Faculty

Dr. Peter Anthamatten

Peter Anthamatten, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Interim GAM Lab Director

Dr. Christy Briles

Christy E Briles, Ph.D. | Associate Professor

Frederick B. Chambers, Ph.D. - Associate Professor (Sabbatical)

Frederick B. Chambers, Ph.D. | Associate Professor

Kirsten Christensen

Kirsten (Kris) Christensen, MSS, MURP | Instructor | Director of Undergraduate Studies

Dr. Ben Crawford

Benjamin Crawford, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor

Dr. Thomas Duster

Thomas Duster, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor C/T | Associate Director of Graduate Studies

  • Office Location: North Classroom 3518-B
  • Email: thomas.duster@ucdenver.edu 
  • Specialties: Water quality and treatment; fate, transport, and removal of dissolved metals and radionuclides; western water and soil management; community-based scientific boards; visual teaching tools
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Pamela Jansma

Pamela Jansma, Ph.D. | Dean, Professor of Geography & Environmental Sciences

Dr. Lisa Kelley

Lisa Kelley, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor

  • Office Location: North Classroom 3501-B
  • Email: lisa.kelley@ucdenver.edu
  • Specialties: Human-Environment Geography, Agrarian and Forest Change, Land Use, Political Ecology, Remote Sensing
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Dr. Katharine Kelsey

Katharine Kelsey, Ph.D | Assistant Professor

Dr. Rafael Moreno

Rafael Moreno , Ph.D. | Professor

  • Office Location: North Classroom 3621
  • Email: rafael.moreno@ucdenver.edu
  • Specialties: Geographic Information Science and Technology, Natural Resources Management, Sustainable Development, Open-Source Software for Geospatial Applications (FOSS4G), Forestry and land use planning in Latin America
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Brian Page

Brian Page, Ph.D. | Associate Professor

  • Office Location: North Classroom 3014-B
  • Email: brian.page@ucdenver.edu
  • Specialties: Historical and environmental geography, urban geography, gentrification, globalization and uneven development, geospatial science and the humanities
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Dr. Gregory Simon

Gregory Simon, Ph.D. | Professor | Director of Graduate Studies

  • Office Location: North Classroom 3522
  • Email: gregory.simon@ucdenver.edu
  • Specialties: Human-Environment Interactions, Political Ecology, Environmental Policy and Governance, Critical Hazards and Disaster Studies
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Dr. Amanda Weaver

Amanda J. Weaver, Ph.D. | Senior Instructor

  • Office Location: North Classroom 3622
  • Email: amanda.weaver@ucdenver.edu
  • Specialties: Cartography, Agricultural Geography, Economic Geography, Geography of South and Central America, Geospatial Systems and Analysis (GIS), Urban Geography, Food Systems
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Dr. Bryan Wee

Bryan Wee, Ph.D. | Associate Professor | Department Chair