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Dr James Hardy Speer is a Professor of Geography and Geology at Indiana State University. He received his bachelor's and master’s degree from the University of Arizona in Geosciences and his PhD from the University of Tennessee in Geography. He is a biogeographer who uses tree-rings to reconstruct environmental variables such as fire history and insect outbreaks. Through his years of studying environmental history, he has realized that humans are operating outside of the natural range of variability for most natural systems, which has motivated him to give back to society by being a champion for sustainability at Indiana State University and in the Wabash Valley. Dr Speer is a Senior Scholar for the Institute for Community Sustainability, which was established in February 2012. He is the President for Our Green Valley Alliance for Sustainability, on the board for the Terre Foods Cooperative Market, on the Tree Advisory Board for ISU, is a past-president of the Geography Educator’s Network of Indiana and a past-president of the Tree-Ring Society.

Dr Virgil Sheets earned his PhD in Environmental Psychology at Arizona State University in 1993. He teaches at Indiana State University where his research focuses on close relationships, as well as meaning in, and connection to, the physical environment.

Dr Tina M. Kruger completed her PhD in Gerontology at the University of Kentucky in 2011. She is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies at Indiana State University. She teaches undergrad and grad courses and is active in many research projects related to the pedagogy of gerontology, sustainability and aging, health behavior and employment in the field of aging. Dr Kruger conducts community-based research related to lifelong health and well-being, primarily in low resource areas. She has won multiple states and national awards for her community-engaged work. She is passionate about promoting health and well-being for all and views access to resources as a human rights issue.

Dr Stephen Peter Aldrich is an Associate Professor of Geography at Indiana State University. He is a human-environment geographer with a focus on the human dimensions of environmental change, particularly land use and land cover change. He has worked on land use decision-making and land conflict-driven deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, and uses spatial and statistical methods to uncover social-process drivers of environmental change. Dr Aldrich received his PhD in 2009 from Michigan State University and has a Doctoral Specialization in Environmental Science and Public Policy.

Nicholas McCreary is the Sustainability Coordinator at Indiana State University. The Office of Sustainability at Indiana State University promotes environmental responsibility and economic vitality while fostering society equity on campus and in the surrounding communities. In addition to overseeing the Office of Sustainability, Nick teaches in the Department of Earth and Environmental Systems at ISU. Nick studied geology and political science at DePauw University and sustainability at Saint Louis University.