# Department of Geography and the Environment: professors and courses Course codes GRG, SUS Who teaches here **29** people Teaching 36 courses in Spring 2026 and Fall 2026. 27 professors · 1 lecturer or instructor · 1 graduate or other instructor ## Who teaches here Find a professor or course **Department of Geography and the Environment professors and instructors** | Name | Teaches | | --- | --- | | Professors · 27 | | | [Paul C Adams](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/adamspc3) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17001359/) Professor Geographical Communications · Place Images in the Media · Disentangling from Digital Media · Geopolitical Discourses | [GRG 305](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/305), [GRG 396T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/396t) | | Gregory P Anderson [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16277998/) Assistant professor of instruction | No classes listed this year | | [Eugenio Yatsuda Arima](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/ea9267) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Eugenio%20Arima#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17373514/) Associate professor Human-environment interactions · land system science · biodiversity conservation · GIS/Science | [GRG 335N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/335n), [GRG 412E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/412e), [GRG 470C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/470c) | | Sheryl Luzzadder Beach [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17391950/) Professor | [GRG 356C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/356c), [GRG 401C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/401c) | | [Timothy Beach](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/tb7938) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Timothy%20Beach#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17392778/) Professor Geoarchaeology · Soils · Climate History · Geomorphology | [GRG 333K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/333k), [GRG 349S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/349s), [GRG 404E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/404e) | | [Brenda Boonabaana](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/bb42452) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Brenda%20Boonabaana#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17372255/) Assistant professor Sustainable Development · Conservation and Development · Sustainable Tourism · Environmental Justice and Equity | [GRG 340D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/340d), [GRG 342C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/342c), [SUS 301](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sus/301) | | [Andrew Britt](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/ab88276) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16987976/) Assistant professor Brazil · the Black diaspora · especially in Latin America · digital humanities | No classes listed this year | | [Mark Budolfson](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/mbb2926) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13544552/) Associate professor Ethics · Philosophy · Politics · and Economics (PPE) | [GRG 342S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/342s) | | [Kelley A Crews](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/kac2869) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Kelley%20Crews#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17007513/) Associate professor Muddy Boots Remote Sensing · Land Change Science · & Healthy Socio-ecological Systems in Developing States | [GRG 440L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/440l) | | [David J Eaton](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/djeaton) Professor Evaluation 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](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/jre737) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Jules%20Elkins#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/7214110/) Associate professor of instruction Chemicals and Human Health · Sustainability · Sustainable Urban Design · Green and Healthy Buildings | [SUS 374](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sus/374), [SUS 379L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sus/379l) | | [Caroline Faria](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/cf24879) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Caroline%20Faria#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/9743482/) Associate professor Feminist political and economic geographies · feminist methodologies · Africa and the African diaspora | [GRG 330F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/330f) | **Show all 29 peopleDepartment of Geography and the Environment professors and instructors, continued** | Name | Teaches | | --- | --- | | Professors · 27 | | | [Thomas Garrison](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/tg8227) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Thomas%20Garrison#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17418821/) Assistant professor Maya archaeology · Mesoamerican archaeology · GIS · remote sensing | [GRG 331K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/331k), [GRG 356T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/356t), [GRG 412E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/412e) | | [Yuhao Kang](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/yk9999) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Yuhao%20Kang#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13868808/) Assistant professor GIScience · GeoAI · Human-centered GeoAI · (Geo)Spatial Data Science | [GRG 356T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/356t), [GRG 396T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/396t) | | [Daniel S Levine](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/dsl465) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Daniel%20Levine#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17386842/) Assistant professor of instruction Conservation Biogeography · Landscape Ecology · Citizen and Community Science · Sustainability | [GRG 301K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/301k), [GRG 305](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/305), [GRG 332L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/332l), [GRG 342N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/342n), [SUS 374](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sus/374) | | [Gengchen Mai](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/gm34392) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Gengchen%20Mai#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14590867/) Assistant professor Spatially Explicit Artificial Intelligence · Geospatial Artificial Intelligence · Spatial Data Science · Geo-Foundation Models | [GRG 327G](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/327g), [GRG 396T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/396t), [GRG 460G](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/460g) | | [Laurel Mei-Singh](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/lm46266) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Laurel%20Mei-Singh#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17376497/) Assistant professor Environmental justice · carceral and abolition geographies · race and indigeneity · militarism | [GRG 320J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/320j) | | [Thoralf Meyer](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/tm27286) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16989547/) Associate professor of instruction ecology of arid and semi-arid ecosystems · remote sensing · ecosystem management | [GRG 336C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/336c), [GRG 367K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/367k), [GRG 462K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/462k) | | [Youjeong Oh](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/yo2239) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Youjeong%20Oh#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17372815/) Associate professor Critical Urban Studies in East Asia · Colonization and Decolonization · Development and Social Movement · Media | [GRG 321D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/321d), [GRG 348E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/348e) | | Caroline Sage Ponder [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17206820/) Assistant professor | No classes listed this year | | Carlos E Ramos [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Carlos%20Ramos#lookup)[CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17365538/) Associate professor | [GRG 401C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/401c), [GRG 439](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/439) | | [Bjorn Ingmunn Sletto](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/bis78) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17372691/) Professor Geographic Information Systems · Latin American planning and development · participatory planning · environmental and social justice | [GRG 396T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/396t) | | Lawrence W Speck [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/17371390/) Professor | No classes listed this year | | William S Swearingen [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/14639577/) Assistant professor of instruction | [GRG 309C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/309c) | | [Amy Thompson](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/at26634) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16989550/) Assistant professor Mesoamerica · ancient Maya · ancient and modern Maya settlement patterns · geospatial modeling | [GRG 373F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/373f) | | [Rebecca M Torres](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/rt7296) [Evaluations](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/professor-evaluations?q=Rebecca%20Torres#lookup) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/13462869/) Professor (Im)migration · Children/Youth Geographies · Gender · Feminist Geography | [GRG 390L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/390l), [SUS 301](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sus/301) | | [Pavithra Vasudevan](https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/geography/faculty/pv5654) [CV](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/courses/nlogon/download/16992074/) Assistant professor | No classes listed this year | | Lecturers and instructors · 1 | | | Kayee Zhou Lecturer | No classes listed this year | | Graduate and other instructors · 1 | | | Stephanie Zeller | [GRG 336](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/336) | ## Who teaches each course **Department of Geography and the Environment: who teaches each course** | Course | Taught by | | --- | --- | | [GRG 301K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/301k) | Daniel S Levine | | [GRG 305](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/305) | Paul C Adams, Daniel S Levine | | [GRG 309C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/309c) | William S Swearingen | | [GRG 320J](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/320j) | Laurel Mei-Singh | | [GRG 321D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/321d) | Youjeong Oh | | [GRG 327G](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/327g) | Gengchen Mai | | [GRG 330F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/330f) | Caroline Faria | | [GRG 331K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/331k) | Thomas Garrison | | [GRG 332L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/332l) | Daniel S Levine | | [GRG 333K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/333k) | Timothy Beach | | [GRG 335N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/335n) | Eugenio Yatsuda Arima | | [GRG 336](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/336) | Stephanie Zeller | **Show all 36 coursesDepartment of Geography and the Environment: who teaches each course, continued** | Course | Taught by | | --- | --- | | [GRG 336C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/336c) | Thoralf Meyer | | [GRG 340D](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/340d) | Brenda Boonabaana | | [GRG 342C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/342c) | Brenda Boonabaana | | [GRG 342N](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/342n) | Daniel S Levine | | [GRG 342S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/342s) | Mark Budolfson | | [GRG 348E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/348e) | Youjeong Oh | | [GRG 349S](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/349s) | Timothy Beach | | [GRG 356C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/356c) | Sheryl Luzzadder Beach | | [GRG 356T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/356t) | Thomas Garrison, Yuhao Kang | | [GRG 367K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/367k) | Thoralf Meyer | | [GRG 373F](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/373f) | Amy Thompson | | [GRG 390L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/390l) | Rebecca M Torres | | [GRG 396T](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/396t) | Paul C Adams, Yuhao Kang, Gengchen Mai, Bjorn Ingmunn Sletto | | [GRG 401C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/401c) | Sheryl Luzzadder Beach, Carlos E Ramos | | [GRG 404E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/404e) | Timothy Beach | | [GRG 412E](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/412e) | Eugenio Yatsuda Arima, Thomas Garrison | | [GRG 439](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/439) | Carlos E Ramos | | [GRG 440L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/440l) | Kelley A Crews | | [GRG 460G](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/460g) | Gengchen Mai | | [GRG 462K](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/462k) | Thoralf Meyer | | [GRG 470C](https://utaustin.guide/courses/grg/470c) | Eugenio Yatsuda Arima | | [SUS 301](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sus/301) | Brenda Boonabaana, Rebecca M Torres | | [SUS 374](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sus/374) | Jules R Elkins, Daniel S Levine | | [SUS 379L](https://utaustin.guide/courses/sus/379l) | Jules R Elkins | **Bachelor’s degrees 3 programs** - [Geographical sciences](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/liberal-arts/) BSEnvirSci - [Geography](https://utaustin.guide/majors/geography) BA [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/programs/geography-ba/) - [Sustainability studies](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/liberal-arts/) BA **Master’s degrees 1 program** - [Geography](https://utaustin.guide/majors/geography) MA [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/liberal-arts) **Doctoral degrees 1 program** - [Geography](https://utaustin.guide/majors/geography) PhD [Catalog](https://catalog.utexas.edu/graduate/areas-of-study/liberal-arts) **Pay after graduation Up to $62,400Median pay after graduation by field** | Field of study | 1 year out | 4 years out | | --- | --- | --- | | Geography and Cartography Bachelor’s · Geographical sciences | $49,100 | $62,400 | | Sustainability Studies Bachelor’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. **Sources UT catalog, HB 2504** UT’s catalog lists colleges, deans, departments, and degree programs. UT’s public course records list instructors and CVs by section. - [UT Austin undergraduate catalog 2026-2028](https://catalog.utexas.edu/undergraduate/colleges-schools/) - [UT Austin HB 2504 public course information](https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/student/coursedocs/nlogon/) [College of Liberal Arts](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/college-of-liberal-arts)[Every UT college](https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges)[Every UT course](https://utaustin.guide/courses) By [Sulayman Bowles](https://sulayman-bowles.dev/about) · Checked Nov 11, 2026 --- Source: https://utaustin.guide/ut/colleges/college-of-liberal-arts/department-of-geography-and-the-environment · Checked 2026-11-11 · Field Guide: UT Austin