People
Faculty |
Adjunct Faculty |
Staff |
Graduate Students |
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Matthew Balentine, PhDAssistant Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator, and Geography Club Advisor |
218 Stevens Hall 256-765-4588 |
Nature-society interactions, social dimensions of hazards, health geography, critical GIS, electoral geography |
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Jian Chen, PhDAssistant Professor and Experiential Learning Coordinator |
224 - E Stevens Hall |
GIS, big data analytics, environmental hazards, water resources, remote sensing |
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Lisa Keys-Mathews, PhD, GISPProfessor |
216 - C Stevens Hall 256-765-4640 |
Environmental hazards, disaster recovery, image processing, GIS, nature and society interaction |
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Mario A. Mighty, PhD, GISPAssociate Professor and GIS Lab Manager |
224 - D Stevens Hall 256-765-4505 |
GIS, agriculture, sustainability, economic development, Caribbean geography, geospatial applications for developing countries |
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Michael Pretes, PhDProfessor and Chair |
220 - B Stevens Hall 256-765-4759 |
Economic development, geography of finance, political geography, cultural geography, tourism, National Parks, Australia, Pacific Islands, North America, Arctic |
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Sunhui (Sunny) Sim, PhD, GISPProfessor and Graduate Coordinator |
224 - C Stevens Hall 256-765-4250 |
GIS, remote sensing, urban geography, geographic modeling, geographic visualization, East Asia |
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William (Bill) R. Strong, PhD, GISPProfessor Emeritus |
224 - A Stevens Hall 256-765-4218 |
Cultural geography, cartography, geographic education, geographic thought, Middle East, Latin America |
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Visiting Instructor |
224 - B Stevens Hall 256-765-4940 |
Economic geography/economic development, geopolitics, international trade policy |
Adjunct Faculty
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Mr. Jose R. Atencio, IIIAdjunct Faculty
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256-765-4458 |
Geography |
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Dr. Brad BakerAdjunct Faculty |
bwbaker2@una.edu | Geography |
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Mrs. Tama NunnelleyAdjunct Faculty |
tlnunnelley@una.edu | Geography |
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Ms. Amanda OakleyAdjunct Faculty |
agsmith@una.edu | Geography |
Staff
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Mrs. Lylie RohlingSenior Administrative Assistant |
220 Stevens Hall
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Graduate Students
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John CrowellB.S. in GIS, University of North Alabama |
Trinity, AL | GIS, remote sensing, National Parks, historical geography, transportation geography |
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Julia OwensB.S. in Political Science, Troy University |
Trinity, AL | political geography, critical geography |
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Stephen OseroB.S. in Environmental Science, Kenyatta University |
Nyamira, Kenya | climate change and precision agriculture, GIS, and remote sensing |
Ashlee RomerB.S. in Criminal Justice, University of North Alabama |
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Nassau, Bahamas | GIS, environmental |
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Karli HillB.S. in Biology, University of North Alabama |
Tupelo, MS | medical geography, GIS |
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Paul GillilandB.S., M.S. in Forestry, Mississippi State University |
Corinth, MS | GIS and remote sensing in natural resource managment, enviornmental hazards, land use change |
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Cooper JohnsonB.S. in Geography, University of North Alabama |
Birmingham, AL | environmental hazards, disaster relief, National Parks, environmental conservation |
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B.S. in Geography and Political Science, Concord University
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Lewisburg, WV | political geography |
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B.A. in Geography, University of Alabama |
Dothan, AL | agricultural geography, geography of crime |
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B.S. in Geospatial Sciences, Air Force Academy |
Parachute, CO | national parks, land utilization |
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B.S. in GIS, University of North AlabamaUNA Accelerated Masters Program |
Keweenaw Bay, MI | GIS, remote sensing, natural disasters, historical geography, sustainability |
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B.A. in Geosciences, Georgia State University |
Atlanta, GA | GIS, petroleum GIS, remote sensing |
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Universidad Tecnologica, B.S. Centroamericana (UNITEC)Telecommunications Engineering |
Tegucigalpa, Honduras | GIS programming and GIS/GPS applications |
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B.S. in Geography, University of North Alabama |
Hamilton, AL | Environmental GIS, natural resource management |
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B.S. in Geography, Mississippi State University |
Winfield, AL | Volunteered Geographic Information, GIS |
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B.S. in Environmental Biology, University of North Alabama |
Dallas, TX | Biogeography, animal behavioral ecology, nature-society interactions |