Geography & the Environment
Student Profiles
MA Program
Nikolai Alvarado
E-mail: Nikolai.Alvarado@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2010 BA, Latin American Studies; AA, Liberal Arts -Cal State Fullerton
Research Interests: Latin America, Human-Environment Interaction
Sylvia Brady
E-mail: Sylvia.Brady@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2004 BA, Geography -University of Tennessee
Research Interests: Human-Environment Interaction, Human Geography
Rebecca Brice
E-mail: Becky.Brice@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2011 BS, Lang Use; BA, Modern Languages, French -Metropolitan State College of Denver
Research Interests: Geomophology, Climatology
Taylor Hafley
Jeffrey Honke
E-mail: Jeffrey.Honke@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 1993 BS, Environmental Studies emphasis in Geography -University of Nebraska at Omaha
Research Interests: Physical Geography Geomorphology, GIS
Gregory Kwoka
E-mail: Gregory.Kwoka@du.edu
Degrees:
- 2010 BS, Economics and Geography for Environmental Planning; minor in Business Admin. -Towson University
Research Interests: Economic Geography, Urban Planning
Diana Thunen
E-mail: Diana.Thunen@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2009 BA, Env. Science; minor in Geography -University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: Climate Studies, Climate change effects in Mountain Environments
Aaron Zettler-Mann
MS Program
Zachary Adams, MS Online
E-mail: Aaron.Zettler-Mann@du.edu
Leah Alvarado, MS Online
E-mail: Leah.Alvarado@du.edu
Nashwa Bolling
E-mail: nbolling@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2006 BA, Psychology -University of Denver
Research Interests: GIS for emergency management, specifically wildfire management or disease monitoring, tracking, surveillance
Ashley Burns, MS Online
E-mail: ashley.cushman@du.edu
Gustavo Castro
E-mail: Gustavo.Castro@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2010 BS -Federal Univ. of Vicosa
Research Interests: Water Resources, Land Cover Change
Jereme Chandler, MS Online
E-mail: jereme.chandler@du.edu
James Coble
Steven Cummings, MS Online
E-mail: Steven.Cummings@du.edu
Jean Davidson, MS Online
E-mail: jdavid34@du.edu
Tera Dillon, MS Online
E-mail: Tera.Dillon@du.edu
Tonya Elliott, MS Online
E-mail: tellio25@du.edu
Graham Emde
Daniel Faulk, MS Online
Shawn Fleming, MS Online
E-mail: shawn.fleming@du.edu
Heather Fonda, MS Online
E-mail: Heather.Fonda@du.edu
Leslie Forbes, MS Online
E-mail: lforbes@du.edu
Juan Gonzalez, MS Online
E-mail: jgonz181@du.edu
Alicia F. Green
E-mail: alicia.green@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2002 MA, Journalism University of Colorado-Boulder
- 1999 BA, Communications/Spanish University of Alabama-Huntsville
Research Interests: natural resource management, GIS, water resource management, environmental geography
Jennifer Grew, MS Online
E-mail: jgrew@du.edu
Justin Hunter, MS Online
E-mail: jhunte48@du.edu
Jason Isherwood
William Johnson, MS Online
E-mail: William.E.Johnson@du.edu
Timothy Jones, MS Online
E-mail: timothy.a.jones@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2007 BA, Geography California State University-Sacramento
Research Interests: GIS, telecommunications
Shawn E. Jordan, MS Online
Colin Kubera, MS Online
E-mail: Colin.Kubera@du.edu
Daniel S. Lester, MS Online
E-mail: daniel.lester@du.edu
Amy L. Maldonado, MS Online
James McAndrew
E-mail: James.McAndrew@du.edu
Lindsey Messinger, MS Online
E-mail: lindsey.messinger@du.edu
Degrees:
- 2006 BA, Zoology and Bacteriology Ohio Wesleyan University
Jennifer Muha, MS Online
E-mail: Jennifer.Muha@du.edu
Devon Pace, MS Online
E-mail: dpace4@du.edu
Paul Quigley
Jennifer Read, MS Online
Email: jennie.read@du.edu
James Reed
E-mail: James.Reed@du.edu
Degrees:
- 2007, BS, Sciology -University of Lousiville
Research Interests: Wildfire Planning, Wilfire Management, Remote Sensing, GPS Data, Renewable Energy, Crime Mapping
Gregory Schonberger, MS Online
E-mail: gschonbe@du.edu
James Smith, MS Online
Email: James.Smith64@du.edu
Tudor Stanescu
E-mail: Tudor.Stanescu@du.edu
Jennifer Todd, MS Online
E-mail: Jenny.Todd@du.edu
Tabatha Waldron, MS Online
E-mail: tabatha.waldron@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2002 BA, English and German Languages and Literatures State University of New York-Stony Brook
- 2010, MS Real Estate & Construction Management University of Denver
Research Interests: GIS, cultural geography, development, transportation geography, urban geography, urban and regional planning, land use, natural resources, sustainability, reclamation of disturbed lands, human-environment interaction, Latin America
Tammi Yaun, MS Online
E-mail: tammi.yaun@du.edu
Degrees:
- 1999 BS, Geology West Chester University
Research Interests: Geology, environmental conservation, environmental hazards, ecology
Mingming Zhang
E-mail: mingming.zhang@du.edu
Degrees:
- 2011 BS, Geographic Information Systems -Capital Normal University
PhD Program
Joshua Baldwin
E-mail: Joshua.C.Baldwin@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- MAG, Master of Applied Geography -New Mexico State University (in progress)
- 1996 BA, Theatre -Indiana State University
Research Interests: Human-Environment Interactions, GIS and Remote Sensing, Landscape and Political Ecology, Cultural Geography, Conservation
Sutapa Bhattacharjee
E-mail: sbandyop@du.edu
Degrees:
- 2004 MS, Geography University of Calcuta
- 2002 BS, Geography Presidency College
Research Interests: Transportation, urban geography, GISc
Peter Biven
E-mail: peter.biven@du.edu
Degrees:
- 2010 MS, Real Estate & Construction Management University of Denver
- 2005 MS, Taxation University of Denver
- 1993 BA, Psychology Arizona State University
- 1985 BS, Business Adm/BA Psychology Arizona State University
Research Interests: urban economics, GIS, psychology of space, demography
John Davis
E-mail: JD.Davis@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2009 BA, Geography -University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
- 2011 MA, Geography -University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Research Interests: Sustainability, Biogeography, Latin America
Michael P. Finn
E-mail: michael.finn@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 1991 MS, Civil Engineering Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- 1982 BS, Geography Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield
Research Interests: geodesy, spatial coordinate systems, map projections, data integration and generalization for GIS
Joseph Hoover
E-mail: joseph.hoover@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2009 MA, Geography University of Arizona
- 2007 BA, Environmental Science Northwestern University
Research Interests: water resources, GIS, environmental policy
Harry Katz
E-mail: hkatz4@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2010 MA, Geography University of Denver
- 2008 BA, Geography University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: fluvial geomorphology, mountain watersheds and water resources, physical geogrpahy, hydrology
Benjamin Kreisman
E-mail: benjamin.kreisman@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 2010 MS, Environmental Science and Public Policy University of Chicago
- 2006 BA, Environmental Science University of Denver
Gary Lavanchy
E-mail: gary.lavanchy@du.edu Personal Page
Degrees:
- 1998 BA, Geology, Elementary Education -Wheaton College
- 2010 MA, Geographical Studies -University of Chicago
Research Interests: Human-environmental interactions, land-use change, political ecology, cultural geography, GIS, Latin America.
Qing Liu
E-mail: qing.liu@du.edu
Degrees:
- 2006 BS, Geographic Information Systems Nanjing Normal University
- 2009 MS, Geographic Information Science Florida State University, Tallahassee
Research Interests: Human-environmental interactions, remote sensing.
Sarah McCall
E-mail: Sarah.McCall@du.edu
Degrees:
- 2003 BA, Geography, Spanish, Latin American Studies -University of Texas at Austin
- 2005 MS, Applied Geography -University of North Texas
Research Interests: Human-Environment Interaction, Water Resources, Latin America, International Development
Amir Siraj
E-mail: amir.siraj@du.edu
Degrees:
- 1993 BSc, Mathematics Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
- 2009 MA, Climate and Society Columbia University
Research Interests: biogeography, remote sensing
Ian Slayton
E-mail: ian.slayton@du.edu
Degrees:
- 2006 BA, Geography University of Tennessee
- 2010 MS, Geography University of Tennessee
Research Interests: Paleoenvironment