Faculty Profile: Nancy Ross

Associate Professor of Environmental Policy

Academic Background
Ph D, Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Tufts University
MS, Communications, Syracuse University
BS, Wellesley College

Contact Information
nross@unity.edu

Subjects Taught
Advocacy
Environmental Policy
Communications
Government

Experiential Learning Sites Used on Occasion
Environmnental and Health Organizations
Farms and other Food-Related Enterprises
Local Environmental Politics
Local Food Production Sites on Campus and in the Community
Recycling, Household Waste, and Hazardous Waste Sites and Activities
State House Politics

Research Areas of Interest
Case Studies of United States Short Food Supply Chains

Areas for Professional Comment
Food Systems in the United States and Abroad (especially local food production and consumption and sustainable food production and consumption)
Toxics in everyday household products

Hobbies for Comment
Cooking and Eating
Gardening
Paddling

Community Involvement
The Carrot Project, Advisor
Maine Initiative's Harvest Fund, Chair, Advisory Committee
Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine, Steering Committee

Campus Activities
Constructive Activists, Faculty Advisor
Environmental Policy, Program Coordinator