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 Faculty

Jacob Bendix  jbendix@maxwell.syr.edu
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Georgia, 1992
Biogeography, geomorphology, human impacts on vegetation and land forms, media and environmental issues.
Peng Gao  pegao@maxwell.syr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., (Geography) University of Buffalo, State University of New York, 2003
Sediment transport, fluvial geomorphology.
Jennifer Hyndman  jhyndman@maxwell.syr.edu
Professor
Ph.D., British Columbia, 1996
Feminist and political geography, mobility, security, globalization.

 

 

 John Mercer  jdmerc@maxwell.syr.edu
Professor of Geography
Ph.D., McMaster, 1971
Comparative urbanization, urban housing, Canada.  
Susan W. S. Millar  swmillar@maxwell.syr.edu
 Associate Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers, 1995
Physical geography, periglacial geomorphology, microclimatology, Arctic environmental science.  
Don Mitchell  dmmitc01@maxwell.syr.edu
 Distinguished Professor, Director, People’s Geography Project
Ph.D., Rutgers, 1992
Cultural geography, historical geography, labor, social theory, Marxist approaches to geography.
Mark Monmonier  mon2ier@maxwell.syr.edu
 Distinguished Professor of Geography
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1969
Geographic information (technology, policy, and societal role), cartographic communication and map design, history of cartography in the 20th century, environmental mapping.  
Anne E. Mosher amosher@maxwell.syr.edu
 Associate Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1989
Historical geography, urban geography, social geography, United States.
Alison Mountz amountz@maxwell.syr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2003
Social geographies of transnational migration; cultural geographies of power, the nation-state, and the border; feminist and urban geography; research methodologies
Tom Perreault taperrea@maxwell.syr.edu
 Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2000
Political ecology, environment and development, social movements, Latin America.  
Jane M. Read jaread@maxwell.syr.edu
 Associate Professor
Ph.D., Louisiana State, 1999
Geographic information systems, remote sensing, tropical environments, land use and land cover change, Latin America.
David J. Robinson drobins@maxwell.syr.edu
 DellPlain Professor of Latin American Geography
Ph.D., London, 1967
Latin American development, colonialism, historical geography, the internet.
Tod D. Rutherford trutherf@maxwell.syr.edu
 Professor, Geography Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Wales at Cardiff, 1992
Economic restructuring, labor market change and policy.

Farhana Sultana sultanaf@maxwell.syr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 2007
Political Ecology, Development, Water Resources, Feminist Theories; South Asia.

John Western  jcwester@maxwell.syr.edu
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., UCLA, 1978
Social geography, cultural geography, urban geography, France, Southern Africa.

Jamie Winders  jwinders@maxwell.syr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Kentucky, 2004
Race/ethnicity, gender, migration, social theory, US South, urban and historical geography, research methods.
Robert Wilson rmwilson@maxwell.syr.edu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Geography) University of British Columbia, 2003
American and Canadian environmental history, historical geography, environmental thought and policy, American West.

Adjunct Faculty:

Sharon D. Moran smoran@esf.edu
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, SUNY–ESF
Ph.D., Clark University, 2000.
 Environmental policy; human dimensions of water; political ecology; qualitative research methods; gender and nature; Central/Eastern Europe.

 Emeriti Faculty:

David J. de LaubenfelsDavid J. deLaubenfels www.delaubenfels.com
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Illinois, 1953
Biogeography, urban physical environments, circum-Pacific.
Donald W. Meinig
Maxwell Research Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Washington, 1953
Historical geography, cultural geography, social geography, landscape interpretation.
James L. Newman jnewma1@twcny.rr.com
 Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Minnesota, 1968
Population, diet-nutrition, tropical Africa.  
Robert G. Jensen
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Washington, 1964
Regional development and urban policy in Russia, Russian resource development and East-West trade, Russia and independent states.

 

  Staff
 
Jonnell Allen jdallen@maxwell.syr.edu
Community Geographer
Janet Brieaddy jmbriead@maxwell.syr.edu
Administrative Assistant
Christine Chapman cmchapma@maxwell.syr.edu
Secretary
John Olson jaolson@syr.edu
Map/GIS Librarian
Joseph Stoll jwstoll@maxwell.syr.edu
Cartographer
Brian von Knoblauch bevonkno@maxwell.syr.edu
Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory Manager
Elizabeth Wallace elwallac@syr.edu
Geosciences Librarian
Jackulyn Wells jwells01@maxwell.syr.edu
Part-time Secretary/Office Coordinator