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The Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences is comprised of physical, natural and social scientists from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. Our mission is to create, extend and disseminate applied and theoretical scientific knowledge of the Earth’s physical, natural and human systems and their interactions through scholarly research, teaching and service.

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Recent News

William (Bill) Graves, professor, geography; Margaret Quinlan, professor, communication studies; and Luke Reinke, associate professor, reading and elementary education are…

Meteorology senior Ian Shank was featured in this week’s Niner Insider Story about his summer internship in Norman Oklahoma. A…

Adrian Croland, a second-year master’s student in geography, participated in the NASA DEVELOP National Program, which conducts feasibility studies that…

Natasha Kroll, a senior double major in Earth & Environmental Science and Data Science with a minor in Statistics, has…

Sonia Birla, BA Geography ’25, is one of 65 Americans selected to study and work in Germany as part of…

This summer four students from Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences (Claire Casey, Ashana Sankar, Lily Witcher and Tori Teague) joined…

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Contact Us

Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, UNC Charlotte

Chair: Dr. Sara Gagne
Associate Chair: Terry Shirley
Department Main Office: McEniry 331

Phone: 704‑687‑5973
Department Email: eegs@charlotte.edu


Alumni Spotlight

jacob sand

Class of 2019, Environmental Studies BA & Geology Minor