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: TuTh 4:00-5:00; W 3:00-5:00
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.-University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1996
Office: HSS 270
Hours: MWF 9:20-1:00; MF 12:00-1:00
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 of Georgia, 2002
Office: HSS 269
On sabbatical Fall 09
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
Associate Professor
Ph.D. - University of Victoria, 2002
Office: HSS 339
Hours: TuTh 1-3; Th 6-7; and by appointment
tel: 415.338.1482
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. - University of California, Berkeley, 1993
Office: HSS 339
Hours: W 10-12; 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 8:30-12
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. - University of California, Santa Barbara
Office: HSS 269
Hours: MW 10:30-11:30, 3:30-4:00
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. - University of Minnesota, 2007
on leave AY 2009-2010
email: jblecha@sfsu.edu
 
 
 

Interests:
•Urban Ecology
•Food Systems and Sustainable Agriculture
•Urban agriculture
•Gender
•Animals
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Andrew Oliphant
Associate Professor
Ph.D. - University of Canterbury, 2002
Office: HSS 273
On sabbatical AY 2009-2010
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: MTuW 1:00-2:00; Tu 6:00-7:00; and by appointment

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: MW 1:30-3:30
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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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Washington, 2008
Office: HSS 270
Hours: Tu 9-10:30, 4-5; Th 5:00-6:30
tel: 415.405-0921
email: cdonovan@sfsu.edu
 
Interests:
•Health geography
•Gender geography
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Tiffany C. Vance  
Cary
Adjunct Faculty
email: tiffany.c.vance@noaa.gov
 
 
 
 
 

Interests:
• Multidimensional GIS
• Scientific Visualization
• Oceanographic Models
• History of recent North American oceanography and marine science
• Application of GIS to historiography
• Gulf of Alaska
• Bering Sea
• Arctic
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Lecturers
   
Chris McGee
M.A. - University of California, Berkeley, 1979
Office: HSS 283
Hours: MWF 11:00-12:00; TuTh 11:30-12:30
tel: 415.338.1868
email: rcm4@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
Ellen McElhinny
ellen
M.A. - SFSU, 1995
Office: HSS 288
Hours: not teaching Fall 09
tel: 415.338.3566
email: mcelhi@aol.com
Web: n/a
 
   
Richard Hutton
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M.A. - University of Canterbury, 1995

Office: HSS 267
Hours: MTu 6-7
tel: n/a
email: hhutton@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hans Meihoefer
Cary
Office: HSS 281
Hours: Not teaching Fall 09
tel: n/a
email: n/a
Web: n/a
Kurt Menning
Office: HSS 267
Hours: M 2:00-3:00; W 11:30-12:30; F 10:30-11:30
tel: n/a
email: kmenning@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
Ian Duncan
Office: HSS 281
Hours: Not teaching Fall 09
tel: n/a
email: iduncan@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
Jim Pettigrew
Office: n/a
Hours: Not teaching Fall 09
tel: n/a
email: jimp@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
Staff
 
Sarah Harling
Map Librarian
Office: HSS 289
Hours: TuTh 11:00-2:00, 4:00-7:00; W 11:00-7:00
tel: 415.338.1145
email:maplibrary@gmail.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
Erica Thomas
Office Coordinator
Office: HSS 279
tel: 415.338.2049
email: ericatom@sfsu.edu
Web: n/a
 
Seth Hiatt
Cary
Associate Director, Institute for Geographic Science
Office: HSS 288
tel: 415.338.3566
email: shiatt@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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