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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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EEGS hiring a new faculty in Geography (sustainable cities)!


Recent News

EEGS faculty and graduate students celebrated the end of the Fall 2024 academic semester with a holiday potluck with lots…

The Charlotte Heat Mappers, a multidisciplinary research team led by Drs. Katherine Idziorek, Matthew Eastin, and Michelle Zuñiga, have released the…

Wenwu Tang, Ph.D., professor and executive director of the Center for Applied Geographic Information Science and Sara Gagné, Ph.D., associate professor and department…

Discovery Place Science guests had the opportunity to dig into North Carolina’s geological diversity and rich history of mining with…

On November 20, 2024, the Center for Applied GIScience (CAGIS) and the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences (EEGS)…

Geography PhD student Lauren Burns was awarded the Graduate Schools 2025 Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award for the category of Non-traditional/Thesis….

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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

Tyler Gilkerson

Class of 2016, Geology