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Degree &
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Programs

Geography B.S.
Extended Geography; Geographic Education; Geographic Information Management (GIS);
Remote Sensing

Public Planning B.S.
Land Use Planning;
Environmental Planning; Tourism & Recreation Planning; GIS & Planning; American Indian Planning

Parks & Recreation Management
B.S. & Certificate

MA in Rural Geography

MS in Applied Geographic Infomation Science

GIS Graduate Certificate

Park Ranger Training Program

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Geography, Planning and Recreation

GEOGRAPHY, PLANNING, and RECREATION FACULTY

Samantha Arundel, Ph.D., Associate Professor (B.S., Northern Arizona University; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University 1999) Climate Change, Plant Geography, Arid Southwest, GIS and Spatial Modelling, and Remote Sensing. NAU since 1995. [Tel: 928-523-6651, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 250]

G. L. (Lenn) Berlin, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor (B.S., Clarion State College; M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee 1970) Remote sensing, arid lands, geomorphology, natural hazards. NAU 1969–81, and since 1987. [Tel: 928-523-6566, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 248]

Carolyn M. Daugherty, Ph.D., Professor (B.S., M.S., Ohio State University–Columbus; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1987) Rural and Small Town Planning, Site Planning, and Environmental Resource Planning. NAU since 1995. [Tel: 928-523-0984, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 252]

Aaron Divine, Visiting Lecturer, Outdoor recreation. [Tel: 928-523-7835, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 268]

Leland R. Dexter , Ph.D., Professor, and GIS Programs Coordinator (B.S., M.S., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., University of Colorado–Boulder 1986) GIS, Computer Cartography, Geomorphology, Climatology, and Highland Geography. NAU since 1989. [Tel: 928-523-6535, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 254]

Stephen R. Dodd, M.S., Senior Lecturer, and Director of Park Ranger Training Program (B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., University of Akron; M.S., Slippery Rock University 1981) Park ranger training, cultural resource protection. NAU since 2001. [Tel: 928-523-8242, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 256]

Pamela Foti, Ph.D., Professor, and Department Chair (B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., University of Nevada–Reno; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin 1988) Forest recreation, outdoor recreation research, expeditions, user studies, impact analysis; park and recreation agencies, structure and policy. NAU since 1987. [Tel: 928-523-6196, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 260]

Charles Hammersley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, and Parks and Recreation Management Program Coordinator (B.S., University of Florida; M.Ed., Georgia State University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico 1988) Community and commercial recreation. NAU since 1997. [Tel: 928-523-6655, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 264]

Judith Hammersley, M.A., Senior Lecturer (B.A., Western New Mexico University; M.A., University of New Mexico 1985) Community and commercial recreation, inclusive recreation. NAU since 2002. [Tel: 928-523-8523, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 258]

Ruihong 'Ray' Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (B.S., Hunan Normal University, China; M.S., Zhongshan University, China; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 2003) Geographic information systems, spatial statistics, urban transportation planning, land-use planning, geomorphology. NAU since 2003. [Tel: 928-523-8219, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 240]

R. Dawn Hawley, Ph.D., Professor (B.A., Baylor University; M.A., University of Nebraska–Omaha; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1994) Public Land Policy, Economic Geography, Urban Geography, GIS. NAU since 1991. [Also administers the Community Planning emphasis in the Master of Administration degree program.] [Tel: 928-523-1251, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 242]

Christina B. Kennedy, Ph.D., Professor, and Geography Programs Coordinator (B.A., University of California; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1989) Landscape studies, environmental perception, geography of film, resource management, environmental studies. NAU since 1995. [Also administers the M.A. in Rural Geography degree program.] [Tel: 928-523-0983, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 244]

Alan A. Lew, Ph.D., AICP, Professor (B.A., University of Hawaii–Hilo; M.A., M.U.P., Ph.D., University of Oregon 1986) Tourism, urban planning, East and Southeast Asia, United States, GIS. NAU since 1986. [on sabbatical leave for academic year 2007-8] [Tel: 928-523-6570, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 230]

Thomas W. Paradis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, and NAU Director of Assessment (B.S., Pennsylvania State University–University Park; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 1997) Cultural and historical geography, rural and urban development, tourism, historic preservation, cartography, United States and world geography. NAU since 1997. [Tel: 928-523-5853, Peterson Hall, Bld 22, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 322]

James L. Sell, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor (B.A., M.A., California State University–Fresno; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1983) Cultural geography, Environment/Behavior/Design, Landscape perception and planning, Citizen participation, Environmental and geographic education, United States. NAU since 2005. [Tel: 928-523-6790, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 246]

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Emeritus, Adjunct, Part-Time and Other Affiliated Faculty

William R. Baron, Ph.D. (University of Maine); Assistant Director, Center for Colorado Plateau Studies; Assistant Research Professor. Historical Climatology and Environmental Studies.

Robert O. Clark, Ph.D. (University of Denver); Emeritus Professor. Geomorphology, Climatology, Meteorology, Arid Lands, Cartography, Anglo-America, and World. [Tel: 928-523-1321, Office: SBS West / Bld 70, Room 255]

Philip A. Davis, Jr., Ph.D. (University of Kentucky); Research Geologist-USGS; Adjunct Professor. Remote Sensing, Environmental Geology, GIS.

Neil Gullickson, B.A., B.S. (Northern Arizona University); Planner, City of Flagstaff; Instructor. Physical Planning, Urban Design, and Planning Practice.

Michael Kerski, M.Arch., (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee); AIA, CNU; Redevelopment Program Director, City of Flagstaff; Instructor. Urban Design, Urban Redevelopment, Site Planning, New Urbanism.

William Ring, J.D. (University of Arizona); Private practice lawyer; Instructor. Land Use Law, Zoning and Planning, Regulatory Approvals.

Stanley W. Swarts, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles); Emeritus Professor. Geomorphology, Climatology, Soils, Land Use Planning, America Southwest, Arid Lands, and Cartography.

Kathryn Thomas, Ph.D. (University of California-Santa Barbara); USGS Biological Resources Division, Colorado Plateau Field Station; Adjunct Professor. Plant and landscape ecology.

Harry Tsutsui, Ph.D. (Oregon State University); Emeritus Professor. Physical Geography, Climatology.

George A. Van Otten, Ph.D. (Oregon State University); Dean of Advanced Training and Education, Army Intelligence School, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; Emeritus Professor. Rural Resource Management, Cultural, Economic, and Agricultural Geography, Geopolitics, Native Americans, and Rural Planning.  

Kim William Watson, B.S. (Ohio State University); Supervisory Park Ranger, National Park Service; Instructor. Public Land and Environmental Planning, Long Range Planning, Resource Protection, Visitor Management and Education.