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Peter F. Cannavó, Ph.D.Visiting Assistant Professor of Government
pcannavo@hamilton.edu
Cannavó taught at the College of William and Mary until 2003 when he began his professorship at Hamilton. He received his M.P.A. from The Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Cannavó is also a member of the Environmental Studies Committee. He specializes in political theory, environmental politics, and geography. His book, The Working Landscape: Founding, Preservation, and the Politics of Place, will be published by MIT Press in summer 2007.
Onno Oerlemans, Ph.D.Associate Professor of English
ooerlema@hamilton.edu
Oerlemans received his Ph.D. from Yale University. His academic scholarship focuses primarily on romanticism in English and North American writing. His work pays keen attention to the romantic roots of environmentalism and the role of the natural world in literary imagination. His book Romanticism and the Materiality of Nature (University of Toronto Press, 2002) examines the many ways in which romantic-period authors explore and represent the physical presence of the natural world. Oerlemans is also the director of the Environmental Studies Committee.
Ernest Williams, Jr., Ph.D.Professor of Biology
ewilliam@hamilton.edu
Williams received his Ph.D. in Biology from Princeton University and is currently in his 24th year of teaching at Hamilton. His research focuses on the population biology and conservation of rare butterflies, with field work in Wyoming as well as the Rome Sand Plains of Central New York. His most recent book, The Nature Handbook: A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors, was published in 2005 by Oxford University Press. He is a former Chairman of the Environmental Studies Committee and of the Biology Department.