Abigail Jahiel
Professor of Environmental and International Studies
Ph.D., University of Michigan; B.A., Cornell University
Abigail R. Jahiel is Professor of Environmental and International Studies and has
served as the Director of Environmental Studies (ES). She teaches several ES courses
including Environment and Society, American Environmental History, American Environmental
Politics, Global Sustainability and Asian Development, Comparative Environmental Politics,
Globalization and the Environment, and the ES Senior Seminar: Creating a Sustainable
Society. Dr. Jahiel is a political scientist by training, with expertise in comparative
politics and Chinese politics. Her research has focused on environmental politics
in reform China, including studies of the regulatory apparatus, implementation of
industrial pollution policies, issues of environmental justice, emerging rural environmental
problems, and the environmental implications of China's World Trade Organization membership. Dr.
Jahiel is also very active in efforts to improve campus environmental sustainability
and to introduce sustainability concepts throughout the curriculum. She has co-chaired
Illinois Wesleyan's GREENetwork and has written and presented papers on IWU's experience
with efforts to "green" the campus.
Environmental Studies Courses:
ENST 100: Environment and Society
ENST/ HIST 248: American Environmental History
ENST/PSCI 260: American Environmental Politics
ENST/PSCI 275: Global Sustainability and Asian Development
ENST/PSCI 360: Comparative Environmental Politics
ENST/PSCI 361: Globalization and the Environment
ENST 375: Vietnam Today: Addressing the Challenges of Sustainable Development
ENST 375: Vietnam Today: Addressing the Challenges of Sustainable Development
ENST 480: Senior Seminar: Creating a Sustainable Society
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