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Graduate Degrees OfferedM.A.; Ph.D. Areas of Study
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Geography
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Description of ProgramGeography is an integral component of the UNL School of Natural Resources. The School has an innovative structure designed to facilitate interdisciplinary teaching and research on important issues involving climate variability and change, water resources and applied ecology, including human-cultural and social factors critical in environmental management and policy. Both master's and doctoral degrees in Geography are offered.Particularly strong programs exist in: 1) Geographic Information Science, emphasizing geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and cartography; 2) Historical and Human Geography, focusing on culture and settlement of the Great Plains, environmental perception and political behavior; 3) Natural Resources and Environmental Geography, emphasizing geospatial dimensions of conservation, water resources, natural hazards, climatology and related areas; and 4) Community and Regional Planning, a cross-disciplinary doctoral program combining strengths of the faculty of Geography and GI Science and faculty of Community and Regional Planning. Many geography faculty and students are affiliated with UNL research centers such as the Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies, the National Drought Mitigation Center, the High Plains Regional Climate Center, and the Center for Great Plains Studies. |
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Faculty and Research
| Douglas Amedeo | Spatial Theory; Quantitative Analysis; Environment and Behavior | |
| J. Clark Archer | Political; Settlement; Computer Cartography; GIS | |
| Rodrigo Cantarero | Economic Development and Planning; GIS; Minority Health Issues; Small Town Quality of Life Issues; Immigration Affiliated Faculty | |
| Kenneth Dewey | Climate Variations; Severe Weather Safety; Climate Assessment and Impacts | |
| Anatoly Gitelson | Remote Sensing of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems Affiliated Faculty | |
| Qingfeng (Gene) Guan | Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Geocomputing; Environmental Modeling; Land Use Analysis | |
| Paul Hanson | Geomorphology and Landforms; Climate Change; Physical Geography of Nebraska and Great Plains | |
| R. Matthew Joeckel | Paleozoic and Mesozoic Fossils; Environmental Geology; Mineral Resources; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy | |
| Cody Knutson | Physical and Human Aspects of Water Management; Drought Risk Management; Environmental Perceptions and Justice | |
| Stephen Lavin | Cartography; Map Animation; Map and Atlas Communication and Design; Symbolization; GIS | |
| Merlin Lawson | Climate Change and Reconstruction; Pleistocene and Historical Environments; Dendroclimatology; Remote Sensing | |
| Richard Lonsdale | Marginal Lands; Regional Development | |
| James Merchant | Remote Sensing; GIS; Environmental Studies; Land Use and Cover | |
| N. Brito Mutunayagam | Economic Development Planning; Urban Systems Analysis; Planning Theory; GIS Affiliated Faculty | |
| Yunwoo Nam | Public Policy; Urban Modeling; Urban Spatial Structure; GIS and Analytic Methods; Land Use and Transportation Interaction Affiliated Faculty | |
| Sunil Narumalani | Remote Sensing; GIS; Environmental Studies | |
| Donald Rundquist | Remote Sensing; GIS | |
| Gordon Scholz | Land Use Planning; Historic Preservation; Urban Planning and Design Affiliated Faculty | |
| Michael Shambaugh-Miller | Medical Geography; Rural Health Care; GIS Affiliated Faculty | |
| Robert Stoddard | Human; Social; Field Techniques; South Asia | |
| Brian Wardlow | Land Use and Cover; Drought; Biogeography; Climate-Vegetation Interactions; Remote Sensing; GIS | |
| Donald Wilhite | Drought; Climate Assessment and Impacts; Human Dimensions | |
| David Wishart | Dispossession of Indigenous Peoples; Great Plains; Geographical and Historical Epistemology |
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