
Portland State Geography Faculty
|
Barbara Brower
Professor of Geography |
Ph.D. 1987, University of California, Berkeley
Resource policy, mountain geography, pastoralism,
highland Asia, the American West,
cultural ecology |
Teresa Bulman
Professor of Geography |
Ph.D.
1990,
University of California, Davis
Resource management, water resources,
environmental law, teacher education |
Heejun Chang
Associate Professor of Geography |
Ph.D. 2001, Pennsylvania State University
Hydrology, water resources, urban environment,
global change, visual spatial analysis,GIS |
Jiunn-Der Geoffery Duh
Assistant Professor of Geography Director of GIS Programs |
Ph.D. 2004, University of Michigan
Natural Resources & Environment (2004)
GIS, remote sensing, ecological and
socioeconomic processes |
Andrew G. Fountain
Professor of Geography and Geology |
Ph.D. 1992, University of Washington
Glaciology, geomorphology,
energy balance/meteorology, remote sensing |
Keith Hadley
Associate Professor of Geography |
Ph.D. 1990, University of Colorado
Biogeography, landscape ecology,
dendroecology, alpine environments |
Thomas Harvey
Professor of Geography |
Ph.D. 1990, University of Minnesota
Urban geography, cultural landscape studies,
North America |
Daniel M. Johnson
Professor of Geography |
Ph.D. 1978, Arizona State University
Climatology, historical geography |
Martin LaFrenz
Assistant Professor of Geography |
Ph.D. 2005, University of Tennessee
Water resources, land use change, geomorphology,
and geographic information systems |
Gil Latz
Professor of Geography |
Ph.D. 1986, University of Chicago
The political economy of Pacific Asia, particularly Japan. Resource
management in East Asia, North America, and Europe. International
trade. International curricula; educational video production.
(away as PSU Vice-Provost for International Affairs) |
Joseph Poracsky
Professor of Geography |
Ph.D. 1984, University of Kansas
Cartography, Visualization, GIS, Applied Remote Sensing,
The Urban Forest |
|
Ph.D. 1984, Louisiana State
University
Latin America, cultural geography, economic development,
tropical environments, agriculture |
Staff
|
David Banis
GIS Lab Manager |
MS Portland State University |
Karin Waller
Office Coordinator |
MS Portland State University |
Visiting & Affiliated Faculty
|
| Karen Arabas |
Ph. D., Geography, Pennsylvania State University, 1997
M.A. Environmental and Resource Policy, George Washington University, 1991
Biogeography, fire ecology, climate change |
| Mark
Bosworth |
M.A. Hunter College, City
University of New York
GIS, remote sensing, data analysis |
| Christina
Friedle |
M.S. Portland
State University
Latin America, Geographic Education, Cultural Geography,
Natural
Resources Management |
| Chris
Gorsek |
Ph.D. Urban Studies,
Portland State University;
M.A.,
University of Oregon
Broad range of interests, including Europe, Urban,
World Affairs,
Middle America and
North America |
| Chris
Hagerman |
Ph.D. candidate
in Geography at University of Minnesota;
MA
Univ of Minnesota.
Planning, urban ecology, memory & identity, redevelopment,
critical geography |
| Michael
C. Houck |
M.S.T. Portland State University
Urban wildlife, wetlands, growth management |
| Masoud Kheirabadi |
Ph.D. Geography, University of Oregon, 1987
Cultural geography, environmental geography, ethnic geography, geography of religion,
population and resources, issues and problems of development in less developed countries
with focus on the Middle East |
| Kevin Martin |
MS Portland State University
GIS, remote sensing, urban planning and natural resource issues |
| Mike
Mertens |
Director of Spatial
Analysis and GIS Manager for Ecotrust
Portland, OR
Natural Resource Management |
| Hunter
Shobe |
Ph.D. University of Oregon
Urban, cultural & political geography, urban landscapes,
uses of and experiences in
public & private space |
| Susanne
Steinman |
Ph.D. Clark University
Feminist political ecology, environmental
change, sustainable development, gender analysis
and social
justice, Middle East
and North Africa |
Judy
Walton |
Ph.D. Syracuse University
Urban and cultural geography, geographic
research and writing,
history and philosophy of
geography |
Emeritus Faculty
|
Larry W. Price
Professor Emeritus |
Ph.D. University of Illinois, 1970
Geomorphology, biogeography, arctic and alpine environments |
Clarke H. Brooke, Jr.
Professor Emeritus |
Ph.D. University of Nebraska, 1956
Human, conservation of plant and animal genetic resources,
Middle East |
John O. Dart
Professor Emeritus |
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1953
Oregon, weather and climate |
Fritz L. Kramer
Professor Emeritus |
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1957
Cartography, historical, cultural |
D. Richard Lycan
Professor Emeritus |
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1964
GIS, demography, regional economic analysis, Canada |
Thomas Poulsen
Professor Emeritus |
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1963
Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union, world affairs |