Full-time Faculty
![Dr. Craig Allan](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/allan-300x300.jpg)
![Jake Armour](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/image1-300x300.jpg)
• Senior Lecturer
Paleoclimate, Geomorphology, Field/Geoscience Education, GEO Club, Public Outreach
![Dr. Andy Bobyarchick](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/andy-300x300.jpg)
• Associate Professor
Structural Geology, Applied Geophysics, Tectonics, Appalachian Geology
![Dr. Gang Chen](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Chen-300x300.jpg)
![Dr. Sandra Clinton](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2012/11/sandra-300x300.png)
• Research Associate Professor • GES Honors Director
Urban Stream Ecology, River Restoration, Molecular Methods in Freshwater Ecosystems
![Dr. Larianne Collins](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2018/07/Macchu-Picchu-2-300x300.jpg)
• Assistant Teaching Professor • Geography and Environmental Studies Undergraduate Coordinator
Hazards and Disasters, Sustainable Development, Human Geography
![Dr. Casey Davenport](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Davenport2-300x300.jpg)
• Associate Professor
Severe Local Storms, Mesoscale Processes, Science Education
![Lauren Decker](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/08/lauren-1-300x300.jpg)
![Dr. Eric Delmelle](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/DSC4327-300x300.jpg)
• Visiting Associate Research Professor
GIScience, Spatial Analysis, Epidemiology, Uncertainty
![Dr. Matthew Eastin](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/matt-300x300.jpg)
• Associate Professor
Mesoscale Dynamics, Urban Meteorology, Severe Local Storms, Tropical Cyclones, Societal Impacts
![Dr. Martha Cary (Missy) Eppes](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/MarthaCaryEppes-300x300.jpg)
• Professor
Rock Fracture, Soil Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Critical Zone Sciences
![Dr. Youngseob Eum](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/08/Eum_Pic-300x300.jpeg)
•Assistant Professor
Urban Analytics, Spatial Epidemiology, Human Mobility, Geospatial Data Science
![Dr. Michael Ewers](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/IMG_2608-1-300x300.jpeg)
• Assistant Professor
International Migration, Worker Welfare, Human Capital, Sustainable Development
![Dr. Patricia (Pat) Fall](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/FALL-300x300.jpg)
• Professor
Quaternary Paleoecology & Paleoclimatology, Biogeography, Human Impacts on Ancient Environments
![Dr. Sara Gagné](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/MJW18746-300x300.jpg)
• Department Chair • Associate Professor
Urban Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation
![William (Bill) Garcia](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Capture3-300x300.jpg)
![Dr. William (Bill) Graves](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/BillGravesHeadshot.jpg)
• Professor
Urban/Economic Change, Cluster Development, Sustainable Cities
![Dr. Colleen Hammelman](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Colleen-Hammelman-1-scaled-1-300x300.jpg)
• Associate Professor • Geography MA Coordinator • CHARP Director
Urban Geography, Food Justice, Immigration
![Dr. Scott Hippensteel](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2012/11/DSC_0380-Scott-Hippensteel_1-300x300.jpg)
• Professor
Coastal Geology, Environmental Geology, Geoarchaeology, Micropaleontology, Military Geology
![Dr. Fushcia-Ann Hoover](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Fushcia-300x300.jpg)
• Assistant Professor
Green Infrastructure, Environmental Justice, Urban Planning, Socio-ecological Systems
![Dr. Katherine Idziorek](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Katherine-300x300.jpg)
• Assistant Professor
Community Resilience, Urban Heat Mitigation, Social Infrastructure, Urban Design, Transportation Equity
![Dr. Yao Li](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2024/07/me-300x300.jpg)
• Assistant Professor
GIScience, Health and Medical Geography, Human Mobility, Spatial Data Analysis/Mining/Programming, Web GIS, Data Visualization
![Dr. Brian Magi](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/BrianMagi_0-300x300.jpg)
• Associate Professor • Earth Sciences Graduate Coordinator
Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Air Quality
![Dr. Isabelle Nilsson](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/nilson-300x300.jpg)
• Associate Professor • Geography Ph.D. Director
Economic Geography, Transportation, Firm Location, Housing
![Dr. Valerie S. Reynolds](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Reynolds-300x300.jpg)
• Assistant Teaching Professor • Geology/Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Coordinator
Mineralogy, Optical Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
![Dr. Jacob (Jack) Scheff](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2017/07/Scheff-Headshot-2022-08-30-Cropped-300x300.jpg)
![Terry Shirley](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2012/11/me1-300x300.png)
• Department Associate Chair • Meteorology Undergraduate Coordinator• Senior Lecturer
Meteorology, Weather Forecasting, Synoptic Meteorology, Winter Storms
![Dr. Heather Smith](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/smith-300x300.jpg)
• Levine Scholars Program Director • Professor
Urban Social Geography, Community Engaged Scholarship
![Dr. Amanda Stone](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2020/04/Stone_Dept-Pic1-300x300.jpg)
•Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
Geology, Environmental Geology, Environmental Science, Energy Resources, Science Education
![Jamie Strickland](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/jamie-300x300.jpg)
• Senior Lecturer
Population Geography, Geographic Education, Cultural Geography and the South
![Dr. Drew Syverson](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Drew_Photo-300x300.jpg)
• Research Assistant Professor
Hydrothermal Geochemistry, Ore Genesis, Planetary Habitability, CO2 Capture
![Dr. Wenwu Tang](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/wenwu_new1-300x300.jpg)
• Associate Professor • Executive Director for the Center for Applied GIScience
CyberGIS, Spatial Modeling, Complex Adaptive Spatial Systems, Land Use And Land Cover Change
![Dr. Jean-Claude Thill](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2012/11/thill_jean-claude_3062c-2023-300x300.jpg)
• Knight Distinguished Professor
Transportation and Mobility Systems, Sustainable Urbanization, Trade Cities and Globalization, Geospatial Data Science
![Dr. Deborah S.K. Thomas](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Deb2jpg-300x300.jpg)
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research • Professor
Disasters, Environmental Health, Global Health, Human-environment Interaction
![Dr. David Vinson](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2014/07/z038-300x300.jpg)
• Associate Professor
Hydrogeochemistry, Groundwater Hydrology, Isotope Geochemistry
![Dr. Michelle Zuñiga](https://geoearth.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/363/2023/05/Michelle-300x300.jpg)
• Assistant Professor
Neighborhood change, Latinx communities, Community Planning, Environmental Justice