Degree Programs Offered: Master of Arts, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Associate Professor Robin Leichento, Lucy Stone Hall, Livingston Campus (732/445-4107)

Web Site: http://geography.rutgers.edu

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Gail M. Ashley, Professor of Geological Sciences, FAS-NB; Ph.D., British Columbia
Sedimentology; glacial geomorphology; quaternary studies; modern processes

Sean M. DiGiovanna, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Community Health, EJBSPPP/CUPR; Ph.D., Toronto Urban and economic geography, economic development, New Jersey

Michael R. Greenberg, Professor of Urban Studies and Public Health, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Columbia
Environment and health; mathematical models

Briavel Holcomb, Professor of Urban Studies, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Colorado
Urban revitalization; gender; tourism

Robert M. Hordon, Associate Professor of Geography, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Water resources; physical geography

David M. Hughes, Assistant Professor of Geography and Human Ecology, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Berkeley) Political ecology, development, conservation, colonialism, Southern Africa

Robert W. Lake, Professor of Urban Planning and Policy Development, CUPR; Ph.D., Chicago
Urban restructuring; social and environmental policy analysis; political

Richard G. Lathrop, Jr., Associate Professor of Environmental Resources, CC; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Remote sensing and spatial modeling of terrestrial/aquatic ecosystems; GIS

Robin Leichenko, Associate Professor of Geography, FAS-NB/CUPR; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State
Economic geography; urban and regional development; international trade

Bonnie J. McCay, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of Human Ecology, CC; Ph.D., Columbia Common property and social theory, fisheries, conservation, North Atlantic

J. Kenneth Mitchell, Professor of Geography, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Chicago
Environmental hazards; human-environment theory; environment and public policy; global environmental change

Kathe Newman, Assistant Professor of Planning and Public Policy, EJBSPP; Ph.D., CUNY Urban politics; urban revitalization; gentrification; community development

Karl F. Nordstrom, Professor of Geography and Marine and Coastal Sciences, CC/IMCS; Ph.D., Rutgers
Coastal geomorphology and management; environmental restoration

Frank Popper, Professor of Urban Studies, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Harvard
Land use, environmental and regional policy; natural resources management

Jasbir K. Puar, Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Berkeley) Feminist and queer geography; globalization; tourism; South Asian diaspora

Edward Ramsamy, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Rutgers Development, social theory, race, culture and identity, Southern Africa

Joanna M. Regulska, Professor of Geography and Women's Studies, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Colorado
Urban policy; Central and East European restructuring; gender and politics; European union

David A. Robinson, Professor of Geography, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Columbia
Climatology; cryosphere; regional climates; physical geography

Thomas Rudel, Professor of Sociology, CC; Ph.D., Yale
Latin America; environment; development

Dona Schneider, Professor of Urban Studies and Community Health, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., Rutgers
Medical geography; epidemiology; minority health

Laura Schneider, Assistant Professor of Geography, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Clark Integrated land-change science; remote sensing; geographic information systems; invasive species; Latin America

Richard Schroeder, Associate Professor of Geography, FAS-NB; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Development; gender; Africa; political ecology; environmental justice

Kevin St. Martin, Assistant Professor of Geography, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Clark Economic geography; cartography and GIS; resource geography

David Tulloch, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, CC; Ph.D., Wisconsin
Geospatial technologies; environmental and land-use planning

Peter O. Wacker, Professor Emeritus of Geography, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Louisiana State
Historical; cultural

Lyna Wiggins, Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy Development, EJBSPPP; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Geographic information science; computer applications in planning

Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty

Roger C. Balm, Instructor in Geography; Ph.D., Rutgers Visual culture of geography; history of exploration; art images as evidence