Jake Brenner

Professor and Chair and ICNL Chair and Reserve Manager, Environmental Studies and Science
School: School of Humanities and Sciences
Office: Center for Natural Sciences (CNS) | Room 258
Specialty: Geography, Land Use, Forests, Political Ecology

Geography

My teaching prepares students for life in a world of local-global interconnections.  Students learn valuable job skills in environmental science such as land and water resource management, mapping, fieldwork, and project design.  

My research is collaborative and students play a key role. Current projects focus on forest carbon and the management of natural areas by institutes of higher education.

Recent projects:

Since 2012 I have served as Faculty Manager for Ithaca College Natural Lands (ICNL), a 561-acre conservation reserve system. 

I am serving as ENVS Department Chair through summer 2024.  I welcome inquiries from prospective students at any time. 

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Regular Course Offerings:

ENVS 110: The Environmental Crisis

ENVS 120: Environmental Sentinels (local environmental knowledge via wilderness skills)

ENVS 201 / 301 / 402: ICNL Student Land Stewardship Program

ENVS 220: Human-Environment Geography

ENVS 331: Land Resources

ENVS 331: Water Resources

ENVS 331: Trees and Forests of the World (political ecology of forest)

file-outline Curriculum Vitae (CV) - CV_BrennerJC_20210720.pdf (192.9 KB)