Faculty, Staff, and Post-Doctoral Researchers

Avocat, Helene Teaching Assistant Professor Geography of energy, forest biomass, cartography, GIS, spatial analysis.
Caldas, Marcellus M. University Distinguished Professor and Interim Department Head Land use science, deforestation, human-environmental interactions, geospatial applications.
Darfler, 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.
Joslin, Audrey Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director Political ecology, environmental governance, biodiversity conservation, market-based environmental initiatives, Latin America.
Langston, Abigail Associate Professor and Environmental Science Program Advisory Board Member 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 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.
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 Cultural geography, historical geography, sense of place, landscape analysis, international migration.