AAG

Kristopher Kuzera, Ph.D., San Diego State University, University of
California, Santa Barbara, 2011, Lecturer and Internship
Program Director — GIScience, Remote Sensing, Statistical
Analysis
Jing Li, Ph.D., George Mason University, 2012, Assistant Professor
— geovisualization, spatiotemporal data modeling, high
performance geocomputation, web-based GIS
Rebecca L. Powell, Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara,
2006, Associate Professor — human-environment interaction,
remote sensing, statistics, land use/land cover, geographic
information science (GISc)
Donald G. Sullivan, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1989,
Associate Professor — Quaternary studies, biogeography,
environmental change
Paul C. Sutton, Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara, 1999,
Professor — geographic information science (GISc), ecological
economics, human-environment interactions, population
geography
Matthew J. Taylor, Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2003, Associate
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies — Latin America,
political ecology, development
Erika Trigoso Rubio, Ph.D., University of Oxford, 2010, Lecturer —
vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, geographic
information science, Latin America
ADJUNCT FACULTY:
Michelle Moran-Taylor, Ph.D., Anthropology, Arizona State
University, 2003, Adjunct Professor — cultural geography,
cultural ecology, human migration
Martha Narey, Ph.D., University of Denver, 1999, Adjunct Professor
— dendroclimatology, drought climatology, climate history,
paleoenvironments, vegetation change, rural land use, American
Indians
Sean Tierney, Ph.D., University of Denver, 2009, Adjunct Profsesor
— economic geography, energy, transportation
EMERITUS FACULTY:
David B. Longbrake, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1972, Professor
Emeritus — urban geography, urban and regional planning,
quantitative methods, global position systems, geographic
information systems
Terrence J. Toy, Ph.D., University of Denver, 1973, Professor
Emeritus — geomorphology, hillslopes, reclamation of disturbed
lands, erosion
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN
COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY & GIS
DATE FOUNDED: 1968
DEGREES OFFERED: B.A.; Graduate Certificate,
Geography Education for Teachers
GRANTED 9/1/14-8/31/15: 11 Bachelors
MAJORS: 35
DEPARTMENT CHAIR: James M. Dunn
ADMINISTRATIVE ASST: Brooks Pardew
and Area Studies; (b) Geographic Information Sciences, and (c)
Secondary Teaching. An Internship Program is available for students.
The program maintains a GIS lab supplied with a range of statistical,
mapping, remote sensing, and GIS applications for student use. The
emphasis area in Secondary Teaching meets all requirements for
licensure to teach secondary social studies in Colorado.
GRADUATE: The Department offers a Graduate Certificate in
Geography Education for teachers, consisting of 12 credit hours of
graduate courses in Geography. There is also a post-baccalaureate
program leading to licensure to teach social studies for graduate
students.
ACADEMIC PLAN, ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS, AND
FINANCIAL AID: The University operates year-round on the
semester system (two semesters equal one academic year).
UNDERGRADUATE:
For information on new undergraduate and transfer admissions, please
see http://www.unco.edu/admissions/request/.
GRADUATE: For information on admission to the Graduate Certificate
in Geography Education or the Secondary Teaching Post-
Baccalaureate programs, please see
http://www.unco.edu/grad/admissions/index.html.
FACULTY:
Karen Barton, Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2000, Associate
Professor — resource management, hydraulic fracturing,
sustainable food systems
Charles O. Collins, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1973, Professor —
Mexico and Caribbean, population, cultural, vernacular
landscapes
David M. Diggs, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1990,
Professor — GIS, cartography
James P. Doerner, Ph.D., University of Denver, 1994, Professor —
biogeography, paleoenvironmental change, geomorphology,
Asia
James M. Dunn, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1993,
Professor — geography education, environmental systems,
Canada
Katherine Johnson, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2002,
Associate Professor — political, urban, planning
Phil Klein, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1993, Professor
— international geography education, cultural, Europe
Jessica Salo, Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2014, Instructor —
GIS, remote sensing, human-environment interaction, landscape
ecology
Timothy Vowles, Ph.D., University of Denver, 2000, Adjunct
Instructor — transportation, economic, New Zealand
EMERITI FACULTY:
David B. Cole, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
John L. Dietz, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Kevin C. Kearns, Ph.D., St. Louis University
Richard K. Ormrod, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Charles G. Schmidt, Ph.D., University of Washington
Steven L. Scott, D.A., University of Northern Colorado
FOR CATALOG AND FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE
TO: Dr. James Dunn, Department of Geography & GIS, University of
Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639. Telephone (970) 351-
2715. Fax (970) 351-2890. E-mail: james.dunn@unco.edu. Internet:
http://www.unco.edu/geography.
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH FACILITIES:
UNDERGRADUATE: Bachelor of Arts. The Program offers a major in
Geography with the following choices of study emphasis: (a) Global
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