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Department Chair

Joan Bunbury  Joan Bunbury saysMeet with me  Office hours

Joan Bunbury's office hours

Tuesday
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Specialty areas:

Paleoclimatology, biogeography, freshwater environments

Academic Department Associate

Anita Willis-Frels
Department of Geography and Environmental Science Faculty and Staff (front row left to right) Jeff Kueny, Anita Willis-Frels, John Kelly, Steve Fulton (middle row left to right) Shrobona Karkun Sen, Gargi Chaudhuri, Rupsa Bhowmick, Joan Bunbury (back row left to right) Daniel Sambu, Colin Belby, Niti Mishra, Brian Pompeii
Colin Belby  Office hours

Colin Belby's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
By appointment only
Thursday
By appointment only
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: Reach out to me by email to set up a meeting while I am on sabbatical during the fall 2025 semester.

Specialty areas:

Geomorphology, River Systems, Water Resources, Environmental Contamination, Geospatial Field Mapping and GIS

Rupsa Bhowmick  Rupsa Bhowmick saysMeet with me  Office hours

Rupsa Bhowmick's office hours

Monday
noon to 1 p.m.
Thursday
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Friday
11 a.m. to noon

Remote office hours offered: or by Email appointment

Specialty areas:

Climatology, meteorology, natural hazards and extreme events, and machine learning

Joan Bunbury  Joan Bunbury saysMeet with me  Office hours

Joan Bunbury's office hours

Tuesday
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Wednesday
1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Specialty areas:

Paleoclimatology, biogeography, freshwater environments

Gargi Chaudhuri  Office hours

Gargi Chaudhuri's office hours

Monday
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Friday
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Specialty areas:

GIS, Remote Sensing, Urban Analytics, and Machine Learning. 

John Kelly  Office hours

John Kelly's office hours

Tuesday
8:50 p.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Thursday
2:15 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.
Friday
9:55 p.m. to 10:50 a.m.

Remote office hours offered: Virtual (Zoom) appointments are an option. Email me at jkelly@uwlax.edu to set up a virtual meeting, at least two hours before office hours.

Specialty areas:

rural Latin America; indigenous cultures, territorialities, and property rights;  forest-agriculture dynamics; participatory research mapping; protected areas

Jeff Kueny
Lynne Mendillo  Office hours

Lynne Mendillo's office hours

Tuesday
11 a.m. to noon
or by appointment
Niti Mishra  Office hours

Niti Mishra's office hours

Monday
10 a.m. to noon
Wednesday
noon to 2 p.m.

Specialty areas:

Remote Sensing, Cartography, GIScience

Brian Pompeii  Office hours

Brian Pompeii's office hours

Monday
By appointment only
Tuesday
2:10 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
or by appointment
Wednesday
1:10 p.m. to 2 p.m.
or by appointment
Thursday
2:10 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
By appointment only

Specialty areas:

My specialty areas include water resource management, environmental justice, sustainability, and hazards. 

Daniel Sambu  Office hours

Daniel Sambu's office hours

Monday
11 a.m. to noon
Wednesday
11 a.m. to noon
Friday
11 a.m. to noon

Specialty areas:

Water Resources, Natural Hazards, Sustainable Development, Environmental Conservation, Community Livelihood, Conservation photography

Shrobona Karkun Sen  Office hours

Shrobona Karkun Sen's office hours

Tuesday
By appointment only
Wednesday
12:25 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.
Thursday
2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Friday
By appointment only

Remote office hours offered: If you are unable to meet during office hours, please email to set up an in-person or a Teams meeting. In your email, you should include three possible time slots that work for you. If you opt for an online meeting, please expect to get a calendar invite with a Teams link within 24 hours.

Specialty areas:

Teaching: Human Geography, Cities and Regions, Urban Community Development 

Subject-matter expertise: Urban and Regional Land Systems, Infrastructure and Urbanization, Urban Sustainability, Urban Megaregions, India

Technology: GIS, Remote Sensing, Cartography, Spatial R

GIS Lab Manager

Steven Fulton  Office hours

Steven Fulton's office hours

Monday
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Thursday
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
or by appointment
Friday
By appointment only

Specialty areas:

Managing GIS lab and research computers and software.

Emeritus Faculty and Academic Staff

NAME YEARS BACKGROUND
Dr. Rafique Ahmed (deceased) 1984-2015 Ph.D. in Geography: Ohio State University
Dr. Mehmet Aritan 1979-2009 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Kentucky
Dr. Cynthia Berlin 1999-2024 Ph.D. in Geography: Indiana State University
Dr. Margaret Chew (deceased) 1945-1979 Ph.D. in Geography: Clark University

Dr. Greg Chu

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 1993-2010 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Hawaii-Manoa
Dr. Harold Classen (deceased) 1954-1983 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Nebraska
Dr. Georges Cravins 1988-2020 Ph.D. in Geography: Clark University
Jerry Culver (deceased) 1956-1993 M.S. in Geography: University of Wisconsin-Madison
John Hoefer (deceased) 1966-1990 M.S. in Geography: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Virgil Holder 1965-2002 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Minnesota
Dr. George Huppert (deceased) 1979-2001 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Northern Colorado
Dr. Hank Nelson 1968-1979 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Nebraska
Karen Ott 1993-2016  
Dr. Harun Rasid 2004-2009 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Paul Stoelting 1986-2004 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Paula Wade 1966-1979 M.A. in Geography: Indiana University
Dr. Ronald Weinkauf (deceased) 1979-1999 Ph.D. in Geography: Oregon State University
Dr. Edward Weinzierl (deceased) 1963-1993 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Nebraska
Dr. Clayton Whitney (deceased) 1915-1952 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Chicago
Dr. Dean Wilder 1978-2008 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Colorado-Boulder
Dr. Robert Wingate 1965-2005 Ph.D. in Geography: University of Minnesota

Directory of UWL Emeriti

https://www.uwlax.edu/info/emeriti-directory/