We are a diverse and active group of faculty and staff supporting one of the finest Geography programs available.
Departmental specialties emphasize resource management, and cultural and historical geography.
The Department has a longstanding tradition of research in cultural geography, including the geography of music, sport, language, traditional technology, and Native Americans. Faculty are involved in research projects related to historic preservation, geoarchaeology, and cultural ecology. Research and travel give faculty strength in several geographic regions, especially Central Asia, Australia, Latin America, and the Middle East. A third university center, the Spatial and Environmental Information Clearinghouse, is jointly managed by Geography and the Environmental Institute Growth has occurred over the past year in both our M.S. Geography and Ph.D. Environmental Science programs, and our graduate student body now hovers near 50 students. All of this growth has quickly filled our Scott Hall nooks and crannies, and we have begun our search for lebensraum .