professors of geography

Jonathan Remo is an associate professor of geography at Southern Illinois University's Carbondale campus. He says the "Levee Wars" have been going on for some time in places such as Pike County, but now the Army Corps has data to support those claims. "It's become an issue,” says Remo. “So what ...

After an unusually polarizing and public election, the UBC Faculty Association (UBCFA) has elected a UBC Okanagan (UBCO) professor for the second time in its history. The UBCFA — which represents more than 3,700 faculty at UBC in labour relations matters — announced Friday that Associate ...

EDWARDSVILLE — Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Mark Hildebrandt, PhD, associate professor of geography in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has been selected as a candidate to the prestigious Fulbright Specialist roster of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and ...

Diana Liverman, a leading expert on the human dimensions of global environmental change and the impacts of climate on society, reflected on her several decades of work on climate vulnerability and adaptation when she delivered the 2018 Pardee Center Distinguished Lecture at the Rajen Kilachand ...

EDWARDSVILLE - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Mark Hildebrandt, PhD, associate professor of geography in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has been selected as a candidate to the prestigious Fulbright Specialist roster of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and ...

“I will say that we were running up and down the hallways that day,” Director of the Urban Studies minor, Chair of Department of Geography and associate professor of geography Jennifer Rogalsky said. “We've worked very hard to get to this point.” One of the reasons cited for this award is the amount of ...

We discuss the geography bee and geography education on Thursday's Smart Talk with Daryl Wenner, co-coordinator of the Pennsylvania State Geography Bee and coordinator for the GeoChallenge and a Professor of Geography at Bloomsburg University. We also will feature the first ever Smart Talk ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation, it has been republished with permission. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, while fighting for a 10-cent wage increase for garbage workers. These efforts by King were part of a broader and more sustained ...

In a recent study in Nature Communications, Sarah Lester, an assistant professor of geography at Florida State University, found the potential benefits of offshore aquaculture growth can significantly outweigh possible downsides in areas off Southern California, a region of high interest. She and 12 ...

“The population at Star Carr, some of the earliest people to recolonise Britain after the last ice age, must have been highly resilient to climate instability, capable of persevering and maintaining a stable society in spite of these environmental stresses,” Ian Candy, study author and professor of geography at ...

O'Lear is a professor of geography and atmospheric science and of environmental studies, and she also directs the Center for Global & International Studies. O'Lear will be discussing topics from her forthcoming book, “Environmental Geopolitics.” As a subfield of political geography, environmental ...

Speck's adviser Lindsay Naylor, an assistant professor of geography who specializes in the geopolitics of food systems, said Speck's research is "incredibly timely" given the current national conversation on immigration. "In her research, Sam is working with mushroom farmers, who are reliant on an ...

Dr. Christa Smith, associate professor of geography will speak about her research into the campaign to destroy the historic landscape of the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labor dispute in U.S. history. Presentation is part of Missouri Western's Interdisciplinary Nature of Geography Speaker series.

“Green city rankings are very popular, but many of the cities at the top of these lists also happen to be some of the most expensive places to live, like San Francisco or Vancouver, where single family homes now average over a million dollars,” says Hamilton, PhD, an associate professor of geography in ...

David J. Keeling is a distinguished professor of geography and has been on about 30 expeditions in the past 25 years with WKU. "Everything around us is geography," Keeling said. "Understanding the why of where, the way you are and the resources you have, the climate, the culture all of those things ...

Now, researchers led by Florida State University Assistant Professor of Geography Sarah Lester have introduced an advanced, holistic analytical model that could herald a new paradigm of environmentally sustainable ocean industry management. “In the past, we haven't always maximized the benefits we ...

Now, researchers led by Florida State University Assistant Professor of Geography Sarah Lester have introduced an advanced, holistic analytical model that could herald a new paradigm of environmentally sustainable ocean industry management. “In the past, we haven't always maximized the benefits we ...

Diana Liverman is Regents Professor of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona. Her research interests focus on climate and development, especially on climate vulnerability and adaptation, climate governance, and the challenges of sustainable development within planetary boundaries.

“We look for a change in the spectral signature from before and after the storm,” said Chambers, a scientist in Berkeley Lab's Earth and Environmental Sciences Area as well as an associate professor of geography at UC Berkeley. “When the sunlight bounces off green vegetation it looks one way, and when ...

Dr. David Call, associate professor of geography describes the unique course further, “We get up in the morning, we forecast them, we follow them and we see what they do.” A top priority while learning about this dangerous subject is safety. Rules are in place and strictly followed to keep both students and ...

... Tuesday that he had not been approached about the faculty letter. Michelle Brown, a student activist, said she was also unaware of the letter until she saw it on social media. And Altha Cravey, an activist and associate professor of geography, said on Wednesday she hadn't heard about the letter either.

“I am in the preliminary stages of surveying visitors at the Davenport House with …. public history graduate student Kelly Westfield,” said Amy Potter, assistant professor of geography. “She has been instrumental researching slavery at the Davenport House over the last year or more. Much of her research is ...

... senior associate dean of research, Frederick C. Hixon Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science, and director of doctoral studies at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Sten H. Vermund, dean and the Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health, ...

Jamie Mitchem, professor of geography/GIS in the Institute for Environmental and Spatial Analysis (IESA) at the University of North Georgia (UNG),has been named to the Georgia Climate Stories steering committee. Its task is to guide the production of video stories from farmers and others whose livelihood ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Yvette Richardson, professor of meteorology and associate dean for undergraduate education in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS), and William Easterling III, professor of geography and former dean of EMS, have been elected 2018 Fellows of the American ...

This combined effort also includes Daniel DellaPosta, assistant professor of sociology; Stephen Matthews, professor of sociology, anthropology and demography and director of the graduate program in demography; Alan MacEachren, professor of geography and director of the GeoVISTA Center; Justine ...

The awards will be presented at the UCLA Emeriti Association annual dinner in May. The recipients are: William Clark, distinguished research professor of geography, has acquired a global reputation for his scholarship on demography, migration and urban residential segregation. Since retirement in 2010, ...

Lynn Roche Phillips was grocery shopping one Sunday afternoon when a former student named David stopped her. He told Phillips, an assistant professor of geography at the University of Kentucky, that he and another former student of hers had recently gotten to talking. And they agreed that her course, ...

“Green city rankings are very popular, but many of the cities at the top of these lists also happen to be some of the most expensive places to live, like San Francisco or Vancouver, where single family homes now average over a million dollars,” says Hamilton, associate professor of geography in UB's ...

Indiana University Assistant Professor of Geography Darren Ficklin always had an interest in earth sciences. "I was always curious about the world around me," said Ficklin, who was recently named to the list of Indiana University Bloomington's Outstanding Junior Faculty. "And I think a lot of my interest in ...

The partnership is "stunning news" for Honda Aircraft given that "ANA is one of the world's most highly regarded airlines," said Keith Debbage, a joint professor of geography and sustainable tourism and hospitality at UNC Greensboro. "It provides HondaJet with a potential market niche that could be ...

(KMAland) -- Dr. Ted Goudge, a Shenandoah native and Associate Professor of Geography at Northwest Missouri State University, has released his latest sport geography map. advertisement. The details of his latest research can be found below. Geography with Goudge 02/25/2018. The 67th NBA All-Star ...