Faculty - Graduate Students - Staff

Faculty

Marc Armstrong (chairperson) is interested in GIScience theory and applications; much of his work involves the use of advanced cyberinfrastructure (e.g., wireless and Grid computing). He also works on the development of new methods in spatial analysis and cartography

313 Jessup Hall

319-335-0153

marc-armstrong@uiowa.edu

Dave Bennett examines applications of GIScience in complex human-environment decision systems; he is applying this study to agent-based models of landscape change in the Yellowstone region.

328 Jessup Hall

319-335-0158

david-bennett@iuowa.edu

Rex Honey includes environmental justice within his broader concerns on human rights in political geography; his research involves cross-culture comparisons.

305 Jessup Hall

319-335-0154
rex-honey@uiowa.edu

Kathleen Stewart Hornsby is interested in modeling geospatial semantics, including event-based modeling for dynamic GIS, reasoning about spatio-temporal phenomena over multiple granularities, and ontologies and their role for GIS.

303 Jessup Hall

319-335-0161

kathleen-stewart@uiowa.edu

Naresh Kumar investigates how GIS is used in organizing spatial environmental data; he is particularly interested in linking air quality data to health using GIS and remote sensing.

302 Jessup Hall

319-335-0259

naresh-kumar@uiowa.edu

Marc Linderman utilizes remote sensing data to examine human/environment interactions, land cover change, and ecosystem dynamics; his work has focused on the tallgrass prarie region of the U.S., southwest China, and across the continent of Africa.

312 Jessup Hall

319-335-1451
marc-linderman@uiowa.edu

George Malanson is looking into spatial simulations of land cover change; his primary expertise is in landscape ecology of mountain geography.

309 Jessup Hall

319-335-0540

george-malanson@uiowa.edu

Claire Pavlik is instructor for Introduction to Human Geography and the Global Economy, both General Education Program courses in the Social Science area. She also teaches Mapping American Cities and Regions, which uses a GIS-based approach to examine the social geography of US cities.

326 Jessup Hall

319-335-1195

claire-pavlik@uiowa.edu

Rajagopal studies water quality; he has been primarily interested in assessing optimal monitoring designs in time and space in relation to actual land use practices.

308 Jessup Hall

319-335-0160

r-rajagopal@uiowa.edu

Gerry Rushton is a leader in the geography of health; he develops spatial analyses within GIS to investigate the individual, community, and environmental factors that influence the spatial patterns of disease.

306 Jessup Hall

319-335-0162

gerard-rushton@uiowa.edu

Erika Wise is a geographer who studies the causes of climate variability and the impacts of climate change and variability on physical, biological, and human systems. Her current research focuses on how past climate, current climate variability, and projected climate changes interact with water resources in the western U.S.

328 Jessup Hall

319-335-0157

erika-wise@uiowa.edu

Visiting Faculty

Consuelo Guayara is a human geographer with particular interest in nature and society theories, political economy, cultural geography, development, and a well-developed regional specialty in Latin America.

316 Jessup Hall

319-335-2964

consuelo-guayara@uiowa.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Edwin Brands is an environmental geographer with broad interests in environmental science and policy, incorporating geography into environmental law, water monitoring, and bottom-up approaches to solving environmental and social problems.

Douglas Schnoebelen    Mary Skopec    Peter Weyer    Bill Smith

Graduate Students

Graduate Students are the heart of every department, none more so than at UI Geography. Our graduate students are currently researching topics in the areas of geography of health, GIScience, biogeography, international development and more.

Staff


                            Angela Bellew                                                        James Gerjevic

Emeritus Faculty

     James Lindberg                 Mike McNulty                  Rebecca Roberts

	Marc Armstrong (chairperson) is interested in GIScience theory and applications; much of his work involves the use of advanced cyberinfrastructure (e.g., wireless and Grid computing). He also works on the development of new methods in spatial analysis and cartography 313 Jessup Hall 319-335-0153 marc-armstrong@uiowa.edu

	Dave Bennett examines applications of GIScience in complex human-environment decision systems; he is applying this study to agent-based models of landscape change in the Yellowstone region. 328 Jessup Hall 319-335-0158 david-bennett@iuowa.edu

	Rex Honey includes environmental justice within his broader concerns on human rights in political geography; his research involves cross-culture comparisons. 305 Jessup Hall 319-335-0154 rex-honey@uiowa.edu

	Kathleen Stewart Hornsby is interested in modeling geospatial semantics, including event-based modeling for dynamic GIS, reasoning about spatio-temporal phenomena over multiple granularities, and ontologies and their role for GIS. 303 Jessup Hall 319-335-0161 kathleen-stewart@uiowa.edu

	Naresh Kumar investigates how GIS is used in organizing spatial environmental data; he is particularly interested in linking air quality data to health using GIS and remote sensing. 302 Jessup Hall 319-335-0259 naresh-kumar@uiowa.edu

	Marc Linderman utilizes remote sensing data to examine human/environment interactions, land cover change, and ecosystem dynamics; his work has focused on the tallgrass prarie region of the U.S., southwest China, and across the continent of Africa. 312 Jessup Hall 319-335-1451 marc-linderman@uiowa.edu

	George Malanson is looking into spatial simulations of land cover change; his primary expertise is in landscape ecology of mountain geography. 309 Jessup Hall 319-335-0540 george-malanson@uiowa.edu

	Claire Pavlik is instructor for Introduction to Human Geography and the Global Economy, both General Education Program courses in the Social Science area. She also teaches Mapping American Cities and Regions, which uses a GIS-based approach to examine the social geography of US cities. 326 Jessup Hall 319-335-1195 claire-pavlik@uiowa.edu

	Rajagopal studies water quality; he has been primarily interested in assessing optimal monitoring designs in time and space in relation to actual land use practices. 308 Jessup Hall 319-335-0160 r-rajagopal@uiowa.edu

	Gerry Rushton is a leader in the geography of health; he develops spatial analyses within GIS to investigate the individual, community, and environmental factors that influence the spatial patterns of disease. 306 Jessup Hall 319-335-0162 gerard-rushton@uiowa.edu

	Erika Wise is a geographer who studies the causes of climate variability and the impacts of climate change and variability on physical, biological, and human systems. Her current research focuses on how past climate, current climate variability, and projected climate changes interact with water resources in the western U.S. 328 Jessup Hall 319-335-0157 erika-wise@uiowa.edu