James Michael Russell is an American paleoclimatologist and climatologist.
[3] Russell's doctoral advisor was Thomas C. Johnson [Wikidata].
[3] Russell's dissertation in 2004 was titled The Holocene Paleolimnology and Paleoclimatology of Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo.
[2] In 2006, Russell joined the faculty of Brown University, where he was awarded tenure and the Royce Family Professorship of Teaching Excellence, in recognition of his teaching ability in 2018.
[7] Russell's primary fields are paleoclimatology, paleolimnology, and paleoecology.