College of Behavioral and Social Science: Geography and Planning Department

Faculty Expert Database List

College of Behavioral and Social Science

Phone: 530-898-6171

Geography and Planning

Phone: 530-898-5285

Scott Brady

Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, Louisiana State University
General Geography

Phone: 530-898-5588
Email: SBrady@csuchico.edu

Jacquelyn Chase

Chair and Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, UCLA
Rural Planning and Development, Gender, Latin America, Urban-Rural Relations

Phone: 530-898-5887
Email: JChase@csuchico.edu

Dean Fairbanks

Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
Biogeography, Conservation Planning, Quantitative Land-Use/Land-Cover Change, Geographic Information Science, Remote Sensing, Sub-Saharan Africa

Phone: 530-898-5780
Email: DHFairbanks@csuchico.edu

Don Hankins

Assistant Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, UC Davis
Biogeography, Pyrogeography, Riparian Habitats, Conservation biogeography, fire ecology, participatory research, environmental policy and planning, landscape ecology, land management, and traditional ecological knowledge

Phone: 530-898-4104
Email: DHankins@csuchico.edu

Guy King

Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, Utah, 1982
Geomorphology, History

Phone: 530-898-4858
Email: GKing@csuchico.edu

LaDona Knigge

Assistant Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD 2006, Geography State University of New York, Buffalo
Human geography, urban gardens, community development, critical GIS

Phone: 530-898-5881
Email: LKnigge@csuchico.edu

Paul Melcon

Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, University of Wisconsin
Computer Applications

Phone: 530-898-6871
Email: PMelcon@csuchico.edu

Eugenie Rovai

Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, Clark University
Hazards, Spatial Visualization and Mapping, Southwestern Water Policy, Political Redistricting

Phone: 530-898-6091

Email: ERovai@csuchico.edu

Noriyuki Sato

Assistant Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD 2008, Geography Indiana University
Applied climatology, climate change and impacts, transportation geography

Phone: 530-898-6219

Email: NSato2@csuchico.edu

Mark Stemen

Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
PhD, University of Iowa
Environmental Studies, Historical Geography, Environmental Education, Waste Management

Phone: 530-898-5428
Email: MStemen@csuchico.edu

Steve Stewart

Lecturer, Geography and Planning
MA, CSU, Chico
Cartography and Geographic Information Systems

Phone: 530-898-6089
Email: SStewart1@csuchico.edu