Portland State University: Faculty

Portland State Geography Faculty
Barbara Brower Professor of Geography	Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1987 Resource policy, mountain geography, pastoralism, highland Asia, the American West, cultural ecology
Teresa Bulman Professor of Geography	Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1990 Resource management, water resources, environmental law, teacher education
Heejun Chang Associate Professor of Geography	Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2001 Hydrology and water resources, climate change impact assessment, hydrologic ecosystem services, stream restoration, visual spatial analysis, GIS applications in hydrology and water resources
Jiunn-Der (Geoffrey) Duh Assistant Professor of Geography Director of GIS Programs	Ph.D., University of Michigan, Natural Resources & Environment, 2004 GIS, remote sensing, ecological and socioeconomic processes
Andrew G. Fountain Professor of Geography and Geology	Ph.D., University of Washington, 1992 Glaciology, geomorphology, energy balance/meteorology, remote sensing
Keith Hadley Associate Professor of Geography	Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1990 Biogeography, landscape ecology, dendroecology, alpine environments, climate change
Thomas Harvey Professor of Geography Department Chair	Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1990 Urban geography, cultural landscape studies, North America
Martin Lafrenz Assistant Professor of Geography	Ph.D., University of Tennessee, 2005 Geomorphology and water resources, land use change, and GIS
Gil Latz Professor of Geography (Currently serving as Vice-Provost for International Affairs)	Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1986 Political economy of Pacific Asia/Japan, resource management in East Asia, North America, and Europe, international trade, international curricula; educational video production.
Joseph Poracsky Professor of Geography	Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1984 Cartography/graphic visualization, applied GIS and remote sensing, urban natural areas and urban forest
Hunter Shobe Visiting Assistant Professor	Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2005 Urban, cultural & political geography, urban landscapes, uses of and experiences in public & private space
Martha A. Works Professor of Geography	Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1984 Latin America, cultural geography, economic development, tropical environments, agriculture
Staff
David Banis GIS Lab Manager	M.S., Geography, Portland State University, 2004
Karin Waller Office Coordinator	M.S., Conflict Resolution, Portland State University, 2000
Affiliated Faculty
Dean Apostol	Graduate Studies at PSU, 1986-1993; B.S., Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University, 1977 Watershed scale landscape planning & design; sustainable forestry & natural resource management; geography of ecological restoration
Karen Arabas karabas@willamette.edu	Ph. D., Geography, Pennsylvania State University, 1997 M.A. Environmental and Resource Policy, George Washington University, 1991 Biogeography, fire ecology, climate change
Mark Bosworth bosworth@pdx.edu	M.A., Hunter College, City University of New York, 1989 GIS, remote sensing, data analysis
Margaret Campbell-McCrea mmccrea@pdx.edu	M.A. Portland State University, 1988 Pacific Rim/China and Japan
Stephen Frenkel sfrenkel@pdx.edu	Ph.D., Geography, Syracuse University, 1993 Urban geography, sustainable development, commodities, tourism, North America, Africa, bicycles
Christina M. Friedle christina.friedle@gmail.com	M.S., Geography, Portland State University, 2005 Geographic Information Systems (GIS), human/cultural geography, natural resources management & planning, Latin America, geographic education
Chris Gorsek chris.gorsek@mhcc.edu	Ph.D., Urban Studies, Portland State University, 2004 Urban geography, world regional/political geography, environmental geography
David Graves dsg@pdx.edu	M.S., Portland State Universtiy, 2005 Physical geography; water resources; climate change; GIS
Chris Edward Hagerman hagerman@pdx.edu	Ph.D., Geography, University of Minnesota, 2008 Urban geography, planning, urban political ecology, critical theory, social nature
Michael (Mike) C. Houck mikehouck@urbangreenspaces.org	Loeb Fellowship, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2004; M.S.T., Portland State University, 1972 Urban natural resources, urban parks, trails and natural areas, urban ecology
Il-Won Jung	Ph.D., Sejong University, 2008 Sustainable water resource management & planning; climate change impact assessment on water resources; regional hydrologic modeling
Karps, Jennifer karps@pdx.edu	M.S., Portland State University, 2006 Biogeography and urban forestry
Masoud Kheirabadi kheirabadim@pdx.edu	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 S. Martin ksmartin@pdx.edu	M.S., Geography, Portland State University, 2004 GIS, remote sensing, urban planning and natural resource issues
Mike Mertens mmertens@pdx.edu	Director of Spatial Analysis and GIS Manager for Ecotrust Portland, OR. Natural resource management
Susanne Steinmann	Ph.D., Clark University, 2001 Feminist political ecology, environmental change, sustainable development, gender analysis and social justice, Middle East and North Africa
Tyler Vick	M.S., Geography, Portland State University, 2008 Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing, environmental and land use analysis, 3D modeling and visualization, and historical geography
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
Daniel M. Johnson Professor of Geography	Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1978 Climatology, historical geography
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

Last Modified September 29, 2008

Portland State Geography Faculty

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