Geography Faculty

The date in parentheses at the end of each entry is the first year as University of Oregon faculty.

Patrick J. Bartlein, professor (climatology, data analysis and visualization). B.A., 1972, M.S., 1975, Ph.D., 1978, Wisconsin, Madison. (1982)

Christopher Bone, assistant professor (GIScience, spatial analysis and modeling). B.A., 2003, Toronto; M.S., 2005, Ph.D., 2009, Simon Fraser. (2011)

Daniel P. Buck, assistant professor Geography/Asian Studies (rural-urban relations, industrialization, political economy, China).  Ph.D., 2002, UC-Berkeley.  (2008)

Shaul E. Cohen, associate professor (political, environmental, cultural; Middle East). B.A., 1983, Clark; M.A., 1987, Ph.D., 1991, Chicago. (1996)

Mark A. Fonstad, assistant professor (geomorphology, hydrology, remote sensing, environmental simulation). B.S., 1995, Wisconsin, Madison; M.A., 1997, Ohio; Ph.D., 2000, Arizona State University. (2011)

Daniel G. Gavin, associate professor (biogeography). B.A., 1992, Dartmouth College; M.S., 1997, Ph.D., 2000, U Washington (Seattle). (2006)

Derrick Hindery, assistant professor Geography/International Studies (global economic restructuring of ecosystems, indigenous communities in Latin America/US). B.A., 1994, University of California-LA; M.A., 1997, University of California-LA; Ph.D., 2003, University of California, Los Angeles. (2007)

Amy K. Lobben, associate professor (cartography, spatial cognition and abilities, GIS). B.A., 1991, Georgia State University; M.A., 1996, Georgia State University; Ph.D., 1999, Michigan State University.  (2004)

W. Andrew Marcus, professor and associate dean of CAS (hydrology, geomorphology, remote sensing) B.S., 1978, Stanford; M.A., 1983, Arizona,; Ph.D., 1987, Colorado. (2001)

Patricia F. McDowell, professor (geomorphology, river management and restoration, Quaternary environments). B.A., 1971, M.A., 1977, Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1980, Wisconsin, Madison. (1982)

James E. Meacham, senior research associate (cartographic design and production, geographic information systems); administrative and research director, InfoGraphics Laboratory. B.S., 1984, M.A., 1992, Oregon. (1992)

Katharine Meehan, assisant professor (nature-society theory, water governance, Mexico). B.A., 1999, Oregon; M.Sc., 2005, Oxford; Ph.D., 2010, Arizona. (2010)

Alexander B. Murphy, Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor (cultural and political geography, Europe, law and geography). B.A., 1977, Yale; J.D., 1981, Columbia; Ph.D., 1987, Chicago. (1987)

Lise K. Nelson, associate professor (cultural geography, international rural development, feminist theory). B.A., 1990, Oregon; M.A., 1996, Ph.D., 2000, Washington, Seattle. (2000)

Xiaobo Su, assistant professor (cultural politics, tourism and urban conservation, China). B. Arch., 2000, Southeast University; M. Sc., 2003, Sun Yat-sen University; Ph.D., 2007, National University of Singapore. (2007)

Peter A. Walker, professor and department head (cultural and political ecology, human-environmental relations, Africa). B.A., 1986, California, Berkeley; M.S., 1990, Harvard; Ph.D., 1997, California, Berkeley. (1997)

 

Adjunct Faculty

Donald Holtgrieve, adjunct assistant professor (environmental planning, resource management, watershed issues). B.A., 1963, San Diego State; M.A., 1970, California State; Ph.D., 1972, Oregon (2002)

Nicholas Kohler, adjunct instructor (geographic information systems, cartography, human-environmental relations). A.B., 1989, Princeton; M.A., 1997, Ph.D., 2005, Oregon. (2006)

Lynn Songer, adjunct instructor (geographic information systems, summer MA in geographic education supervisor). B.S., 1991, Oregon; M.A., 1994, University of Oregon; Ph.D., 2007, Oregon. (2006)

Emeriti

Stanton A. Cook, professor emeritus. B.A.., 1951, Harvard; Ph.D., 1960, California, Berkeley. (1960)

Susan W. Hardwick, professor (migration and ethnic geography, geographic education, urban).  G.S., 1968, Slippery Rock State University; M.A., 1974, California State University, Chico; Ph.D., 1986, California, Davis. (2000)

Carl L. Johannessen, professor emeritus. B.A., 1950, M.A., 1953, Ph.D., 1959, California, Berkeley. (1959)

Clyde P. Patton, professor emeritus. B.A.., 1948, M.A., 1950, Ph.D., 1953, California, Berkeley. (1958)

Edward T. Price, professor emeritus. B.S., 1937, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1950, California, Berkeley. (1963)

Gary H. Searl, adjunct assistant professor (geographic education, Oregon). B.B.A., 1959, M.S., 1966, Oregon. (1968)

Everett G. Smith Jr., professor emeritus. B.A., 1953, M.A., 1956, Illinois; Ph.D., 1962, Minnesota. (1965)

Alvin W. Urquhart, professor emeritus. B.A., 1953, M.A., 1958, Ph.D., 1962, California, Berkeley. (1960)

Ronald Wixman, professor (religion, nationalism, cultural geography). B.A., 1968, Hunter; M.A., 1972, Columbia; Ph.D., 1978, Chicago. (1975)