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	Marty St. Clair Professor of Chemistry B.S., Butler University Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Email: mstclair@coe.edu Professor St. Clair (professor, analytical and inorganic) grew up on a farm in Indiana and received his undergraduate degree in chemistry and environmental studies in 1983. He completed his graduate work in organometallic chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in 1989, and received a Dreyfus Fellowship to teach and do research at Occidental College in Los Angeles during the 1989-90 academic year. Marty directed the Environmental Engineering Laboratory in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa prior to joining the Coe faculty in 1993. His interests include water chemistry and electrochemistry. He has been the principal investigator on five NSF grants for instrumentation (and co-PI on two more) since he has been at Coe, as well as receiving research support from the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF), the Iowa Academy of Science, the Dreyfus Foundation, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the City of Cedar Rapids, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

	David T. Hayes Louie J. and Ella Pochobradsky Associate Professor of Business Administration B.A., Coe College J.D., The University of Iowa College of Law LL.M., The University of Iowa College of Law Email: dhayes@coe.edu Professor Hayes left a successful career in private practice to teach business law and management courses at Coe. He is actively involved with the College's Wilderness Field Station and is the prelaw advisor for students considering law school. David also assists on special projects for Coe's administration.

	Richard Eichhorn The Henry B. Tippie Associate Professor of Business Administration and Economics B.S.B.A., University of Tulsa Ph.D., Colorado State University Email: eichhorn@coe.edu Website: www.public.coe.edu/~eichhorn Professor Eichhorn focuses on macroeconomics, teaching theoretical as well as applied courses in general macroeconomics, economic growth and quantitative methods. Rick is especially active in supervising undergraduate economic research and often brings students to national conferences to present their research. Rick's own research has been published in Applied Economics and the Journal of Macroeconomics.

	Robert Marrs The Esther & Robert Armstrong Professor of Rhetoric B.A., Kansas State University M.A., Ph.D., Washington State University Email: rmarrs@coe.edu Courses taught include: Cultural Studies Topics in Composition The Essay Environmental Rhetoric Writer’s Colony (May Term travel literature course) Nature Writing (Summer term course at Coe’s Wilderness Field Station) Dr. Marrs is the coordinator of the college's Writing-Across-the-Curriculum program. He is also the advisor for Colere. “I love teaching because it gives me an excuse for continuing to work on my own education, read new books, engage in new conversations, read student compositions, help students discover new ways to enhance their learning. There is nothing more exciting or rewarding than this interaction with students. New knowledge and understanding is created in the collaborative communities as we work together. It's great fun to be engaged in this kind of learning environment.” Full profile of Bob Marrs.

	Paula Sanchini Henry and Margaret Haegg Professor of Biology, Chair Environmental Science Administrative Coordinator B.A., Hartwick College Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder Email: psanchini@coe.edu Phone: (319) 399-8596 Specializes in landscape ecology, environmental science, and applications of GIS/GPS.

	John Lemos McCabe Professor of Philosophy B.A., University of the South Ph.D., Duke University Email: jlemos@coe.edu Phone: (319) 399-8861 John Lemos teaches courses in logic, moral philosophy, ancient Greek philosophy, early modern philosophy (Descartes to Kant), and contemporary analytic philosophy. His research interests lie in three main fields of inquiry: philosophy of biology, especially the philosophical implications of evolution; neo-Aristotelian ethics; and the metaphysics of freedom and responsibility. He has published articles in a variety of journals, such as Philosophy of the Social Sciences, The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, and Philosophia. His book Commonsense Darwinism was published in 2008 by the Open Court Press. View John's Curriculum Vitae.

	Harlo Hadow Heins-Johnson Professor of Biology Director of the Wilderness Field Station B.A., Milton College M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado Email: hhadow@coe.edu Phone: (319) 399-8704 Specializes in vertebrate behavior, anatomy and developmental biology.

	Evangeline (Vange) Heiliger Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow Assistant Professor of Gender Studies B. A., Study of Women and Gender (History of Science) [Smith College] B.A. (Honours), Women's Studies [Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand] M.A., Women's Studies [University of California, Los Angeles] Ph.D., Women's Studies [University of California, Los Angeles] Email: eheiliger@coe.edu Gender Studies courses: Introduction to Gender Studies The Nature of Sexualized Identities Gender Theory and Social Movements: Feminist Theories Gender Studies Symposium: Issues in Queer Studies

	Stephen Campbell Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow Assistant Professor of Philosophy B.A., The University of Tennessee at Martin M.A., Texas A&M University Ph.D., University of Michigan Email: scampbell@coe.edu Phone: (319) 399-8593 I specialize in theoretical and applied ethics. Over the past few years, my research has centered around the topic of well-being, though I am also interested in the structure of ethical theories, various moral issues related to procreation and death, and the nature and extent of our obligations concerning other people, animals, and the environment. I teach in a range of areas, including ethical theory, metaethics, bioethics, environmental ethics, political philosophy, feminist philosophy, philosophy of race, and the history of philosophy. View Stephen's Website.