People

Faculty

W. Crawford Elliott (Chair) - Associate Professor, Clay Mineralogy

John Allensworth - Senior Lecturer, Cultural Geography, Landforms, Latin America

Hassan A. Babaie - Associate Professor, Structural Geology, Geoinformatics

Lawrence M. Kiage - Assistant Professor, Remote Sensing, Biogeography, Global Environmental Change and GIS

Jordan Clayton - Assistant Professor, Fluvial Geomorphology and Sediment Transport

Jeremy Crampton - Associate Professor, Digital Cartography, Online Mapping, GIS, Geographic Visualization, Theory in Geography

Jeremy Diem - Associate Professor, Climatology

Daniel M. Deocampo - Assistant Professor, Sedimentology, Geochemistry, Mineralogy

William J. Fritz - Professor, Associate Provost, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

Katherine Hankins - Assistant Professor, Urban Geography

Eirik Krogstad - Associate Professor, Trace Element Geochemistry & Isotope Geology

Timothy E. La Tour - Associate Professor, Metamorphic Petrology

Seth Rose - Associate Professor, Aqueous Geochimstry, Isotope Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Urban Hydrology

Dona J. Stewart - Associate Professor, Director of the Middle East Institute, Urban and Environmental Geography, Middle East

Kenneth J. Terrell - Senior Lecturer, Geoarcheology and Vertebrate Paleontology

Visiting Lecturers & Instructors

David Doran - Visiting Instructor, Economic Geography, Human-Environment Interaction, and Geographical Education

Anil Kumar K. Gangadharan - Visiting Lecturer, Meteorological Aspects of Air Pollution, Urban Meteorology, Geography of Landforms

Katayoun Mobasher - Visiting Lecturer

 

Staff


Tyra Hines - Business Manager

Basirat Lawal - Administrative Coordinator

Shankar B. Pokharel - PC Systems Specialist, Intermediate

Atieh Tajik - Laboratory Coordinator

 

Adjunct Faculty

 

John Costello - Georgia Geological Survey

Jim Henry - Professor Emeritus (Georgia Southern) of Geology and Director Applied Coastal Research Laboratory, Oceanography, Coastal Marine Geology

Aditya Kar - Associate Professor, Fort Valley State University

Hermann Lebit - Assistant Professor, University of Louisiana Lafayette

Catalina Lneburg - Assistant Professor, State University of West Georgia

J. Marion Wampler - Associate Professor, Georgia Tech

 

Emeritus Faculty


Sanford H. Bederman - Professor Emeritus, Geography

Truman A. Hartshorn - Professor Emeritus, Geography

Richard Pillsbury - Professor Emeritus, Geography

 

Students

 

PhD Students (as of Fall 2007)

Baloochestani, Farshad (Geology, PhD)
Gray, Jr, Julian C. (Geology, PhD)
Gerald, Pollack (Geology, PhD)
Vermillion, Nicole M. (Geology, PhD)

Graduate Students (as of Fall 2007)

Anderson, John R. (Geography)
Barrett, Ronald J. (Geography)
Berthiaume, Jennifer (Geotechnology)
Billings, Robin D. (Earth Science)
Blanton, Jesse D. (Geography)
Breeden, Charles F.(Geography)
Broda, Cynthia M. (Geology)
Brown, Dana C. (Geology)
Brown, Koya F. (Geography)
Buckeridge, Simone P. (Geography)
Cartwright, Richard J. (Geography)
Cochran, Robert E. (Geography)
Costello, Oliver W. (Geology)
Cunningham, Randy B. (Earth Science)
Datta, Deblina (Geology)
Davarpanah, Armita (Geology)
Dean, John R. (Geography)
Dickie, Jennifer (Geology)
Edwards, Paula J. (Geotechnology)
Emory, Mary B. (Geography)
Gallagher, Brookie J. (Geology)
Ghelerter, Jill E. (Geology)
Hays, Jessica C. (Geography)
Holmes, David C. (Geography)
Ivanowski, Joseph M.(Hydrogeology)
Jarrett, Robert E. (Geology)
Kharel, Usha (Geography)
Martin, Ross H. (Geology)
Mazaiwana, Tongai R. (Geology)
Mitchell, Michael T. (Geotechnology)
Polinsky, Robyn R. (Geography)
Prizito, Tara D. (Geography)
Smucygz, Barbara A. (Geology)
Totty Jr., John W. (Geography)
VanTrees, Craig A. (Geology)
Waller, Matthew T. (Geography)
Whittington, Richard A. (Geography)
Wilson, Laura J. (Geography)
Wilson, Margarett E. (Geography)

Undergraduate Students (as of Fall 2007)

Amin, Sarah L. (Geology)
Andrews, Eliza M. (Geology)
Berry, Patricia A. (Geology)
Biggs, Jennifer H. (Geology)
Brantly, Benjamin L. (Geography)
Brewer, James P. (Earth Science)
Church, Aiko E. (Geography)
Collins, Christin R. (Geology)
Cunningham, Jason M. (Geology)
Cunningham, Justin (Geology)
Curl, Chelsea M. (Geology)
Evans, Cassidy E. (Earth Science)
Felkel, Ryan (Geography)
Gerson, Jeffrey A. (Geology)
Gil, Jose R. (Geology)
Green, Wesley D. (Geography)
Hardeman, Stuart E. (Geology)
Hein, Collin H. (Geography)
Hightower, Julia L. (Geography)
Hoffman, Jordan B. (Geography)
Howell, Andrea M. (Geology)
Hunt, Daniel J. (Geology)
Jaeckel, Robert A. (Geology)
Kalenuik, Alexander P. (Geology)
Kozlowski, Stosh A. (Geography)
Liebold, Brian C.(Geography)
Manfred, Susan L. (Geology)
Marshall, Shannon (Geography)
Miller, Daniel S. (Geography)
Miller, Russell S. (Geology)
Murray, Amanda C. (Geography)
Newberry, Lacy M. (Geology)
Nix, Mitch F. (Geology)
Palmer, Dustyn P. (Geography)
Patel, Dipal M. (Geology)
Powell, James J. (Geography)
Presley, Karen E. (Geography)
Redding, Erika J. (Geography)
Roffe-Hammond, Dorian A. (Geography)
Rudolph, Christopher A. (Geography)
Ryerson, Nicole B. (Geography)
Sams, Kimberly A. (Geology)
Sarajlic, Semir (Environmental Geology)
Schoeck, Samantha B. (Geography)
Sgarlato, Anna T. (Geography)
Simmons, Maurice W. (Geology)
Smith, Emily K. (Environmental Geology)
Stowell, Jennifer D. (Geography)
Sutherland, Iain C. (Geography)
Taft, Rachel L. (Geography)
Thomas, Florence (Geology)
Threlkeld, Matthew A. (Geology)
Turgeon, Ann-Marie C. (Geography)
Warren, Davis M. (Geology)
Wilkins, Samuel M. (Geography)
Woghiren, Efomo L. (Geology)
Woodward, Michael L. (Environmental Geology)

 

Honor Societies

Gamma Theta Upsilon - International Geographical Honor Society

The Purposes of GTU are:

  • to further professional interest in Geography by affording a common organization for those interested in the field
  • to strengthen student and professional training through academic experiences in addition to those of the classroom and laboratory
  • to advance the status of Geography as a cultural and practical discipline for study and investigation
  • to encourage student research of high quality, and to promote an outlet for publication
  • to create and administer funds for furthering graduate study and/or research in the field of Geography

The Benefits of GTU Membership:

  • Find out information about career opportunities in Geography
  • Get to know your fellow geographers
  • Help in organizing activities for our department
  • Graduate with honors status

To participate in GTU you must:

  1. be a Geography major
  2. have completed at least a year and a half of college (3 semesters or 5 quarters)
  3. have taken a minimum of three Geography courses with a GPA of 3.0 in those courses
  4. have a minimum overall GPA of 3.0
  5. pay a one-time membership fee of $25.00

Sigma Gamma Epsilon (Epsilon Rho) - National Honor Society for the Earth Sciences

 

Alumni

Alumni Listing for Geography (Coming Soon)

Alumni Listing for Geology (Coming Soon)

 

In Memorium

 

John M. Ball - Professor Emeritus, Geography

Borden D. Dent - Professor Emeritus, Geography

David E. Ogren - Professor Emeritus, Geology

Malcolm A. Murray - Professor Emeritus, Geography