People
Faculty |
Adjunct Faculty |
Staff |
Graduate Students |
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Matthew BalentineAssistant Professor |
119 Wesleyan Hall 256-765-4588 |
Nature-Society Interactions, Social Dimensions of Hazards, Health Geography, Critical GIS, Electoral Geography |
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Wayne P. Bergeron, LTC (Ret.) US Army, D.Sc.Assistant Professor and Chair |
129C Wesleyan Hall 256-765-5022 |
Emergency and disaster management, homeland security, terrorism, intelligence, inter- agency cooperation, crime and law enforcement
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Jian Chen, PhDAssistant Professor |
112 Wesleyan Hall |
GIS, big data analytics, environmental hazards, water resources, remote sensing |
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Albert Fulton, PhDVisiting Instructor |
129B Wesleyan Hall 256-765-5962 |
Paleoecology and Paleoclimatology, Pollen Analysis, Historical Ecology, Geoarchaeology |
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Lisa Keys-Mathews, PhD, GISPProfessor of Geography |
Commons 213 256-765-4640 |
Environmental hazards, disaster recovery, image processing, GIS, nature and society interaction |
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Mario A. Mighty, PhD, GISPAssociate Professor |
105 Wesleyan Hall 256-765-4505 |
GIS, agriculture, sustainability, economic development, Caribbean geography, geospatial applications for developing countries |
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Michael Pretes, PhDProfessor and Graduate Coordinator |
111 Wesleyan 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, GISPAssociate Professor and Internship Coordinator |
120 Wesleyan 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 |
104 Wesleyan Hall 256-765-4218 |
Cultural geography, cartography, geographic education, geographic thought, Middle East, Latin America |
Adjunct Faculty
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Mr. Jose R. Atencio, IIIAdjunct Faculty
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256-765-4458 |
Geography |
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Mr. Brad BakerAdjunct Faculty |
bwbaker2@una.edu | Geography |
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Mr. Robert NallAdjunct Faculty |
rmnall@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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Ms. Deanna BowersSr. Administrative Assistant |
129 Wesleyan Hall
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Graduate Students
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Adam Benefield(B.S. in GIS, University of North Alabama, 2017) |
Haleyville, AL | Man Made Wildfire Occurrences, Nature-society Interactions, Public Lands |
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Priscilla Lema(B.S. in Environment and Society, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2014) |
Anchorage, AK | GIS, Planning and Adaptation to Environmental Change and Hazards, Landscape, Arctic |
Jackson Miller(B.S. in GIS, University of North Alabama, 2014) |
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Elkmont, AL | GIS |
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Jenna Miller(B.S. in GIS, University of North Alabama, 2017) |
Muscle Shoals, AL | Geopolitics, Urban/City Planning, Remote Sensing using UAVs |
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Stephen Osero(B.S. in Environmental Science, Kenyatta University , 2015) |
Nyamira, Kenya | Climate Change and Precision Agriculture, GIS, and Remote Sensing |
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Ashlee Romer(B.S. in Criminal Justice, University of North Alabama, 2018) |
Nassau, Bahamas | GIS, Environmental |
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Paul Williams(B.S. in Psychology, University of North Alabama, 2007) |
Bear Creek, AL | GIS, Environmental GIS, Public Lands, Hemp Economy |
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Chase Womack
(B.S. in Geography and Political Science, University of North Alabama, 2019) |
Florence, AL | China, South China Sea Dispute, Asia, Geopolitics, Soft Power, Media, and Space |