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The Department of Geography offers access to modern technology as<br />

well as traditional practices in the discipline. The department hosts<br />

well-equipped classrooms, a Physical Geography Laboratory, and a<br />

GIS Laboratory with state-of-the-art facilities.<br />

Field work and real-world experience form an integral element of<br />

Geographic education at Marshall University. Student preparation for<br />

further academic study or entry into the job market includes<br />

participation in field research, internships, or contract employment.<br />

Marshall University’s students benefit from Huntington’s relative<br />

location in the Ohio Valley near major urban and industrial<br />

development and amidst some of the Earth’s most varied physical and<br />

culture geography. Graduates of the Department of Geography include<br />

urban and regional planners, GIS analysts, environmental specialists,<br />

tourism professionals, teachers, and economic development advisors.<br />

ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND<br />

FINANCIAL AID:<br />

Marshall University operates on the semester system and offers three<br />

five-week summer sessions. Graduate students may qualify for<br />

departmental Teaching Assistantships that include stipends and tuition<br />

waivers. For undergraduate students, Internships and Independent<br />

Study options are available. Graduate, as well as undergraduate,<br />

students may participate in faculty research projects.<br />

FACULTY:<br />

Godwin Djietror, Ph.D., McMaster University, 2003 — Economic and<br />

Medical Geography<br />

Joshua Hagen, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003 —<br />

Political Geography, Geography of Europe<br />

Kevin Law, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2006 — Atmospheric<br />

Science<br />

James M Leonard, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2001 —<br />

Economic/Industrial Geography, GIS, Historical Geography<br />

Anita Walz, Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2002 — Environmental<br />

Studies, GIS<br />

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY<br />

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY<br />

DATE FOUNDED: 1877<br />

DEGREES OFFERED: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.<br />

GEOGRAPHY CHAIR: Brent McCusker<br />

DEPT. ADMIN. SECRETARY SENIOR: Donna Titus<br />

FOR CATALOG AND FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE TO:<br />

Brent McCusker, Associate Chair for Geography, 98 Beechurst Ave,<br />

Room 330, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506.<br />

Telephone: (304) 293-4025. Fax: (304) 293-6522.<br />

E-Mail: brent.mccusker@mail.wvu.edu.<br />

Web: http://geography.wvu.edu.<br />

PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES:<br />

The Geography Program within the Department of Geology and<br />

Geography offers degrees undergraduate and graduate students. At<br />

the undergraduate level, the program offers a B.A. with concentrations<br />

in Globalization and Development, Geographic Information Science<br />

(GISci), and Natural Resources and Environment. Certificates of<br />

specialization are available for Globalization and Development and<br />

GISci. At the graduate level, the program offers two advanced<br />

degrees: the Master of Arts in Geography and the Doctor of<br />

Philosophy in Geography. The Program has three major research focus<br />

areas: Environmental Geography, Human and Human-Environment<br />

Geography, and Geographic Information Science. The program is<br />

supported by 18 tenure track faculty, one Teaching Assistant Professor,<br />

one Professor Post-Doctoral Fellow/Clinical Professor Fellow, and<br />

several active Professor Emeriti. Being part of the Department of<br />

Geology and Geography, students can also draw upon the expertise of<br />

an equally well resourced and attentive 17 Geology faculty with<br />

expertise not only in deep geology but also in geomorphology,<br />

surficial processes, Karst landscapes, and hydrology.<br />

The Department has excellent facilities in a recently renovated Brooks<br />

Hall on WVU’s Downtown Campus. Students have access to five<br />

teaching computer laboratories with over 125 machines. Support is<br />

provided for the most geographic software. In addition, graduate<br />

students have access to their major advisor’s research lab. Each<br />

faculty member in geography has his or her own 650ft. research lab to<br />

facilitate the university’s strong emphasis on research.<br />

ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND<br />

FINANCIAL AID:<br />

West Virginia University has a traditional two-semester system with<br />

flexible summer session courses. At the undergraduate level, the<br />

program includes on-line courses in addition to in-theatre lectures.<br />

The program offers a variety of small, merit-based fellowships for<br />

undergraduates and teaching and research assistantships for M.A. and<br />

Ph.D. students. More information on admission requirements, courses,<br />

and faculty research can be found on the program web page.<br />

FACULTY:<br />

Martina Caretta, Ph.D., Stockholm University — gender, water,<br />

landscape, feminist methodologies.<br />

Jamison Conley, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State — geographic information<br />

science, geocomputation, medical geography<br />

Karen Culcasi, Ph.D., Syracuse — geopolitics, Middle-East, critical<br />

cartography<br />

Cynthia Gorman, Ph.D., Rutgers — gender, migration, legal regimes<br />

and international human rights campaigns<br />

Jonathan Hall, Ph.D., Ohio State — human impacts on species<br />

abundance and persistence<br />

Trevor Harris, Ph.D., Hull, England — GIS, GIS and society, geoarchaeology,<br />

environmental impact assessment, historical<br />

geography<br />

Amy E. Hessl, Ph.D., Arizona — biogeography, forest ecosystems,<br />

dendrochronology<br />

Insu Hong, Ph.D., Arizona State — Geographic Information Science<br />

(GISci) and spatial optimization<br />

Randall Jackson, Ph.D., Illinois-Urbana — regional science and<br />

economic geography<br />

Steven Kite, Ph.D., Wisconsin — geomorphology quaternary<br />

stratigraphy, glacial and fluvial geomorphology, geoarcheology,<br />

environmental management<br />

Eungul Lee, Ph.D., Colorado — biosphere and atmosphere<br />

interactions<br />

Aaron Maxwell, Ph.D., West Virginia — geospatial education, spatial<br />

modeling, machine learning, image analysis<br />

Brent McCusker, Ph.D., Michigan State — land use and livelihoods,<br />

vulnerability, Africa<br />

Brenden McNeil, Ph.D., Syracuse — GIS, remote sensing, ecosystem<br />

ecology<br />

Maria Perez, Ph.D., Michigan — speleology, national geographies,<br />

identities, Americas<br />

Jamie Shinn, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State — political ecology,<br />

vulnerability studies, climate change adaptation, Africa<br />

Tim Warner, Ph.D., Purdue — remote sensing<br />

Bradley Wilson, Ph.D., Rutgers — human geography, resource<br />

conflict, social movements<br />

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