Embedded Files
The UMass geography faculty consists of core geography faculty, visiting scholars, lecturers, continuing education instructors, UMass faculty affiliates, adjunct faculty and emeritus faculty. (In photo: one geosciences faculty and three geography faculty, all department colleagues, enjoying graduation)
Core Geography Faculty
Core Geography Faculty
Toby Applegate, Senior Lecturer & Undergraduate Program Director.
Ph.D., Geography, Rutgers University, 2014.
Human Geography, Migrants and Refugees, Economic Geography, Europe.
Click here for Toby Applegate’s webpage.
Forrest J. Bowlick, Senior Lecturer & Graduate Program Director, GIST
Ph.D., Geography, Texas A&M University, 2016.
GIS, Geographic Education.
Click here for Forrest Bowlick’s EGCS webpage and here for Forrest Bowlick’s Environmental Conservation webpage. Click here to read about Forrest’s exciting new project.
Britt Crow-Miller, Senior Lecturer; Director, MS in Sustainability Science
Ph.D., Geography, University of California Los Angeles, 2013.
Human geography, sustainability, sustainability education, political ecology, environmental politics, political geography.
Click here for Britt Crow-Miller’s EGCS webpage and here for Britt Crow-Miller’s Environmental Conservation webpage.
Piper Gaubatz, Professor, Department of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences
Ph.D., Geography, University of California-Berkeley, 1989.
Urban Geography, environmental history, public space. China, Japan, United States.
Click here for Piper Gaubatz’s webpage.
Eric Thomas, Lecturer; Associate Director, MS in Sustainability Science.
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2020.
Environmental Anthropology, Political Ecology, Resource Frontiers, Aquaculture, Fisheries, Coastal Development.
Click here for Eric Thomas’ EGCS webpage and here for Eric Thomas’s Environmental Conservation webpage.
Qian Yu, Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director.
Ph.D., Environmental Science, University of California-Berkeley, 2005.
GIScience, remote sensing, spatial modeling, biogeography.
Click here for Qian Yu’s webpage.
Hongu Zhang, Lecturer.
Geoethics, GIS, and GeoAI
Ph.D., Geography, McGill University, 2024.
Click here for Hongyu Zhang's webpage.
University Without Walls (UWW)
University Without Walls (UWW)
Geography Instructors
Geography Instructors
Kinuyo Kanamaru, Ph.D., Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Ted White, Ph.D., Geography, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Morgan Carney, M.S., Sustainability Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst; MSc, Creative Writing, University of Edinburgh; M.S., Geography, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Jacob Chamberlain, Ph.D. Candidate, Geography, Clark University.
UMass Geography Faculty Affiliates
UMass Geography Faculty Affiliates
Affiliate faculty from other UMass departments participate in the UMass Geography community, serve on student advising and examination committees, and facilitate Geography students’ enrollment in their courses when appropriate.
Michael Ash, Professor, Economics.
Bethany Bradley, Professor, Environmental Conservation.
Carey Clouse, Professor, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning.
Krista Harper, Professor, Anthropology.
Elisabeth Infield, Professor, Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning.
Anita Milman, Professor, Environmental Conservation.
Max Page, Professor, Architecture + Design.
Darrel Ramsey-Musolf, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning.
Robert Ryan, Professor and Department Head, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning.
Charlie Schweik, Professor, Environmental Conseration and School of Public Policy.
Heidi Scott, Associate Professor, History
Alexander “Sasha” Stepanov, GIS Architect, Administration and Finance.
Page updated
Report abuse