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Dr. Aaron Allen

Director of the Environment & Sustainability Program, Associate Professor of Musicology

336.256.1415
asallen@uncg.edu

Dr. Rick Bunch

Director of Graduate Studies, Professor

rlbunch@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Geographic Information Science and Spatial Cognition

Avery Catherwood

Lecturer

aacather@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Dendrochronology biogeography, climatology

Plaxedes Chitiyo

Dr. Plaxedes T. Chitiyo

Academic Professional, Associate Director of the Environment and Sustainability Program

p_chitiyo@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Sustainable agriculture, urban agriculture, urban green space development, environmental justice, environmental policy, sustainability.

Dr. Corey Johnson

Professor

336.334.5388
corey_johnson@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Political Geography, Economic and Urban geography, Europe

Dr. Paul Knapp

Professor

paknapp@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Biogeography, Climatology, Dendroecology

Dr. G. Jay Lennartson

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Principal Lecturer

gjlennar@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Environmental Planning, Environmental Hazards, Climatology, and Meteorology

Wenliang Li

Dr. Wenliang “Will” Li

Assistant Professor

w_li3@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Geospatial analysis, remote sensing

Dr. Shaleen Miller

Adjunct Faculty

samille6@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Environmental Planning, Healthy Communities, Sustainable Transportation, Green Infrastructure, and Natural Hazard Planning

James Nelson, MS

Spatial Analysis Lab Director, Academic Professional Professor

336.334.3917
janelson@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Urban Design and Transportation Planning, Cartography, Geographic Information Systems, Network Administration

Dr. Jeffrey Patton

Professor

jcpatton@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Cartography, GIS, History of Cartography, Earth Science

Dr. Sarah Praskievicz

Associate Professor

sjpraski@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Hydrology fluvial geomorphology, and water resources

Dr. Dan Royall

Department Head, Professor

pdroyall@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Geomorphology, fluvial systems, regolith/soil science, environmental magnetism, water resources.

Dr. John Stehlin

Assistant Professor

jgstehli@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Urban Political Economy, Mobility and Infrastructure

Dr. Selima Sultana

Associate Department Head, Professor

336.334.3895
s_sultan@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Urban and Transportation, Urban/Transport GIS, Race/Ethnicity, S. Asia

Affiliated Faculty

Omar Ali

Dr. Omar H. Ali

Professor; Dean, Lloyd International Honors College

336-334-5538
ohali@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
African Diaspora, Indian Ocean, East Africa, South Asia, South America

Dr. Marcia Hale

Assistant Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies

336-334-4781
mrhale@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Environmental conflict, environmental justice, urban water systems, global environment change

Dr. Stephen Holland

Professor, Economics

sphollan@uncg.edu

Dr. Karen Kilcup

Professor, English

klkilcup@uncg.edu

Specializations:
19th Century American Literature

Etsuko Kinefuchi

Dr. Etsuko Kinefuchi

Professor, Communication Studies

e_kinefu@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Ecological and critical approaches to culture, identity, and communication; qualitative methods

Dr. Meredith C.F. Powers

Associate Professor, Social Work

mcfpowers@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Free, Open Access Resources and Tools

Dr. Jeremy Rinker

Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Co-Chair, Peace and Conflict Studies

jarinker@uncg.edu

Dr. Derek Skillings

Assistant Professor, Philosophy

djskilli@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Philosophy of biology, philosophy of science, and environmental ethics

Emeriti

Dr. D. Gordon Bennett

Professor, Emeritus

dgbennet@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Demographic Analysis, World Population Problems

Dr. Keith Debbage

Professor

336-334-3911
kdebb@hotmail.com
Research Website

Specializations:
Urban Planning, Regional Development, Tourism

Dr. Michael Lewis

Associate Professor, Emeritus

melewis@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Natural Resources, Environmental Management, Applied Physical Geography

Dr. Zhi-Jun Liu

Associate Professor

z_liu@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Environmental Geography, GIS, Spatial Statistics, Hydrologic/Ecological Modeling

Dr. Elisabeth Nelson

Associate Professor, Emeritus

esnelso2@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Cartographic Perception Cognition

Dr. Roy Stine

Associate Professor, Emeritus

rsstine@uncg.edu

Specializations:
Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing

Dr. Susan Walcott

Professor, Emeritus

smwalcot@uncg.edu
Research Website

Specializations:
Urban, Economic, Asia

Retired

Dr. Mary Hall-Brown

Senior Lecturer, Retired

mbhallbr@uncg.edu

Specializations:
GIScience, Agriculture