News
Seeking up to two Graduate Students for the IGERT Program
This is an interdisciplinary program for Ph.D. students supported by the National Science Foundation to provide students with a research experience in geographic information science and applied areas of environmental science and energy production (e.g., wind energy; hydroelectric energy; watershed management; contamination of air, soil, and water; flood prevention and control).
Global Health Assistant Professor Job Announcement
The Department of Geography at the University of Iowa invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor in the area of global health. The appointment will begin in August 2012. The department’s focus is on human-environment interaction informed by geographic information science.
Spatial Demography Assistant Professor Job Announcement
The University of Iowa’s Departments of Geography and Sociology invite applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor level with research and teaching emphasis in spatial demography. We seek individuals with teaching and research interests in modeling population change with an emphasis on aging. Knowledge of geographic information technologies and their use in teaching and research is desirable.
Welcome to Geography at Iowa
We live on a dynamic planet, one that is constantly changing in response to complex human and natural processes. Geographers study the interactions of people with each other and their environment to better understand these intricately related processes.
At The University
of Iowa, we conduct research and teach students about social and biophysical
systems and the events that shape the world in which we live. Our focus
is on understanding these dynamics with a special emphasis on human-environment
interactions as well as the science and the technologies that are needed
to analyze, model, and visualize geographic processes.
We offer research
opportunities and areas of emphasis in:
• Environmental
Studies,
• Geographic Information Science,
• Geography of Health, and
• International Development.
There is a growing demand for skills in spatial sciences and applications. Our undergraduate
program offers students a major or minor in Geography to provide the breadth of knowledge needed to understand
contemporary social and environmental problems and the skills needed to
work on issues related to environmental monitoring and policy, climate
change, ecosystem processes, sustainability, public health, international development,
geographic information systems, and more.
Our graduate program is focused on the environmental consequences of human decisions at local, regional, and global scales and the application of GIScience to the study of these consequences. We provide cutting-edge educational and research experience for professional and research oriented graduate studies in GIScience, environmental change, health geography, and international development. The department offers three degree options: a Professional Master's Program (M.A. with specialization in GIScience), a pre-doctoral M.A. and a PhD in Geography.
Faculty research is
supported by grants from the US National Science Foundation, the National
Institutes of Health, NASA, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,
and many others.
We
invite you to explore all of our programs and the field of Geography!
Fall 2011 Geography Newsletter
