Toddi Steelman
Stanback Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment
Prior to her appointment in 2018, Toddi Steelman served as the first permanent executive director of the University of Saskatchewan’s School of Environment and Sustainability, after serving 11 years on the faculty in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University. She also was a faculty member in the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver from 1997 to 2001. She holds a Ph.D. from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Sciences and International Studies from West Virginia University.
Working at the intersection of science, policy and decision making, her expertise in environmental and natural resource policy is well-recognized nationally and internationally. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and Canadian Tri Agencies as well as a variety of federal and state agencies. The author of four books, Steelman has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, as well as opinion and editorial pieces in Nature, the Globe and Mail, and the Los Angeles Times.
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Executive Vice Dean | Chair, Environmental Economics & Policy ProgramJuli Plant Grainger Associate Professor of Energy Economics and PolicyJuli Plant Grainger Associate Professor -
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral ProgramsProfessor of BiogeochemistryProfessor of Biogeochemistry -
Chair, ECS Division; Director of Undergraduate Studies, ECS | Bass FellowUniversity Distinguished Service Professor of Earth SciencesProfessor of Earth and Climate Sciences -
Chair, Marine Science & Conservation Division | Director, Duke Marine LabStephen A. Toth Professor of Marine BiologyStephen A. Toth Distinguished Professor of Marine Biology in the Nicholas School of the Environment -
Chair, Environmental Science & Policy DivisionClarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and ManagementKorstian Distinguished Professor in Forest Economics and Management in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
Directors of Graduate Studies
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Director of Graduate Studies, Marine Science & ConservationAssociate Professor of Oceanography -
Director of Graduate Studies, University Program in Environmental HealthTruman and Nellie Semans/Alex Brown and Sons Associate Professor of Molecular Environmental Toxicology -
Director of Graduate Studies, Earth & Climate SciencesProfessor in the Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences -
Director of Graduate Studies, University Program in Environmental PolicyOak Foundation Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Energy Policy -
Director of Graduate Studies, Environment PhD programLee Hill Snowdon Associate Professor of Environmental & Evolutionary GenomicsLee Hill Snowdon Associate Professor -
Director of Graduate Studies, University Program in EcologyAssociate Professor of Biology
Academic Initiatives
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Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and InclusionLecturer in Environmental Science and Policy -
Associate Dean of Professional Programs | Chair, Energy & Environment ProgramProfessor of the Practice of Energy and the Environment
Directors of Undergraduate Studies
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Chair, ECS Division; Director of Undergraduate Studies, ECS | Bass FellowUniversity Distinguished Service Professor of Earth SciencesProfessor of Earth and Climate Sciences
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, ENVThe Elizabeth Brooks Reid and Whitelaw Reid Associate Professor of Population StudiesThe Elizabeth Brooks Reid and Whitelaw Reid Associate Professor -
Director of Undergraduate Studies, MSCAssistant Professor of the Practice of Marine Molecular Conservation
Master's Program Chairs
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Executive Vice Dean | Chair, Environmental Economics & Policy ProgramJuli Plant Grainger Associate Professor of Energy Economics and PolicyJuli Plant Grainger Associate Professor
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Chair, Water Resources Management ProgramProfessor of River Systems Science and PolicyProfessor in the Environmental Sciences and Policy Division -
Chair, Ecotoxicology & Environmental Health ProgramAssociate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering -
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Associate Dean of Professional Programs | Chair, Energy & Environment ProgramProfessor of the Practice of Energy and the Environment
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Co-Chair, Coastal Environmental Management ProgramAssociate Professor of Marine Policy -
Chair, Master of Forestry ProgramAssociate Professor of the Practice of Geospatial Analysis -
Chair, Ecosystem Science & Conservation ProgramProfessor of Environmental Sciences and Policy -
Director, Duke Environmental Leadership (DEL-MEM) ProgramSenior LecturerSenior Lecturer in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy -
Chair, Business & Environment ProgramLynn Gorguze-Scott Peters Professor of the Practice of Environmental Entrepreneurship & InnovationProfessor of the Practice in Environmental Entrepreneurship
Senior Staff/Operations Management Group
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Assistant Dean, Human Resources and Administrative Services -
Associate Dean, Marketing & Communications -
Associate Dean for Finance -
Associate Dean, Development & Alumni Relations -
Associate Dean, Student Services -
Director of Research Development -
Assistant Dean, IT & Facilities Management -
Associate DirectorDuke University Marine Lab