Faculty Research

Our faculty are among the most research-active programs at 91ÁÔÆæ and are nationally and internationally recognized scholars who help inform policy, shape planning practice, and contribute to the scholarly discourse.

Published Books


By Ahoura Zandiatashbar. Elsevier Publishing, July 26th, 2023.


By Dustin Mulvaney. Palgrave-Macmillan, 2020.


By Dustin Mulvaney. University of California Press, 2019. 


By Gordon C. C. Douglas. Oxford University Press, 2018.


By Laxmi Ramasubramanian and Jochen Albrecht. Springer, 2018.


By Sanjeev Vidyarthi, Shishir Mathur and Sandeep Agrawal. Oxford University Press, 2017.


By Kathrine E. Richardson. Edward Elgar, 2017.


Edited by Mary Caputi and Vincent Del Casino, Jr.  Bloomsbury, 2013.


Edited by Vincent Del Casino, Jr., Mary Thomas, Paul Cloke, and Ruth Panelli. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.


By Laxmi Ramasubramanian. Springer, 2008.

Faculty in the Media

2025


July 29, 2025 - New Scientist. Professor Dustin Mulvaney 


July 24, 2025 - Los Angeles times. Professor Dustin Mulvaney 


May 15, 2025 - Inside Climate News. Professor Dustin Mulvaney


Apr 29, 2025 - CNN. Professor Dustin Mulvaney 


Apr 28, 2025 - New York Times. Professor Dustin Mulvaney   


Mar 1, 2025 - WIRED. Professor Dustin Mulvaney


Feb. 2025 - UC Davis YouTube posting. Costanza Rampini's current research on homelessness, climate change and urban streams.


Jan. 27, 2025 - UC Davis posting. Costanza Rampini's current research on homelessness, climate change and urban streams.

2024


Dec 19, 2024 - Inside Climate News. Professor Dustin Mulvaney


Dec 12, 2024 - Bay Nature. Professor Dustin Mulvaney


May 10, 2024 - The Mercury News. Professor Dustin Mulvaney


February 8, 2024 - Kelly Snider, Joseph Geha (Spotlight)

2023


Dec. 7, 2023 - Professor Dustin Mulvaney testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Minerals Subcommittees. 


Mar. 2, 2023 - Our Dr. Cushing (Chair of the Environmental Studies Department) recently had an interview with the Weather Channel. Dr. Cushing commented on the flooding situation in the Bay Area after the severe storms and recommended dealing with reservoir management concerns.


Jan. 14, 2023 - Our Dr. Cushing was interviewed by NBC Nightly News about the recent storms and flooding period across the state of California. This news showed how urgent and significant the storming and flooding situation was. The state of California had to start the evacuations in many different cities, especially cities of Santa Cruz county. 

2022


Jul. 11, 2022 - Professors Craig Clements and Will Russell were interviewed for the story about the Washburn fire in Yosemite and the iconic sequoia trees that it threatens 


Mar. 15, 2022 - Amanda Stasiewicz, an assistant professor in Environmental Studies, is co-director for the Wildfire Center. 91ÁÔÆæ’s Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC) will receive $1.2 million to support cutting-edge fire modeling and prediction technology. 


Feb. 22, 2022 - Sunnyvale residents use lasers to scare off local crows. Watch Prof. Rachel O'Malley in California Today explaining why the influx of ravens and crows could possibly affect the other surrounding environments close to Sunnyvale.


Jan. 27, 2022 - Professor Lynne Trulio commented on transplanted burrowing owls in an Associated Press story where scientists are using fake poop to help evicted owls settle into a new neighborhood.

2021


Oct. 5, 2021 - There’s no comparison between those problems and the destruction wrought by fossil fuels, said Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San Jose State. 


March 10, 2021 - Ahoura Zandiatashbar. Julia Halprin Jackson (91ÁÔÆæ NewsCenter)

2020


December 2, 2020 - Richard Kos. Justin Flynn and 91ÁÔÆæ DUP graduate students (APA CA Northern)


November 10, 2020 - Ahoura Zandiatashbar. John P. Deever (91ÁÔÆæ NewsCenter)


September 28, 2020 - Laxmi Ramasubramanian. John P. Neever (91ÁÔÆæ NewsCenter)