Faculty List
Professors
Karl W. Butzer
Professor - Raymond C. Dickson Centennial Professor of Liberal Arts
karl.butzer@austin.utexas.edu | 512.328.3255 | GRG 404
Education
Ph.D., Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität BonnWilliam E. Doolittle
Professor - Erich W. Zimmermann Regents Professor in Geography
dolitl@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.1581 | GRG 306
Education
Ph.D., University of OklahomaRobin Doughty
Professor
rdoughty@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-1591 | GRG 422
Education
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Interests
Cultural Geography; Environmental Resource Management; Landscape Ecology and BiogeographyFrancisco L. Pérez
Professor - Director of Soils Laboratory
makena@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.1582 | GRG 212
Education
Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley
Interests
Mountain Geoecology, Geomorphology, Vegetation Ecology, SoilsKenneth R. Young
Professor
kryoung@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.1583 | GRG 334A
Education
Ph.D., University of Colorado at BoulderLeo E. Zonn
Professor
zonn@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-1586 | GRG 334
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Interests
Representation and Media, Especially Cinema, Geographies of Popular CultureAssociate Professors
Paul C. Adams
Associate Professor - Director of Urban Studies Program
paul.adams@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1599 | GRG 414
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-MadisonKelley A. Crews
Associate Professor - on leave through Sept 1, 2010 on a Fulbright Faculty Fellowship
kac@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512.232.5909 | GRG 228
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Interests
Landuse Ecology & Management, GIS & Remote Sensing, Environmental Policy Analysis, and Population-Environment Interactions with fourteen years field experience in the Global TropicsPaul F. Hudson
Associate Professor, Director of Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology Laboratory
pfh@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.1554 | GRG 318
Education
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Interests
Fluvial geomorphology and environmental change, coastal plain riversGregory W. Knapp
Associate Professor - Chairman of Graduate Studies Committee - Graduate Adviser
gwk@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.1588 | GRG 326
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison
Interests
Cultural and Political Ecology, Historical Geography, Latin America (especially Andes)Edgardo M. Latrubesse
Associate Professor
latrubesse@austin.utexas.edu | GRG 402
Education
Ph.D., National University of San Luis, Argentina
Interests
Fluvial Geomorphology, Latin AmericaAssistant Professors
Adina K. Batnitzky
Assistant Professor
adina.batnitzky@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1579 | GRG 204
Education
Ph.D., Brown University
Interests
Gender, Health, Labor, MigrationIpsita Chatterjee
Assistant Professor
chatterjee@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8496 | GRG 418
Education
Ph.D., Clark University
Interests
Globalization, Urban transformations, Conflict, Justice, Social Movement, Political Economy, Social TheoryRobert A. Dull
Assistant Professor
robdull@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.3245; Lab: 512.232.1596 | GRG 318
Education
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
Interests
Quaternary paleoecology, Land Use History, Climate Change, Natural HazardsJennifer A. Miller
Assistant Professor - Director of GIScience Center
jennifer.miller@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1587 | GRG 322
Education
Ph.D., San Diego State University/UC-Santa Barbara
Interests
GIScience, Integration of GIS and Remote Sensing, Environmental/Ecological ModelingSenior Lecturers
Troy M. Kimmel Jr.
Senior Lecturer
tkimmel@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-1590 | GRG 340
Education
B.S., Texas A&M University
Interests
Broadcast meteorology; Severe/inclement weather forecasting; Aviation meteorologyLecturers
Erick Akins
Lecturer
eakins@mail.utexas.edu | 471-5116 | GRG
Interests
Non-Profit Management; Grant Research, Development and Writing; Grant Management; Policy Development and Community DevelopmentPeter H. Dana
Lecturer and Research Fellow
pdana@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5351 | GRG 206b
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Geographic Information Science, Global Positioning Systems, Participatory Mapping, EthnogeographyRich Heyman
Lecturer
heyman@mail.utexas.edu | GRG 116
Education
Ph.D., University of Washington
Interests
Cultural Geography, Urban Geography, Critical Theory and Marxism, History of Geography, Pedagogy, Public SpaceDonald J. Huebner
Lecturer
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
American Southwest, Desert and Mountain Environments, Coastal Environments, Surveying, GISBella B. Jordan
Lecturer
belka@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-9127 | CAL 3
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinMark Simmons
Lecturer
msimmons@wildflower.org | 232-0125 | Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Ave
Education
Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Interests
Landscape EcologyEliot M Tretter
Lecturer
etretter@mail.utexas.edu | GRG 116
Education
Ph.D., John Hopkins UniversityJayme Walenta
Lecturer
walenta@austin.utexas.edu | GRG 116
Education
Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Interests
Economic Geography, Feminist Geography, Urban Studies, Environment and Business RelationsResearch Fellows
Peter H. Dana
Lecturer and Research Fellow
pdana@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5351 | GRG 206b
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Geographic Information Science, Global Positioning Systems, Participatory Mapping, EthnogeographyBlanca León
Research Fellow
blanca.leon@mail.utexas.edu | 475-6159 | MAI 127
Education
Ph.D., Aarhus University, DenmarkAlexandra Ponette-González
Postdoctoral Fellow
alexandra@austin.utexas.edu | GRG 118
Education
Ph.D., Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Interests
ecosystem dynamics, land-use change, climate variability, hydrology, environmental servicesCarlos E. Ramos Scharrón
Research Fellow
Education
Ph.D., Colorado State University
Interests
Hydro-geomorphology; terrestrial carbon and sediment budgets; sediment routing; road erosion; infiltration and runoff routing modeling; anthropogenic and climate change effects on hydrologic/geomorphic processes and their consequences on water quality, stream habitat, marine ecosystems; development of GIS-based sediment budget/hydrologic applications; mass wasting processes; spatial scale issues.Professors Emeriti
Assistant Instructors
Mario Cardozo
Assistant Instructor
mcardozo@mail.utexas.edu | GRG 230
Education
MS, The University of Memphis
Interests
Resource Management, Land Use, Conservation, Latin AmericaAffiliate Faculty
Steven D Hoelscher
Affiliated Faculty
hoelscher@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-2567 | BUR 430
Education
Ph.D., Geography, 1995, University of Wisconsin-MadisonPeter Ward
Affiliate faculty
peter.ward@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.6319 | BUR 532, SRH 3.332
