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Abdul-Salam Jahanfo Abdulai Graduate Student (Ph.D.) apa6356@psu.edu Climate Change Adaptation, Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation, Livelihoods, Natural Resource Management, Urban Sustainability, Sustainable development		Expertise:
Ronald Abler Professor Emeritus of Geography rabler@aag.org geography of communications systems, history of geographic thought		Expertise:
Daniela Aiello Assistant Professor of Geography dpa5460@psu.edu Urban political economy, Housing inequality, community-based research, tenant organizing, anti-racism , anti-colonialism		Expertise:
Temitope Akinboyewa Graduate Student (Ph.D.) tea5209@psu.edu GIS, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Big data analytics, Spatial modeling, Public health, Environmental change		Expertise:
Nafisa Anjum Graduate Student (Ph.D.) nka5437@psu.edu Neighborhood and built environment, Health disparity, Urban sustainability, Mixed-method research, GIS		Expertise:
Todd Bacastow Emeritus Teaching Professor bacastow@psu.edu geospatial Intelligence, analytic Methods, GIS, comparative Analysis, cognitive Processes		Expertise:
Mahsa Bahrami Graduate Student (Ph.D.) zvb5148@psu.edu Cryosphere System Interactions, Supraglacial Lakes, Remote Sensing		Expertise:
Jennifer Baka Associate Professor of Geography jeb525@psu.edu energy geographies, political-industrial ecology, environmental governance		Expertise:
Ledeebari Banuna Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) lpb5411@psu.edu plant biodiversity conservation, decolonial and sustainable development in Africa, indigenous rights, food sovereignty, agroecology		Expertise:
Nethmi Bathige Graduate Student (Ph.D) njb5958@psu.edu Critical Agrarian Studies, Feminist Political Ecology, Irrigation and Water Management, South Asia, Food Security and Dietary Diversity, Climate Smart Agriculture		Expertise:
Ryan Baxter Associate Teaching Professor rbaxter@psu.edu geospatial technologies, land-use change, data management and distribution, energy		Expertise:
Trevor Birkenholtz Professor of Geography tlb5964@psu.edu political ecology, development, social theory, nature-society relations, gender-dynamics, South Asia, water resources		Expertise:
Alejandra Bonilla Mena Graduate Student (Ph.D.) apb6399@psu.edu urban and economic geography, real estate markets, financialization, housing, entrepreneurship governments		Expertise:
Cynthia Brewer Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Information Sciences and Technology cab38@psu.edu cartographic communication and visualization, map design, color theory, multi-scale mapping, atlas production, topographic maps, cartography		Expertise:
Ruth Buck Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) rkb5550@psu.edu redistricting, population, scale, segregation, GIS		Expertise:
Amy Burnicki Associate Teaching Professor acb154@psu.edu spatial data analysis, spatial statistics, quantitative modeling, land change science, transportation, environmental engineering applications		Expertise:
Andrew Carleton Professor Emeritus of Geography amc7@psu.edu climatology, synoptic climatology, climate dynamics, climate impacts of aviation contrails, human impacts on climate, climate variability and change, land surface-climate interactions, polar climatology, polar lows, Southern Ocean, Antarctica		Expertise:
Carolina Carrion Klier Graduate Student (Ph.D.) czc6192@psu.edu remote sensing, vegetation mapping, machine learning, Galapagos Islands, drone photogrammetry		Expertise:
Guido Cervone Professor of Geography and Meteorology & Atmospheric Science (MAS) cervone@psu.edu environmental hazards, remote sensing, geoinformatics, social media	E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Professorship	Expertise:
Shuyu Chang Graduate Student (Ph.D.) shuyu.chang@psu.edu ecohydrology, contaminant transport, deep learning, remote sensing, Chesapeake Bay		Expertise:
Connor Chapman Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) cjc358@psu.edu Climate Science, Physical Geography, Land-atmosphere Interactions		Expertise:
Mei-Huan Chen Graduate Student (Ph.D.) mzc496@psu.edu political ecology, environmental and water governance, infrastructural geographies		Expertise:
Yu-Chen Chuang Graduate Student (Ph.D) ybc5502@psu.edu political ecology, environmental planning and governance, politics of knowledge, Indigenous peoples, East Asia		Expertise:
Robert Crane Professor Emeritus of Geography rqc3@psu.edu climatology, regional scale climate change, African climates		Expertise:
Marnie Deibler Proposal and Award Generalist mpr5@psu.edu research proposals and awards, promotion and tenure dossiers, faculty reports		Expertise:
Jim Detwiler Associate Teaching Professor jed124@psu.edu geospatial programming, web mapping, spatial databases, climate		Expertise:
Ida Djenontin Assistant Professor of Geography ind5050@psu.edu environment-development governance, agro-forest systems, climate change adaptation and mitigation, sustainable livelihoods, equity, knowledge co-production, sub-Saharan Africa		Expertise:
Lorraine Dowler Professor of Geography and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies lxd17@psu.edu political geography, gender, qualitative methods, feminist geopolitics	Affiliate faculty in School of International Affairs (SIA)	Expertise:
Roger Downs Professor Emeritus of Geography rd7@psu.edu spatial cognition, cognitive development, geography education, behavioral geography		Expertise:
William Easterling Professor Emeritus of Geography and Agronomy wee2@psu.edu environmental change, agricultural systems, climate, renewable natural resources, land use		Expertise:
Faisal Elias Graduate Student (Ph.D.) fxe5040@psu.edu Environmental Governance, Political Ecology, Landscape Restoration, GIS		Expertise:
Rodney Erickson 17th President of Penn State rae@psu.edu economic and urban geography, international trade, regional economic development		Expertise:
Chris Fowler Associate Professor of Geography and Demography; Associate Faculty, Population Research Institute (PRI); Courtesy appointment in Demography csfowler@psu.edu inequality, population, scale, economic, urban, race, segregation		Expertise:
Susan Friedman Affiliate Instructor swf3@psu.edu historical geography, social geography, history of geography		Expertise:
Brandi Gaertner Assistant Teaching Professor bah6009@psu.edu hydrology, climate change, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) , growing season length, spatial analysis, spatial statistics, R statistical programming and modeling, GISciences		Expertise:
Panagiotis Giannakis Assistant Teaching Professor pmg5371@psu.edu economic geography, strategic management, social networks		Expertise:
Zach Goldberg Graduate Student (Ph.D.) zag5022@psu.edu agroecology, food-energy-water nexus, politcal ecology, utility-scale solar energy development, community seed networks		Expertise:
Adrienne Goldsberry Associate Teaching Professor adg30@psu.edu GIS education, urban planning, environmental perception & attitudes		Expertise:
Nikolay Golosov Graduate Student (Ph.D.) golosov@psu.edu cartography, geovisualization, GIS, geospatial programming		Expertise:
Larry Gorenflo Professor of Landscape Architecture, Geography, African Studies, and Anthropology ljg11@psu.edu GIS science, biodiversity conservation, human ecology		Expertise:
MacKenzie Goss Graduate Program Assistant mng5361@psu.edu graduate appointments, grad admissions support, advise on grad policies		Expertise:
Helen Greatrex Assistant Professor of Geography and Statistics hlg5155@psu.edu weather risk management, geostatistics, uncertainty estimation, historical weather analysis, satellite rainfall estimation, index insurance, agricultural modeling, social equity		Expertise:
Casey Hamilton Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) cwh5643@psu.edu landscape ecology, GIS, remote sensing, disturbance		Expertise:
Owen Harrington Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) ofh5033@psu.edu energy, political economy, political ecology, critical theory, theories of knowledge, Marxist geography		Expertise:
Sanae Hartmann Graduate Student (Ph.D.) sanaehartmann@psu.edu feminist geopolitics, anti-colonial science and technology studies, bioremediation, feminist political-ecology		Expertise:
Robert Hibbert IT Support Specialist rlh23@psu.edu department computer laboratories, IT technical support		Expertise:
Kiely Hine Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) kjh6418@psu.edu water quality, wetlands, biogeochemistry, hydrology		Expertise:
Deryck Holdsworth Professor Emeritus of Geography dwh6@psu.edu urban historical geography, historical geography of North America, historial GIS		Expertise:
Louisa Holmes Associate Professor of Geography and Demography lmholmes@psu.edu health disparities, substance use, socio-spatial determinants of health, urban health, environmental justice, migration, demographic and geospatial research methods		Expertise:
Lily Houtman Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) lmh5991@psu.edu cartography, data journalism, mobile and web mapping, user experience design, Queer and Trans theory, science communication, pedagogy		Expertise:
Zhengrui Huang Graduate Student (Ph.D.) zqh5210@psu.edu optimization theory, deep learning, remote sensing, cryosphere		Expertise:
Joshua Inwood Professor of Geography jfi6@psu.edu memory studies, landscape, race and racism, truth commissions, cultural geography, urban geography		Expertise:
Alicia Iverson GeoGraphics Lab Manager & Lecturer aliciaiverson@psu.edu Cartography, GIS		Expertise:
Gregory Jenkins Professor of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science and Geography gsj1@psu.edu atmospheric/air chemistry, climate, tropical meteorology, Africa		Expertise:
Halie Kampman Postdoctoral Scholar hxk5547@psu.edu health geographies, political ecology of health, science and technology studies, postcolonial studies, food studies		Expertise:
Fritz Kessler Teaching Professor fck2@psu.edu map projections, datums, cartographic design, history of cartography, spatial analysis, qualitative analysis		Expertise:
F.M. Kim Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) fmkim@psu.edu neoliberalism, economy, data visualization, belonging, feminist and Queer theories, GIS		Expertise:
Beth King Associate Teaching Professor exf107@psu.edu GIS, data management, geospatial analysis, online education		Expertise:
Brian King Head of Department king@psu.edu development, conservation, Southern Africa, cultural and political ecology, health, livelihoods, justice		Expertise:
Denise Kloehr Administrative Support Manager dak28@psu.edu administer department budgets, supervise department staff, salaries, advise on procedures, HR		Expertise:
Jessica Kromer Graduate Student (Ph.D.) kromer@psu.edu climate variability and change, cryosphere system interactions, ice sheet surface mass balance, remote sensing		Expertise:
Sophie Lelei Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) sul1056@psu.edu data visualization, East-Africa		Expertise:
Naser Lessani Ph.D. Student mlessani@psu.edu Big data analysis, GeoAI, Cartography		Expertise:
Zhenlong Li Associate Professor of Geography zhenlong@psu.edu GIScience, Geospatial Big Data, Spatial Computing, GeoAI, Human Mobility, Social Media Analytics		Expertise:
Yan Lin Associate Professor of Geography yanlin@unm.edu GIScience, Spatial analysis and modeling, Health & Medical Geography, Uncertainties, Community environmental health, Cancer disparities		Expertise:
Zhuoming Liu Graduate Student (Ph.D.) zxl5644@psu.edu
Alan MacEachren Professor Emeritus of Geography and Information Science & Technology maceachren@psu.edu visual analytics, geovisualization, geographic information retrieval, place & big data		Expertise:
Stephen Matthews Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, Geography & Demography sxm27@psu.edu demography, health, mortality, inequality, spatial analysis		Expertise:
Eden Mekonen Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) evm5746@psu.edu Identity, othering and belonging, diaspora/(Im)migration, Horn of Africa, critical theory		Expertise:
Tiza Mfuni Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) tim5357@psu.edu GIS, remote sensing, forestry, rural African livelihoods, conservation, climate change		Expertise:
Doug Miller Research Professor Emeritus dam8@psu.edu remote sensing, geomorphology, soils, GIS, landscape ecology, small unmanned autonomous systems		Expertise:
Karan Misquitta Graduate Student (Ph.D.) kjm6596@psu.edu Natural resource management, groundwater, collective action		Expertise:
Mary Mugeni Graduate Student (Ph.D.) mnm5745@psu.edu Sub-Sahara Africa, Climate change, Urban sustainability, Mixed method research, Political Ecology		Expertise:
Cierra Naglowsky Academic Program Coordinator cbn5240@psu.edu department receptionist, undergraduate program, coordination for purchasing, facilities, and event planning		Expertise:
Victoria Nimmo Assistant Teaching Professor vpn5078@psu.edu Agroecology, plant physiology, plant functional traits, soils		Expertise:
Huan Ning Graduate Student (Ph.D.) hmn5304@psu.edu Computational GIScience, GeoAI, big data		Expertise:
Belen Norona Assistant Professor of Geography mbnorona@psu.edu Amazon Region, feminist political ecology, oil extraction, Indigenous people, non-representational cartography		Expertise:
Norman Ornelas Jr. Graduate Student (Ph.D.) nxo7@psu.edu economic geography, racialization, Queer and feminist theory, decolonial studies, urban geography		Expertise:
Mark Ortiz Assistant Professor of Geography mark.ortiz@psu.edu climate justice, youth, social movements		Expertise:
Suraiya Parvin Graduate Student (Ph.D.) svp6104@psu.edu health and place, immigrants, place attachment, migration, cultural geography, GIS		Expertise:
Donna Peuquet Professor Emerita of Geography peuquet@psu.edu geographic information science, space-time representation, spatial data models, environmental cognition		Expertise:
Nathan Piekielek Geospatial Librarian and Associate Professor of Geography nbp104@psu.edu geographic information science, remote sensing and spatial analysis geospatial research support , landscape ecology and conservation , interdisciplinary social and natural science research		Expertise:
Bronwen Powell Associate Professor of Geography, African Studies, and Anthropology bxp15@psu.edu biodiversity and nutrition, wild and forest foods, dietary patterns and dietary diversity, traditional food systems, applied research for improved policy and practice		Expertise:
Prakriti Prajapati Graduate Student (Ph.D.) pmp5473@psu.edu water governance, everyday state, politics of knowledge, infrastructural geographies, normative ethics, public policy		Expertise:
Timothy Prestby Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) tprestby@psu.edu cartographic design, geovisualization, interactive maps, visual storytelling, UX design		Expertise:
Krista Pylant Marketing Communications Specialist kqp5592@psu.edu departmental communications, social media, website content, news		Expertise:
Elise Quinn Graduate Student ( M.S. + Ph.D.) eaq10@psu.edu the Black radical tradition, racial capitalism, feminist epistemology and knowledge production, postcolonial and critical theory, communities of care, spaces of affirmation		Expertise:
Sarah Jasmine Riadi Graduate Student (Ph.D.) sjr6360@psu.edu Land Use Change, Urban Environment, Spatial Data Analysis		Expertise:
Anthony Robinson Professor of Geography acr181@psu.edu geovisual analytics, cartography, user-centered design, geovisualization, information visualization		Expertise:
Emily Rosenman Assistant Professor of Geography ekr5260@psu.edu urban and economic geography, financialization, philanthropy, housing, debt, public finance		Expertise:
Marie Louise Ryan Graduate Student (Ph.D.) mdr259@psu.edu
Samrin Sauda Graduate Student (Ph.D.) sss6318@psu.edu Hydroclimatology, Remote sensing, Machine learning, Hydrology, Natural Hazards		Expertise:
Kristin Schoenecker Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) kps6081@psu.edu political ecology, stormwater, energy transitions, governance, infrastructure, urban-rural dynamics		Expertise:
Karen Schuckman Associate Teaching Professor kls505@psu.edu photogrammetry, lidar, UAS mapping, accuracy assessment		Expertise:
Harman Singh Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) hxs5376@psu.edu natural hazards, floods, GIS, climate science, statistics		Expertise:
Erica Smithwick Distinguished Professor of Geography and Ecology smithwick@psu.edu landscape ecology, ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, fire ecology		Expertise:
Billy Southern Graduate Student (Ph.D.) bms6724@psu.edu Poverty, affluence, and inequality, Segregation , Urban studies and placemaking		Expertise:
Olivia Spencer Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) obs5088@psu.edu landscape ecology, remote sensing, GIS, climate change		Expertise:
Mandy Sprout Financial Associate met15@psu.edu reimbursement, wage payroll, award disbursement, Award and scholarship disbursements, budget monitoring		Expertise:
Marcela Suarez Assistant Teaching Professor marcela.suarez@psu.edu spatial data science, GIScience, cartography, emergency management, spatio-temporal data mining, spatial data quality		Expertise:
Zhaoxu Sui Graduate Student (Ph.D.) zxs5236@psu.edu cartographic design, critical cartography, toponymy, datavisualization, political geography		Expertise:
Mobashsira Tasnim Graduate Student (Ph.D.) mqt5706@psu.edu Landscape Ecology, Remote Sensing, Fire Ecology		Expertise:
Alan Taylor Professor Emeritus of Geography aht1@psu.edu landscape ecology, fire ecology, disturbance and climate effects on vegetation, biogeography, biological conservation, environmental management, paleoecology		Expertise:
Gregory Thomas Associate Teaching Professor gat5@psu.edu geospatial intelligence, intelligence analysis, homeland security		Expertise:
Lucy Thompson Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) lft5208@psu.edu gender, Appalachia, environmental justice, activism, environmental theory		Expertise:
Nishant Tiwari Graduate Student (Ph.D.) nzt5261@psu.edu Remote Sensing, Cryosphere, Machine Learning		Expertise:
Luke Trusel Assistant Professor of Geography trusel@psu.edu climate variability and change, ice sheet surface mass balance, ice core paleoclimatology, remote sensing		Expertise:
Saumya Vaishnava Graduate Student (M.S. + Ph.D.) suv276@psu.edu political economy of energy, energy infrastructure, technology, South Asia, governance		Expertise:
Kimberly Van Meter Assistant Professor of Geography vanmeterkvm@psu.edu water quality, wetlands, biogeochemistry, environmental modeling, remote sensing, human-environment interactions		Expertise:
Justin VanderBerg Adjunct Lecturer jdv150@psu.edu Urban Heat Islands, Climate Change Vulnerability, Integrated Spatial Analysis		Expertise:
Jodi Vender Coordinator of Undergraduate and Alumni Programs jvender@psu.edu academic advising for undergraduate students, curriculum planning, alumni engagement		Expertise:
Shujie Wang Assistant Professor of Geography skw5660@psu.edu cryosphere, remote sensing, machine learning		Expertise:
Denice Wardrop Research Professor dhw110@psu.edu ecological indicator development, monitoring and assessment for environmental management, wetland ecosystem services, impacts of anthropogenic change		Expertise:
Jared Whear Assistant Research Professor jcw6113@psu.edu political ecology, legal geography , sustainability , environmental conflict , logistics , water governance		Expertise:
Melissa W. Wright Professor of Geography and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies mww11@psu.edu critical geography, urban landscapes, Mexico-US borderlands, Latin America, intersectional feminist and critical race studies, social Movements, post-colonial and decolonial studies	Ruby S. and E. Willard Miller Professor in Geography	Expertise:
Lakshman Yapa Professor Emeritus of Geography lxy3@psu.edu Post-modern discourse theory, Third World, theories of poverty, community development, GIS applications, public scholarship and service learning		Expertise:
Brent Yarnal Professor Emeritus of Geography alibar@psu.edu global change in local places, climate variation and change, land-use/land-cover change, natural hazards, coupled human-environment systems		Expertise:
Manzhu Yu Assistant Professor of Geography mqy5198@psu.edu geographic information science, spatiotemporal theories and applications, big data and cloud computing, natural hazards and extreme weather, environmental informatics, spatial data science and deep learning		Expertise:
Michelle Zeiders Associate Teaching Professor mgz1@psu.edu GIS, spatial analysis, online geospatial education, geoenvironmental studies		Expertise:
Lilly Zeitler Graduate Student (Ph.D.) lmz5288@psu.edu sustainable nutrition, tropical agroecology, agroforestry, ethnobotany, climate change		Expertise:
Shiyan Zhang Graduate Student (Ph.D.) szz5367@psu.edu GIS application, Python, R programming, machine learning/deep learning, database, trajectory analysis		Expertise:
Karl Zimmerer Professor of Geography, Ecology, and Rural Sociology ksz2@psu.edu land use and agricultural change/global change, economic development/globalization/neoliberalism, nature-society and human-environment theory environmental impacts (biodiversity/soils/water/conservation), food/producer-consumer networks/sustainability		Expertise: