Faculty

Sarah Battersby (Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara, 2006)
Assistant Professor; Geographic Information Science, Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Analytical Cartography, Geography Education.

Gregory J. Carbone (Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 1990)
Associate Professor; Weather and Climate.

Edward R. Carr (Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2002, [Geography])
(Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2001, [Anthropology])
Assistant Professor; Development, Globalization, Human Dimensions of Global Change, Ethnographic and Archaeological Methodologies, Africa.

Susan L. Cutter (Ph.D., Chicago, 1976)
Carolina Distinguished Professor; Environmental Hazards and Risks, Environmental Policy, Natural Resources.

Kirstin Dow (Ph.D., Clark, 1996)
Associate Professor; Human Dimensions of Environmental Change, Environmental Hazards, Environment and Development.

William L. Graf (Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 1974), Department Chair
USC Educational Foundation Endowed Professor; Fluvial Geomorphology, Hydrology, Riparian Ecology, Science and Policy for Public Land and Water.

Diansheng Guo (Ph.D., Penn State, 2003)
Assistant Professor; GIScience.

Michael E. Hodgson (Ph.D., South Carolina, 1987)
Professor; Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Hazards.

John F. Jakubs (Ph.D., Ohio State, 1974), Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor; Urban, Urban Planning, Settlement Patterns.

L. Allan James (Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 1988)
Associate Professor; Geomorphology, Hydrology, Quaternary Science, Water Resources.

John R. Jensen (Ph.D., UCLA, 1976)
Carolina Distinguished Professor; Remote Sensing, Digital Image Processing.

John A. Kupfer (Ph.D., Iowa, 1995)
Associate Professor; Biogeography, Landscape Ecology, Forest Conservation, Spatial Analysis, GI Science.

Amy Mills (Ph.D., University of Texas, 2004)
Assistant Professor; Cultural Landscapes and Historical Memory, Urban Cultures, Place and Identity, Gender and Urban Space, Nationalism and Modernity, Middle East.

Cary J. Mock (Ph.D., Oregon, 1994), Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Professor; Weather and Climate.

Caroline Nagel (Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1998)
Assistant Professor; Migration, Transnationalism, Identity, Citizenship, Arab Immigrants.

K. Eric Anderson (Ph.D., Northwestern Univeristy, 1978)
Adjunct Professor; Geographic Information Science.

Lewis Lapine (Ph.D., Ohio State, 1990)
Teaching Associate; Satellite Mapping & The Global Positioning System.

Jerry Mitchell (Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 1998), Director, Center for Excellence for Geographic Education
Adjunct Associate Professor; Environmental Hazards, Tourism, Geographic Education.

Helen C. Power (Ph.D., Delaware, 1999)
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Physical and Microclimatology, Climate Change, Aerosols and Climate, Air Pollution.

Nancy von Meyer (Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 1989), Vice-President Fairview Industries
Adjunct Professor; Geographic Information Science, Land Records.

James Byrum (MRP, 1968, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Wm. Lynn Shirley, (MS, 1981, University of South Carolina)

Allen D. Bushong (Ph.D., Florida, 1961)
Professor Emeritus; History of Geography, History of Cartography, Cultural Geography.

David J. Cowen (Ph.D., Ohio State, 1971)
Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Geographic Information Systems.

Patricia E. Gilmartin (Ph.D., Kansas, 1980)
Distinguished Professor Emerita; Cartography, Cognitive Mapping, Maps in Education, Women Explorers and Travelers.

Robert L. Janiskee (Ph.D., Illinois, 1974)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Tourism, Outdoor Recreation, National Parks.

Charles F. Kovacik (Ph.D., Michigan State, 1970)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Louise Fry Scudder Professor; Director SC Geographic Alliance; Historical, Geographic Education, South Carolina.

Robert E. Lloyd (Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1974)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Spatial Cognition, Cartography, Quantitative Methods.

Paul E. Lovingood (Ph.D., North Carolina, 1962)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Julian V. Minghi (Ph.D., Washington, 1962)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Political, Europe.

Lisle S. Mitchell (Ph.D., Ohio State, 1967)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Leisure, Recreation and Tourism; Urban, Economic.

William R. Stanley (Ph.D., Pittsburgh 1966)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Transportation, Political, Developing Regions.

Theodore R. Steinke (Ph.D., Kansas, 1979)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Thematic Cartography, Map Design, Map Perception & Cognition.

John J. Winberry (Ph.D., Louisiana State, 1971)
Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Cultural-Historical, Latin America, Southeastern United States.

Elizabeth Belcher
Undergraduate Student Services Program Coordinator

Monti Caughman
Resident Teacher Consultant with the South Carolina Geographic Alliance

Charlie Faucette
Administrative Assistant for the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute

Lynette Likes
Systems Analyst

Debbie Little
Business Manager

Kevin Remington
Campus GIS Coordinator

Wm. Lynn Shirley
GIS Research Associate

Capers Stokes, Jr.
Graduate Student Services Program Coordinator

Susan Wise
SC Ambassador of Geographic Education for the South Carolina Geographic Alliance