Rebecca Retzlaff, Ph.D., AICP: GSP Director
Director, Academic Sustainability Program and Professor, Community Planning Program, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, Rcr0001@auburn.edu
Natalia Ruiz-Junco, Ph.D.: DEIJ Lead and Core Class Professor
Associate Professor, Sociology Program, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University
Christopher Anderson, Ph.D., Co-Curricular and Gulf Speaker Series Lead
Professor, Natural Resources Management Program, College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment, Auburn University
Jose Vasconcelos Neto, Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Scholarship and Research Partnerships Lead
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University
Amna Salman, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Student Organization Lead
Assistant Professor, McWhorter School of Building Science, College of Architecture, Design, and Construction, Auburn University
Lisa Kensler, Ed.D., GSP Evaluator
Emily R. and Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Professor for Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, College of Education, Auburn University
Curtis Burney, Ph.D., SUSCC Lead
Biology Professor, Southern Union State Community College
Hailey Davis, Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Student, Master of Community Planning Program, Auburn University
Steering Committee
- Wendy DesChene, Jane Dickson Lanier Professor of Art
- Joan Harrell, Director, CLA Inclusive Excellence
- Mike Kensler, Director, AU Office of Sustainability
- Charlene LeBleu, Alumni Professor, Landscape Architecture
- Layli Miron, Associate Director, University Writing
- Linda North, Dean of Academics, Southern Union State Community College
- Mark Wilson, Director, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities
- Dale Speetjens, Co-Owner and CEO, Ship Shape Urban Farms
- Rob Holmes, Associate Professor, College of Architecture, Design, and Construction
- Dan Eckenrode, Executive Director, PCI Gulf South
- Dale Speetjens, Co-Owner and CEO, Ship Shape Urban Farms
- Moises Bernal, Assistant Professor, College of Science and Math
- Anna Linhoss, Associate Professor, College of Agriculture
- Mark Barnett, Professor, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
- Dianne Kim, Lecturer, College of Human Sciences
Academic Partners
The Auburn Gulf Scholars Program is an interdisciplinary, university-wide effort with assistance from the following units on campus:
- Academic Sustainability Program, https://cla.auburn.edu/academic-sustainability/
- Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, https://biggio.auburn.edu/
- College of Liberal Arts, https://cla.auburn.edu/
- Office of Sustainability, https://sustain.auburn.edu/
- University Writing, https://www.auburn.edu/academic/provost/university-writing/