Jon Isacoff

Dr. Jonathan Isacoff is Professor of Environmental Studies and Sciences at Gonzaga University. Dr. Isacoff was the founding chair of the Environmental Studies Department at Gonzaga and served in that role from 2006 till 2015. He is a founding Board member of the Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment. He received his B.A. and M.P.A. from Cornell University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked previously as a Confidential Assistant to Governor Mario M. Cuomo of New York and as a consultant for MeretzUSA, an Israeli-American NGO based in New York. Dr. Isacoff’s book, Writing the Arab-Israeli Conflict: Pragmatism and Historical Inquiry (Roman & Littlefied/Lexington Books, 2006) examines interpretations of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as the broader issue of political science historical research. Dr. Isacoff’s most recent articles have appeared in Perspectives on Politics, one of the flagship journals of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Journal of Political Science Education, Perspectives on Political Science, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, International Relations, and Western Birds. Dr. Isacoff is actively involved in ornithology and outdoor recreation. He is currently a regional reviewer for the Cornell University Lab or Ornithology’s eBird citizen science project and a member of the Idaho Bird Records Committee (IBRC). He has also served on the boards of the Spokane Audubon Society and the Washington Ornithological Society (WOS), and as Hiking Committee Chair for the Spokane Mountaineers.