Northern Arizona University

   

 

Samantha Arundel, Ph.D., Associate Professor (B.S., Northern Arizona University; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University 1999) Climate Change, Plant Geography, Arid Southwest, GIS and Spatial Modelling, and Remote Sensing. NAU since 1995.

G. L. (Lenn) Berlin, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor (B.S., Clarion State College; M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee 1970) Remote sensing, arid lands, geomorphology, natural hazards. NAU 1969–81, and since 1987.

Carolyn M. Daugherty, Ph.D., Associate Professor (B.S., M.S., Ohio State University–Columbus; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1987) Rural and Small Town Planning, Site Planning, and Environmental Resource Planning. NAU since 1995.

Leland R. Dexter, Ph.D., Professor, and GIS Programs Coordinator (B.S., M.S., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., University of Colorado–Boulder 1986) GIS, Computer Cartography, Geomorphology, Climatology, and Highland Geography. NAU since 1989.

Stephen R. Dodd, M.S., Senior Lecturer, and Director of Park Ranger Training Program (B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., University of Akron; M.S., Slippery Rock University 1981) Park ranger training, cultural resource protection. NAU since 2001.

Pamela Foti, Ph.D., Professor, and Department Chair (B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., University of Nevada–Reno; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin 1988) Forest recreation, outdoor recreation research, expeditions, user studies, impact analysis; park and recreation agencies, structure and policy. NAU since 1987.

Charles Hammersley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, and Parks and Recreation Management Program Coordinator (B.S., University of Florida; M.Ed., Georgia State University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico 1988) Community and commercial recreation. NAU since 1997

Judith Hammersley, M.A., Senior Lecturer (B.A., Western New Mexico University; M.A., University of New Mexico 1985) Community and commercial recreation, inclusive recreation. NAU since 2002.

Ruihong 'Ray' Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (B.S., Hunan Normal University, China; M.S., Zhongshan University, China; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 2003) Geographic information systems, spatial statistics, urban transportation planning, land-use planning, geomorphology. NAU since 2003.

R. Dawn Hawley, Ph.D., Professor (B.A., Baylor University; M.A., University of Nebraska–Omaha; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1994) Public Land Policy, Economic Geography, Urban Geography, GIS. NAU since 1991.

Christina B. Kennedy, Ph.D., Professor, and Geography Programs Coordinator (B.A., University of California; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1989) Landscape studies, environmental perception, geography of film, resource management, environmental studies. NAU since 1995. [Also administers the M.A. in Rural Geography degree program.]

Alan A. Lew, Ph.D., AICP, Professor (B.A., University of Hawaii–Hilo; M.A., M.U.P., Ph.D., University of Oregon 1986) Tourism, urban planning, East and Southeast Asia, United States, GIS. NAU since 1986. [Also administers the Community Planning emphasis in the Master of Administration degree program.]

Thomas W. Paradis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, and NAU Director of Assessment (B.S., Pennsylvania State University–University Park; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 1997) Cultural and historical geography, rural and urban development, tourism, historic preservation, cartography, United States and world geography. NAU since 1997.

James L. Sell, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor (B.A., M.A., California State University–Fresno; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1983) Cultural geography, Environment/Behavior/Design, Landscape perception and planning, Citizen participation, Environmental and geographic education, United States. NAU since 2005.

Kevin Tatsugawa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (B.S., M.S., California State University–Sacramento; Ph.D., University of Utah 2002) Outdoor recreation skills and training, outdoor leadership, mountaineering, Asia, Russia. NAU since 2005.

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Emeritus, Adjunct, Part-Time and Other Affiliated Faculty

William R. Baron, Ph.D. (University of Maine); Assistant Director, Center for Colorado Plateau Studies; Assistant Research Professor. Historical Climatology and Environmental Studies.

Robert O. Clark, Ph.D. (University of Denver); Emeritus Professor. Geomorphology, Climatology, Meteorology, Arid Lands, Cartography, Anglo-America, and World

Philip A. Davis, Jr., Ph.D. (University of Kentucky); Research Geologist-USGS; Adjunct Professor. Remote Sensing, Environmental Geology, GIS.

Neil Gullickson, B.A., B.S. (Northern Arizona University); Planner, City of Flagstaff; Instructor. Physical Planning, Urban Design, and Planning Practice.

Michael Kerski, M.Arch., (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee); AIA, CNU; Redevelopment Program Director, City of Flagstaff; Instructor. Urban Design, Urban Redevelopment, Site Planning, New Urbanism.

William Ring, J.D. (University of Arizona); Private practice lawyer; Instructor. Land Use Law, Zoning and Planning, Regulatory Approvals.

Stanley W. Swarts, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles); Emeritus Professor. Geomorphology, Climatology, Soils, Land Use Planning, America Southwest, Arid Lands, and Cartography.

Kathryn Thomas, Ph.D. (University of California-Santa Barbara); USGS Biological Resources Division, Colorado Plateau Field Station; Adjunct Professor. Plant and landscape ecology.

Harry Tsutsui, Ph.D. (Oregon State University); Emeritus Professor. Physical Geography, Climatology.

George A. Van Otten, Ph.D. (Oregon State University); Dean of Advanced Training and Education, Army Intelligence School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Emeritus Professor. Rural Resource Management, Cultural, Economic, and Agricultural Geography, Geopolitics, Native Americans, and Rural Planning.  

Kim William Watson, B.S. (Ohio State University); Supervisory Park Ranger, National Park Service; Instructor. Public Land and Environmental Planning, Long Range Planning, Resource Protection, Visitor Management and Education.