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Faculty

Patrick J. Bartlein, professor (climatology, data analysis and visualization). B.A., 1972, M.S., 1975, Ph.D., 1978, Wisconsin, Madison. (1982)

Daniel P. Buck, assistant professor Geography/Asian Studies (rural-urban relations, industrialization, political economy, China). Ph.D., 2002, UC-Berkeley. (2008)

Shaul E. Cohen, associate professor (political, environmental, cultural; Middle East). B.A., 1983, Clark; M.A., 1987, Ph.D., 1991, Chicago. (1996)
Daniel Gavin, assistant professor (biogeography). B.A., 1992, Dartmouth College; M.S., 1997, Ph.D., 2000, U Washington (Seattle). (2006)
Derrick Hindery, assistant professor Geography/International Studies (global economic restructuring of ecosystems, indigenous communities in Latin America/US). B.A., 1994, University of California-LA; M.A., 1997, University of California-LA; Ph.D., 2003, University of California, Los Angeles. (2007)
Amy K. Lobben, associate professor (cartography, spatial cognition and abilities, GIS). B.A., 1991, Georgia State University; M.A., 1996, Georgia State University; Ph.D., 1999, Michigan State University. (2004)
W. Andrew Marcus, professor and head (hydrology, geomorphology, remote sensing) B.S., 1978, Stanford; M.A., 1983, Arizona,; Ph.D., 1987, Colorado. (2001)
Patricia F. McDowell, professor (geomorphology, river management and restoration, Quaternary environments). B.A., 1971, M.A., 1977, Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1980, Wisconsin, Madison. (1982)
Katharine Meehan, assistant professor (urban sustainability, water policy). B.A., 1999, University of Oregon; M.S., 2005, University of Oxford; Ph.D., 2010, University of Arizona. (2010)
James E. Meacham, senior research associate (cartographic design and production, geographic information systems); administrative and research director, InfoGraphics Laboratory. B.S., 1984, M.A., 1992, Oregon. (1992)

Alexander B. Murphy, Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor (cultural and political geography, Europe, law and geography). B.A., 1977, Yale; J.D., 1981, Columbia; Ph.D., 1987, Chicago. (1987)
Lise K. Nelson, associate professor (cultural geography, international rural development, feminist theory). B.A., 1990, Oregon; M.A., 1996, Ph.D., 2000, Washington, Seattle. (2000)
Xiaobo Su. assistant professor (cultural politics, tourism and urban conservation, China). B. Arch., 2000, Southeast University; M. Sc., 2003, Sun Yat-sen University; Ph.D., 2007, National University of Singapore. (2007)
Peter A. Walker, associate professor (cultural and political ecology, human-environmental relations, Africa). B.A., 1986, California, Berkeley; M.S., 1990, Harvard; Ph.D., 1997, California, Berkeley. (1997)
The date in parentheses at the end of each entry is the first year as University of Oregon faculty or staff.

Special Staff

InfoGraphics Staff

Blake Andrew, cartographic program specialist (geographic information systems, cartography); GIS program specialist, InfoGraphics Lab. B.S., 2000, Oregon. (2007)

Donald Holtgrieve, adjunct assistant professor (environmental planning, resource management, watershed issues). B.A., 1963, San Diego State; M.A., 1970, California State; Ph.D., 1972, Oregon (2002)

Kenneth Kato, senior research assistant (geographic information systems, planning, cartography); assistant director, InfoGraphics Lab. B.S., 1994, Ohio; M.C.R.P., 2000, Oregon. (2000)

Nicholas Kohler, adjunct instructor (geographic information systems, cartography, human-environmental relations). A.B., 1989, Princeton; M.A., 1997, Ph.D., 2005, Oregon. (2006)
Alethea Steingisser, research assistant (cartography and graphic design, geographic information systems); designer and production manager, InfoGraphics Lab. B.S., 2002, California State, Northridge; M.S., 2006, Oregon.(2006)

Information Technology Staff

Jacob Bartruff, spatial analyst programmer (2001)

Teri Burns, information technology consultant (2009)

Emeriti

Stanton A. Cook, professor emeritus. B.A.., 1951, Harvard; Ph.D., 1960, California, Berkeley. (1960)

Susan W. Hardwick, professor (migration and ethnic geography, geographic education, urban). G.S., 1968, Slippery Rock State University; M.A., 1974, California State University, Chico; Ph.D., 1986, California, Davis. (2000)
Carl L. Johannessen, professor emeritus. B.A., 1950, M.A., 1953, Ph.D., 1959, California, Berkeley. (1959)

Clyde P. Patton, professor emeritus. B.A.., 1948, M.A., 1950, Ph.D., 1953, California, Berkeley. (1958)

Edward T. Price, professor emeritus. B.S., 1937, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., 1950, California, Berkeley. (1963)

Gary H. Searl, adjunct assistant professor (geographic education, Oregon). B.B.A., 1959, M.S., 1966, Oregon. (1968)

Everett G. Smith Jr., professor emeritus. B.A., 1953, M.A., 1956, Illinois; Ph.D., 1962, Minnesota. (1965)

Alvin W. Urquhart, professor emeritus. B.A., 1953, M.A., 1958, Ph.D., 1962, California, Berkeley. (1960)

Ronald Wixman, professor (religion, nationalism, cultural geography). B.A., 1968, Hunter; M.A., 1972, Columbia; Ph.D., 1978, Chicago. (1975)

Office Staff

Sonja Anthone, Accounting Technician. (2010)

Sandra Knauber, Office Manager. (1988)