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Faculty and Staff

We have a diverse faculty from five continents and we actively promote diversity in our faculty hires and student majors. Indeed, we represent a healthy mix of gender and ethnic backgrounds and we have built an excellent scholarly atmosphere.

	Samuel Adu-Prah, Lecturer Email: saduprah <at> siu.edu Remote Sensing, GIS, Geovisualization, Spatio-temporal Data Mining
	Leslie Duram, Professor 12-month Fulbright sabbatical in Ireland, Aug 2009 - Aug 2010 Email: duram <at> siu.edu Organic Agriculture, Rural Land Use, Watershed Management
	Ben Dziegielewski, Professor, Acting Chair Email: benedykt <at> siu.edu Water Resource Management, Water Use
	Christopher Lant, Professor Email: clant <at> siu.edu Water Resources Management, Wetlands
	Tonny Oyana, Associate Professor Email: tjoyana <at> siu.edu GIS and GIScience, Spatial Epidemiology
	Justin Schoof, Assistant Professor Email: jschoof <at> siu.edu Climate Variability and Change, Climatological Methods
	Matthew D. Therrell, Assistant Professor Email: therrell <at> siu.edu Dendrochronology, paleoclimatology, biogeography, water resources, Southern Africa
	Guangxing Wang, Assistant Professor Email: gxwang <at> siu.edu Remote sensing, spatial statistics and GIS for environment and natural resources
	Julie Weinert, Instructor Email: jweinert <at> siu.edu Tourism Geography, Geography of Ecotourism

Olise Mandat

Olise Mandat, Secretary to the Chair and Office Manager
Email: skmoe@siu.edu (pictured on left)

Jennie Absher, Graduate and Undergraduate Program Secretary
Email: jabsher@siu.edu (pictured on right)