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Department of Geography

Individuals face challenging issues in modern life: globalization and its regional implications, global climate change and its effects, resource use and sustainability, cultural change and its environmental consequences, geopolitics with changing states and borders, and Google Earth, GPS and other spatial digital technology that are changing the way people interact with the world. For individuals intrigued by these issues, the College’s Department of Geography and Environment is the answer.

Office: Saunders Hall 445
Tel: (808) 956-8465
Fax: (808) 956-3512
Website: geography.manoa.hawaii.edu
Download: Faculty CVs

Geography and Environment (GEOG)

At its core, Geography is about the human relationship with the environment, and its studies lend understanding to many critical issues that face modern society. The discipline spans natural science, social science, and the humanities, as well as technology, as it engages in questions such as environmental processes, socio-political dynamics, cultural change, and the use of modern geo-spatial technologies.

Specialties

Environmental Geography engages in a systematic study of the Earth’s physical environment, natural resource management and global environmental change. Its focus is on global change and its impact on different parts of the world in the terrestrial and marine environments.

Human Geography investigates the cultural, economic, and political processes that shape human activities on the Earth. It focuses on issues related to globalization, cultural and political changes and its relationship to the environment.

Geographic Technology includes the study of cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and the use of these technologies in understanding spatial environmental issues. This is a fast-growing area in geography with many research and job opportunities.

Degrees Offered

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Minor in Geography, Master of Arts (MA), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Faculty

David Beilman

David Beilman

Title: Associate Professor - Undergraduate Chair

Office: Saunders 419
Phone: 956-7311

Email: beilman@hawaii.edu

Qi Chen

Qi Chen

Title: Professor

Office: Saunders 435
Phone: 956-3524

Email: qichen@hawaii.edu

Thomas Giambelluca

Thomas Giambelluca

Title: Professor

Office: Saunders 417
Phone: 956-7390

Email: thomas@hawaii.edu

Hong Jiang

Hong Jiang

Title: Associate Professor

Office: Saunders 455B
Phone: 956-3510

Email: hjiang@hawaii.edu

Reece Jones

Reece Jones

Title: Professor - Department Chair

Office: Saunders 412
Phone: 956-7683

Email: reecej@hawaii.edu

Marina Karides

Marina Karides

Title: Professor

Office: Saunders 416
Phone: 956-7526

Email: mkarides@hawaii.edu

Camilo Mora

Camilo Mora

Title: Associate Professor

Office: Saunders 413
Phone: 956-7093

Email: cmora@hawaii.edu

Mary Mostafanezhad

Mary Mostafanezhad

Title: Associate Professor

Office: Saunders 415
Phone: 956-0653

Email: mostafan@hawaii.edu

Alison Rieser

Alison Rieser

Title: Professor

Office: Saunders 440
Phone: 956-8467

Email: rieser@hawaii.edu

Krisna Suryanata

Krisna Suryanata

Title: Associate Professor - Graduate Chair

Office: Saunders 438
Phone: 956-7384

Email: krisnawa@hawaii.edu

Ross Sutherland

Ross Sutherland

Title: Professor - Associate Dean, College of Social Sciences

Office: Saunders 439
Phone: 956-7157

Email: sutherla@hawaii.edu

Brian Szuster

Brian Szuster

Title: Associate Professor

Office: Saunders 436
Phone: 956-7345

Email: szuster@hawaii.edu

Administrative Staff

David Olsen

David Olsen  

Title: Administrative Professional Technical

Office: PSB 312C
Phone: 956-3526
Email: dolsen@hawaii.edu

Elizabeth Tajima

Elizabeth Tajima  

Title: Secretary

Office: Saunders 445C
Phone: 956-8465
Email: etajima3@hawaii.edu

Academic Units:

Anthropology (ANTH)

Communications (COM,JOUR)

Economics (ECON)

Ethnic Studies (ES)

Geography and Environment (GEOG)

Peace and Conflict Resolution (PACE)

Political Science (POLS)

Psychology (PSY)

Public Administration (PUBA)

Public Policy (PPC)

Sociology (SOC)

Urban and Regional Planning (PLAN)

Women's Studies (WS)

 

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