Alex W. Peimer, Ph.D.
Geography and Environmental Studies
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor
Office:
BBH 344C
Phone:
(773) 442-5642
Email:
a-peimer@neiu.edu
Fax:
(773) 442-5650
Office Hours:
Spring 2026: Wed 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., Thurs 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., or by appointment. Scheduling by email is preferred.
Expertise
- Nature/Society relations
- Political Ecology
- River and Watershed Science
- Environmental Justice
- Disability Geography
- Physical and Environmental Geography
Research Interests
- Lived Experiences of Organ Transplantation
- Organ Transplantation Allocation Methods and Metrics
- Environmental Quality Regulation (Air) and Permitting
- Environmental Justice Organizing and Activism
- River and Wetland Restoration and Management
Education
Ph.D., Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A., Geography, Kent State University
B.A., Geography (Geology minor), SUNY New Paltz
A.S., Natural Sciences, SUNY Cobleskill
Selected Publications
Peimer, Alex W., Rhoads, B.L, and Thomas J. Bassett. 2022. . Journal of the American Water Resources Association. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13045
Peimer, Alex W., Krzywicka, A.E., Cohen, D.B., Van den Bosch, K., Buxton, V.L., Stevenson, N.A., and Jeffrey W. Matthews. 2016. . Environmental Management: 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-016-0766-3