{"id":1237,"date":"2026-01-13T09:38:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/?page_id=1237"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:17:20","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/about\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"CES Leadership team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-intro double-bottom-margin\">The CES leadership team is the principal governance body for the School of Climate, Environment, and Society, and includes Dean Leonard, Associate Dean Foley, and the unit leaders for the academic departments and research centers within CES. Other shared governance bodies guide significant school-wide issues, including curricular coordination, research, career development and experiential learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"clarku-people halves\"><div class=\"people-card h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<div class=\"avatar\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/about\/about-the-dean\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/lou-leonard-sq.avif\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lou Leonard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/lou-leonard-sq.avif 600w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/lou-leonard-sq-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/lou-leonard-sq-150x150.avif 150w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/lou-leonard-sq-250x250.avif 250w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/lou-leonard-sq-200x200.avif 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/about\/about-the-dean\/\">Lou Leonard<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">D.J.A. Spencer Dean of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:ces@clarku.edu\">ces@clarku.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"people-card h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<div class=\"avatar\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/hamed-alemohammad\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2530\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/photo-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hamed Alemohammad\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/photo-scaled.jpeg 2530w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/photo-296x300.jpeg 296w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/photo-1012x1024.jpeg 1012w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/photo-768x777.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/photo-1518x1536.jpeg 1518w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/photo-2024x2048.jpeg 2024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2530px) 100vw, 2530px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/hamed-alemohammad\/\">Hamed Alemohammad<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Director of Center for Geospatial Analytics &#038; Associate Professor, Geography<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:HAlemohammad@clarku.edu\">HAlemohammad@clarku.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"people-card h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<div class=\"avatar\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/ellen-foley\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/ellen-foley-sq.avif\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ellen Foley\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/ellen-foley-sq.avif 652w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/ellen-foley-sq-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/ellen-foley-sq-150x150.avif 150w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/ellen-foley-sq-250x250.avif 250w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/ellen-foley-sq-200x200.avif 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/ellen-foley\/\">Ellen Foley<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Dean, School of Climate, Environment and Society &#038; Department Chair, Sustainability and Social Justice &#038; Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:efoley@clarku.edu\">efoley@clarku.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"people-card h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<div class=\"avatar\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/robert-johnston\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Robert-Johnston-720x702-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Robert Johnston\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Robert-Johnston-720x702-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Robert-Johnston-720x702-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Robert-Johnston-720x702-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Robert-Johnston-720x702-1-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/robert-johnston\/\">Robert Johnston<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute &#038; Professor, Economics<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:RJohnston@clarku.edu\">RJohnston@clarku.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"people-card h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<div class=\"avatar\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/james-murphy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"1119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/james-murphy.jpeg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"James Murphy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/james-murphy.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/james-murphy-196x300.jpeg 196w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/james-murphy-668x1024.jpeg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/james-murphy\/\">James Murphy<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Director, Geography &#038; Professor, Geography<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jammurphy@clarku.edu\">jammurphy@clarku.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"people-card h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<div class=\"avatar\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/deborah-robertson\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/deborah-robertson-720x720-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Deborah Robertson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/deborah-robertson-720x720-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/deborah-robertson-720x720-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/deborah-robertson-720x720-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/deborah-robertson-720x720-1-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/deborah-robertson\/\">Deborah Robertson<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Department Chair, Biology &#038; Professor, Biology<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"email\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:debrobertson@clarku.edu\">debrobertson@clarku.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"people-card h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<div class=\"avatar\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/junfu-zhang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Junfu-Zhang-720x720-1.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Junfu Zhang\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Junfu-Zhang-720x720-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Junfu-Zhang-720x720-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Junfu-Zhang-720x720-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/Junfu-Zhang-720x720-1-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/junfu-zhang\/\">Junfu Zhang<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Department Chair, Economics &#038; 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