Faculty

The research and teaching interests of the faculty spans a broad range of systematic, technical, and regional specializations. Primary areas include the following: Environmental Geography (environmental assessment, analysis and management; conservation; environmental planning); Nature‐Society Relationships (human‐environment interactions; cultural and political ecology); Geospatial Techniques (geographic information science; cartography and geovisualization; remote sensing); Regional Development Studies (rural livelihoods; the developing world; gender issues; Latin America; Southeast Asia; Sub‐Saharan Africa; North America); Physical Geography (biogeography; geomorphology; meteorology and climatology).

Dr. Timothy G. Anderson

Dr. Timothy G. Anderson, Associate Professor and Chair


Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M U., 1994
Specializations: Cultural, historical, world systems, ethnicity

E-mail: anderst1@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 122A, (740) 593–1138
Office hours: MTWR 10:00 AM–11:00 AM

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Geoffrey L. Buckley

Dr. Geoffrey L. Buckley, Associate Professor and Graduate Chair


Education: Ph.D., U. of Maryland, 1997
Specializations: Environmental, historical, mining landscapes, urban environments

E-mail: buckleyg@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 109, (740) 593–9846
Office hours: TR 12:30 PM–2:00 PM

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. James M. Dyer

Dr. James M. Dyer, Associate Professor


Education: Ph.D., U. of Georgia, 1992
Specializations: Biogeography, landscape ecology, forest dynamics

E-mail: dyer@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 112, (740) 593–1142
Office hours: T 1:30 PM–3:00 PM, R 12:10 PM–1:30 PM, or by appointment

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Timothy G. Anderson

Dr. Ryan Fogt, Assistant Professor and Scalia Lab Director


Education: Ph.D., The Ohio State U., 2007
Specializations: Polar meteorology and climatology, climate variability and change, stratosphere - troposphere interactions

E-mail: fogtr@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 103A, (740) 593–1151; Scalia Lab in Clippinger Labs 402B, (740) 593–1353
Office hours: TR 10:30 AM–11:30 AM, 1:30 PM–2:30 PM, or by appointment

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Brad D. Jokisch

Dr. Brad D. Jokisch, Associate Professor and Evaluation Chair


Education: Ph.D., Clark U., 1998
Specializations: Cultural/political ecology agriculture, population, migration, Latin America

E-mail: jokisch@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 113, (740) 593–1143
Office hours: TW 3:00 PM–5:00 PM

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Yeong–Hyun Kim

Dr. Yeong–Hyun Kim, Associate Professor and Curriculum Chair


Education: Ph.D., Syracuse U., 1998
Specializations: Globalization, economic geography, urban geography, Asia

E-mail: kimy1@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 105B, (740) 593–9179
Office hours: *

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. James K. Lein

Dr. James K. Lein, Professor


Education: Ph.D., Kent State U., 1986
Specializations: Environmental assessment, land resource analysis, applied physical, remote sensing, GIS

E-mail: lein@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 107, (740) 593–1147
Office hours: TR 9:00 AM–10:00 AM

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Margaret W. Pearce

Dr. Margaret W. Pearce, Assistant Professor and Cartographic Center Director


Education: Ph.D., Clark U., 1998
Specializations: Critical cartography, indigenous cartography, map design, geovisualization, historical and cultural geography

E-mail: pearce@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 104/104A, (740) 593–1116
Office hours: M 10:00 AM–12:00 PM, Clippinger 104A; R 3:00 PM–5:00 PM, Clippinger 105; or by appointment

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Harold Perkins

Dr. Harold Perkins, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Chair


Education: Ph.D., U. of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 2006
Specializations: Political ecology/economy of urban environments including neoliberalization, the state, governance, voluntarism, and the agency of nonhuman organisms

E-mail: perkinsh@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 111, (740) 593–9896
Office hours: W 8:15 AM–12:00 PM, or by appointment

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Dorothy Sack

Dr. Dorothy Sack, Professor


Education: Ph.D., U. of Utah, 1988
Specializations: Physical geography, geomorphology, quaternary studies, paleolakes, arid lands, history of geomorphology

E-mail: sack@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 108, (740) 593–1149
Office hours:

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Gaurav Sinha

Dr. Gaurav Sinha, Assistant Professor


Education: Ph.D., U. at Buffalo–SUNY, 2007
Specializations: Geospatial ontology, environmental data modeling, landscape analysis, PPGIS

E-mail: sinhag@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 105A, (740) 593–0304
Office hours: MW 11:00 AM–12:30 PM

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Thomas Smucker

Dr. Thomas Smucker, Assistant Professor and International Development Studies Director


Education: Ph.D., Michigan State U., 2003
Specializations: Environment and development, land tenure systems, rural livelihood and coping strategies, African drylands

E-mail: smucker@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 145, (740) 593–1152
Office hours:

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. E. Edna Wangui

Dr. E. Edna Wangui, Assistant Professor


Education: Ph.D., Michigan State U., 2004
Specializations: Gender, rural livelihoods and landscape change in East Africa

E-mail: wangui@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 106, (740) 593–1097
Office hours:

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Daniel Weiner

Dr. Daniel Weiner, Professor and Center for International Studies Executive Director


Education: Ph.D., Clark U., 1986
Specializations: Political ecology, development geography, GIS and society, Africa

E-mail: weinerd1@ohio.edu
Office: Yamada 212, (740) 593–1889

Brief curriculum vitae
Dr. Risa Whitson

Dr. Risa Whitson, Assistant Professor


Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State U., 2004
Specializations: Gender and development, social geographies, informal sector, Argentina

E-mail: whitson@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 110, (740) 593–1144
Office hours: *

Brief curriculum vitae
*subject to change quarterly

Adjunct Faculty

Robert J. Shostak

Robert J. Shostak, Esq., Environmental Law Instructor


Education: J.D., U. of Pittsburgh, 1971
Specializations: Environmental law, Shostak Law Office

E-mail: shostakr@ohio.edu
Office: Shostak Law Office, 8 North Street, Suite 506, (740) 593-9848
Office hours: By appointment MTWRF 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
*subject to change quarterly  

Instructors

Dr. Mary Dyer

Dr. Mary Dyer, Part–time Instructor


Education: Ph.D., U. of Georgia, 1996
Specializations: Sustainability issues, environmental ethics, environmental policy, biogeography

E-mail: dyerm@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 149A, (740) 593–9848
Office hours: R 8:30 AM–10:30 PM or by appointment
Bridget M. Lair

Bridget M. Lair, Part–time Instructor


Education: M.A., Geography, Ohio U., 2002. M.A., International Affairs, Ohio U, 2001
Specializations: Community ecology, fire ecology, GIS, development, environment

E-mail: lair@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 149A, (740) 593–9848
Office hours: TR hours to be announced
Bridget M. Lair

Megha Parekh Sinha, Part–time Instructor


Education: M.U.P., U. at Buffalo SUNY, 2006
Specializations: Environmental and land use planning, sustainable planning and design, community development, campus planning

E-mail: sinham@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 149A, (740) 593–9848
Office hours: MW 12:30 PM–1:30 PM
*subject to change quarterly  

Early retirees

 

Dr. Nancy R. Bain

Ph.D., U. of Minnesota
E-mail: bainn@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 149B, (740) 593–0451
Office hours:
(teaches winter quarter)

Dr. Frank E. Bernard

Ph.D., U. of Wisconsin
E-mail: bernard@ohio.edu

Dr. Hubertus (Hugh) L. Bloemer

Ph.D., Union Institute
E-mail: bloemer@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 149B, (740) 593–0451
Office hours: *
(teaches spring quarter)

Dr. Ronald H. Isaac

Ph.D., Southern Illinois U.
E-mail: isaacr@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 402B, (740) 593–0451
Office hours: *
(teaches winter/spring quarter)

 

*subject to change quarterly  

Emeriti Faculty

 

Dr. Bob J. Walter

Ph.D., U. of Wisconsin

Dr. Hubert G. H. Wilhelm

Ph.D., Louisiana State U.

Dr. Lynden S. Williams

Ph.D., U. of Kansas

Staff

Margaret L. Delaney

Margaret L. Delaney, Administrative Coordinator


Education: A.I.S., Concentration in Art, Journalism, Visual Communication, Ohio U., 2008

E-mail: delaneym@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 122, (740) 593–1140
Fax: (740) 593–1139

Tim Grubb

Tim Grubb, I.T. Support Specialist


Education: A.S. in Computer Support

E-mail: grubbt1@ohio.edu
Office: Clippinger Labs 103B, (740) 593–9892

Footprints request: www.cas.ohiou.edu/helpdesk/geo.asp