Human Ecology

  • Cuite, Cara L.

    • Title: Assistant Extension Specialist
    • Department / Research Program: Human Ecology
    • Email: cuite@rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-932-4544
    • Detailed Profile: http://humanecology.rutgers.edu/faculty.asp?fid=56
    • Research Areas: Energy consumption, Interventions
    • Energy Research Focus: Dr. Cuite is currently an Investigator on a NSF-funded INFEWS project designed to identify potential interventions to reduce household FEW consumption, test the interventions in participating households in two case study communities, and collect data for new accounting models of environmental impacts. The project seeks to gain new insights to household consumption behavior and cost-effective interventions to reduce resource use across the FEW nexus. These insights can be applied to increase the well-being of individuals at the household level as well as to improve resource security, reduce climate-related risks, and increase economic competitiveness of the U.S.

  • Lipoti, Jill

    • Title: Assistant Teaching Professor
    • Department / Research Program: Human Ecology
    • Email: jal226@sebs.rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 609-384-1232
    • Detailed Profile: http://humanecology.rutgers.edu/faculty.asp?fid=121
    • Research Areas: Sustainability, Water Monitoring, Food Waste, Radiation Emergency Response and Recovery, Sustainable Waste Management.
    • Energy Research Focus: Energy Research Focus: Sustainability, Interrelationships between energy, economy, environment and social systems.

  • Shwom, Rachael

    • Title: Director and Associate Professor
    • Department / Research Program: Rutgers Energy Institute; Human Ecology
    • Email: shwomrac@rci.rutgers.edu
    • Phone: 848-445-9235
    • Detailed Profile: http://shwomrac.tumblr.com/
    • Research Areas: Energy efficiency, Energy consumption, Political and social dimensions of energy transitions, Risk governance
    • Energy Research Focus: I study how different groups of people in society make sense of and seek to address energy and environmental problems at the organizational and household level.