Skip navigation

Division of Natural Sciences & MathematicsDepartment of Geography & the Environment

Students

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

E-mail: Taylor.Hafley@du.edu

Degrees:

  • 2010 BA, Geography -Wittenberg University
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

E-mail: boldtwatermann@gmail.com

Degrees:

  • 2010 BA, Geography -University of Colorado at Boulder

MS Program

Zachary Adams, MS Online
Leah Alvarado, MS Online
Zachary Ancona, MS Online
Todd Barr, MS Online
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
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
James Coble

E-mail: James.Coble@du.edu

Degrees:

  • 2000

Research Interests:

Steven Cummings, MS Online
Jean Davidson, MS Online

E-mail: jdavid34@du.edu

Tera Dillon, MS Online
Tonya Elliott, MS Online

E-mail: tellio25@du.edu

Graham Emde

E-mail: Graham.Emde@du.edu

Degrees:

  • 2012 BS, Geographic Information Systems -University of Akron
Daniel Faulk, MS Online

E-mail: daniel.faulk@du.edu

Degrees:

  • 2009 BS, Geography Brigham Yound University, Utah
Shawn Fleming, MS Online
Heather Fonda, MS Online
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

E-mail: jason.isherwood@du.edu

Degrees:

  • 2006 BS Colorado State University
William Johnson, MS Online
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

E-mail: shawn.jordan@du.edu

Degrees:

  • 2009 BA, International Studies American Military University
Colin Kubera, MS Online
Daniel S. Lester, MS Online
Amy L. Maldonado, MS Online

E-mail: amy.maldonado@du.edu

Degrees:

  • 1997 BA, Geography California State University-Chico
James McAndrew
Lindsey Messinger, MS Online

E-mail: lindsey.messinger@du.edu

Degrees:

  • 2006 BA, Zoology and Bacteriology Ohio Wesleyan University
Jennifer Muha, MS Online
Devon Pace, MS Online

E-mail: dpace4@du.edu

Paul Quigley

E-mail: Paul.Quigley@du.edu  Personal Page

Degrees:

Research Interests:

Jennifer Read, MS Online
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
Tudor Stanescu
Jennifer Todd, MS Online
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