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Chair: Greg Carbone

Graduate Director: Michael Hodgson

Undergraduate Director: John Kupfer

Internship Director: John Kupfer

 

Faculty

Sarah E. Battersby
Assistant Professor

Ph.D., 2006, University of California at Santa Barbara
Cartography, cognitive science, geography education

Callcott 325 | battersby@sc.edu | 803-777-5729

   

Gregory J. Carbone
Professor

Department Chair

Ph.D., 1990, University of Wisconsin
Weather and climate

Callcott 212 | greg.carbone@sc.edu | 803-777-0682

   

Edward R. Carr
Associate Professor

 

Ph.D., 2002, University of Kentucky (Geography)
Ph.D., 2001, Syracuse University (Anthropology)
Development, globalization, human dimensions of global change, ethnographic and archaeological methodologies, Africa

Callcott 229 | carr@sc.edu | 803-777-1854

   
Susan L. Cutter
Carolina Distinguished Professor

Director, Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute

Ph.D., 1976, University of Chicago
Environmental hazards and risks, environmental policy, natural resources

Callcott 312 | scutter@sc.edu | 803-777-1590

   
Kirstin Dow
Professor

Ph.D., 1996, Clark University
Human dimensions of environmental change, environmental hazards, environment and development

Callcott 213 | kdow@sc.edu | 803-777-2482

   

Jean Ellis
Assistant Professor
-jointly appointed with
Marine Science Program

Ph.D., 2006, Texas A&M University
Geomorphology, aeolian and coastal sediment transport, coastal management, applied science 

Callcott 227 | jtellis@mailbox.sc.edu | 803-777-1593 

   
Diansheng Guo
Associate Professor

Ph.D., 2003, Pennsylvania State University
GIScience

Callcott 305 | guod@sc.edu | 803-777-2989

   
April Hiscox
Assistant Professor

Ph.D., 2006, University of Connecticut
Boundary layer meteorology, land-air interactions, forest meteorology, aerosol dispersion

Callcott 111 | hiscox@mailbox.sc.edu | 803-777-6604

 


Michael E. Hodgson
Professor

Graduate Program Director

PhD, 1987, University of South Carolina
Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing, hazards

Callcott 327-A | hodgsonm@sc.edu | 803-777-8976

   
L. Allan James
Professor

Ph.D., 1988, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Geomorphology, hydrology, quaternary science, water resources

Callcott 206 | ajames@sc.edu | 803-777-6117

   
John A. Kupfer
Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Ph.D., 1995, University of Iowa
Biogeography, landscape ecology, forest conservation, spatial analysis, GIScience

Callcott 221 | kupfer@sc.edu | 803-777-6739

   

Amy Mills
Associate Professor

 

Ph.D., 2004, University of Texas
Cultural landscapes and historical memory, urban cultures, place and identity, gender and urban space, nationalism and modernity, Middle East

Callcott 226 | amills@sc.edu | 803-777-5688

   

Cary J. Mock
Professor

 

Ph.D., 1994, University of Oregon
Weather and Climate

Callcott 211 | mockcj@sc.edu | 803-777-1211

   

Caroline Nagel
Associate Professor

 

Ph.D., 1998, University of Colorado - Boulder
Migration, transnationalism, identity, citizenship, Arab immigrants

Callcott 106 | cnagel@mailbox.sc.edu | 803-777-4970

Adjunct Faculty

K. Eric Anderson
Adjunct Professor

Ph.D., 1978, Northwestern University
Geographic Information Science

   
Chris Emrich

Ph.D., 2005, University of South Carolina
Emergency management, disaster recovery, emergent technology

Callcott 311-B | emrich@mailbox.sc.edu | 803-777-1591

   
Lewis Lapine
Teaching Associate
Ph.D., 1990, Ohio State University
Satellite mapping and global positioning systems
 

 

Jerry Mitchell
Adjunct Associate Professor

Director, Center for Excellence for Geographic Education

Ph.D., 1998, University of South Carolina
Environmental hazards, tourism, geographic education.

Callcott 113-A | mitchejt@mailbox.sc.edu | 803-777-2986

   
Helen C. Power
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ph.D., 1999, University of Delaware
Physical and microclimatology, climate change, aerosols and climate, air pollution

   
Nancy von Meyer
Adjunct Professor

Ph.D., 1989, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Geographic Information Science, land records

Instructors

James Byrum

MRP, 1968, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Callcott 223 | byrumj@mailbox.sc.edu | 803-777-6380

Wm. Lynn Shirley

MS, 1981, University of South Carolina
GIScience applications, spatial data resources

Callcott 320 | shirleyl@mailbox.sc.edu | 803-777-4590

Emeritus
Allen D. Bushong
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., 1961, University of Florida
History of geography, history of cartography, cultural geography.
   

David J. Cowen
Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1971, Ohio State University
Geographic Information Systems
Callcott 322 | cowend@sc.edu | 803-777-1592

   

Patricia E. Gilmartin
Distinguished Professor Emerita

Ph.D., 1980, Kansas University
Cartography, cognitive mapping, maps in education, women explorers and travelers
Callcott 107

   

William L. Graf
USC Educational Foundation Endowed Professor

Ph.D., 1974, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, riparian ecology, science and policy for public land and water
Callcott 230

   
John F. Jakubs
Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1974, Ohio State University
Urban geography, urban planning, settlement patterns

   

Robert L. Janiskee
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1974, University of Illinois
Tourism, outdoor recreation, national parks
   
John R. Jensen
Carolina Distinguished Professor

Ph.D., 1976, University of California - Los Angeles
Remote sensing, digital image processing
Callcott 323 | 803-777-5790

   

Charles F. Kovacik
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1970, Michigan State University
Historical, geographic education, South Carolina

   

Robert E. Lloyd
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1974, Pennsylvania State University
Spatial cognition, cartography, quantitative methods
   

Paul E. Lovingood
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1962, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
   

Julian V. Minghi
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1962, University of Washington
Political, Europe
Callcott 121

   

Lisle S. Mitchell
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1967, Ohio State University
Leisure, recreation and tourism, urban, economic
   

William R. Stanley
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1966, University of Pittsburgh
Transportation, political, developing regions
Callcott 225

   

Theodore R. Steinke
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., 1979, University of Kansas
Thematic cartography, map design, map perception & cognition

 

 

 

 

 

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