Full Time Faculty

Dr. Matthew Eastin

• Professor
Mesoscale Dynamics, Urban Meteorology, Severe Local Storms, Tropical Cyclones, Societal Impacts

Teaching and Research Interests Tropical Meteorology Mesoscale Meteorology Hurricanes Organized Severe Weather Read More

Dr. Martha Cary (Missy) Eppes

• Professor
Rock Fracture, Soil Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology, Critical Zone Sciences
McEniry 204

Teaching and Research Interests Soil science Surface processes Mechanical weathering and rock fracture processes Landscape Response to Holocene and late Quaternary Climates Soil Geomorphology Critical Zone Sciences Read More

Dr. Youngseob Eum

•Assistant Professor
Urban Analytics, Spatial Epidemiology, Human Mobility, Geospatial Data Science
McEniry 314

Teaching and Research Interests:* GIScience* Urban Analytics* Health and Medical Geography* Spatial Data Science* Human Mobility

Dr. Michael Ewers

• Associate Professor • MA Geography Graduate Program Director
Migration & Globalization, Worker Welfare & Inequality, Human Capital & Sustainable Development, Middle East Studies
McEniry 309

I am a human geographer and interdisciplinary social scientist. My research and creative scholarly work focus on three areas: 1) migration and globalization, 2) worker welfare and inequality, and 3) human capital and sustainable economic development. My overall goal is to understand who moves where and why in a global context; how individuals and groups […]

Dr. Patricia (Pat) Fall

• Professor
Quaternary Paleoecology & Paleoclimatology, Biogeography, Human Impacts on Ancient Environments
McEniry 305

Research & Teaching Interests Biogeography Paleoecology Human impact on ancient environments Climatic controls on the distribution of terrestrial plants Modeling human-environment interactions Pollen and seed dispersal Read More

Dr. Sara Gagné

• Department Chair • Associate Professor
Urban Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation
McEniry 314

Teaching and Research Interests Urban Ecology Landscape Ecology Effects of urbanization on biodiversity Read More

William (Bill) Garcia

• Senior Lecturer
Vertebrate Paleontology, Biogeography, Phylogenetics

Teaching and Research Interests Phylogeny of Early Tetrapods Carboniferous Biogeography Vertebral Functional Morphology Read More

Dr. William (Bill) Graves

• Professor
Urban/Economic Change, Cluster Development, Sustainable Cities
McEniry 428

Teaching and Reasearch Interests Urban Change Sustainable Economic Systems Business Geographics Knowledge Industry and Economic Development Economic Change in the South

Dr. Colleen Hammelman

• Associate Professor • PhD Geography Graduate Program Director • CHARP Director
Urban Geography, Food Justice, Immigration

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Dr. Scott Hippensteel

• Professor
Coastal Geology, Environmental Geology, Geoarchaeology, Micropaleontology, Military Geology

Teaching and Research Interests Environmental Micropaleontology Geoarchaeology Coastal Geology Military Geology Read More