UMBC GES Faculty & Staff

FACULTY

	Matthew E. Baker, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2002 Assistant Professor Research Interests:Watershed ecology, riparian ecosystems, ecosystem/landscape ecology, watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry

	Sari J. Bennett, Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1977 Clinical Associate Professor Research Interests: economic geography, geographic education

	Dawn Biehler, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2007 Assistant Professor Research interests: historical geography of environmental health in US cities, environmental justice, social geography, housing, human-animal interactions

	Erle C. Ellis, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990 Associate Professor Research Interests: Landscape ecology, biogeochemistry, global change, and sustainable land management

	Jeffrey B. Halverson, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1995 Associate Professor Research Interests: Tropical meteorology, hurricanes and severe storms

	David Lansing, Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2009 Assistant Professor Research Interests: Human/environment interactions; political economy of climate change; environmental policy; agrarian change; social theory

	Laura R. Lewis, Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2006 Assistant Professor Research Interests: Biogeography of crop species and is agro-biodiversity

	Andrew J. Miller, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1983 Associate Professor Research Interests: Hydrology, geomorphology, water resources, environmental problems

	Robert Neff, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2005 Assistant Professor Research Interests: Human Dimensions of Global Change, Urban Geography, Environmental and Social Justice

	Eugene P. (Sandy) Parker, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1982 Associate Professor & Chair Research Interests: Environmental geography, resource conservation issues

	Thomas D. Rabenhorst, M.A., University of Maryland College Park 1972, Senior Lecturer Research Interests: Cartography

	Karin E. Readel, M.S., University of Illinois, 1995 Lecturer Research Interests: Economic botany, water quality assessment, interdisciplinary science education

	Joseph School, M.A., Temple University, 1983 Director of Cartographic Services Laboratory Research Interests: production cartography

	Christopher Swan, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 2003 Associate Professor Research Interests: Stream Ecology, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, Consumer-Resource Dynamics, Food Webs

	Junmei Tang, Ph.D., Texas State University-San Marcos, 2007 Assistant Professor Research Interests: Geographic Information Systems; Remote sensing, urban landscape ecology, resource management, environmental modelin

EMERITUS FACULTY

	Roger Dubois, Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin Research Interests: Geomorphology, coastal morphology, fluvial morphology

	Robert Earickson, Ph.D., University of Washington Research Interests: Urban geography, the geography of disease, health care

	Keith Harries, Ph.D., UCLA Research Interests: Geographical aspects of social issues, geography of crime

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