Geography & Planning Department

Location
Butte Hall, Room 507
Campus Zip: 0425
530-898-5285
geop@csuchico.edu

Regular Hours
8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Monday–Friday

Mailing Address
GEOP Dept. MSC 425
400 W. First St.
Chico, CA 95929

Shipping Address
GEOP Dept. MSC 425
940 W. First St.
Chico, CA 95929

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Faculty & Staff

GEOP Faculty & Staff

Spring 2020 Faculty/Staff Schedule & Office Hours(opens in new window)

Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 Advisor List(opens in new window)

Spring 2021 Tutor Hours

Faculty
	Brady, Scott Professor Butte Hall 523 sbrady@csuchico.edu	Interests: Human geography, American cultural landscapes, Central America and Mexico Doctorate: PhD 1996, Geography Louisiana State University
	Chase, Jacque Professor, FERP Certificate in Land Use and Environmental Planning Coordinator Butte Hall 527 jchase@csuchico.edu	Interests: Rural planning, population, Latin America, and Northern California Doctorate: PhD 1993, Urban Planning University of California, Los Angeles

	Fairbanks, Dean Professor Butte Hall 533 dhfairbanks@csuchico.edu	Interests: Landscape ecology, bioclimatology, biogeography, land-use change, GIS, remote sensing Doctorate: PhD 2001, Ecology University of Pretoria, South Africa
	Hankins, Don Professor University Reserves Land Stewardship Coordinator, Latitude 39 Advisor Butte Hall 539 dhankins@csuchico.edu	Interests: Land restoration, pyrogeography, riparian habitats Doctorate: PhD 2005, Geography, Graduate Studies University of California, Davis Biography & Publications(opens in new window)
	Knigge, LaDona Professor and Chair Certificate in Geospatial Technology Coordinator Butte Hall 509B lknigge@csuchico.edu	Interests: Human geography, urban gardens, community development, critical GIS, sustainable transportation Doctorate: PhD 2006, Geography State University of New York, Buffalo
	Lazarus, Naomi Assistant Professor Butte Hall 525 nlazarus@csuchico.edu	Interests: GIS, cartography, quantitative methods, hazards Doctorate: PhD 2014, Geography University of Connecticut, Storrs Biography & Publications(opens in new window)
	Sato, Noriyuki Associate Professor Butte Hall 535 nsato2@csuchico.edu	Interests: Applied climatology, climate change and impacts, transportation geography Doctorate: PhD 2008, Geography Indiana University
	Stemen, Mark Professor Butte Hall 541 mstemen@csuchico.edu	Interests: Sustainability issues, historical geography, social change Doctorate: PhD 1999, History University of Iowa

Instructors
	Bettis, Owen Instructor Butte Hall 517 obettis@csuchico.edu	Interests: Physical geography
	Miller, Jeremy Instructor Holt Hall 144 jmiller@csuchico.edu	Interests: Sustainability, environmental issues, outdoor education, physical geography
	Pierce, Robert Instructor Butte Hall 502 rpierce@csuchico.edu	Interests: Physical geography
	Stewart, Steve Instructor Butte Hall 508A sstewart1@csuchico.edu	Interests: The American West, cartography, GIS
	Stuart, Claudia Instructor Butte Hall 508A cstuart@csuchico.edu	Interests: Land use planning, county and city development

Office Staff
	Hansen, Peter Information Technology Consultant II Butte Hall 502 pzhansen@csuchico.edu	Interests: GIS, project management, music
	Lapic, Austin Student Assistant Butte Hall 507	Interests: Hiking, music, sleeping
	Reyes, Saul PR Student Assistant Butte Hall 507	Interests: Agriculture, justice, drawing