Penn State | Department of Geography

PSU home | Admissions | Visitor Info | PSU Portals

resources forexplore

exploreresources for

Emeritus Faculty

Administrative & Technical Staff

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Visiting Scholars


Karl Zimmerer ksz2@psu.edu 301A Walker 865-3094	Professor and Head of Department (TT-Academic) Ph.D., UC-Berkeley	Human-Environment Interactions; Political Ecology; Agrobiodiversity, Food Security/Vulnerability, and Climate Change; Environmental Conservation, Development, and Globalization; New Models and Historical Ideas of Landscape Processes.
Brent Yarnal alibar@psu.edu 311 Walker 863-4894/865-8190	Professor and Associate Head (TT-Academic) Graduate Officer Ph.D., Simon Fraser	Climatic Variation and Change, Physical, Human and Policy Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Cynthia A. Brewer cbrewer@psu.edu 325 Walker 865-5072	Professor (TT-Academic) Director of Peter R. Gould Center Ph.D., Michigan State	Cartographic Communication and Visualization, Map Design, Color Theory, Census and Epidemiological Mappping, Multi-Scale Mapping
Robert P. Brooks rpb2@psu.edu 323 Walker 863-1596	Professor (TT-Academic) Director, Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center Ph.D., U. Mass-Amherst	Ecology and Management of Wetlands, Restoration Ecology and Habitat Modeling
Andrew M. Carleton carleton@essc.psu.edu 307 Walker 865-6522	Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder	Climatology, Satellite Remote Sensing, Climatic Impacts of Jet Contrails
Robert G. Crane crane@essc.psu.edu 201 Walker 865-7482	Professor (TT-Academic) Director of AESEDA Ph.D., Colorado	Remote Sensing, Climatology, Polar Studies
Lorraine Dowler lxd17@psu.edu 324 Walker/101 Willard 863-1806/863-6387	Associate Professor (TT-Academic) Geography undergraduate officers Ph.D., Syracuse	Gender, Cultural Geography, Qualitative Methods, Nationalism, Hate Crime
Roger M. Downs rd7@psu.edu 314 Walker	Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., Bristol	Behavioral Geography, Environmental Cognition, Geography Education
William E. Easterling easter@gis.psu.edu 116 Deike 863-0291	Professor (TT-Academic) Dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
Rodney A. Erickson rae@psu.edu 201 Old Main 865-2505	Professor (TT-Academic) Executive Vice President and Provost of the University Ph.D., Washington	Urban Geography, Economic Geography, Regional Economic Development
Amy Glasmeier akg1@ems.psu.edu 308 Walker 865-7323 On leave through Dec. 31, 2009	Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., UC-Berkeley	Economic Geography, Regional and Development Economics, Public Policy and Urban Planning
Deryck W. Holdsworth dwh6@ems.psu.edu 320 Walker 865-1044	Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., British Columbia	Historical Geography of North America, Urban and Historical Geography, Cultural Geography
Brian King bhk2@psu.edu 314 Walker 865-2612	Assistant Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., University of Colorado	Environment and development, Cultural and political ecology, Conservation, Environmental justice, Health and environment, Southern Africa, Livelihood studies
Alex Klippel klippel@psu.edu 204 Walker 814-865-2324	Assistant Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., University of Bremen	Spatial Cognition, Geographic Event Conceptualization, Wayfinding, Location Based Services, Multimodal Communication, Conceptual Modeling
C. Gregory Knight cgk@psu.edu 322 Walker 863-8571	Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., Minnesota	Resource Management, Water Resources, Global Change, Africa, Bulgaria
Derrick J. Lampkin djl22@psu.edu 313 Walker 865-2493	Assistant Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., University of Arizona	Cryosphere Processes, Remote Sensing, Snow Hydrology
B. Ikubolajeh Logan bil2@psu.edu 317 Walker/213B Willard 865-1175/863-4243	Professor (TT-Academic) Geography and African and African American Studies Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles	African and Third World development, Human Dimensions of Environmental and Resource Analyses, Globalization
Alan M. MacEachren maceachren@psu.edu 310 Walker 865-7491	Professor (TT-Academic) Director: GeoVISTA Center Ph.D., Kansas	geographic information science: visual analytics, geovisualization, cartography, geocollaboration, spatial cognition, human-centered systems
James McCarthy jpm23@psu.edu 312C Walker 863-1782 On-leave 2008-2009	Associate Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., Berkeley	Political Ecology, Environmental History, Political Economy, US/American West
Donna J. Peuquet peuquet@ems.psu.edu 306 Walker 863-0390 On-leave 2008-2009	Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., SUNY-Buffalo	Geographic Information Systems, Spatio-temporal Data Models, Environmental Cognition
Erica Smithwick smithwick@psu.edu 318 Walker 865-6693	Assistant Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., Oregon State University	Landscape and ecosystem ecology, Disturbance ecology & disturbance synergies, Ecosystem simulation models, Climate change and ecosystem carbon storage, Fire and soil nitrogen, Microbial community composition and function, Spatial statistics
Alan H. Taylor aht1@psu.edu 309 Walker 865-1509 and 226B EES 865-3561	Professor (TT-Academic) Associate Director of Earth and Environmental Systems Institute Director of Vegetation Dynamics Laboratory Ph.D., Colorado	Vegetation change, landscape ecology, fire ecology and fire effects, climate change and climate-disturbance interactions, particularly fire, dendroecology, disturbance interactions, invasive species.
Petra Tschakert petra@psu.edu 315 Walker 863-9399	Assistant Professor (TT-Academic) Geography and AESEDA Ph.D., Arizona	Climate Change Adaptation, Human Dimensions of Global Change, Rural Livelihoods, Political Ecology, Environmental Justice, Resilience, Participatory Research & Methods, West Africa
Melissa W. Wright mww11@psu.edu 316 Walker 865-9133	Associate Professor (TT-Academic) Geography and Women's Studies Ph.D., Johns Hopkins	Political Economy, Gender, Urban and Economic Geography, Mexico, The Mexico-U.S. Borderlands
Lakshman S. Yapa lxy3@psu.edu 321 Walker 865-1187	Professor (TT-Academic) Ph.D., Syracuse	Third World Development, Discourse Theory, GIS and Social Theory


Todd Bacastow tsb4@psu.edu 2217 EES 863-0049	Professor of Practice (NTT-Academic) MGIS Program Dutton e-Education Institute Ph.D., Penn State	GIS Development, Organizational Aspects of GIS
Ryan Baxter reb186@psu.edu 115 Land and Water Research Building 865-8791	Instructor (NTT-Academic) PSIEE B.A. Environmental Sciences and Geography, Northwestern University M.S. Geography, The Pennsylvania State University	Geospatial Technologies, Internet Mapping, Climate Change, Landuse Change, Energy
Joseph A. Bishop jab190@psu.edu 219 Walker 863-3530	Research Assistant/ GIS Specialist (NTT-Academic) Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center
Justine Blanford jib18@psu.edu 210 Walker	Research Associate GeoVISTA Center Ph.D., Imperial College	GIS, spatial analysis, spatial and temporal ecology of disease, application development, environmental monitoring and management
George Chaplin guc5@psu.edu	Senior Research Associate MGIS Program M.Sc. GIS, Manchester Metropolitan University	GIS, Human Ecology, Spatial Epidemiology, Spatial and Geo-Statistics, Human Biogeography, Biodiversity
Jin Chen jxc93@psu.edu 229C Walker 865-1633	Research Assistant (NTT-Academic) GeoVISTA Center M.S., University of Toledo (Engineering)	Geovisualization, 3D Interactions, Java Components Programming, Web Service
Ken Corradini kjc139@psu.edu	Research Assistant MGIS Program M.S. Penn State, Soil science M.E.P.C., Penn State, Environmental Pollution Control	Watershed Hydrology, Best Management p=Practices, Development and Dpplication of GIS and Simulation Models to Environmental Problems
Mark Corson mwc11[at]psu.edu	Visiting Associate Professor MGIS Program Dutton e-Education Institute Ph.D. Geography, South Carolina	Political and military geography, and environmental geography with a focus on the military and the environment; Area Specialties: Western Europe (especially Germany) and Southwest Asia; Emerging research interests in Geospatial Intelligence and Comprehensive Crisis Response.
Stephen Crawford src176@psu.edu 319C EES/206A Walker 865-9905/865-9655	Research Assistant (NTT-Academic) GeoVISTA Center Center for Environmental Informatics, B.S., Penn State (MSIS)	Web Design, Dynamic Cartography, Visualization
Jim Detwiler detwiler@essc.psu.edu 432 EES 865-2932	Senior Lecturer (NTT-Academic) MGIS Program Dutton e-Education Institute M.S., Delaware (Geography)	World Campus Certificate Program in GIS
David DiBiase dibiase@psu.edu 418 EES 863-1790	Senior Lecturer (NTT-Academic) Director, Dutton e-Education Institute M.S., Wisconsin	Geographic Information Science Education
William Doe wwd2[at]psu.edu	Associate Professor Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program
Mary M. Easterling mme2@psu.edu 219 Walker 863-5415	Senior Research Assistant (NTT-Academic) Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center M.S. University of Virginia (Environmental Sciences)	Human-Environment Relationships
Susan W. Friedman swf3@psu.edu 320 Walker 865-1044	Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Ph.D., Toronto	History of Geography, Social and Historical Geography
Adrienne Gruver abg152(at)psu.edu		Cartography, Geovisualization, and Epidemiology
Peter Guth plg14[at]psu.edu	Visiting Professor of Geography Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program
David Hall dlh28[at]psu.edu	Professor of IST
Frank Hardisty fah109@psu.edu 212 Walker	Research Associate (NTT-Academic) GeoVISTA Center Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program Ph.D. Penn State	Geographic Visualization, Spatial Analysis, Health Geographics, Software Development, Human-computer Interfaces, Geographic Collaboration
Hannah Ingram hmi101@psu.edu 205 Walker 865-1009	Research Support Technician (NTT-Research Staff) Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center	Ecology and Management of Wetlands, Geographic Information Systems
John Kelmelis jak115@psu.edu 251 Lewis Katz Building 867-2769	Professor of International Affairs (TT-academic) Ph.D., Penn State	Science, Environment, Technology, and International Affairs; Science and Policy; Regional and Local Implications of Global Change; Science, Technology and Sustainability
Patrick Kennelly pjk15@psu.edu 418 EES 516-299-2652	Visiting Associate Professor (NTT-Academic-Long Island Univ.) Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program Ph.D., Oregon State University	Geographic Information Systems (GIS), GIS Project Management, Cartography
Fritz Kessler fck2@psu.edu	Visiting Associate Professor of Geography Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program
Beth Fletcher King bethking@psu.edu 433 EES 865-9164	Senior Lecturer (NTT-Academic) MGIS Program B.S., Penn State (Geography) M.Ed., Penn State (Adult Education)	World Campus Masters/Certificate Programs in GIS
Stephen Matthews matthews@pop.psu.edu 507 Oswald 863-9721	Associate Professor (Courtesy) Sociology, Anthropology, and Demography Population Research Institute Ph.D., University of Wales, College of Cardiff	Population Geography, Medical Geography, Geographic Information Science
Douglas A. Miller miller@essc.psu.edu 317G EES 863-7207	Associate Professor (NTT-Academic, Dual-Title) MGIS Program Director, Center for Environmental Informatics, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute Co-Director, Office for Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Resources Ph.D., Penn State	Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Science, Land Surface Processes, Soils, Geomorphology
Sarah Miller sjm20@psu.edu 217 Walker 863-2567	Senior Research Assistant (NTT-Academic) Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center M.A., San Francisco State University (Ecology and Systematics)	Botany, Wetland Monitoring and Assessment, Floristic Quality Assessment
David O'Sullivan dbo2@psu.edu	Instructor Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program Ph.D., University College London (Architecture and Planning)	Simulation Models, Spatial Analysis, Urban Social Geography, Complexity Science and Geography
Scott Pezanowski spezanowski@psu.edu 229 Walker 865-1625	Research Assistant (NTT-Academic) GeoVISTA Center	Web Mapping, Java programming, Open Source GIS, Cartography, GIScience, Remote Sensing
Linda Pickle Linda@statnetconsulting.com	Professor (Adjunct) Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University	Spatial Statistical Analysis, Geovisualization, Cancer Epidemiology
Anthony Robinson acr181@psu.edu	Research Associate GeoVISTA Center and Dutton e-Education Institute	Interface Design and Evaluation for Geographic Visualization, Health Geographics, Cartographic Design
Gian Rocco gxr124@psu.edu 205A Walker 863-3194	Senior Research Associate (NTT-Academic) Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center
Adena Schutzberg abs15[at]psu.edu	Senior Lecturer in Geography Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program
Karen Schuckman kschuckman@psu.edu	Instructor Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program
Thomas Sigler	Instructor tjs316(at)psu.edu 308 Walker 865-7323	Urban Development, Political Economy, Latin America, U.S. Cities
James L. Sloan II jls@essc.psu.edu 318B EES 865-9226	Instructor (NTT-Academic) MGIS Program Earth and Environmental Systems Institute M.S., University of Miami, Florida (Marine Geology and Geophysics)	Cartography and GIS education, World Campus Certificate Program in GIS
Marieta P. Staneva mps5@psu.edu Altoona Campus 814-949-5203	Senior Lecturer (TT-Academic) Penn State Altoona Ph.D., Sofia	Cultural Geography, Geographic Education, Eastern Europe
Wes Stroh wjstroh(at)psu.edu 415 EES 863-8059	Lecturer (NTT-Academic) Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program M.S. Geography, Penn State	Urban/economic geography, cartography, GIS education
Ian Turton ijt1@psu.edu 211 Walker 865-5642	Senior Research Associate (NTT-Academic) GeoVISTA Center Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS ProgramPh.d., University of Edinburgh	Web Mapping, Collaborative Geovisualization, Data Mining, Spatial Analysis.
Jan Van Sickle jxv20[at]psu.edu	Senior Lecturer in Geography Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program Masters of Engineering, Colorado Ph.D. (currently enrolled), Colorado, GIS Engineering	GNSS, Digital Elevation Models, 3D and 4D modeling, and Remote Sensing
Denice Heller Wardrop dhw110@psu.edu 216 Walker 863-1005	Senior Research Associate (NTT-Academic, Dual-title) Associate Director, Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center Ph.D., Penn State	Human Impacts on Aquatic Ecosystem Processes, Wetland Plant Communities, Applied Theoretical Ecology, Spatial Scale, Landscape Change
Jim Wright j.a.wright@soton.ac.uk	Lecturer - University of Southampton Dutton e-Education Institute MGIS Program M.Sc., University of Edinburgh (Geographical Information Systems) Ph.D., University of Edinburgh (Medical Geography / Agricultural)economics)	Health applications of GIS, Environmental applications of GIS, Water and health in developing countries
Susan Yetter sel131@psu.edu 215 Walker 863-3208	Research Assistant (NTT-Academic) Penn State Cooperative Wetlands Center M.S. Penn State	Floodplain Ecology, Stream/wetland Biological Condition Assessment

Faculty Archive: 1970s, 1996, 2004, and 2005.