Spring 2010 Faculty & Staff

Mark White, Academic Dean

Mark White is Associate Professor of Commerce at the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, where he specializes in corporate finance, international finance, and several courses aimed at identifying and evaluating business solutions to sustainability challenges.

Professor White's current research focuses on the valuation of ecological capital, a topic melding his expertise in financial modeling with his interests in environmental conservation. He believes an international experience is a must for a well-rounded education and has designed and led many study abroad trips to Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America.

Prior to joining the University of Virginia in 1989, Professor White earned degrees in Biology, Ecology and Finance from Kalamazoo College and Michigan State University. He spent a year in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar and currently holds a Visiting Professorship in Environmental Economics at the Technische Universitat Dresden.

Loren Crabtree, Executive Dean

Dr. Loren Crabtree joins ISE from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where he served as Chancellor and as Provost, beginning in 2001. During his tenure he cultivated the most academically qualified and diverse class of undergraduates in the University's history, and was known for his efforts to instill an international perspective in the curriculum and campus culture. Crabtree has also served as a faculty member, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Provost at Colorado State University, and as a faculty member at Bethel College. He sailed as Executive Dean of the Fall Semester voyages of the Semester at Sea program in 1986 and 1991.