People
- Geography and Geology Faculty
Samuel Adu-Prah
Associate Professor of Geography
(Geographical Information Science (GI Science) and Environmental Modeling)
sxa054@shsu.edu
936.294.2478
Office: LDB 324
Don Albert
Professor of Geography
(Medical Geography and Geographic Education)
geo_dpa@shsu.edu
936.294.1453
Office: LDB 326
Leila Character
Assistant Professor of Geography
(Geospatial Analyses with Machine Learning, Remotely Sensed Data, and Archaeologic Machine Learning)
leilacharacter@shsu.edu
936.294.4777
Office: LDB 322
Brian Cooper
Associate Professor of Geology – Geology Program Coordinator – Geology Advisor
(Minerology and Petrology)
bjcooper@shsu.edu
936.294.1566
Office: LDB 338
Ava Fujimoto-Strait
Instructor and Lab Coordinator
Environmental Science Advisor
(Biogeography and Forest-Soil Dynamics)
axf011@shsu.edu
936.294.2355
Office: LDB 335
Josh Gilliland
Assistant Professor of Geography(Meteorology, GIS and Weather)
jmg177@shsu.edu
Office: LDB 333
Ross Guida
Associate Professor of Geography
Environmental Science Lead Advisor
(Physical Geography and Environmental Modeling)
ross.guida@shsu.edu
936.294.1233
Office: LDB 336
J. Patrick Harris
Associate Professor of Geology – Geology Advisor
(Geochemistry and Petroleum Geology)
pat-harris@shsu.edu
936.294.1452
Office: LDB 312
Joseph Hill
Associate Professor of Geology – Chair of Department of Environmental and Geosciences – Geology Advisor
(Structural Geology, Metamorphic Petrology, and Tectonics)
geojoe@shsu.edu
936.294.1560
Office: LDB 300
David Moss
Associate Professor of Geology
(Paleontology and Sclerochronology)
dxm112@shsu.edu
936.294.1593
Office: LDB 313
Falguni Mukherjee
Professor of Geography
(Geographical Information Science, South Asia)
Affiliated Faculty
fsm002@shsu.edu
936.294.2374
Office: Templeton 117
Velvet Nelson
Professor of Geography
(Tourism Geography)
vnelson@shsu.edu
936.294.4065
Office: LDB 334
John Strait
Professor of Geography – Geography Program Coordinator – Assistant Chair of the Department of Environmental and Geosciences
(Human Geography)
jbs008@shsu.edu
936.294.4077
Office: LDB 300
Yaping Xu
Assistant Professor of Enviromental and Geosciences
(Remote Sensing)
yxx013@shsu.edu
936.294.1073
Office: LDB 325
Renjie Zhou
Assistant Professor of Geology
(Hydrogeology)
rxz013@shsu.edu
936.294.1450
Office: LDB 314 - Environmental Science Advisors
Samuel Adu-Prah
Associate Professor of Geography
(Weather and Climate, Applied GIS, GIS for Public Health, GIS Programming)
Environmental Science Advisor
sxa054@shsu.edu
936.294.2478
Office: LDB 329
Ava Fujimoto-Strait
Instructor and Lab Coordinator
Environmental Science Advisor
Biogeography and Forest-Soil Dynamics
axf011@shsu.edu
936.294.2374
Office: LDB 335
Ross Guida
Lead Advisor/Coordinator for the Environmental Science degree
Associate Professor of Geography
(Environmental Sustainability, Hydrology and Water Resources, Geomorphology, Weather and Climate)
ross.guida@shsu.edu
936.294.1233
Office: LDB 336
Joseph Hill
Associate Professor of Geology
(Physical Geology; Geology of North America; Plate Tectonics; Structural Geology)
Environmental Science Advisor
geojoe@shsu.edu
936.294.1560
Office: LDB 322
Velvet Nelson
Professor of Geography
(People, Place, and Environment; Sustainable Development; Regional Geography; and Tourism Geography)
Environmental Science Advisor
vnelson@shsu.edu
936.294.4065
Office: LDB 334
Renjie Zhou
Assistant Professor of Geology
(Geologic Hazards and Resources, Hydrogeology, Environmental Geology)
Environmental Science Advisor
rxz013@shsu.edu
936.294.1450
Office: LDB 325 - Staff
Camy Dawson
Assistant to the Chair
cjs049@shsu.edu
936.294.1451
Office: LDB 300
Hours: Mon-Fri: 8 a.m - 5 p.m
Ava Fujimoto-Strait
Instructor and Lab Coordinator
Environmental Science Advisor
Biogeography and Forest-Soil Dynamics
axf011@shsu.edu
936.294.2355
Office: LDB 335
