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Rebecca Theobald, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2007, Assistant<br />

Research Professor — urban governance and public services,<br />

geography education, community geography<br />

Brandon Vogt, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2007, Associate<br />

Professor — geomorphology, GIS, rock weathering,<br />

geovisualization<br />

Eric Billmeyer, M.A., University of Colorado, 2004, Senior Instructor<br />

— fluvial geomorphology, restoration, sedimentology,<br />

geospatial tools<br />

George Bolling, M.A., University of Northern Colorado, 1980, Senior<br />

Instructor — geomorphology, glaciations<br />

Carole J. Huber, M.A., University of Colorado, 1992, Senior<br />

Instructor — world regional, sustainability, sense of place<br />

Michael P. Larkin, M.S., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2000,<br />

Senior Instructor — cultural geography, human geography<br />

EMERITAE:<br />

Eve Gruntfest, Ph.D., University of Colorado, l982, Professor Emerita<br />

— natural hazards, weather and society integrated studies<br />

Robert P. Larkin, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, l973,<br />

Professor Emeritus — population, geographic education<br />

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO,<br />

DENVER<br />

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY and<br />

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES<br />

DATE FOUNDED: 1975<br />

DEGREES OFFERED: B.A. in Geography, M.S. in<br />

Environmental Sciences, M.A. in Applied Geography and<br />

Geo-Spatial Science<br />

GRANTED 9/1/14–8/31/15: B.A. in Geography, 14 M.S. in<br />

E.S.<br />

STUDENTS IN RESIDENCE: 184 Majors, 81 Masters<br />

CHAIR: Deborah Thomas<br />

DEPARTMENT PROGRAM ASSISTANT: Sue Eddleman<br />

DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ASSITANT:<br />

Samantha Maslak<br />

FOR CATALOG AND UNDERGRADUATE APPLICATION:<br />

Admissions, University of Colorado Denver,<br />

http://www.ucdenver.edu/apply/.<br />

For program brochures and other department information including<br />

admission to the graduate program contact: Department of Geography<br />

and Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Denver,<br />

Downtown Denver Campus, Box 172, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO,<br />

80217-3364. Telephone: 303-556-2276. Fax: 303-556-6197.<br />

Internet: http://clas.ucdenver.edu/ges<br />

PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES: CU Denver is a<br />

dynamic university consisting of 13 schools and colleges and 140<br />

programs spread over two campuses. Located in Downtown Denver,<br />

the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences offers a<br />

BA in Geography, an MS in Environmental Science, and an MA in<br />

Applied Geography and Geo-Spatial Science. The department also<br />

offers a Certificate in GISci, a Certificate in Sustainable Urban<br />

Agriculture, and a Certificate in Environmental Science Education.<br />

Department research strengths are in both human and physical<br />

geography, though the faculty as a whole coalesces around the study<br />

of human-environment interaction emphasizing historic and<br />

contemporary climate change, landscape transformation, the<br />

conservation and management of cultural and natural resources,<br />

political ecology, environmental history, natural hazards and disaster<br />

management, urban sustainability, and environmental health.<br />

The department forms the core of GIS activity on campus and is a key<br />

player in the Facility for Advanced Spatial Technology (FAST) lab,<br />

which is a multidisciplinary laboratory providing state-of-the-art geospatial<br />

science technology for teaching. The lab has site licenses for<br />

the most advanced GIS, image processing and database management<br />

software available in the industry. In addition, the department has a<br />

new research-dedicated geo-spatial science laboratory and a<br />

community engagement studio space. Other department research<br />

facilities include: the Five Fridges Farm Field Research Station, a 13<br />

acre urban farm near downtown used to support the department’s<br />

program in urban agriculture; an environmental hydrology laboratory;<br />

and a climate science laboratory.<br />

ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND<br />

FINANCIAL AID: Semester plan. For admissions information,<br />

please see: http://www.ucdenver.edu/apply/ . For financial aid, please<br />

see: http://www.ucdenver.edu/aid/<br />

FACULTY:<br />

Casey Allen, PhD., Arizona State, 2008, Associate Professor —<br />

biogeomorphology, human-environment interaction, geography<br />

and science education, Latin America and the Caribbean<br />

Peter Anthamatten, Ph.D., Minnesota, 2007, Associate Professor —<br />

medical geography, spatial analysis, cartography, GIS, nutrition,<br />

geographic education<br />

Christy Briles, P.D., University of Oregon, 2008, Assistant Professor<br />

— paleoecology, biogeography, climate change, palynology<br />

Frederick B. Chambers, Ph.D., Arizona State, 1990, Associate<br />

Professor — glacier-climate interrelationships, boundary layer<br />

climatology<br />

Yi-Chia Chen, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Instructor --<br />

political/cultural ecology; representation of heritage landscapes;<br />

geography of heritage tourism; construction of place identities<br />

Anne Chin, Ph.D., Arizona State, 1994, Professor — fluvial<br />

geomorphology, hydrology, environmental geomorphology<br />

Matthew Cross, M.S., Instructor — remote sensing, GIS, climatology<br />

Rudi Hartmann, Ph.D., Munich, 1983, Associate Clinical Teaching<br />

Track Professor — world regional geography, Europe, China,<br />

tourism planning, geographic education<br />

Pamela Jansma, Ph.D., Northwestern, 1988, Professor and Dean —<br />

geosciences, Global Positioning System, active tectonics of the<br />

Caribbean region<br />

Daniel Liptzin, Ph.D., Colorado Boulder, 2007 — terrestrial<br />

biogeochemistry, coupled nutrient cycles, ecosystem responses<br />

to environmental change<br />

Rafael Moreno-Sanchez, Ph.D., Colorado State, 1992, Associate<br />

Professor — land use planning, natural resources management,<br />

GIS modeling, internet mapping, Mexico<br />

Brian Page, Ph.D., California-Berkeley, 1993, Associate Professor —<br />

political economy of natural resource development, historical<br />

geography, cultural landscape studies, urban geography<br />

Gregory Simon, Ph.D., Washington, 2007, Associate Professor —<br />

environmental governance, political ecology, science studies,<br />

political economy of development, environmental history, India,<br />

US West<br />

Deborah S.K. Thomas, Ph.D., South Carolina, 1999, Associate<br />

Professor — environmental hazards and disasters, health<br />

geography, GIS, environmental health<br />

Amanda Weaver, Ph.D. University of Denver, 2014, Sr. Instructor —<br />

urban geography, GIS, geographic education<br />

Bryan Wee (Wee Shao-Chang, Bryan; Wee Shao-Zhang, Bryan)<br />

Ph.D., Purdue, 2007, Associate Professor — environmental<br />

education, sustainability, cultural geography<br />

John Wyckoff, Ph.D., Utah, 1980, Associate Professor — landscape<br />

ecology/biogeography, environmental remote sensing, GIS<br />

EMERITI FACULTY:<br />

Wes LeMasurier, Ph.D., Stanford, 1965 — igneous petrology,<br />

volcanology, volcanic geology of Antarctica<br />

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