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Dr. Craig Allan
• Professor
Surface Water Hydrology, Biogeochemistry, Fluvial Geomorphology
Dr. Craig Allan
Cedar 45A
cjallan@uncc.edu
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Jake Armour
• Senior Lecturer
Paleoclimate, Geomorphology, Field/Geoscience Education, GEO Club, Public Outreach
Jake Armour
Denny 118B
jarmour@uncc.edu
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Dr. Andy Bobyarchick
• Associate Professor
Structural Geology, Applied Geophysics, Tectonics, Appalachian Geology
Dr. Andy Bobyarchick
Hickory 41B
arbobyar@uncc.edu
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Dr. Harrison (Harry) Campbell
• Professor
Economic Geography, Urban Development, Spatial Income Distribution, Impact Analysis
Dr. Harrison (Harry) Campbell
Cedar 43B
hscampbe@uncc.edu
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Dr. Gang Chen
• Associate Professor • Geography M.A. Coordinator
Remote Sensing, Spatial Ecology, Human-Environment Interaction
Dr. Gang Chen
Hickory 34B
Gang.Chen@uncc.edu
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Dr. Sandra Clinton
• Research Assistant Professor
Urban Stream Ecology, River Restoration, Molecular Methods in Freshwater Ecosystems
Dr. Sandra Clinton
Denny 118A
sclinto1@uncc.edu
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Dr. Larianne Collins
• Lecturer
Geospatial Technologies, Spatial Thinking, Hazards, Geography Education
Dr. Larianne Collins
Cedar 33B
lacollins@uncc.edu
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Dr. Casey Davenport
• Assistant Professor
Severe Local Storms, Mesoscale Processes, Science Education
Dr. Casey Davenport
Cedar 35B
Casey.Davenport@uncc.edu
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Dr. Elizabeth Delmelle
• Associate Professor
Urban Geography, Transportation, GIS, Quantitative Methods
Dr. Elizabeth Delmelle
Cedar 47B
edelmell@uncc.edu
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Dr. Eric Delmelle
• Associate Professor
GIScience, Spatial Analysis, Epidemiology, Uncertainty
Dr. Eric Delmelle
Hickory 41A
Eric.Delmelle@uncc.edu
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Dr. John Diemer
• Professor • Associate Director of INES Ph.D.
Sedimentology, Facies Analysis, Depositional Environments, Basin Analysis, History of Geology
Dr. John Diemer
Hickory 35B
jadiemer@uncc.edu
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Dr. Matthew Eastin
• Associate Professor
Mesoscale Process, Urban Meteorology, Severe Local Storms, Tropical Cyclones, Societal Impacts
Dr. Matthew Eastin
Cedar 35A
mdeastin@uncc.edu
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Dr. Martha Cary (Missy) Eppes
• Professor
Weathering Processes, Soils, Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology
Dr. Martha Cary (Missy) Eppes
Denny 117B
meppes@uncc.edu
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Dr. Michael Ewers
• Assistant Professor
Migration, Human Capital, Economic Geography
Dr. Michael Ewers
Hickory 42A
mewers@uncc.edu
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Dr. Patricia (Pat) Fall
• Professor
Quaternary Paleoecology & Paleoclimatology, Biogeography, Human Impacts on Ancient Environments
Dr. Patricia (Pat) Fall
Denny 115B
pfall@uncc.edu
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Dr. Sara Gagné
• Associate Professor • Earth Sciences Graduate Coordinator
Urban Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Effects of urbanization on biodiversity
Dr. Sara Gagné
Denny 117A
sgagne@uncc.edu
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William (Bill) Garcia
• Senior Lecturer • Department Associate Chair
Vertebrate Paleontology, Biogeography, Phylogenetics
William (Bill) Garcia
Cedar 31B
704-687-5982
wjgarcia@uncc.edu
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Dr. Laurie Garo
• Senior Lecturer
GIS & Cartographic Design, Crime Analysis, Juvenile Delinquency, Youth Gang/Gun Violence
Dr. Laurie Garo
Cedar 46B
lagaro@uncc.edu
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Dr. William (Bill) Graves
• Associate Professor • J.H. Biggs Faculty Fellow
Urban/Economic Change, Cluster Development, Site Selection
Dr. William (Bill) Graves
Cedar 43A
bgraves@uncc.edu
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Dr. Colleen Hammelman
• Assistant Professor
Urban Geography, Food Justice, Immigration
Dr. Colleen Hammelman
Cedar 46A
chammelm@uncc.edu
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Dr. Scott Hippensteel
• Associate Professor
Coastal Geology, Environmental Geology, Geoarchaeology, Micropaleontology
Dr. Scott Hippensteel
Cedar 41B
shippens@uncc.edu
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Dr. Joseph Kangmennaang
• Assistant Professor
Community Wellbeing, Health Inequalities, Environment and Health
Dr. Joseph Kangmennaang
Hickory 42B
jkangmen@uncc.edu
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Dr. Brian Magi
• Associate Professor
Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Air Quality
Dr. Brian Magi
Cedar 34B
Brian.Magi@uncc.edu
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Dr. Isabelle Nilsson
• Assistant Professor
Economic Geography, Transportation, Firm Location, Housing
Dr. Isabelle Nilsson
Cedar 47A
inilsso1@uncc.edu
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Dr. Valerie S. Reynolds
• Lecturer • Geology/Earth and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Coordinator
Mineralogy, Optical Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Dr. Valerie S. Reynolds
Cedar 32A
vreynol2@uncc.edu
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Dr. Jacob (Jack) Scheff
• Assistant Professor
Climate Change, Water Cycle, Atmospheric Circulation
Dr. Jacob (Jack) Scheff
Cedar 34A
jscheff@uncc.edu
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Terry Shirley
• Senior Lecturer • Meteorology Undergraduate Coordinator
Meteorology, Weather Forecasting, Synoptic Meteorology, Winter Storms
Terry Shirley
Cedar 32B
trshirle@uncc.edu
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Dr. Heather Smith
• Professor • Geography PhD Director • Urban Studies Minor Director • Levine Scholars Faculty Fellow
Urban Social Geography, Community Engaged Scholarship
Dr. Heather Smith
Levine Hall 288
704-687-8051
heatsmit@uncc.edu
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Jamie Strickland
• Senior Lecturer • Geography and Environmental Studies Undergraduate Coordinator
Population Geography, Geographic Education, Cultural Geography and the South
Jamie Strickland
Cedar 33A
jstrickl@uncc.edu
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Dr. Wenwu Tang
• Associate Professor • Executive Director for the Center for Applied GIScience
CyberGIS, Spatial Modeling, Complex Adaptive Spatial Systems, Land Use And Land Cover Change
Dr. Wenwu Tang
Hickory 34A
WenwuTang@uncc.edu
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Dr. Jean-Claude Thill
• Knight Distinguished Professor
Transportation and Mobility Systems, Sustainable Urbanization, Trade Cities and Globalization, Geospatial Data Science
Dr. Jean-Claude Thill
Cedar 41A
jfthill@uncc.edu
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Dr. Deborah S.K. Thomas
• Professor • Department Chair
Disasters, Environmental Health, Global Health, Human-environment Interaction
Dr. Deborah S.K. Thomas
Bernard 109A
704-687-5976
Deborah.Thomas@uncc.edu
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Dr. David Vinson
• Assistant Professor
Hydrogeochemistry, Groundwater Hydrology, Isotope Geochemistry
Dr. David Vinson
Hickory 35A
dsvinson@uncc.edu
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Dr. Wei-Ning Xiang
• Professor
Socio-ecological Practice Research, Ecopracticology, Geographic, Ecological Thoughts, Geographic Information Science
Dr. Wei-Ning Xiang
Hickory 41D
wxiang@uncc.edu
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