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Faculty

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

Shaul E. Cohen, associate professor (political, environmental, cultural; Middle East). B.A., 1983, Clark; M.A., 1987, Ph.D., 1991, Chicago. (1996)
Daniel Gavin, assistant professor (biogeography). B.A., 1992, Dartmouth College; M.S., 1997, Ph.D., 2000, U Washington (Seattle). (2006)
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)
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)
Nicholas Kohler, visiting assistant professor (GIS, environmental geography). A.B., 1989, Princeton University; M.A., 1997, University of Oregon; Ph.D. 2004, University of Oregon. (2005)
Amy K. Lobben, assistant 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 (hydrology, geomorphology, remote sensing) B.S., 1978, Stanford; M.A., 1983, Arizona,; Ph.D., 1987, Colorado. (2001)
Patricia F. McDowell, professor and head (geomorphology, river management and restoration, Quaternary environments). B.A., 1971, M.A., 1977, Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1980, Wisconsin, Madison. (1982)
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, assistant 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, associate professor (cultural and political ecology, human-environmental relations, Africa). B.A., 1986, California, Berkeley; M.S., 1990, Harvard; Ph.D., 1997, California, Berkeley. (1997)
The date in parentheses at the end of each entry is the first year as University of Oregon faculty or staff.

Special Staff

InfoGraphics Staff

Mike Engelmann (geographic information systems, transportation, cartography), project coordinator, InfoGraphics Lab. B.S., 1998, University of Oregon. (1999)
Kenneth Kato, research assistant, Project Manager, InfoGraphics Laboratory. M.C.R.P, 2000, Oregon. (2000).

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)

Erik B. Steiner, research assistant (dynamic cartography, cognition, geographic information systems), designer and developer, InfoGraphics Lab. B.S., 2001, Pennsylvania State University, M.S., 2001, Pennsylvania State University. (2002)

Information Technology Staff

Jacob Bartruff, information technology consultant (2001)

Emeriti

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

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)

Office Staff

Mary Milo, Secretary. (1995)

Andrea Heid, Accounting Technician. (1971)

Sandra Knauber, Office Manager. (1988)