Geography and Environmental Studies Department

Faculty & Staff

GEOP Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Scott Brady

Brady, Scott
Professor

BSS 348B
sbrady@csuchico.edu

Interests: Human geography, American cultural landscapes, Central America and Mexico

Doctorate: PhD 1996,
Geography
Louisiana State University

Dean Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Dean
Professor

BSS 346C
dhfairbanks@csuchico.edu

Interests: Landscape ecology, bioclimatology, biogeography, land-use change, GIS, remote sensing
Doctorate: PhD 2001,

Ecology

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Don Hankins

Hankins, Don
Professor

University Reserves Land Stewardship Coordinator

BSS 351B
dhankins@csuchico.edu

Interests: Land restoration, pyrogeography, riparian habitats
Doctorate: PhD 2005,
Geography, Graduate Studies
University of California, Davis

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LaDona Knigge

Knigge, LaDona
Professor

Certificate in Land Use & Environmental Planning Coordinator

BSS 348D
lknigge@csuchico.edu

Interests: Human geography, urban gardens, community development, critical GIS, sustainable transportation
Doctorate: PhD 2006,
Geography
State University of New York, Buffalo

 

Naomi Lazarus

Lazarus, Naomi
Associate Professor

Certificate in Geospatial Technology Coordinator

Latitude 39 Club Advisor

BSS 351D
nlazarus@csuchico.edu

Interests: GIS, cartography, quantitative methods, hazards
Doctorate: PhD 2014,
Geography
University of Connecticut, Storrs

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Noriyuki Sato

Sato, Noriyuki
Assoc. Professor & Chair

BSS 352A
nsato2@csuchico.edu

Interests: Applied climatology, climate change and impacts, transportation geography
Doctorate: PhD 2008,
Geography
Indiana University

 

Stemen, Mark
Professor

BSS 348C
mstemen@csuchico.edu

Interests: Sustainability issues, historical geography, social change
Doctorate: PhD 1999,
History
University of Iowa

Teaching Climate Change and Resilience(opens in new window)

Office Staff

Harris, Jennifer
Admin Support Coordinator

BSS 352
jaharris@csuchico.edu

Interests: conservation biology, cycling, international development, xeriscaping, campus forms
Mariela

Mariela Rivera-Moreno

Student Assistant

BSS 352

GeopStudent@csuchico.edu

Interests: soccer, bracelet making, learning different cultures, recycling, crunching numbers

Gomez, Andrea

Public Relations/Social Media Student Assistant

BSS 351C

Interests:

Retired Faculty

Jacque Chase

Chase, Jacque
Professor Emerita
jchase@csuchico.edu

Interests: Rural planning, population, Latin America, and Northern California
Doctorate: PhD 1993,
Urban Planning
University of California, Los Angeles