Department of Geography and the Environment: professors and courses
Who teaches here
| Name | Teaches |
|---|---|
| Professors · 27 | |
 Paul C Adams CVProfessorGeographical Communications · Place Images in the Media · Disentangling from Digital Media · Geopolitical Discourses | GRG 305, GRG 396T |
Gregory P Anderson CVAssistant professor of instruction | No classes listed this year |
 Eugenio Yatsuda Arima Evaluations CVAssociate professorHuman-environment interactions · land system science · biodiversity conservation · GIS/Science | GRG 335N, GRG 412E, GRG 470C |
Sheryl Luzzadder Beach CVProfessor | GRG 356C, GRG 401C |
 | GRG 333K, GRG 349S, GRG 404E |
 Brenda Boonabaana Evaluations CVAssistant professorSustainable Development · Conservation and Development · Sustainable Tourism · Environmental Justice and Equity | GRG 340D, GRG 342C, SUS 301 |
 Andrew Britt CVAssistant professorBrazil · the Black diaspora · especially in Latin America · digital humanities | No classes listed this year |
 Mark Budolfson CVAssociate professorEthics · Philosophy · Politics · and Economics (PPE) | GRG 342S |
 Kelley A Crews Evaluations CVAssociate professorMuddy Boots Remote Sensing · Land Change Science · & Healthy Socio-ecological Systems in Developing States | GRG 440L |
 David J EatonProfessorEvaluation of energy and water conservation programs · new methods for evaluating and preventing air pollution emissions · non-profit management and insurance | No classes listed this year |
 Jules R Elkins Evaluations CVAssociate professor of instructionChemicals and Human Health · Sustainability · Sustainable Urban Design · Green and Healthy Buildings | SUS 374, SUS 379L |
 Caroline Faria Evaluations CVAssociate professorFeminist political and economic geographies · feminist methodologies · Africa and the African diaspora | GRG 330F |
Show all 29 people
| Name | Teaches |
|---|---|
| Professors · 27 | |
 Thomas Garrison Evaluations CVAssistant professorMaya archaeology · Mesoamerican archaeology · GIS · remote sensing | GRG 331K, GRG 356T, GRG 412E |
 Yuhao Kang Evaluations CVAssistant professorGIScience · GeoAI · Human-centered GeoAI · (Geo)Spatial Data Science | GRG 356T, GRG 396T |
 Daniel S Levine Evaluations CVAssistant professor of instructionConservation Biogeography · Landscape Ecology · Citizen and Community Science · Sustainability | GRG 301K, GRG 305, GRG 332L, GRG 342N, SUS 374 |
 Gengchen Mai Evaluations CVAssistant professorSpatially Explicit Artificial Intelligence · Geospatial Artificial Intelligence · Spatial Data Science · Geo-Foundation Models | GRG 327G, GRG 396T, GRG 460G |
 Laurel Mei-Singh Evaluations CVAssistant professorEnvironmental justice · carceral and abolition geographies · race and indigeneity · militarism | GRG 320J |
 Thoralf Meyer CVAssociate professor of instructionecology of arid and semi-arid ecosystems · remote sensing · ecosystem management | GRG 336C, GRG 367K, GRG 462K |
 Youjeong Oh Evaluations CVAssociate professorCritical Urban Studies in East Asia · Colonization and Decolonization · Development and Social Movement · Media | GRG 321D, GRG 348E |
Caroline Sage Ponder CVAssistant professor | No classes listed this year |
Carlos E Ramos EvaluationsCVAssociate professor | GRG 401C, GRG 439 |
 Bjorn Ingmunn Sletto CVProfessorGeographic Information Systems · Latin American planning and development · participatory planning · environmental and social justice | GRG 396T |
Lawrence W Speck CVProfessor | No classes listed this year |
William S Swearingen CVAssistant professor of instruction | GRG 309C |
 Amy Thompson CVAssistant professorMesoamerica · ancient Maya · ancient and modern Maya settlement patterns · geospatial modeling | GRG 373F |
 Rebecca M Torres Evaluations CVProfessor(Im)migration · Children/Youth Geographies · Gender · Feminist Geography | GRG 390L, SUS 301 |
 Pavithra Vasudevan CVAssistant professor | No classes listed this year |
| Lecturers and instructors · 1 | |
Kayee ZhouLecturer | No classes listed this year |
| Graduate and other instructors · 1 | |
Stephanie Zeller | GRG 336 |
Who teaches each course
| Course | Taught by |
|---|---|
| GRG 301K | Daniel S Levine |
| GRG 305 | Paul C Adams, Daniel S Levine |
| GRG 309C | William S Swearingen |
| GRG 320J | Laurel Mei-Singh |
| GRG 321D | Youjeong Oh |
| GRG 327G | Gengchen Mai |
| GRG 330F | Caroline Faria |
| GRG 331K | Thomas Garrison |
| GRG 332L | Daniel S Levine |
| GRG 333K | Timothy Beach |
| GRG 335N | Eugenio Yatsuda Arima |
| GRG 336 | Stephanie Zeller |
Show all 36 courses
| Course | Taught by |
|---|---|
| GRG 336C | Thoralf Meyer |
| GRG 340D | Brenda Boonabaana |
| GRG 342C | Brenda Boonabaana |
| GRG 342N | Daniel S Levine |
| GRG 342S | Mark Budolfson |
| GRG 348E | Youjeong Oh |
| GRG 349S | Timothy Beach |
| GRG 356C | Sheryl Luzzadder Beach |
| GRG 356T | Thomas Garrison, Yuhao Kang |
| GRG 367K | Thoralf Meyer |
| GRG 373F | Amy Thompson |
| GRG 390L | Rebecca M Torres |
| GRG 396T | Paul C Adams, Yuhao Kang, Gengchen Mai, Bjorn Ingmunn Sletto |
| GRG 401C | Sheryl Luzzadder Beach, Carlos E Ramos |
| GRG 404E | Timothy Beach |
| GRG 412E | Eugenio Yatsuda Arima, Thomas Garrison |
| GRG 439 | Carlos E Ramos |
| GRG 440L | Kelley A Crews |
| GRG 460G | Gengchen Mai |
| GRG 462K | Thoralf Meyer |
| GRG 470C | Eugenio Yatsuda Arima |
| SUS 301 | Brenda Boonabaana, Rebecca M Torres |
| SUS 374 | Jules R Elkins, Daniel S Levine |
| SUS 379L | Jules R Elkins |
Bachelor’s degrees3 programs
- Geographical sciences BSEnvirSci
- Geography BA Catalog
- Sustainability studies BA
Pay after graduationUp to $62,400
| Field of study | 1 year out | 4 years out |
|---|---|---|
| Geography and CartographyBachelor’s · Geographical sciences | $49,100 | $62,400 |
| Sustainability StudiesBachelor’s · Sustainability studies | $41,700 | $54,400 |
Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard: 1 year out is 2020–21 pay (2022 dollars), 4 years out is 2019–20 pay (2021 dollars). Fields group related programs.
About the department
Department of Geography and the Environment is part of College of Liberal Arts, led by Dean David Sosa. Its course codes are GRG and SUS.
SourcesUT catalog, HB 2504
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