AAG

AFFILIATED FACULTY:
Ambika P. Adhikari, Ph.D., Doctor of Design, Harvard University,
1990, Research Professor — Urban sustainability, international
environmental policy, clean energy program development and
deployment in developing countries, climate change policy and
urban planning
Bob Bolin, Ph.D., Colorado, 1976, Professor — political ecology,
environmental hazards and risk, contemporary social theory,
social movements and change, urban sociology/geography
Christopher Boone, Ph.D., Toronto, 1994, Professor — urbanization,
urban environments, urban sustainability, environmental justice
Hallie C. Eakin, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2002, Associate
Professor — vulnerability, adaptation, global change,
globalization, Latin America, Mexico, food systems, agrarian
change
Kevin Robert Gurney, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2004,
Associate Professor — Global Biogeochemistry, carbon cycle,
carbon-climate feedbacks, fossil fuel CO 2 emissions, climate
policy.
Francisco Lara-Valencia, Ph.D., University of Michigan,2002,
Associate Professor — Southwest borderlands development
planning, economic development planning, urban health
disparities, environmental vulnerability.
V. Kerry Smith, Ph.D., Rutgers, 1970, W.P. Carey Professor —
environmental and resource economics
Michael E. Smith, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
1983, Professor — Archaeology; premodern urbanism;
comparative urbanism; comparative inequality; historical social
science; Aztec society; Mesoamerican archaeology.
Jianguo (Jingle) Wu, Ph.D., Miami University, 1991, Professor —
Landscape ecology, urban ecology, and sustainability science
EMERITUS FACULTY:
Frank T. Aldrich, Ph.D., Oregon State, 1972, Professor — GIS,
cartography/computer graphics, field methodology, remote
sensing
Elizabeth K. Burns, Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 1974, Professor — urban,
land use, transportation, urban and regional planning
Anthony J. Brazel, Ph.D., Michigan, 1972, Professor — physical,
microclimatology, alpine climatology, applied meteorology
Malcolm L. Comeaux, Ph.D., Louisiana State, 1969, Professor —
cultural, historical, history of geographic thought, Southwestern
United States
Hemalata C. Dandekar, Ph.D. UCLA, 1978, Professor — Urban and
Regional Planning
Patricia L. Fall, Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1988 — biogeography,
human impact on ancient and modern environments
William L. Graf, Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1974, Regents Professor —
fluvial, public land policy, arid lands
W. Donald McTaggart, Ph.D., Australian National, 1963, Professor
— underdeveloped nations, urban, Southeast Asia
Robert C. Mings, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1966, Professor — recreational,
tourism, economic, social
Guido G. Weigend, Ph.D., Chicago, 1949, Professor — political,
Europe, Soviet Union, Southern Africa
Ruth A. Yabes, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990, Professor —
Participation, community development, international planning,
planning pedagogy
David Whitley, Ph.D., UCLA, 1982, W&S Consultants, Cultural
Resource Management
MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CULTURAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
DATE FOUNDED: 1966
DEGREES OFFERED: A.A. with concentration in
Geography; A.A.S. in Applications in Geospatial
Technologies
CERTIFICATES OFFERED: Information Systems
Technician, Sustainability, Global Citizenship
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE TO: Dr. Erinanne
Saffell, Cultural Science Department, Mesa Community College, 1833
W. Southern Ave., Mesa, Arizona 85202.
Telephone (480) 461-7035. Fax (480) 461-7812.
E-mail: erinanne.saffell@mesacc.edu. Internet:
https://www.mesacc.edu/departments/cultural-science/geography
COURSES OFFERED: Introduction to Physical Geography, World
Regional Geography, Introduction to Human Geography, Introduction
to Meteorology, , Climate and Weather, Society and Environment,
Landform Processes, Arizona Geography, Extreme Weather and
Climate, Geographic Information Technologies, Geographic
Information Science I, Geographic Information Science II,
Introduction to Digital Image Processing, , , , GIS Internship,
Geography Service Learning Experience.
Students may participate in departmental field trips, service learning
opportunities, study abroad programs, and use of a GIS lab.
FACULTY:
Steve Bass, M.A., Michigan State University, 1987 — world regional,
urban, Arizona geography
Karen E. Blevins, M.A., Arizona State University, 2002 — geographic
information science
Niccole Villa Cerveny, Ph.D, Arizona State University, 2005 —
physical geography, geomorphology
Clemenc Ligocki, M.A., Arizona State University, 1981 — physical
geography, transportation
Michelle Pulich-Stewart, M.A.G., Texas State University, 2001 —
environmental geography, sustainability
Erinanne Saffell, Ph.D, Arizona State University, 2004 —
meteorology/climatology
ADJUNCT FACULTY:
Ronald Holle, M.S., Florida State, 1966, Meteorological Consultant
Sherwood B. Idso, Ph.D., Minnesota, 1967, U.S. Water Conservation
Service Labs, USDA
Robert Maddox, Ph.D., NWS Forecast Office
Susan R. Sargent, PhD., City of Phoenix Planning Department,
Arizona
Mark R. Sinclair, Ph.D., US Naval Postgraduate School, 1985,
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
John Skindlov, Ph.D., Delaware, 1992, Salt River Project
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