Geography Graduate Group Faculty
The Geography Graduate Group is composed of a diverse faculty from many departments on campus.
| Fullname | Academic Interest | Geography Emphasis | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael G. Barbour | Plant ecology; North-Central-South America, Australia | Biogeography | Plant Sciences |
| Chris C. Benner | Urban and economic geography. Social implications of information technology, labor markets and restructuring of work, social movements and innovative labor/community organizing, regional development and social equity. | Environmental Geography | Human & Community Development |
| David Boyd | Cultural ecology; Melanesia, South Pacific | Environmental Geography | Anthropology |
| Cynthia Brantley | African social history; Gender in Africa; history of African nutrition: East Africa | Gender & Geography | History |
| Stephen Brush | Cultural-ecology; eastern Mediterranean, North-Central-South America | Environmental Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Thomas A. Cahill | Atmospheric optics and haze, especially smoke from forest fires | Environmental Geography | Land Air and Water Resources |
| Adela de la Torre | HIV Prevention in high risk groups in Mexico and Nigeria , Binational/Border Health, Immigration Policy in the US and Latin America, Health, Education and Income Disparities in the US; gender, health and geography | Gender & Geography | Chicana/o Studies |
| Dennis Dingemans | Urban planning; North America, Europe | Environmental Geography | Social Sciences |
| Deborah L. Elliott-Fisk | Biogeography; ecosystem analysis & management; soils and geomorphology; viticultural geography; mountain & coastal systems; Environmental and Natural Resources | Biogeography | Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology |
| Joan Florsheim | Geomorphology, Climate Change, Anthropogenic Disturbances, and Restoration | Environmental Geography | Geology |
| Mark Francis | Urban and community design; North America, Europe | Landscape Architecture | Environmental Design |
| Isao Fujimoto | Community change, Asian Studies | Environmental Geography | Asian American Studies |
| Ryan E. Galt | Cultural and political ecology, agricultural and environmental governance, political economy of sustainable agriculture, cartographic design, the Americas | Environmental Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Charles Goldman | Limnology: North America, Russia | Environmental Geography | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Steven Greco | Ecosystems and Landscape Ecology | Landscape Architecture | Environmental Design |
| James Grieshop | Community development; North-Central America | Environmental Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Louis Grivetti | Nutritional geography; Africa, eastern Mediterranean, southeast Asia | Environmental Geography | Nutrition |
| Joyce Gutstein | Environmental geography, biodiversity, education | Environmental Geography | Public Service Research Program (PSRP) |
| Susan Handy | Relationships between transportation and land use, including the impact of land use on travel behavior and the impact of transportation investments on land development patterns | Environmental Geography | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Lynette Hart | Animal Behaviors, Sociology (Companion Animal, Laboratory Animal, Elephants, Antelopes) Environmental and Natural Resource Geography | Biogeography | Population Health & Reproduction |
| James E. Hill | Environmental Geography | Plant Sciences | |
| Frank Hirtz | Law & Development, Development Planning, Social Policy & Welfare: Southern Africa, Southeast Asia | Environmental Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Lovell (Tu) Jarvis | Food and economic systems; South America | Environmental Geography | Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| Suad Joseph | Women in development; Middle East | Gender & Geography | Anthropology |
| Carl Keen | Teratology and birth defects; North America, southeast Asia | Environmental Geography | Nutrition |
| Martin Kenney | Silicon Valley & regional development; Japanese & Korean overseas investments; Electronics industry; Biotechnology | Gender & Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Nguyen Kien | Geographical medicine, Cultural aspects of health care; southeast Asia | Environmental Geography | Anesthesiology |
| Pete Klimley | "Movements of fishes, sharks, and marine mammals relative to their social and physical environments; ultrasonic, radio, and satellite telemetry; mechanisms of orientation and migration" | Biogeography | Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology |
| David Kyle | International migration, development and globalization | Environmental Geography | Sociology |
| Eric Larsen | Fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, watersheds, North America | Landscape Architecture | Environmental Design |
| F. Thomas Ledig | Forest conservation genetics; Mexico, mediterranean Europe, Australia | Biogeography | Plant Sciences |
| Jonathan K. London | Environmental justice, rural community development, participatory action research, political ecology, Central Valley | Environmental Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Jeff Loux | Environmental policy, community planning, land use planning, North America | Landscape Architecture | Environmental Design |
| Jay R. Lund | Resource management and planning, water resources, urban geography | Environmental Geography | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Dean MacCannell | Landscape Architecture. Semiotics, Social Policy, and the environment: North America | Tourism & Geography | Environmental Design |
| E. Greg McPherson | Urban forestry | Biogeography | Center for Urban Forest Research |
| Jay Mechling | American Studies (tourism in Florida and in the Pacific States, the new regional studies, folklore and folklife in relation to region, tourism, and the meanings of place) | Tourism & Geography | American Studies |
| Luz Mena | Latin America, Gender, Music | Gender & Geography | Women and Gender Studies |
| Patricia Mohktarian | Transportation, technology and policy | Environmental Geography | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Janet D. Momsen | Gender & development in agricultural systems; Caribbean, Latin America, Europe | Gender & Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Catherine J. Morrison Paul | Microeconomic Theory, Applied Microeconomics | Environmental Geography | Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| Jeffrey Mount | Fluvial geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy and basin analysis; CENTER FOR WATERSHED SCIENCES | Biogeography | Geology |
| Peter B. Moyle | The ecology and conservation of freshwater and estuarine fishes in California | Biogeography | Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology |
| Kimberly Nettles | Feminist methodology and epistemology, particularly ethnography, reflexive ethnography, and auto-ethnography; Black women identity; African Diaspora; food politics; race, gender and food cultures | Gender & Geography | Women and Gender Studies |
| Debbie Niemeier | Transportation Planning; civil infrastructure and implications for LDC's | Environmental Geography | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Ben Orlove | Cultural ecology; South America | Environmental Geography | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Patsy Eubanks Owens | Environments of children and adolescents, community participation | Landscape Architecture | Environmental Design |
| Richard Plant | Geographic information systems (GIS); China, Europe, North America | GIS Science | Plant Sciences |
| Jim Quinn | Information Center for the Environment: Environmental informatics applied to conservation policy, biodiversity, land use, and water quality | GIS Science | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Michael Rios | Political geography, urban design, community development | Landscape Architecture | Environmental Design |
| David Robertson | Cultural landscapes; North America | Environmental Geography | English |
| Lynn Roller | Classical landscapes and the biophysical environment; eastern Mediterranean | Environmental Geography | Classics |
| Scott Rozelle | Agricultural Development, Transitional Economics, China | Biogeography | Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| Margaret Rucker | Clothing and environmental hazards; North America, China | Biogeography | Textiles and Clothing |
| Heath Schenker | Landscape history: Europe and North America | Landscape Architecture | Environmental Design |
| Arthur Shapiro | Evolution, population dynamics; North-South America | Biogeography | Entomology |
| Janet Shibamoto Smith | Language and gender, linguistic ideology and speaking practice, particularly as they relate to emotional expressivity and narratives of self, and Japanese writing practices | Gender & Geography | Anthropology |
| Michael Peter Smith | Transnationalism; international migration; urban political economy and society; racial and ethnic formation | Tourism & Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Daniel Sumner | National and International agricultural policy | Environmental Geography | Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| Margaret Swain | Gender and Global Issues, feminist theory, tourism, China | Tourism & Geography | Women and Gender Studies |
| Julie Sze | Environmental Studies (environmental justice, urban environments, environmental activism, gender and the environment, garbage, transportation and energy); urban planning. | Environmental Geography | American Studies |
| Kenneth W. Tate | Rangeland Watershed Specialist | Biogeography | Plant Sciences |
| Robert Thayer, Jr. | Environmental perception and sustainable landscape development: North America | Landscape Architecture | Environmental Design |
| James Thorne | Biogeography, conservation biology, and ecology. Regions of experience include California & the US West, British Columbia, Alaska, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina | Biogeography | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Thomas P. Tomich | Agricultural sustainability, sustainable food systems, sustainability metrics and indicators, sustainability science; Geography emphasis includes land use and land cover change | Environmental Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Susan Ustin | Geographic information systems (GIS); North America | GIS Science | Land Air and Water Resources |
| Stefano Varese | Indigenous people of Central and Southern America (including Mexico and Indian Migrants to the US): environmental struggles, territorial and resources defense, indigenous knowledge, autonomous development | Environmental Geography | Native American Studies |
| Joshua Viers | GIS, Remote Sensing, Watersheds, Riverscapes, Working Landscapes, Viticulture | GIS Science | Environmental Science and Policy |
| Charles Walker | Human Geography, natural disasters (earthquakes) | Environmental Geography | History |
| Wesley Wallender | Hydrological Science and Modeling (GIS) | GIS Science | Land Air and Water Resources |
| Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith | Environmental law and policy in California and the United States. International environmental law, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development. Personal page - http://www.psclasses.ucdavis.edu/GAWS | Environmental Geography | Political Science and UC Center Sacramento |
| Miriam Wells | Human and Community Development | Gender & Geography | Human & Community Development |
| Stephen M. Wheeler | Sustainable development; urban design; city and regional planning; land use; climate change | Landscape Architecture | Environmental Design |
| Diane Wolf | Women in development; Southeast Asia | Gender & Geography | Sociology |
| Truman Young | Environmental horticulture | Biogeography | Plant Sciences |
| Minghua Zhang | Environmental modeling, GIS, risk analysis, agriculture, North America | Environmental Geography | Land Air and Water Resources |