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GESA Faculty & Staff
Department Chair
Faculty
Geospatial Program Faculty
The Geospatial Program brings together faculty expertise from Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis; Forestry, Fire & Rangeland Management; and Environmental Science & Management. This interdisciplinary collaboration introduces students to geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, cartography, and other spatial technologies used to understand environmental and societal challenges. Contact Geospatial faculty for questions about major, minor, and certificate options.
Staff
Emeritus Faculty
Education
M.A., University of California, Davis
Research & Teaching
Geospatial Sciences, Sierra Nevada, Cartographic Design.
Email: mcunha58@gmail.com
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Research & Teaching
Mountain Environments, National Parks and Protected Areas, International Environmental Issues; Central Asia, Alaska, Sierra Nevada.
Email: scunha55@gmail.com
CV: View/Download (PDF)
Emeritus Faculty
Mary Beth Cunha / 1996-2017
Education
M.A., University of California, Davis
Research & Teaching
Geospatial Sciences, Sierra Nevada, Cartographic Design.
Email: mcunha58@gmail.com
Stephen Cunha / 1996-2017
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Davis
Research & Teaching
Mountain Environments, National Parks and Protected Areas, International Environmental Issues; Central Asia, Alaska, Sierra Nevada.
Email: scunha55@gmail.com
CV: View/Download (PDF)
Paul Blank / 1990-2014
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Research & Teaching
Eurasia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean and Pacific Basins. Re-conceptualizing area studies to incorporate sea and ocean basins, as well as new pedagogies involving large-scale floor maps and interdisciplinary teaching.
Dennis E. Fitzsimons / 2002-2012
Education
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Research & Teaching
Cartography, Map Design, California, Geographic Research and Writing.
Joseph S. Leeper / 1971-2009
Education
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Research & Teaching
Human/Cultural, Urban, Latin America, Field Methods, Geographic Education.
Robert "Bob" Plank / 1970-1999
Education
M.A., Morehead State
Research & Teaching
Cartography
Lowell "Ben" Bennion / 1970-1999
Education
Ph.D., Syracuse
Research & Teaching
Historical Geography, Human/Cultural, Mormon Landscape, Northwest California, Field Methods.
John L. Harper / 1971-1997 / Deceased
Education
Ph.D., Colorado
Research & Teaching
Physical, Climate, Human-Land Relationships, Conservation Ethics, North America.
Harold "Hal" Jackson / 1973-1992
Education
Ph.D., Colorado
Research & Teaching
Quantitative Methods, Latin America, Field Methods, Urban.
John M. Coleman / 1964-1989
Education
Ph.D., Indiana
Research & Teaching
Soviet Union, World without Borders, Political, Human/Cultural, Agricultural.