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Faculty

Carol Atkinson-Palombo (Ph.D., Arizona State, 2007)
Assistant Professor - Sustainable Transportation, Urban Geography, Spatial Analysis

William Berentsen (Ph.D., Ohio State, 1976)
Professor - Regional Development, Central Europe and the USA

Tim Byrne (Ph.D., University of California - Santa Cruz, 1981)
Associate Professor - Structural Geology.

Luc Claessens (Ph.D., UC-Santa Barbara and San Diego State, 2008)
Assistant Professor in Residence - Hydrology

Thomas Cooke (Ph.D., Indiana, 1993)
Professor - Population, Urban, and Economic Geography, Quantitative Methods.

Robert Cromley (Ph.D., Ohio State, 1978)
Undergraduate Program Coordinator / GIS Certificate Coordinator
Professor - Location Theory and Industrial Geography, Computer Cartographics, Geographic Information Systems.

Melinda Daniels (Ph.D., Illinois, 2003)
Assistant Professor - Fluvial Geomorphology, Environmental Restoration, Environmental Management.

Heidi Dierssen (Ph.D., University of California - Santa Barbara, 2000)
Assistant Professor - Ocean Optics and Remote Sensing.

Dean Hanink (Ph.D., Georgia, 1980)
Interm Graduate Program Director
Professor - World Regional Geography

Thomas Lewis (Ph.D., Rutgers, 1978)
Co-Coordinator Connecticut Geographic Alliance
Associate Professor in Residence (Professor Emeritus, Manchester Community College) - Cultural / Historical Geography, Agriculture, Rail and Marine Transportation, Geographic Education.

Jeffrey Osleeb (Ph.D., SUNY-Buffalo, 1974)
Department Head
Professor - Urban Transportation Economics, Urban/Economic Geography, Geographic Information Systems.

Anji Seth (Ph.D., Michigan, 1995)
Assistant Research Professor - Regional Processes in Climate Change, Climate Modeling, Society and Climate

Nathaniel Trumbull (Ph.D., Washington, 2006)
Assistant Professor - Urban Management, Water Resources Planning and Management

Alexander Vias (Ph.D., Arizona, 1998)
Director of Urban & Community Studies Program (Storrs)
Associate Professor - Economic and Population Geography, Quantitative Methods, Rural America.

Staff

Rose Karosi
Administrative Assistant

Richard Mrozinski (M.A., Connecticut, 1996)
GIS Instructor and Lab Manager & ESRI Site License Manager.

Emeritus

Peter Halvorson (Ph.D., Cincinnati, 1970)
Professor Emeritus - Urban Geography, Housing, American Religion.