G.I.S. & Geospatial Geography
Ethan Coffel
Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2018
Areas of Expertise
Climate science, climate impacts, extreme weather, agriculture, energy, infrastructure
Peng Gao
Professor and Chair, Geography and the Environment Department
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 2003
Areas of Expertise
River environment and morphodynamics, Geospatial-based (GIS, remote sensing, and UAV) urban planning and reforming
Arnisson Andre Ortega
Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Faculty Affiliate, Community Geography
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 2012
Areas of Expertise
Community geography, urban geography, population geography, Global South cities, migration, transnationalism, suburbanization, population, socio-spatial theory, decolonization, quantitative methods, mixed-methods, critical demography, counter-mapping
Jane M. Read
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Director, Integrated Learning Major, Environment, Sustainability and Policy
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1999
Areas of Expertise
Geographic information systems and remote sensing, human-environment interactions, geohumanities, indigenous livelihoods, Latin America
Jonnell A. Robinson
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Geography and the Environment Department
Co-Director, Community Geography
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Ph.D., Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
Areas of Expertise
Community geography, participatory geographic information systems (GIS)