Faculty

David Beilman, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2006.

Research Interests: Biogeography, climate change, wetland ecosystems.
(808) 956-7311

beilman@hawaii.edu
website

Qi Chen, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2006.

Research Interests: Remote sensing, GIS, and their application in environmental science.
(808) 956-3524

qichen@hawaii.edu
website

Thomas Giambelluca, Professor
Ph.D., University of Hawai`i at Manoa, 1983.

Research Interests: Climatology, geographical hydrology.
(808) 956-7390

thomas@hawaii.edu
website

Jon Goss, Professor
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1990.

Research Interests: Urban geography, landscapes of popular culture and tourism, social theory, Southeast Asia.
(808) 956-7375 or Honors program: 956-8391

jgoss@hawaii.edu
website

Hong Jiang, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Clark University, 1997.

Research Interests: Cultural geography of the environment.
(808) 956-8164

hjiang@hawaii.edu


Reece Jones, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2008.

Research Interests: Political geography, globalization, borders, nationalism, homelands, South Asia.
(808) 956-7683

reecej@hawaii.edu
website

Stacy Jørgensen, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2002.

Research Interests: Evolutionary biogeography, landscape and ecological genetics.
(808) 956-7526

jorgy@hawaii.edu
website

Mary G. McDonald, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1990.

Research Interests: Economic geography, geographical transformations, social theory, Japan.
(808) 956-7016 Fax (808) 956-3512

mcdonald@hawaii.edu

Matthew McGranaghan, Associate Professor
Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo, 1986.

Research Interests: Computer cartography, human-computer interaction, spatial cognition, geographic information systems, remote sensing.
(808) 956-7092

matt@hawaii.edu
website

Alison Rieser, Professor
LL.M., Yale University, 1990.

Research Interests: Fisheries management law and policy, marine conservation law and policy.
(808) 956-8467

rieser@hawaii.edu


Mark A. Ridgley, Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1986.

Research Interests: Resource systems analysis, water resources planning, urban environmental services in the Third World.
(808) 956-3510

ridgley@hawaii.edu


Krisnawati Suryanata, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1994.

Research Interests: Political ecology, geography of food and agriculture, common property resource management, technology and society, environmental and landscape change.
(808) 956-7384

krisnawa@hawaii.edu


Ross Sutherland, Professor and Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1988.

Research Interests: Fluvial geomorphology, soil erosion, water quality.
(808) 956-7157

sutherla@hawaii.edu

Brian Szuster, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Victoria, 2001.

Research Interests: Environmental impact assessment, coastal resource management.
(808) 956-7345

szuster@hawaii.edu
website: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~szuster

Lyndon Wester, Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1975.

Research Interests: Plant geography.
(808) 956-7858

wester@hawaii.edu


Everett Wingert, Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1973.

Research Interests: Cartography, remote sensing.
(808) 956-7672

everett@hawaii.edu or evw@aloha.net