Our physical geographers conduct research with strong human dimensions. Scott Greene is a climatologist who has investigated the public policy and health implications of drought and heatwaves. Bruce Hoagland , a biogeographer and the coordinator of the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory, has strong interests in human impacts on vegetation. Hans-Joachim Spaeth is a geoecologist working on land use and degradation, particularly in Africa. Sally Gros handles remote sensing.
Several faculty have secondary interests in geotechniques.
We plan to hire an additional remote sensing specialist in the 2000-01 academic year. Please do not hesitate to contact us if have questions or desire additional information. Our logo echoes the street plan of Norman and hundreds of other Western settlements. The oldest part of the town is a grid oriented to the former Santa Fe railway. Later additions were still gridded but were cardinally oriented to the public-land survey.