People

Carol Steele

Anthony Baratta

Alessandra Pistoia '13

Alessandra is an Environmental Biology major and Mathematics minor from Zionsville, IN. This past summer she participated in an REU that was funded by the National Science Foundation for geospatial research and mapping in Kauai, and was also funded by DePauw to study the effects of agricultural runoff on water quality in the Big Walnut Creek Watershed. Alessandra’s interests lie in the slow food movement, natural resource management, waste management, and sustainable development of urban areas.

Alicia Whitney '13

Alicia Whitney is a senior biology major with a minor in Environmental Geoscience and Biochemistry.  Alicia is from Madison, IN and while at DePauw she has served as both Secretary and Vice President of the DePauw Environmental Club, and is a Science Research Fellow. This summer Alicia worked with Professor Ken Fortino doing research on interactions between biodiversity and carbon cycling in the DePauw Nature Park Quarry Pond. Alicia’s interests lie in conservation ethics, renewable resource management, alternative energies, and preservation.

Allison Orjala '14

Allison Orjala is a junior Spanish and Conflict Studies double major from Minneapolis, MN. As part of the Information Technology Associates Program, she manages the website, marketing, and social media. In Spring 2011, she attended the Student Sustainability Leadership Summit, served as a panelist on Electronic Waste during Earth Week 2011, and worked extensively on Move Out Days 2012.

Henry Dambanemuya '13

Conflict-Free Campus Campaigner
henrydambanemuya_2013@depauw.edu

Henry Dambanemuya is a junior double major in Computer Science and Conflict Studies. He started the Conflict-Free Campus Initiative at DePauw, leading to a student government white paper and several awareness-raising events. This project focuses on helping people and institutions to become smart consumers of electronics that contain conflict minerals from the DRC.

Dana Dudle

Dana teaches on evolution, ecology, botany, and conservation biology. Her research focuses on plant responses to harsh environments. She hopes that DePauw's growing focus on sustainability will bring opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to reconnect with the subtle beauty of our campus ecosystem.

Steve Santo

Steve has been a part of Sodexo’s SEED program (Sustainability Education and Expert Development network) since 2008 and general manager at DePauw since 2002. While at DePauw, DePauw Dining Services has been awarded an “A” on The College Sustainability Score Card for the past 3 years in the food and recycling category. Currently Steve is an advisor for the Greencastle Area 30 Career Center for Culinary Education, is on the Greencastle Local Sustainability Committee, is on the Board of the Local Food for Neighbors in Need Committee, and is a Market Master at the local Greencastle Farmers Market.

KELSEY KAUFFMANN

Kelsey co-founded the DePauw Environmental Policy Project in 2007 and now directs its semester program at the Indiana state legislature. Her academic background is in prisons and social justice. Among other adventures, Kelsey lived with headhunters in the Philippines, served as a prison officer, and spent eight years exposing a white supremacist group working at an Indiana state prison.

JEANETTE POPE

Assistant Professor of Geosciences
jpope@depauw.edu
Julian 213

Jeane is a hydrogeologist who studies water quality and mineral-water interactions. She teaches environmental geoscience courses, advises the DePauw Environmental Club, and coordinates Women in Science. She hopes that her classes are pathways to more sophisticated understandings of the powerful, interacting systems governing our planet.

JEN EVERETT

Jen Everett served as the Sustainability Coordinator until 2008. She teaches courses on consumer, animal, environmental, and economic ethics. When asked what she cares about, she responds, "As a philosopher, I care about thinking hard about our world; as an ethicist, I care about understanding and seeking the greater good; and as a faculty member, I care about my university being a good institutional citizen," she says.