UC Davis 2008-2010 General Catalog - General Catalog - UC Davis

304 Geography
Geography
See Geography (A Graduate
Group), below.
Geography
(A Graduate Group)
Stephen B. Brush, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Group
Group Office. Carrie Armstrong-Ruport, Program
Coordinator; 207 Walker Hall
(530) 752-4119; geography@ucdavis.edu
Faculty
Chris Benner, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Human and Community Development)
Cynthia Brantley, Ph.D., Professor (History)
Stephen Brush, Ph.D., Professor
(Human and Community Development)
Adela de la Torre, Ph.D., Professor
(Chicana/o Studies)
Deborah L. Elliott-Fisk, Ph.D., Professor
(Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology)
Patsy Eubanks Owens, M.L.A., Associate Professor
(Landscape Architecture)
Mark Francis, M.L.A., Professor
(Landscape Architecture)
Ryan Galt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Human and Community Development)
Charles Goldman, Ph.D., Professor
(Environmental Science and Policy) Distinguished
Graduate Mentoring Award
Steven Greco, Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Landscape Architecture)
Susan Handy, Ph.D., Professor
(Environmental Science and Policy)
Lynette Hart, Ph.D., Professor
(Population Health and Reproduction)
David Hird, D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor
(Medicine and Epidemiology)
Frank Hirtz, L.L.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor
(Human and Community Development)
Lovell (Tu) Jarvis, Ph.D., Professor
(Agricultural and Resource Economics)
Suad Joseph, Ph.D., Professor
(Anthropology, Women and Gender Studies)
Carl Keen, Ph.D., Professor (Nutrition)
Martin Kenney, Ph.D., Professor
(Human and Community Development)
Nguyen Kien, Ph.D., Professor (Anesthesiology)
A. Peter Klimley, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor
(Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology)
David Kyle, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Sociology)
Jeff D. Loux, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor
(Landscape Architecture)
Jay R. Lund, Ph.D., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Jay Mechling, Ph.D., Professor (American Studies)
Luz Mena, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Women and Gender Studies)
Patricia Mohktarian, Ph.D., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Catherine J. Morrison Paul, Ph.D., Professor
(Agricultural and Resource Economics)
Jeffrey Mount, Ph.D., Professor (Geology)
Peter B. Moyle, Ph.D., Professor
(Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology)
Kimberly Nettles, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Women and Gender Studies)
Debbie Niemeier, Ph.D., P.E., Professor
(Civil and Environmental Engineering)
Ben Orlove, Ph.D., Professor
(Environmental Science and Policy)
Richard Plant, Ph.D., Professor (Plant Sciences)
James Quinn, Ph.D., Professor
(Environmental Science and Policy)
Michael Rios. Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(Landscape Architecture)
Lynn Roller, Ph.D., Professor (Classics, Art History)
Scott Rozelle, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor
(Agricultural and Resource Economics)
Margaret Rucker, Ph.D., Professor
(Textiles and Clothing)
Heath Schenker, M.A., Professor
(Landscape Architecture)
Art Shapiro, Ph.D., Professor
(Evolution and Ecology)
Janet Shibamoto Smith, Ph.D., Professor
(Anthropology)
Michael P. Smith, Ph.D., Professor
(Human and Community Development)
Daniel Sumner, Ph.D., Professor
(Agricultural and Resource Economics)
Margaret Swain, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor
(Women and Gender Studies)
Julie Sze, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
(American Studies)
Thomas P. Tomich, Ph.D., Professor
(Human and Community Development)
Susan Ustin, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Stefano Varese, Ph.D., Professor
(Native American Studies)
Charles Walker, Ph.D., Associate Professor (History)
Wesley W. Wallender, Ph.D., Professor
(Land, Air, and Water Resources)
Miriam J. Wells, Ph.D., Professor
(Human and Community Development)
Diane Wolf, Ph.D., Professor (Sociology)
Truman Young, Ph.D., Professor
(Environmental Horticulture)
Minghua, Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor
(Land Air and Water Resources)
Emeriti Faculty
Michael Barbour, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
(Environmental Horticulture)
David Boyd, Ph.D., Associate Professor Emeritus
(Anthropology)
Thomas A. Cahill, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Dennis Dingemans, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Emeritus (Geography)
Isao Fujimoto, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer SOE Emeritus
(Human and Community Development)
Louis Grivetti, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (Nutrition)
Jack Ives, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Stephen Jett, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Dean MacCannell, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
(Landscape Architecture)
Janet Momsen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (Human
and Community Development) Distinguished
Graduate Mentoring Award)
David Robertson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus (English)
Robert L. Thayer, Jr., M.A., Professor Emeritus
Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith, Ph.D., Associate
Professor Emeritus
Affiliated Faculty
Joan Florsheim, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
(Geology)
James Grieshop, Ph.D., Specialist, Cooperative
Extension (Human and Community Development)
Joyce Gutstein, Ph.D., Director
(Public Service Research Program–JMIE)
James Hill, Ph.D., Specialist, Cooperative Extension
(Plant Sciences)
Eric Larsen, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
(Landscape Architecture)
F. Thomas Ledig, Ph.D., Senior Scientist
(Plant Sciences)
Greg McPherson, Ph.D., Associate and Lecturer,
Agricultural Experiment Station
Kenneth Tate, Ph.D., Specialist, Cooperative
Extension (Plant Sciences)
Graduate Study. Graduate Study. The Graduate
Group in Geography (GGG) offers programs of
study and research leading to the M.A. and Ph.D.
degrees. Faculty and students share a common interest
in spatial interaction between humans and the
biophysical environment. Students choose an area of
emphasis from one of: (a) environmental sciences,
(b) methods, models and GIS science, (c) nature and
society, and (d) people, place and region. Areas of
concentration are also available in (1) landscape
architecture and environmental design, (2) regional
and community development, and (3) global environmental
change.
Preparation. Most students considered for admission
will have an undergraduate major in geography
or in a closely related field. Generally, a student
without an undergraduate degree in geography will
be required to complete the equivalent of a minor in
geography, consisting of one course each in human
geography, physical geography and geographic
methods, plus any additional undergraduate coursework
required as background for the student's
research emphasis, as determined by the student's
guidance committee.
The wide faculty interests attract a diverse set of students
in such areas as biogeography, urban forestry
and related natural science and engineering fields,
as well as human geography and related social science
fields. A number of faculty members use and
teach geographic information systems, remote sensing,
and related geographic techniques, and most
have a strong field orientation. The strengths of the
Davis campus and its faculty enable the program to
focus on important issues including people, place
and power, community and regional identity and
change, people-environment interaction, agricultural
sustainability, landscape architecture, environmental
change, biogeography, natural resource
management, and technological innovations in computing
and the use of geographic information. Students
are mentored by faculty across the many
colleges of the university.
Graduate Adviser. D. Elliott-Fisk (Wildlife, Fish
and Conservation Biology), S. Greco (Landscape
Architecture)
Courses in Geography (GEO)
Graduate Courses
200A. Research Trends in Geography (1)
Seminar—1 hour. Major current research themes
and trends in geography. (S/U grading only.)—I. (I.)
200B. Geographical Concepts (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: undergraduate
course work in geography or consent of
instructor; graduate standing. Survey of key concepts
and thematic content of the discipline of geography,
including the role of science and humanism,
the classical context of the discipline, and process,
structure and scale.—I. (I.)
200C. Theory and Practice of Geography
(4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate
standing. Development of geographical theory; key
concepts and theories; their chronology, and application
to the practice of geography. Analytical background
to geographical theory; application of
theory to geographical practice and research projects.—II.
(II.)
200D. Research Methods in Geography (4)
Lecture—3 hours; term paper. Prerequisite: graduate
standing, courses 200B and 200C, or consent of
instructor. Survey of research methods in geography,
including the use of logic, theory and paradigms,
research design, and analytical techniques, including
statistics and modeling.—III. (III.)
201. Sources and General Literature of
Geography (4)
Discussion—4 hours. Prerequisite: graduate standing
in geography; consent of instructor. Designed for students
preparing for higher degrees in geography.
May be repeated for credit in one or more of the following
subfields: physical, cultural, economic,
urban, historical, political, conservation, and
regional geography.
210. Topics in Biogeography (3)
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
Evolution and Ecology 147 or Wildlife, Fish, and
Conservation Biology 156 (may be taken concurrently)
or equivalent; consent of instructor for undergraduates.
Current topics in historical and
ecological biogeography, including macroecology
and areography, GIS and remote sensing, phylogeography,
vegetation, plant and animal community
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2009-2010 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience