science communication, trust in science, ethical and equitable research, inclusive engagement
Kirke Elsass
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Candidate, History
Interests: Environment, geology, geography, and industrialization
Angus Cummings
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Candidate, History
Interests: History of land management and conservation
Maggie Althaus
Graduate GIS Mapping Fellow
M.S Candidate, Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Interests: Conservation, GIS, and environmental sciences
Mary Farina
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Candidate, Land Resources
Interests: GIS mapping, community vulnerability to wildfire smoke
Hannah Lavoie
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Candidate, Psychology
Interests: emotional responses to new biotechnology, social acceptance of new technology
Yvette Towersap
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Candidate, History
Interests: wildfires, prescribed burns, effects on Native Nations
Affiliated Faculty
Eric Austin
Professor, Political Science
Interests: Public administration, leadership ethics, public safety, environmental policy
Laura Black
Professor, Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship
Interests: Practices and processes for collaboration and collaborative innovation; causal mapping, systems modeling and simulation.
Beth Burroughs
Professor and Department Head, Mathematical Sciences
Interests: Mathematical modeling in mathematics classrooms; mathematics coaching in elementary mathematics classrooms; gender issues in mathematics education
Mary Ann Cummings
Assistant Teaching Professor, Gianforte School of Computing
Interests: Computational theory, software engineering, ethical and social issues in computing
Ben Fuhrman
Assistant Professor of Music Technology, School of Musc
Interests: Music composition with a focus on technology, including acousmatic, interactive, and improvisatory works; Increasing understanding of abstract scientific concepts through sound.
Paul Gannon
Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Interests: Sustainability, Energy, Materials
Xin Han
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Interests: Sustainable and Inclusive Development; Evolving interactions between humans, AI, and environment; Digital Politics; Well-being of underserved communities (including online communities)
Brock LaMeres
Professor, Electrical Engineering
Director, Montana Engineering Education Research Center
Interests: Computer engineering, engineering education, social and ethical responsibilities of engineers
Timothy LeCain
Professor, History & Philosophy
Interests: Environmental History, History of Technology, Animal History, Neo-Materialism
Rob Maher
Professor, Electical & Computer Engineering
Interests: Digital audio signal processing, audio forensic analysis, analysis and synthesis of music, and acoustics, engineering ethics & professional responsibilities
Sara Mannheimer
Assistant Professor and Data Librarian, Library
Interests: Digital preservation, open data, big data ethics, research data management
Sara Mast
Professor and Co-Chair of Drawing and Painting, School of Art
Interests: Drawing, Painting ArtScience Collaboration, STEM communication and education
Gretchen Minton
Professor, English
Interests: Shakespeare and early modern drama, relationships between science, environment and society in literature
Michael Reidy
Professor of History, History & Philosophy
History of science, technology, and environment, history of mountaineering, history of exploration
Elizabeth Rink
Professor, Health Development and Community Health
Interests: Research ethics; equitable community engagement; community-based participatory research, sexual and reproductive health
Liz Shanahan
Professor, Political Science
Interests: Public policy, environmental policy and politics, narrative policy frameworks, social ecological systems
Bonnie Sheehey
Assistant Professor, History & Philosophy
Interests: Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Social & Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Race
John Sheppard
Professor, Computer Science
Interests: Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, reasoning under uncertainty, health management, data mining, algorithms
Cindy Stillwell
Professor, Film and Photography
Interests: Filmmaking focused on human beings in relationship with nature.
Kristin Ruppel
Associate Professor, Native American Studies and Director of the Native Land Project
Interests: Federal Indian law and policy,federal-Indian trust reform, American Indian self-determination, and research methodologies for working in and with Native communities, especially with regard to ecologies of place, Native food systems, local economic development, and the praxis of ethical, equitable research partnerships.
Brandon Scott
Associate Professor, Psychology
Interests: Resiliance and risk, biological, emotional, and cognitive processes, health and wellbeing in Native American communities, particularly Native American youth.
Brad Whitaker
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Interests: Machine Learning, Classification, Feature Extraction, Sparse Coding
Blake Wiedenheft
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
Interests: Genome editing/CRISPR, virology, immunology
Scott Young
Associate Professor, User Experience and Assessment Librarian
Interests: Service and participatory design, accessibility, ethics and social justice in library sciences.