Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics

People and Partners

RIEEE is a team- and capacity-building, grant-seeking, research administration, and program enhancing unit that supports the work of faculty partners across campus. Browse profiles below to learn more.

Leadership

Grace Marasco-Plummer

Interim Managing Director
plummergj@appstate.edu

Owen Ash Morgan

Director of CERPA
Professor
morganoa@appstate.edu

Professor
RIEEE Senior Scholar
perrylb@appstate.edu

Director of Appalachian Energy Center
Professor
russellja@appstate.edu

Director of SAEREC
Professor
seaglesw@appstate.edu

Staff

Project Manager
bashfordka@appstate.edu

Convergence Research Postdoc
bournekd@appstate.edu

RIEEE Environmental Data Scientist
hefnermw@appstate.edu

Research Scientist
kimh2@appstate.edu

Program Specialist
manelycm@appstate.edu

Outreach Manager
sharpj1@appstate.edu

Faculty Partners

Our partners listed below are investigators on projects we administer or that we support via seed funding. To learn how you can get involved, reach out to us.

Sohad Abu-Elzait

Assistant Professor
abuelzaits@appstate.edu

Assistant Professor
adamsea1@appstate.edu

Arezou Sadoughi

Assistant Professor
arezou@appstate.edu

Associate Professor
arifi@appstate.edu

Assistant Professor
bleichrm@appstate.edu

Professor
brauersl@appstate.edu

Department Chair
Professor
coffeyts@appstate.edu

Professor
colbyj@appstate.edu

David Dickinson

Professor
dickinsondl@appstate.edu

Professor
fanaticoac@appstate.edu

Assistant Department Chair
Associate Professor
ferrelljc@appstate.edu

Assistant Department Chair
Associate Professor
foroughir@appstate.edu

Assistant Professor
groomssb@appstate.edu

Assistant Professor
guignetdb@appstate.edu

Michael Hambourger

Associate Professor
hambourgerms@appstate.edu

Christine Ogilvie Hendren

Interim Vice Provost for Research and Innovation
Professor
hendrenco@appstate.edu

Co-Director
Associate Professor
hillsma@appstate.edu

Associate Professor
houserjb@appstate.edu

Senior Lecturer
kg62333@appstate.edu

Department Honors Director
Associate Professor
kovachmm@appstate.edu

Tamara Kowalczyk

Director of the Appalachian Impact Clinic
Professor
kowalczykt@appstate.edu

CAS Dean
Professor
madritchmd@appstate.edu

Professor
marlandes@appstate.edu

Affiliated Research Professor
marlandg@appstate.edu

Department Chair
Joseph F. Freeman Distinguished Professor
meddersla@appstate.edu

Professor
murrellze@appstate.edu

Professor
neufeldhs@appstate.edu

Assistant Professor
ogwumc@appstate.edu

Landon Pennington

Practitioner-in-Residence
penningtonle@appstate.edu

Assistant Professor
poudelrc@appstate.edu

ST Program Coordinator
Professor
raichlebw@appstate.edu

Assistant Professor
rickabaughja@appstate.edu

MA Program Director
Professor
rusevatb@appstate.edu

Christopher Schoonover

Practitioner-in-Residence
schoonovercn@appstate.edu

Kathy Schroeder

Professor
schroederk@appstate.edu

Associate Professor
shayed@appstate.edu

Professor
shermanjp@appstate.edu

Julia Showalter

Adjunct Instructor
showalterjm@appstate.edu

Assistant Professor
shus@appstate.edu

Associate Professor
suggjw@appstate.edu

Director of Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor
swarthoutrf@appstate.edu

Assistant Professor
thapab@appstate.edu

Director of the QEP
Professor
tubertysr@appstate.edu

Professor
whiteheadjc@appstate.edu

Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor
windhamaw@appstate.edu

Associate Professor
witterrc@appstate.edu

Department Chairperson
Professor
yuo@appstate.edu