Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies at San Francisco State University
 
 
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Faculty
Jerry Davis
Professor
Ph.D. - University of Georgia, 1987
Office: HSS 273
Hours: M W 3-4:30
tel: 415.338.2983
email: jerry@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/jdavis/
Interests:
• Geomorphology
• Soils
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Watershed Assessment
• Field Methods
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Qian Guo
Assistant Professor
Ph.D.-U. of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1996
Office: HSS 270
Hours: TTH 10:50-11:10 , 1:50-3:30.
tel: 415.338.1314
email: qguo@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/guo/
.Interests:
• Regional Geography
• Cultural Geography
• China
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Jason Henderson
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University Georgia, 2002
Office: HSS 269
Hours: MWF 12-1
tel: 415.405.2483
email: jhenders@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/jhenders/
Interests:
• Urban Transportation
• Land Use Planning
• Urban Politics
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Ellen Hines
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. -- University of Victoria, 2002
Office: HSS 270
Hours: n/a
tel: 415.405.0921
email: ehines@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/ehines/
Interests:
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Community GIS
• Marine and Coastal Conservation
• Marine Mammals
• Endangered Species Conservation
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Barbara Holzman
Professor
Ph.D. - U.C. Berkeley, 1993
Office: HSS 267
Hours: T 11-12, W 1-2, 6:30-7:30 and by appointment
tel: 415.338.7506
email: bholzman@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/
Interests:
• Biogeography
• Resource management
• Environmental studies
• Vegetation change
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Max Kirkeberg
Professor Emeritus
M.A. - Wisconsin, 1959
Office: HSS 281
Hours: Most mornings 9-11
tel: 415.338.1702
email: n/a
Web: n/a
Interests:
• Regional Geography
• Cultural Geography
• San Francisco
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XiaoHang Liu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - UC Santa Barbara
Office: HSS 283
Hours: MW 2-3, 6-6:30
tel: 415.338.7509
email: xhliu@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/xhliu/
Interests:
• Urban Remote Sensing
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• Spatial analysis
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Jennifer Blecha
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - U. of Minnesota, 2007
Office: HSS 267
Hours: T 9-10, W 4-5, F 5-6 .
tel: 415.405.2495
email: jblecha@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a

Interests:
•Urban Ecology
•Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture
•Urban agriculture
•Gender
•Animals
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Andrew Oliphant
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Canterbury, 2002
Office: HSS 273
Hours:M 11-12, 1:30-3:30
tel: 415.405.2143
email: andrewo@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/andrewo/
Interests:
• Surface-atmosphere interactions
• Microclimates
• Carbon cycle
• Boundary layer meteorology
• Applied climatology
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Nancy Wilkinson
Professor - Department Chair
Ph.D. - University of Oregon, 1983
Office: HSS 277

Hours: MWF 12-1, T 1-2
and by appt..

tel: 415.338.1439
email: nancyw@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/wilkinson/
Interests:
• Water Resources
• Perception
• Evironmental History
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Leonhard Blesius
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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Iowa, 2002
Office: HSS 283
Hours:TTH 4-6
tel: 415.405-2144
email: lblesius@sfsu.edu

Interests:
•Remote sensing of environment
•Landslide susceptibility analysis
•Geomorphological hazards
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Courtney Donovan
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Lecturer
Doctoral Candidate, U. of Washington
Office: HSS 270
Hours: TTH 10-11.
tel: 415.405-0921
email: cdonovan@sfsu.edu
 
Interests:
•Health geography
•Gender geography
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Lecturers
   
Chris McGee
M.A. - U.C. Berkeley, 1979
Office: HSS 283
Hours: MWF 12-1, M 6-7
tel: 415.405.1868
email: n/a
Web: n/a
Ellen McElhinny
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M.A. - SFSU, 1995
Office: HSS 288
Hours:
tel: 415.338.3566
email: mcelhi@aol.com
Web: n/a
 
 
Rob Evans
Office: HSS 283
Hours
tel: 415.405.0468
email: robevans@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
Thomas Azwell
Office: HSS 281
Hours: MW 2-2:30
tel: n/a
email: azwell@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
Kurt Menning
Cary
Office: HSS 281
Hours: TTH 11-12
tel:
email: kmenning@nature.berkeley.edu
Web: n/a
Andy Peri
Office: HSS 281
Hours: TTh 12:15-1
tel: 415.338-2656
email: andyp@sfsu.edu
Web: http://bss.sfsu.edu/aperi/
Darcey Rosenblatt
Office: HSS 281
Hours: W 3-4
tel: (415)338-2049
email: drosenblatt@esa.com
Web: n/a
Tony Sparks
Office: HSS 281
Hours: W 12:15-1:30 or by appt.
tel:(415) 338-2049
email: tsparks@u.washington.edu
Web: n/a
 
David Kamil
Office: HSS 281
Hours: M 6-7
tel:
email: kamil@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
   
Staff
 
Dan Hermstad
Map Librarian
Office: HSS 289
tel: 415.338.1145
email:maplibrary@gmail.com
Web: n/a
 
Alan Wiig
 
Map Librarian
Office: HSS 289
tel: 415.338.1145
email: maplibrary@gmail.com
Web: n/a
       
Erica Thomas
Office Coordinator
Office: HSS 279
tel: 415.338.2049
email: ericatom@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
 
Barry Nickel
Associate Director (IGISc)
Office: HSS 288
Hours: M W 10-11
tel: 415.338.3566
email: bnickel@sfsu.edu
Web: http://gis.sfsu.edu
       
Jesse Cohen
GIS Specialist (IGISc)
Office: HSS 272
tel: 415.338.6332
email: jacohen@sfsu.edu
Web: http://gis.sfsu.edu
 
Anne McTavish
GIS Site License Administrator
Office: HSS 272
tel: 415.338.6140
email:gis@sfsu.edu
Web: http://csugis.sfsu.edu/

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