Geography, Planning, and Recreation Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Samantha Arundel, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Northern Arizona University; M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University 1999)

Climate change, plant geography, arid Southwest, geographic information systems, and spatial modeling, remote sensing

NAU 1994

G. Lennis Berlin, Ph.D., Regents’ Professor

(B.S., Clarion State College; M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee 1970)

Remote sensing, arid lands, geomorphology, natural hazards

NAU 1969–81, 1987

Carolyn M. Daugherty, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., M.S., Ohio State University–Columbus; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1987)

Land-use planning, rural and small-town planning, site planning, environmental resource planning

NAU 1995

Leland R. Dexter, Ph.D., Professor, Geographic Information Systems Program Coordinator

(B.S., M.S., Northern Arizona University; Ph.D., University of Colorado–Boulder 1986)

Geographic information systems, computer cartography, geomorphology, climatology, highland geography

NAU 1989

Stephen R. Dodd, M.S., Senior Lecturer, Director of Park Ranger Training Program

(B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., University of Akron; M.S., Slippery Rock University 1981)

Park ranger training, cultural resource protection

NAU 2001

Pamela Foti, Ph.D., Professor, Department Chair

(B.S., Ohio State University; M.S., University of Nevada–Reno; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin 1988)

Wildland recreation and expeditions, outdoor recreation research and policy, impact analysis, park and recreation agencies

NAU 1987

Charles Hammersley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Parks and Recreation Management Program Coordinator

(B.S., University of Florida; M.Ed., Georgia State University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico 1988)

Community and commercial recreation, outdoor leadership, event planning, recreation facility development and administration

NAU 1997

Judith Hammersley, M.A., Senior Lecturer

(B.A., Western New Mexico University; M.A., University of New Mexico 1985)

Community and commercial recreation, inclusive recreation, recreation program planning, camp counseling

NAU 2002

Ruihong Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., Hunan Normal University, China; M.S., Zhongshan University, China; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 2003)

Geographic information systems, spatial statistics, urban transportation planning, land-use planning, geomorphology

NAU 2003

R. Dawn Hawley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Planning Program Coordinator

(B.A., Baylor University; M.A., University of Nebraska–Omaha; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1994)

Urban geography, economic geography, land-use planning, public land policy, geographic information systems, United States geography

NAU 1991

Christina B. Kennedy, Ph.D., Professor, Geography Programs Coordinator

(B.A., University of California; M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1989)

Landscape studies, environmental perception, geography of film, resource management, environmental studies

NAU 1995

Alan A. Lew, Ph.D., AICP, Professor, Department Chair

(B.A., University of Hawaii–Hilo; M.A., M.U.P., Ph.D., University of Oregon 1986)

Urban planning, tourism, East and Southeast Asia geography, United States geography, geographic information systems

NAU 1986

Thomas Paradis, Ph.D., Associate Professor

(B.S., Pennsylvania State University–University Park; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign 1997)

Cultural and historical geography, rural and urban development, tourism, historic preservation, cartography, United States geography, world geography

NAU 1997

C. Scott Walker, M.A., Research Associate

(B.A., Williams College; M.A., Northern Arizona University; M.A., University of Arizona 2003)

Geographic information systems education, earth sciences, resource management

NAU 2003

Adjunct Faculty

Philip A. Davis, Jr., Ph.D.

(University of Kentucky)

Remote sensing

NAU 1995

Kathryn Thomas, Ph.D.

(University of California–Santa Barbara 1996)

Plant and landscape ecology

NAU 1999

Faculty Emeriti

Robert O. Clark, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer

(B.A., University of California–Los Angeles; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Denver 1970)

Geomorphology, climatology, meteorology, arid lands, cartography, world geography, Anglo-America

NAU 1990 (retired 2003)

Stanley W. Swarts, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., University of Nebraska; M.A., California State University–Long Beach; Ph.D., University of California–Los Angeles 1975)

Cartography, climatology, geomorphology, American Southwest, arid lands

NAU 1972 (retired 1997)

George A. Van Otten, Ph.D., Professor

(B.S., M.S., Oregon College of Education; Ph.D., Oregon State University 1977)

Rural resources, agriculture, economic geography, land-use planning, geographic education, Native Americans

NAU 1977 (retired 1999)