Faculty and Staff

(Last Updated September 5, 2007)


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Regular Faculty

Edmunds V. Bunske
Professor
Office: 223 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-8266
E-mail: ebunkse@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Research: Cultural geography, geosophy, literary-artistic humanism and contemporary landscapes.
Tracy L. DeLiberty
Associate Professor, Associate Chair
Office: 229 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-4084
E-mail: tracyd@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.
Research: Geographical information systems, climatology, remote sensing.
Cathleen Geiger
Research Associate Professor
Office: 216 Pearson Hall
Phone: 603-646-4851
E-mail:cgeiger@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Research: Sea ice,Non-rigid motion analysis, Data analysis and computer visualization.
Brian Hanson
Professor, Chair
Office: 216C Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-8268
E-mail: hanson@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of Minnesota.
Research: Climate dynamics, glaciology
Daniel J. Leathers
Professor
Office: 213 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-8764
E-mail: leathers@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.
Research: Snowfall, Snow Cover, Water Resource Research, Land Surface Changes and Effects on Regional Climates, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental policy, Natural Resource Management
David R. Legates
Associate Professor
Office: 212A Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-4920
E-mail: legates@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of Delaware.
Research: Hydroclimatology, precipitation and climate change, computational methods.
Delphis F. Levia
Assistant Professor
Office: 210 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-3218
E-mail: dlevia@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., Clark University.
Research:  Forest hydrology, biometeorology, biogeochemistry, field methods and instrumentation.
Frederick E. Nelson
Professor
Office: 207 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-0852
E-mail: fnelson@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Research: Permafrost, periglacial and climatic geomorphology, topoclimatology, spatial analysis.
Michael O'Neal
Assistant Professor
Office:227A Pearson Hall
Phone:(302)831-8273
E-mail:michael@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of Washington, 2005.
Research Glacial and fluvial geomorphology, quaternary geology and geochronology, geographic information systems.
Peter W. Rees
Associate Professor
Office: 228 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-8270
E-mail: rees@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley.
Research: Urban geography, historical-economic geography, Latin America, geographic education.
Yda Schreuder
Associate Professor
Office: 224 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-8271
E-mail: ydas@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.
Research: Global resources, development, and the environment; Sustainable development; Global climate change policies; International migration

Also Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
April R. Veness
Associate Professor
Office: 225 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-8267
E-mail: veness@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Research: Urban/social geography, minority problems and places, geographic thought.

Also an Associate Professor in the College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy.
Cort J. Willmott
Professor
Office: 219 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-6784
E-mail: willmott@udel.edu
Degree: Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.
Research: Climatology, quantitative methods.


Professional and Support Staff

Linda Brannen
Office Coordinator
Office: 216A Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-2295
E-mail: lbrannen@udel.edu
Ingrid A. Callaghan
Assistant to the Chair
Office: 216B Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-8998
E-mail: iac@udel.edu
Kenji Matsuura
Programmer/Analyst
Office: 218A Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-4976
E-mail: kenjisan@udel.edu
Maggie Legates
Delaware Geographic Alliance
Office: 220 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-6783
E-mail: maggielg@udel.edu
Linda W. Parrish
Cartographer/GIS Specialist
Office: 216D Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-8272
E-mail: parrishl@udel.edu
Geoff Quelch
Research Fellow
Center for Climatic Research
E-mail: quelch@udel.edu
Nikolay I. Shiklomanov
Associate Research Scientist
Center for Climatic Research
Office: 204 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-0789
E-mail: shiklom@udel.edu
Karen E. Smoyer Tomic, Ph.D.
Research Fellow
Center for Climatic Research
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Office: 222 Pearson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-6581
E-mail: ktomic@udel.edu


Supplemental Faculty

William J. Cohen, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Email:  wjcohen@udel.edu

Sophie Harmes, M.A..
Instructor, Department of Geography
Email: sharmes@udel.edu

Jay Hodny, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Email: dochodny@hotmail.com

Jason Jeandell, M.A.
Instructor, Department of Geography
Email: jjeandell@
seaford.k12.de.us

Michelle Johnson, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Email: reddd@udel.edu

Terri Lavin, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Email: talavin@udel.edu

Michael Oates
Independent Documentary Filmmaker
Instructor, Department of Geography
Email: moates@anew.com

Amy Tetlow Smith, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Email: tetlow@udel.edu

Affiliate Faculty 

David L. Ames, Ph.D.
Center Director for Historical Archeology and Design
Email: davames@udel.edu

Victor V. Klemas, Ph.D.
Professor of Marine Studies, Geography, and Electrical Engineering
Director of the Center for Remote Sensing
Email: klemas@udel.edu

John Mackenzie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics
Email: johnmack@udel.edu

Margaret G. Wilder, Ph.D.
Professor of Urban Affairs & Public Policy
Policy Fellow, Center for Community Development and Family Policy
Email: mwilder@udel.edu