Avocat, Helene

Teaching Assistant Professor
Geography of energy, forest biomass, cartography, GIS, spatial analysis.

Caldas, Marcellus M.

Professor and Interim Department Head
Land use science, deforestation, human-environmental interactions, geospatial applications.

Crawford, Penny

Office Specialist II
Daily department operations and faculty/student support.

Das, Barnali

Teaching Assistant Professor and Director, NRES Secondary Major
Atmospheric and climate science, GIScience and geoinformatics, terrestrial sciences.

Goodin, Douglas G.

Professor and Director, Remote Sensing Research Laboratory
Biophysical and thematic remote sensing, geospatial modeling, computational geography, climate-vegetation interactions, climatology.

Hutchinson, J.M. Shawn

Professor; Director, Geographic Information Systems Spatial Analysis Laboratory; Co-Director, Institute for Digital Agriculture and Advanced Analytics
Environmental monitoring, grassland phenology and trends, surface water resources, military training land sustainability, agricultural biosecurity.

Joslin, Audrey

Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director
Political ecology, environmental governance, biodiversity conservation, market-based environmental initiatives, Latin America.

Dr. Joslin is on sabbatical leave during the Fall 2025 semester. Dr. Abigail Langston is serving as Interim Graduate Program Director during her absence.

Langston, Abigail

Assistant Professor and Member, Environmental Science Program Advisory Board
Fluvial geomorphology, quantitative geomorphology, landscape evolution modeling, landscape response to climate, Rocky Mountains.

Dr. Langston is serving as Interim Graduate Program Director during the Fall 2025 semester.

Lee, Juhee

Professor of Practice
Agricultural and environmental economics, spatial economics, energy economics, policy evaluation, non-market valuation.

Lu, Max

Professor
Population geography, population and environment, spatial statistics, GIS, regional development, China.

Martin, Charles W.

Professor
Fluvial geomorphology, human impact on the environment, trace metals in river systems, Germany.

Moley, Laura M.

Research Assistant Professor
Cultural geography, vegetation and vulnerable environments, community narratives, environmental history and built landscapes, US and Canada.

Paul, Bimal K.

Professor
Population geography, medical/health geography, natural hazards, quantitative methods, South Asia.

Sanderson, Matthew

Professor of Geography and Randall C. Hill Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Development, environment, water, agriculture and food, migration and population, political economy/ecology.

Smirnova, Vera

Assistant Professor
Political geography and geopolitics, territorial governance, urban politics, land and property rights, Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia.

Smith, Jeffrey S.

Professor and Lead Undergraduate Advisor
Cultural geography, historical geography, sense of place, landscape analysis, international migration.