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asic and applied research related to GIScience. For additional
information see: www.ncgia.buffalo.edu. The Department also houses
the Canada-United States Trade Center (CUSTAC):
www.buffalo.edu/cas/geography/custac.html
The Department of Geography currently has 19.5 active faculty
members with research interests in a wide variety of areas. Our
faculty members have been formally recognized by SUNY-wide and
national teaching and research awards.
FACULTY:
Jared Aldstadt, Ph.D., San Diego State University/UC Santa Barbara,
2007, Associate Professor—medical geography, spatial
epidemiology, GI Science, spatial analysis
Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen, Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1989, Professor
and Chair—urban and economic geography
Sean J. Bennett, Ph.D., Binghamton University-SUNY, 1993,
Professor—sediment transport mechanics, gully erosion,
reservoir sedimentation, and watershed processes
Ling Bian, Ph.D., North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1991, Professor—
GIS for environmental modeling, spatial representation, remote
sensing, image retrieval, spatial scale, physical geography
Thomas Bittner, Ph.D., Technical University of Vienna, 1999,
Associate Professor—formal ontology, qualitative spatiotemporal
reasoning, theoretical foundations of GIS
Abigail Cooke, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2014,
Assistant Professor—economic geography
Trina Hamilton, Ph.D., Clark University, 2006, Associate Professor—
international trade, corporate responsibility
Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook, 1989, Professor—
medical geography, spatial analysis, exposure assessment
Chris P.S. Larsen, Ph.D., McMaster, 1994, Associate Professor—
landscape ecology, vegetation dynamics, fire, tree-ring analysis,
fossil pollen analysis
Nicholas Lustig, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2014,
Assistant Professor—urban geography
D. Scott Mackay, Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1997, Professor—
hydrology, soil-vegetation-atmosphere linkages, watershed
modeling, GIS and remote sensing
Sara S. Metcalf, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
2007, Associate Professor—urban social dynamics, agent-based
modeling
Jessie Poon, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1993, Professor—
international trade, multinational corporations (international
business), Third World development and Asia
Chris S. Renschler, Ph.D., University of Bonn, 2000, Associate
Professor—environmental modeling, GIScience, remote sensing,
global position systems (GPS), land use/natural
resource/environmental management
Peter A. Rogerson, Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo,
1982, SUNY Distinguished Professor—dynamic migration
modeling, demographic forecasting, mathematical modeling
Monica Stephens, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2012, Assistant
Professor—Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI),
BigData, critical GIS, social media, gender and technology
Le Wang, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2003, Associate
Professor—GIScience, image understanding, landscape
dynamics
Marion Werner, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2010, Assistant
Professor—labor, feminist and postcolonial theory, political
economy, geographies of global production, Latin America and
the Caribbean
Adam Wilson, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2012, Assistant
Professor—global climate change
Eun-Hye Enki Yoo, Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara, 2006, Associate
Professor—GIScience, geostatistics, spatial statistics, public
health and environmental modeling, spatial hedonic modeling
EMERITI FACULTY (partial listing):
Athol D. Abrahams, Ph.D., Sydney, 1971, UB Distinguished
Professor—fluvial geomorphology
David M. Mark, Ph.D., Simon Fraser, 1977, SUNY Distinguished
Professor and Director Emeritus, National Center for
Geographic Information and Analysis—geographic information
systems, user interfaces, spatial cognition, digital terrain models,
computer mapping
James E. McConnell, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1969, SUNY
Distinguished Teaching Professor—international business and
world trade
Michael J. Woldenberg, Ph.D., Columbia, 1968, Professor—fluvial
geomorphology
NORTH CAROLINA
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, PLANNING, and
ENVIRONMENT
DATE FOUNDED: 1921
GRADUATE PROGRAM FOUNDED: 1964
DEGREES OFFERED: B.A., B.S., M.S.
GRANTED 9/1/13-8/31/14: 33 Bachelors, 12 Masters
STUDENTS IN RESIDENCE: 41 BS Geography, 5 BA
Geography, 29 Atmospheric Science, 9 GIS, 24 Planning,
15 Masters
CHAIR: Burrell Montz
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASST: Jolene Evans
FOR CATALOG AND FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE
TO: Department of Geography, Planning and Environment,
East Carolina University, Brewster A-227, Greenville, NC 27858.
Telephone (252) 328-6230. Fax (252) 328-6054. Undergraduate
Inquiries: Dr. Tom Allen (allenth@ecu.edu). Graduate Inquiries: Dr.
Scott Curtis (curtisw@ecu.edu). Website: http://www.ecu.edu/geog/.
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES:
Undergraduate tracks include the B.A. in Geography and the B.S. in
Applied Geography with concentrations in either environmental or
human aspects, the B.S. in Applied Atmospheric Science and the B.S.
in Geographic Information Science and Technology. Department also
houses BS in Urban and Regional Planning.
At the graduate level the Department specializes in human geography,
physical geography spatial information technologies, and atmospheric
science, and supports a variety of approaches within each of these
areas. Faculty expertise is clustered around the
following: Sustainability and Environmental Justice; Environmental
Geography; Atmospheric Science; Geographic Information Science;
Rural Development; and Coastal Management. The department
maintains fully equipped research and instructional laboratories. These
include a sediment lab, atmospheric science lab, hydrology lab, and
three labs devoted to G.I. Science and visualization.
ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND
FINANCIAL AID:
UNDERGRADUATE: Semester system. Admission requirements are
stated in the ECU Catalog. Students may declare an intended major in
geography, geographic information science and technology, applied
atmospheric science, or planning upon admission. The Department
offers certificate programs in G.I. Science and atmospheric science.
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