Department of Geography Faculty and Staff

• BA Economics (Honors) San Diego State University 1986
• MA Geography Michigan State University 1991
• Ph.D. Geography; San Diego State University/University of California at Santa Barbara 1998

Specialties: US-Mexico border environmental and water research, GIS and geo-spatial tools,
Comparative environmental analysis

Phone # (505) 646-1892
Office: BRE 103
E-mail: brownchr@nmsu.edu

• B.S. Wildlife Humboldt State University, 1998
• M.A.G. Geography New Mexico State University, 2002
• Ph. D. Geography University of California, Los Angeles, 2005

Specialties: Biogeography, Remote Sensing and GIS, Avian Ecology.

Phone # (505) 646-5461
Office: BRE 106
E-mail: geobird@nmsu.edu

• BA Wayne State University 1972
• MA Wayne State University 1974
• Ph.D. University of Colorado 1979

Specialties: Land Use, Community Development, Urban Geography, Transportation Planning.

Phone # (505) 646-2815
Office: BRE 102
E-mail: rczernia@nmsu.edu

• BS University of North Dakota 1974
• MS University of North Dakota 1980
• Ph.D. University of Kansas 1985

Specialties: GIS, Landscape Ecology.

Phone # (505) 646-1842
Office: BRE 118
E-mail: mdemers@nmsu.edu

• BS University of Southwest Louisiana 1981
• MS University of Oregon 1989
• Ph.D. University of Oregon 1993

Specialties: Geomorphology.

Phone # (505) 646-1045
Office: BRE 105
E-mail: ddugas@nmsu.edu

Webpage: Geomorphology

• BS Natural Resource Science, University College of the Cariboo (now Thomson River University), 1997
• MS Rangeland Resources, Oregon State University, Rangeland Resources, 2000
• Ph.D. Forest Resources, Oregon State University, 2003

Specialties: Remote sensing, GIS, use of unmanned aerial vehicles for rangeland monitoring, landscape ecology, rangeland ecology/management/modeling, human impacts on ecological pattern and process.

Phone # (575) 646-4144
Office: BRE 114 (class office hours), Wooton Hall 154
E-mail: alaliber@nmsu.edu

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• BA University of Massachusetts Amherst 1973
• MA University of Montana 1976
• Ph.D. California-Berkley 1990

Specialties: Biogeography, cultural geography, environmental planning.

Phone # (505) 646-4806
Office: BRE 104
E-mail: jowright@nmsu.edu

STAFF

Department Secretary.

Phone # (505) 646-3509

Master of Applied Geography, New Mexico State University, 2007

BS Environmental Studies at University of Oregon, 2002

GIS Coordinator, Spatial Applications Research Center

Specialties: Urban GIS and Modeling

Phone # (505) 646-5755

E-mail: korbulic@nmsu.edu

Masters Applied Geography, New Mexico State University.

Specialties: GIS, Remote Sensing.

Phone # (505) 646-3307

E-mail: janetg@crl.nmsu.edu

Masters Applied Geography, New Mexico State University.
Bachelor of Science (Tropical Meteorology), University of Hawaii.

Specialties: Meteorology, Climatology, Meteorological Instrumentation, Weather Forecasting, and Reomote Sensing.

Phone # (505) 678-2833

E-mail: hucktw@wsmr.army.mil

GIS Analyst/Geologist Caelum-Unitec, WSMR
PhD Geology, University of Texas at El Paso, 2004
MS Geology, New Mexico State University, 1997
BS Geology, New Mexico State University, 1993

Certifications: GIS Professional (GISP) by the GIS Certification Institute, 2005
Certified Professional Geologist by the American Geological Institute, 2005

Specialties: GIS, GIS Database Administration (ArcSDE, ArcIMS, ArcGIS
Server), Hydrogeology, Water Resources, GPS, Remote Sensing

Phone # (505) 678-1315

Cell# (Emergencies only): (505) 649-0420

E-mail: jkennedy@nmsu.edu