Faculty
Full-Time Professors
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Dan Shrubsole Professor and Chair |
SSC 2322D 519 661‑3126 Ext: 83126 dashrubs@uwo.ca |
Integrated resource management (water) Web page On study leave: July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 See James Voogt, Acting Chair |
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Godwin Arku Assistant Professor |
SSC 2427 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85343 garku@uwo.ca |
Housing and economic development; Urban development
and policy analysis; Regional and local economic development policy
and planning; Third World development issues (esp. Africa)
Web page |
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Peter Ashmore Professor and Undergraduate Chair |
SSC 1405 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85026 pashmore@uwo.ca |
Fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport Web page |
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Jamie Baxter Associate Professor |
SSC 1407 519 661-2111 Ext: 81241 jamie.baxter@uwo.ca |
Environmental risks from hazards, community responses
to hazards, health, noxious facility siting, and methodology Web page |
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Rachel Bezner Kerr Assistant Professor |
SSC 2409 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85020 rbeznerkerr@uwo.ca |
Globalization, agriculture and food; food security/food sovereignty;
participatory research; sustainable agriculture; maternal and child nutrition; HIV/AIDS
and food security; knowledge, science and participatory educational methods; Malawi;
colonial history in southern Africa Web page |
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Brian Branfireun Associate Professor Canada Research Chair Cross Appointment with Biology and Earth Sciences |
BGS 3028 519 661-2111 Ext: 89221 bbranfir@uwo.ca |
Ecohydrology, biogeochemistry, and wetland ecosystem
science Web page |
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Michael Buzzelli Associate Professor |
SSC 2429 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85329 michael.buzzelli@uwo.ca |
Health, Urban, GIS Web page On sabbatical: July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 |
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Irena Creed Associate Professor Canada Research Chair Cross Appointment with Biology |
B&GS 3023 519 661‑2111 Ext: 84265 icreed@uwo.ca |
Watersheds, forests, hydrology, biochemistry, GIS and
remote sensing Web page |
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Belinda Dodson Associate Professor |
SSC 2413 519 661‑2111 Ext: 87319 bdodson@uwo.ca |
Human-environment relations, geography of migration Web page |
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Jason Gilliland Associate Professor and Director, Urban Development Program Cross Appointment with School of Health Studies and the Department of Paediatrics |
SSC 1403 519 661‑2111 Ext: 81239 jgillila@uwo.ca |
Urban studies, health geography, children's
environments, GIS Web page |
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Suzanne Greaves Assistant Professor |
SSC 1412 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85028 greaves@uwo.ca |
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Milford Green Professor |
SSC 2415 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85025 mbgreen@uwo.ca |
Foreign direct investment mergers Web page |
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Jeff Hopkins Associate Professor |
SSC 2423 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85027 jhopkins@uwo.ca |
Cultural geography, gender, public places Web page |
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Isaac Luginaah Associate Professor Canada Research Chair |
SSC 1409 519 661‑2111 Ext: 86944 iluginaa@uwo.ca |
Environment and health, air pollution, GIS and
health, HIV/AIDS Web page |
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Jacek Malczewski Professor |
SSC 2422 519 661-2111 Ext: 85030 jmalczew@uwo.ca |
Quantitative methods, location analysis, GIS Web page |
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Gordon McBean FRSC and Professor
Cross Appointment with Political Science |
SSC 2431 519 661-2111 Ext: 84274 or 86036 gmcbean@uwo.ca |
Climate change science and policy,
natural hazards-prediction and mitigation, weather
and environmental prediction systems Web page |
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Diana Mok Associate Professor Joint Appointment with Management & Organizational Studies |
SSC 2316 519 661‑2111 Ext: 80114 dmok3@uwo.ca |
Urban economic geography, real estate economics, GIS
and quantitative methods Web page |
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Desmond Moser Assistant Professor Joint Appointment with Earth Sciences |
B&GS 167 519 661‑2111 Ext: 84214 dmoser22@uwo.ca |
Tectonics, geochronology Web page |
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Katrina Moser Associate Professor and Graduate Chair |
SSC 2407 519 661‑2111 Ext: 80115 kmoser@uwo.ca |
Paleolimnology, climate change, paleoecology,
quaternary environments, water quantity and quality, limnology Web page |
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Joy Parr Professor and Canada Research Chair |
SSC 2432 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85328 jparr@uwo.ca |
The historically specific sensing body; the
influences of large scale technologies on their neighbours;
chemical, radiological and microbiological contamination in
landscapes and workplaces; social and cultural responses to power
generation; ergonomic design in manufactured goods On sabbatical: July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 |
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Micha Pazner Associate Professor |
SSC 1416 519 661‑2111 Ext: 81469 pazner@uwo.ca |
GIS, image processing, cartography Web page |
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Chantelle Richmond Assistant Professor Cross Appointment with First Nations Studies |
SSC 2433 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85324 chantelle.richmond@uwo.ca |
Aboriginal health, social determinants of health, social support, health impacts of environmental change, community-based research, mixed methods |
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Chris Smart Professor |
SSC 1402 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85007 csmart@uwo.ca |
Hydrology and geomorphology Web page
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Graham Smith Associate Professor |
SSC 2405 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85011 lgsmith@uwo.ca |
Sustainable globalization, capacity building &
individual empowerment in the implementation of sustainability,
dynamism as an approach to environmental change, & inquiry-based
learning Web page |
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Phil Stooke Associate Professor Cross Appointment with Physics and Astronomy |
SSC 2425 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85022 pjstooke@uwo.ca |
Planetary mapping and space exploration Web page |
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Marco Van De Wiel Associate Professor |
SSC 2412 519 661‑2111 Ext: 80161 mvandew3@uwo.ca |
Computational geomorphology, fluvial geomorphology,
landscape evolution modelling Web page
On sabbatical: July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 |
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James Voogt Associate Professor and Acting Chair |
SSC 2401 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85018 javoogt@uwo.ca |
Urban climatology Web page
Acting Chair: July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012 |
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Jinfei Wang Professor |
SSC 2402 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85017 jfwang@uwo.ca |
Remote sensing and GIS Web page |
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Tony Weis Associate Professor |
SSC 2314 519 661‑2111 Ext: 87472 aweis@uwo.ca |
Globalization & agriculture, political ecology, land
reform & social movements, environmental conservation in inequitable
landscapes Web page |
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Adam Yates Assistant Professor |
SSC 2403 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85008 adam.yates@uwo.ca |
Aquatic Ecosystems in Populated Landscapes;
Development and Application of Ecological Assessment Methods
for Aquatic Ecosystems; Watershed Description and Analysis Web page (Graduate Opportunities) |
Part-Time and Adjunct Professors
| Name | Contact Information | Research Interest/Geography Teaching Responsibilities | |
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Abednego Aryee Lecturer |
SSC 2312 aaryee@uwo.ca |
Geography 3441G:
Conservation & Devepment EnvrSust 9012: Pillars of Environment & Sustainability-Planning and Management |
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Bob Bailey Adjunct Professor |
robert_bailey@cbu.ca | Bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems, from the values and objectives that lead to initiation of a program, to its design, execution and interpretation of the information collected that leads to action. With my students, I have looked at this in the context of Yukon streams affected by placer gold mining, BC streams affected by forestry and agriculture, Alberta wetlands exposed to urban and fossil fuel development, and southern Ontario streams altered by intensive agricultural management. |
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Jane Bowles Professor |
Staging Building 110, 519 661‑2111 Ext: 80084 jbowles@uwo.ca |
Assessing the effects of forest fragmentation aAdjunct nd
other human-induced impacts on the biodiversity and ecosystem function
of natural communities. Web page |
![]() | Wendy Dickinson Assistant Professor |
UCC 210 or SSC 2312 519-661-2111 Ext: 88616 or 80577 wendyd@sdc.uwo.ca |
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| Steve Evans Lecturer |
SSC 2312 519 661‑2111 |
Geography 3462F: Land Use Planning |
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Rick Fehr Assistant Professor |
SSC 2312 rfehr@uwo.ca |
Geography 2411G:
Indigenous Environments (aka Anthropology 2601G) |
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| Mireya Folch-Serra Associate Professor |
SSC 2420 519 661-2111 Ext: 85021 folch@uwo.ca |
Geography 2050B: Western Europe and
Geography 2142B: Geopolitics |
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Clare Gordon Assistant Professor |
SSC 2312 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85077 cgordon@uwo.ca |
Geography 2040A:
Geography of East and Southeast Asia Geography 2041G: Geography of China |
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| Kim Holland Lecturer |
Weldon Library 122 519 661‑2111 Ext: 84612 kholland@uwo.ca |
Geography 1100: Fundamentals of Geography |
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Beth Hundey Lecturer |
SSC 2312 / SSC 1432 ehundey@uwo.ca |
Geography 1300B: Physical Geography |
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| John Kovacs Adjunct Professor |
Nipissing University Dept of Geography and Environment |
Remote Sensing, Coastal Forested Wetlands Web page |
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Greg Levine,
LLB Assistant Professor |
SSC 2312 glevine@uwo.ca |
Geography 3415B: Geographic Perspectives on Law and Society |
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Paul Mkandawire Lecturer |
SSC 2312 / SSC 1424 pmkanda@uwo.ca |
Geography 2030A: Africa
South of the Sahara Geography 3431B: Geography of Health and Health Care |
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Mark Moscicki Lecturer |
SSC 2312 mmoscic@uwo.ca |
Geography 2310A: Weather and Climate |
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Sergio Pompilii Lecturer |
SSC 2312 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85077 sergio@sepompilii.on.ca |
Geography 2162B: Introduction to Urban and Regional Planning |
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Bharat Punjabi Lecturer |
SSC 2312 bpunjabi@uwo.ca |
Geography 3441G: Conservation and Development |
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Richard Sadler Lecturer |
SSC 2312 / SSC 1428 rsadler4@uwo.ca |
Geography 2220B: GIS I |
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Gabor Sass Assistant Professor |
SSC 2312 / BGS 3025 gsass@uwo.ca |
Geography 2320A: Introductory Biogeography |
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Joe Shaw, MBA Lecturer |
SSC 2312 |
Geography 3464F: Muncipal
Feasibility of Urban Development Geography 4460G: Real Estate and the Cities |
![]() | Arja Vainio‑Mattila Adjunct Professor |
Huron University College A7 519 438‑7224 Ext: 205 avainiom@uwo.ca |
Community based natural resource management, participatory development, gender issues, poverty reduction, "community" in a developing urban context, international development praxis and theory, Africa, China, South and South-East Asia |
![]() | Colin H. Williams Adjunct Professor |
Cardiff University, UK williamsch@cardiff.ac.uk |
Ethnic relations, political geography, geolinguistics,
comparative international law and minority rights, political
philosophy and multiculturalism. |
Professors Emeriti
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Brian Luckman Professor Emeritus |
SSC 1420 519 661‑2111 Ext: 85012 luckman@uwo.ca |
Geomorphology, dendrochronology Web page |
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Cheryl Pearce Professor Emerita |
SSC 2322 519 661-3423 cpearce@uwo.ca |
Landscape ecology and remote sensing Web page |
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Elaine Bjorklund |
Chicago, 1955 |
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Richard Butler
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Glasgow, 1973 r.butler2@btinternet.com |
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Don Cartwright
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Western Ontario, 1973 |
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Bill Code
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California(Berkeley), 1971
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Mireya Folch Serra
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Queen's, 1990
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Don Janelle
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Michigan State, 1966
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Roger King
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PhD Saskatchewan
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Robert McDaniel
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Western Ontario, 1954
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Charles Whebell
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London, 1961
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Robert Wightman
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Durham, 1964 |
Visiting Professors and Post-doctoral Researchers
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Radu-Dan Capitan Post-doctoral Research Associate CPSX |
SSC Tel: 519 661-2111 rcapitan@uwo.ca |
Martian landforms, dating planetary surfaces, GIS applied on extra-terrestrial morphologies |















