Faculty & Staff, Department of Geography, Ohio University, College of Arts & Sciences, Higher Education :: Clippinger Laboratories 122, Athens, OH 45701 (740) 593-1140

The research and teaching interests of the faculty spans a broad range of systematic, technical, and regional specializations. Primary areas include the following: Environmental Geography (environmental assessment, analysis and management; conservation; environmental planning); Nature‐Society Relationships (human‐environment interactions; cultural and political ecology); Geospatial Techniques (geographic information science; cartography and geovisualization; remote sensing); Regional Development Studies (rural livelihoods; the developing world; gender issues; Latin America; Southeast Asia; Sub‐Saharan Africa; North America); Physical Geography (biogeography; geomorphology; meteorology and climatology). Faculty Intranet News
	Dr. Timothy G. Anderson, Associate Professor Education: Ph.D., Texas A&M U., 1994 Specializations: Cultural, historical, world systems, ethnicity E-mail: anderst1@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 104A, (740) 593–0141 Office hours: T TH 2-4pm or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Geoffrey L. Buckley, Associate Professor Education: Ph.D., U. of Maryland, 1997 Specializations: Environmental, historical, mining landscapes, urban environments E-mail: buckleyg@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 109, (740) 593–9846 Office hours: T TH 1:00-3:00pm or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. James M. Dyer, Professor and Chair Education: Ph.D., U. of Georgia, 1992 Specializations: Biogeography, landscape ecology, forest dynamics E-mail: dyer@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 122A, (740) 593–1138 Office hours: M T 2-4pm or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Ryan Fogt, Assistant Professor and Scalia Lab Director Education: Ph.D., The Ohio State U., 2007 Specializations: Polar meteorology and climatology, climate variability and change, stratosphere - troposphere interactions E-mail: fogtr@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 103A, (740) 593–1151; Scalia Lab in Clippinger Labs 402B, (740) 593–1151 Office hours: MTWR 9:30-10:30am or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Ziying Jiang, Visiting Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D., Clark U., 2010 Specializations: GIS and Geovisualization web site: http://www.ohio.edu/people/jiangz/ E-mail: jiangz@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 118 Office hours: M W 11:00am-12:00pm; T TH 3:00-4:00pm; or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Brad D. Jokisch, Associate Professor Education: Ph.D., Clark U., 1998 Specializations: Cultural/political ecology agriculture, population, migration, Latin America E-mail: jokisch@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 113, (740) 593–1143 Office hours: M W 10:00am-12:00pm or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Yeong–Hyun Kim, Associate Professor and Curriculum Chair Education: Ph.D., Syracuse U., 1998 Specializations: Globalization, economic geography, urban geography, Asia E-mail: kimy1@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 105B, (740) 593–9179 Office hours: T TH 11:00am-1:00pm or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. James K. Lein, Professor and Graduate Chair Education: Ph.D., Kent State U., 1986 Specializations: Environmental assessment, land resource analysis, applied physical, remote sensing, GIS E-mail: lein@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 107, (740) 593–1147 Office hours: M W 10:00am-12:00pm or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Harold Perkins, Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D., U. of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 2006 Specializations: Political ecology/economy of urban environments including neoliberalization, the state, governance, voluntarism, and the agency of nonhuman organisms E-mail: perkinsh@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 111, (740) 593–9896 Office hours: T TH 1:10-3:00pm or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Dorothy Sack, Professor and Undergraduate Chair Education: Ph.D., U. of Utah, 1988 Specializations: Physical geography, geomorphology, quaternary studies, paleolakes, arid lands, history of geomorphology E-mail: sack@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 108, (740) 593–1149 Office hours: M 12:10-2:00pm; TH 5:10-7:00pm; or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Gaurav Sinha, Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D., U. at Buffalo–SUNY, 2007 Specializations: Geospatial ontology, environmental data modeling, landscape analysis, PPGIS E-mail: sinhag@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 105A, (740) 593–0304 or (740) 743-7188 Office hours: M W 11:00am-1:00pm or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Thomas Smucker, Assistant Professor and International Development Studies Director Education: Ph.D., Michigan State U., 2003 Specializations: Environment and development, land tenure systems, rural livelihood and coping strategies, African drylands E-mail: smucker@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 145, (740) 593–1152 Office hours: Clippinger 145 T 10:00am-12:00pm; W 2:00-4:00pm; or by appt Yamada House 113 M 11:00am-12:00pm; F 1:30-2:30pm Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. E. Edna Wangui, Assistant Professor Education: Ph.D., Michigan State U., 2004 Specializations: Gender, rural livelihoods and landscape change in East Africa E-mail: wangui@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 106, (740) 593–1097 Office hours: M 4:00-5:00pm; T 2:45-4:45pm; W 11:00am-12:00pm; or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Daniel Weiner, Professor and Center for International Studies Executive Director Education: Ph.D., Clark U., 1986 Specializations: Political ecology, development geography, GIS and society, Africa E-mail: weinerd1@ohio.edu Office: Yamada 212, (740) 593–1889 Brief curriculum vitae
	Dr. Risa Whitson, Associate Professor Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State U., 2004 Specializations: Gender and development, social geographies, informal sector, Argentina E-mail: whitson@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 110, (740) 593–1144; Women's Studies Program, Lindley 023, (740) 593-4686 front desk Office hours in Lindley: T 1:10-3:00pm Office hours in Clippinger: TH 1:10-3:00pm; or by appt Brief curriculum vitae
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Part-time Faculty
	Dr. Nancy R. Bain Ph.D., U. of Minnesota E-mail: bainn@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 149B, (740) 593–0451 Office hours: M 11:00am-12:00pm; W 5:00-6:00pm; or by appt (teaches winter quarter)
	Dr. Mary Dyer Education: Ph.D., U. of Georgia, 1996 Specializations: Sustainability issues, environmental ethics, environmental policy, biogeography E-mail: dyerm@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 149A, (740) 593–9848 Office hours:
	Dr. Ronald H. Isaac Ph.D., Southern Illinois U. E-mail: isaacr@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 402B, (740) 593–0451 Office hours: M T 4:00-5:00pm; or by appt (teaches winter/spring quarter)
	Robert J. Shostak, Esq., Education: J.D., U. of Pittsburgh, 1971 Specializations: Environmental law, Shostak Law Office E-mail: shostakr@ohio.edu Office: Shostak Law Office, 8 North Street, Suite 506, (740) 593-9848 Office hours: by appt MTWTHF 10 am - 3 pm
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Emeriti Faculty
Dr. Frank E. Bernard Ph.D., U. of Wisconsin
Dr. Bob J. Walter Ph.D., U. of Wisconsin
Dr. Hubert G. H. Wilhelm Ph.D., Louisiana State U.
Dr. Lynden S. Williams Ph.D., U. of Kansas

	Amy Meeks, Administrative Associate Education: A.S. in Secretarial Science, Hocking College, 1988; Senior, Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio U. E-mail: meeksa@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 122, (740) 593–1140 Fax: (740) 593–1139
	Tim Grubb, I.T. Support Specialist Education: A.S. in Computer Support E-mail: grubbt1@ohio.edu Office: Clippinger Labs 149C, (740) 593–1103 Footprints request: www.cas.ohiou.edu/helpdesk/geo.asp

Dr. Timothy G. Anderson, Associate Professor

Dr. Geoffrey L. Buckley, Associate Professor

Dr. James M. Dyer, Professor and Chair

Dr. Ryan Fogt, Assistant Professor and Scalia Lab Director

Dr. Ziying Jiang, Visiting Assistant Professor

Dr. Brad D. Jokisch, Associate Professor

Dr. Yeong–Hyun Kim, Associate Professor and Curriculum Chair

Dr. James K. Lein, Professor and Graduate Chair

Dr. Harold Perkins, Assistant Professor

Dr. Dorothy Sack, Professor and Undergraduate Chair

Dr. Gaurav Sinha, Assistant Professor

Dr. Thomas Smucker, Assistant Professor and International Development Studies Director

Dr. E. Edna Wangui, Assistant Professor

Dr. Daniel Weiner, Professor and Center for International Studies Executive Director

Dr. Risa Whitson, Associate Professor

Part-time Faculty

Dr. Nancy R. Bain

Dr. Mary Dyer

Dr. Ronald H. Isaac

Robert J. Shostak, Esq.,

Emeriti Faculty

Dr. Frank E. Bernard

Dr. Bob J. Walter

Dr. Hubert G. H. Wilhelm

Dr. Lynden S. Williams

Amy Meeks, Administrative Associate

Tim Grubb, I.T. Support Specialist