Environmental Studies
Abigail Jahiel
Professor of Environmental and International Studies
Department:
Environmental Studies
Email:
Office Number:
CLA 224
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). 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 361: Globalization and the Environment
ENST/PSCI 362: Global Sustainability and Asian Development
ENST/PSCI 363: Global Responses to Climate Change
ENST/PSCI 363: Global Responses to Climate Change
ENST 480: Senior Seminar: Creating a Sustainable Society