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Name Last Degree (Institution)/Year Interests
Kate Anderson   B.S. Natural Resource Management
(Michigan State University)
2000
Urban and Environmental Planning, Cartography
Tracy Andres   B.A. Environmental Studies
(Mount Holyoke College)
2000
Water Resources, GIS, Resource Management
Brian Anzelc   B.S. Geography, Minor Environmental Studies
(University of Oregon)
2000 Environmental Education, GIS, Watershed Management
Jon Bauer   B.S. Conservation and Resource Studies (UC Berkeley) 1995
Water Resources, Climate Change, Environmental Conflict and Cooperation, Behavioral Shift Around Resource Usage
Cristina Breen   B.A. Philosophy/English (Duke)   Wilderness, Biogeography, Public Lands
Mary Brown   B.A. Journalism/Art
(Humboldt State University)
1992
Transportation Geography, Land Use Planning, Cultural Geography, GIS, Urban Geography
Kathryn Faulkner   B.A. English (Wellesley College) 1993
Environmental Planning and Restoration, Specifically in Recreation Areas
Kathleen Cooney   B.A. Communication Arts
(Villanova University)
1996
Environmental Planning, Land Use Planning, Resource Management
Katie Daniels   B.A. Environmental Studies & Development
(World College West)
1988
Habitat Conversion, Urban Analysis, Land Conservation, Geographic Methods & Techniques
Jeanne Depman   B.A. Tourism/Travel and French
(Western Michigan University)
1986 Groundwater Pollution, Hydrology, Geomorphology, GIS
Dori Dick   B.Sc. Biology & Environmental Studies
(University of Victoria, Canada)
1995 Marine Conservation, Biogeography, Marine Mammals & Seabirds
Aaron Dillon   B.A. History (SFSU) 2000 Land Use Planning, Geography of the Horticulture Industry, Cartography
Kimberly Durandet   B.A. Special Major (SFSU) 1991
Urban and Economic Geography, Land Use Planning, Gentrification, Urban Regime Theory
Leigh Etheridge   B.A. Geography / Spanish
(University of Alabama)
2003
Resource Managememt, Environmental Restoration, Agriculture, Latin America
Matt Fagundes   B.S. Environmental Studies
(Sonoma State University)
1996
Meteorology
John Garvey
  B.A. American Studies (SFSU)
2003 Transportation, Gentrification
Shawn Heiser   B.A. History (SFSU) 2000
Political Ecology, Water Resources, Historical Geography, GIS/Remote Sensing
Dan Hermstad  

B.A. Environmental Studies (UC Santa Cruz)

2001 Biogeography, Geomorphology, Resource Management, Ag and Food
Seth Hiatt   B.A. Geography (SJSU) 2004
GIS, Ecological Modeling, Resource Management
Lori Hibbeler   B.A. Geography & Environmental Studies (UC Santa Barbara) 2001 Hazards, Risk Perception, GIS, Environmental Management
Jason Hoorn   B.A. Geography (SFSU) 2002
Geomorphology, Watershed Science, Resource Management, Environmental Planning
Mary Israel   B.A. Biology (Wells College) 1994 Conservation Geography, Sustainable Communities and Ecology, Community Science, Restoration Ecology, Watersheds, Biogeography
Jen Jackson   B.S. Foreign Service
(Georgetown University)
1996 Land use planning, Water Resources, Wetlands
Marshall Kunze   B.A. Computer Science (University of Texas at Austin) 1997
Water, Mountains
Ceren Kurt   M.A. Teaching (National University) 2002
Geography Education, Environmantal Justice, Cultural Geography, Gender and Geography
Matt Merrifield   B.A. Geography (UC Berkeley) 1994
GIS, Coastal and Marine Reserve Design, Biogeographic Modeling
Jessica Miller   B.A. Communication and Film Studies
Environmental Justice, Gender, Water Issues
Ericka Montana   B.A. Environmental Studies (SFSU) 2005 Environmental Education, Hydrology, Sustainable Agriculture, Global Climate Change, Water Scarcity
Aaron Mount   B.S. Environmental Recreation (CSU Hayward) 2001 Impacts of Recreation, National Trail Systems, Connectivity/Gap Analysis of Park Lands
Genevieve Munsey   B.A. Pure Math (UC Santa Cruz) 1996 Soil Conservation, Water Resources, Watershed Management, Biogeography
Randall Orr  

B.S. Math (UC Davis), M.A. Linguistics (UC Santa Cruz)

2000, 2005

Water Resources, Transportation, Central Asia
Hilary Pedigo   B.A. Urban Geography/English Literature (UC Berkeley) 2001
Urban and Political Geography, Land Use Planning, Goldfish
Michael Peterson   B.A. Russian and Geography (SFSU) 2002 Spatial Aspects of Human Identity (Ownership, Nationality, and Social Justice)

Adrienne Priselac

  B.S. Environmental Science and Biology (University of San Francisco) 2000 Cultural Geography, Environmental Design, Resource Conservation
John Prud'homme   M.A. Psychology
(University of Virginia)
1998
Mountain Environments/Hazards, GIS, Political Ecology of Latin America
Will Rose   B.A. English (Colby College) 1996 Climate, Forest Meteorology, Geomorphology
Matt Sagues   B.A. Theatre Arts (University of Iowa) 1995 Climate, Forest Meteorology, Geomorphology
Joshua Schnabel   B.A. Sociology
(University of Northern Colorado)
1999 GIS, Natural Resource Management
Jeff Skahill   B.S. Environmental Health
(University of Georgia)
1997 Land Use Planning, Water Resources, Natural Hazards, GIS
Sean Stasio   B.A. Anthropology (UC Berkeley)   New World Migration routes, Biogeography, GIS, Endangered Species Modeling
Arnie Thompson   B.S. Political Economy of Natural Resources (UC Berkeley) 1979
Geomorphology, Hydrology, Invasive Species, Habitat Restoration
Elmer Tosta   B.A. Urban Studies (SFSU) 2005
Urban Geography, Transportation, Land Use
Karen Vitulano   B.S. Microbiology (SFSU)
M.S. Environmental Management (USF)
  Environmental Perception, Humanistic Geography, Ecophenomenology
Sadie Waddington   B.A. Art History, Special Interest in Design (UCLA) 1998 Sustainable Development, Conservation Management, Education
Kirsten Ward   B.A. Geography
(Sonoma State University)
2005
GIS, Environmental Justice, Health Geography, Resource Management, Environmental Planning
Paula White   B.A. Linguistics (U. of Chicago) 1988 Watershed restoration, Alternative wastewater management
Alan Wiig   B.A. Literature (UC Santa Cruz) 2002 Cultural landscape studies, Tourism and the Everyday
Pamela Wilson   B.A. Liberal Arts
(New School University)
1997 Sikhs in the Diaspora (Esp. California and the UK) and Punjab, Geography of Religion, Social Justice, Identity
Angela Yu
  B.A. Geography/Environmental Studies (UCLA) 2000 Biogeography, Fire Ecology

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