Faculty, Staff, and Post-Doctoral Researchers

Avocat, Helene Visiting Assistant Professor Geography of energy, forest biomass, cartography, GIS, spatial analysis.
Caldas, Marcellus M. Professor and Assistant Provost for International Collaboration and Education Programs, Office of International Programs Land use science, deforestation, human-environmental interactions, geospatial applications.
Crawford, Penny Office Specialist II Daily department operations and faculty/student support.
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, and Director, NRES Secondary Major Environmental monitoring, grassland phenology and trends, surface water resources, military training land sustainability, agricultural biosecurity.
Joslin, Audrey Associate Professor Political ecology, environmental governance, biodiversity conservation, market-based environmental initiatives, Latin America.
Langston, Abigail Assistant Professor Fluvial geomorphology, quantitative geomorphology, landscape evolution modeling, landscape response to climate, Rocky Mountains.
Lu, Max Professor Population geography, population and environment, spatial statistics, GIS, regional development, China.
Martin, Charles W. Professor and Department Head 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.
Nelson, Katherine S. Assistant Professor Sustainable agriculture, flood adaptation, rural resilience, environmental justice, and spatial analysis.
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.
Sikder, Md Safat Post-Doctoral Research Associate Surface water hydrology, remote sensing and GIS, numerical modeling, hydro-meteorological forecasting.
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.
Temme, Arnaud Professor and Graduate Program Director Soil mapping, geomorphology, soil-landscape evolution modelling, landslide path dependency, complexity