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Alex W. Peimer, Ph.D.

Alex W. Peimer

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:  Fall 2026: Tuesday, 2:00–3:00 p.m.; Wednesday, 3:00–4:00 p.m.; Thursday, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; all office hours are on Zoom, 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. Standardizing No Net Loss Stream Mitigation Assessment Methods: Tradeoffs between Expediency and River Science. 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. National-Level Wetland Policy Specificity and Goals Vary According to Political and Economic Indicators. Environmental Management: 1-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-016-0766-3