Faculty

In addition to the faculty below, other faculty are drawn from throughout the College.

Meg Lowman

Director of Environmental Initiatives
Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
Phone: (941)487-4648
Fax: (941)487-4538                       Email:lowman@ncf.edu                                                               

Office Hours Spring 07:                     Wednesday, 10-Noon, Caples Office        Thursday, 10-Noon, PMD 210

B.A., Williams College, Massachusetts
M.Sc., University of Aberdeen, Scotland
Ph.D., University of Sydney, Australia

Research Interests:
Biodiversity in forest ecosystems, tropical rain forests, plant-insect relationships and the herbivory pathway in forest ecosystems, projects to integrate canopy processes.

Books:
Life in the Treetops : Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology
Yale University Press, 1999, by Margaret D. Lowman

Forest Canopies
Academic Press, 2004, by Margaret D. Lowman

It’s a Jungle Up There More Tales from the Treetops
Yale University Press, 2006, by Margaret D. Lowman, James Burgess, and Edward Burgess

Faculty Website
Faculty ISP Journal Website
Canopy Meg Website


 Staff

Jono Miller
Program Director
Phone: (941)487-4299
Fax: (941)487-4538                      Email: jono@ncf.edu

Experience:
Jono Miller is a generalist with three decades experience in Southwest Florida as an educator, consultant and activist. He has been centrally involved in Sarasota County’s environmental land protection efforts for over twenty years and over 48,000 acres. He currently chairs both the Myakka River Management Coordinating Council and Sarasota County's Environmentally Sensitive Lands Oversight Committee and is a past chair of SCOPE (Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence). He enjoys teaming up with faculty members in fine arts, biology, literature and other disciplines to explore sense of place, the local environment and the Florida landscape.
 

Julie Morris
Assistant Vice President, Academic Affairs
Phone: (941)487-4299
Fax: (941)487-4538                       Email: morris@ncf.edu

B.A., New College of Florida, Sarasota

Although her title falls under the Office of the Provost, Julie continues to assist the ESP with administration, planning and evaluation and team-teaching environmental classes with regular faculty members.

Classes Taught:
Dealing with sense of place, oceans, integrative learning, local natural history and senior research.

Experience:
Long record of public service regarding environmental issues in Florida. She was a Commissioner of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and its predecessor the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission from 1992 through 2001. Currently a council member of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.




Nicole van der Berg
Office Manager
Phone: (941)487-4365
Fax: (941)487-4538                       Email: nvanderberg@ncf.edu

B.A., Ohio University

Experience:
Nicole van der Berg is a six year resident of Sarasota, originally from Columbus, Ohio. She attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio and graduated with a B.A. in Political Science. As a recent addition to the environmental studies program, she is looking forward to expanding her knowledge of Florida’s environmental issues and contributing to the New College community.


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