Ask a Geographer
Ask a Geographer is an AAG outreach project that offers the media, government agencies, teachers, and students links to experts in various fields of geography. The experts are drawn from and categorized according to the AAG Specialty Groups and may be contacted directly, using the information provided. They will respond to specific inquiries about geographic topics and issues in their areas of expertise.
The outreach project was developed by Richard Marston (Kansas State University) and is maintained by the AAG. Members interested in participating are welcome to contact AAG at careers@aag.org or 202-234-1450.
Select a topic:
Africa
Edward Carr
University of South Carolina
United States Agency for International Development
Washington, D.C.
Email: carr@sc.edu
Website: www.edwardrcarr.com
Website: www.edwardrcarr.com/opentheechochamber/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, Undergraduate and Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Dr. Emmanuel K. Mbobi
US Census Bureau
Suitland, MD
Email: emmanuel.mbobi@census.gov
Animal Geography
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Applied Geography
Jon Harbor
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Email: jharbor@purdue.edu
Asian Geography
Suman Gautam (India)
Mayo College Ajmer
Rajasthan, India
Email: sgautam@mayocollege.com
Available for Inquiries Regarding: K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education.
Simon Springer (Cambodia)
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Email: springer@uvic.ca
Website: http://people.geog.
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, and Research Methodologies.
Bible
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Biogeography
Jerry Griffith
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
Email: griffith@usm.edu
Business Geography
Fred Miller
Hutchens Distinguished Professor of Marketing and Business GIS
Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business
Murray State University
Murray, KY
Email: FMiller@MurrayState.edu
Website: http://web2.murraystate.edu/fred.miller/personal/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, and Research Methodologies.
Linda Peters
Commercial Business Development
Esri
Redlands, CA
Email: lpeters@esri.com
Website: http://www.esri.com
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Careers, International Research and Collaboration, Professional Development, and Research Methodologies.
Murray Rice
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Email: rice@unt.edu
Website: http://www.murrayrice.com
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Wes Stroh
Penn State University
State College, PA
Email: wjstroh@psu.edu
Website: http://www.geog.psu.edu/people/stroh-wes
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Professional Development, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education.
Canadian Studies
Christopher D. Merrett
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL
Email: cd-merrett@wiu.edu
Rémy Tremblay
University of Quebec
Montreal, Canada
Email: remy_tremblay@teluq.uqam.ca
Website: http://benhur.teluq.uquebec.ca/SPIP/rtremblay/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: K-12 Education.
Cartography
Joseph Kerski
Esri
Broomfield, CO
Email: jkerski@esri.com
Website: josephkerski.com
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephkerski
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Eugene Turner
California State University Northridge
Northridge, CA
Email: eturner@csun.edu
Website: www.csun.edu/~hfgeg005/eturner
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, K-12 Education, and Undergraduate Education.
China
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Climate
Robert W. Christopherson
Lincoln, CA
Email: bobobbe@aol.com
Robert Hellstrom
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA
Email: rhellstrom@bridgew.edu
Mark D. Schwartz
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
Email: mds@uwm.edu
Website: www4.uwm.edu/letsci/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Careers, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Coastal and Marine
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
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Communication Geography
Kathy Sherman-Morris
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
Email: kms5@geosci.msstate.edu
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media, Professional Development, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Community College
Michael W. Pesses
Geography/GIS
Antelope Valley College
Lancaster, California
Email: mpesses@avc.edu
Website: http://avconline.avc.edu/mpesses/
Cryosphere
Robert Hellstrom
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA
Email: rhellstrom@bridgew.edu
Cultural and Political Ecology
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Cultural Geography
Jason Dittmer
University College London
London, UK
Email: j.dittmer@ucl.ac.uk
Website: http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/about-the-department/people/academics/jason-dittmer
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, and International Collaboration and Research.
Steven M. Schnell
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
Email: schnell@kutztown.edu
Website: http://faculty.kutztown.edu/schnell/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Undergraduate Education, and Research Methodologies.
Cyberinfrastructure
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Development Geography
Edward Carr
University of South Carolina
United States Agency for International Development
Washington, D.C.
Email: carr@sc.edu
Website: http://www.edwardrcarr.com
Website: http://www.edwardrcarr.com/opentheechochamber/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, Undergraduate and Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Disability
Deborah Metzel
University of Massachusetts
Boston, MA
Email: debmetzel@yahoo.com
Website: http://faculty.umb.edu/
Economic Geography
Harvey J. Miller
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Email: harvey.miller@geog.utah.edu
Energy and the Environment
Martin J. (Mike) Pasqualetti
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Email: pasqualetti@asu.edu
Website: http://geoplan.asu.edu/pasqualetti/
Environmental Perception and Behavioral Geography
Kathy Sherman-Morris
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
Email: kms5@geosci.msstate.edu
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media, Professional Development, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Ethnic Geography
Alex Bullen
Portland State University
Lafayette, CO
Email: abullen1564@gmail.com
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Lawrence E. Estaville
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Email: lestaville@txstate.edu
Ines Miyares
Hunter College
New York, NY
Email: imiyares@hunter.cuny.edu
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
European
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Geographic Information Science & Systems
Daniel G. Cole
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
Email: coled@si.edu
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, Research Methodologies, GIS, and Indigenous Mapping.
George F. Hepner
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Email: george.hepner@geog.utah.edu
Joseph Kerski
Esri
Broomfield, CO
Email: jkerski@esri.com
Website: josephkerski.com
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephkerski
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Harvey J. Miller
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Email: harvey.miller@geog.utah.edu
Eugene Turner
California State University Northridge
Northridge, CA
Email: eturner@csun.edu
Website: www.csun.edu/~hfgeg005/eturner
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, K-12 Education, and Undergraduate Education.
Peter H. Van Demark
Caliper Corporation
Newton, MA
Email: peter@caliper.com
Benjamin Zhan
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Email: zhan@txstate.edu
Geographic Perspectives on Women
Stuart C. Aitken
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Email: saitken@mail.sdsu.edu
Karen Falconer Al-Hindi
University of Nebraska
Omaha, NE
Email: kfalconeralhindi@mail.unomaha.edu
Maureen Hays-Mitchell
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Email: mhaysmitchell@colgate.edu
Victoria Lawson
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Email: lawson@u.washington.edu
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/lawson/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Jenny Zorn
California State University
San Bernardino, CA
Email: jzorn@csusb.edu
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Eduction, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Geography Education
Joseph Kerski
Esri
Broomfield, CO
Email: jkerski@esri.com
Website: josephkerski.com
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephkerski
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Rémy Tremblay
University of Quebec
Montreal, Canada
Email: remy_tremblay@teluq.uqam.ca
Website: http://benhur.teluq.uquebec.ca/SPIP/rtremblay/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: K-12 Education.
Jenny Zorn
California State University
San Bernardino, CA
Email: jzorn@csusb.edu
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Eduction, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Geography of Religions and Belief Systems
Joshua Comenetz
US Census Bureau
Washington, DC
Email: Joshua.comenetz@census.gov
Rajesh Sampath
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
Email: rsampath@brandeis.edu
Website: http://heller.brandeis.edu/facguide/person.html?emplid=4489d4ddaae9027bfc7df24a0229ace518f853b2 Available for Inquiries Regarding: International Collaboration and Research.
Geomorphology
Wakefield Dort Jr.
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Phone: 913-864-4974
Marcus Gillespie
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
Email: marcusg@shsu.edu
Jon Harbor
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Email: jharbor@purdue.edu
Graduate Student Affinity Group
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Hazards
Cathy Helgeland
University of Wisconsin
Manitowoc, WI
Email: chelgela@uwc.edu
Burrell Montz
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Email: montzb@ecu.edu
Website: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/geog/Montz.cfm
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies
Kathy Sherman-Morris
Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
Email: kms5@geosci.msstate.edu
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media, Professional Development, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
John Tiefenbacher
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Email: tief@txstate.edu
Graham A. Tobin
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Email: gtobin@cas.usf.edu
Website: http://www.acad.usf.edu/Office/Strategic-Planning/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Professional Development, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Health and Medical Geography
Benjamin Zhan
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Email: zhan@txstate.edu
Historical Geography
Donald Holtgrieve
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Email: dgh@uoregon.edu
History of Geography
Karen Falconer Al-Hindi
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Omaha, NE
Email: kfalconeralhindi@mail.unomaha.edu
Kent Mathewson
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Email: kentm@lsu.edu
Human Dimensions of Global Change
Edward Carr
University of South Carolina
United States Agency for International Development
Washington, D.C
Email: Carr@sc.edu
Website: http://www.edwardrcarr.com
Website: http://www.edwardrcarr.com/opentheechochamber/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Professional Development, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Research and Collaboration, and Research Methodolgies.
Indigenous Peoples
Steven M. Schnell
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA
Email: schnell@kutztown.edu
Website: http://faculty.kutztown.edu/schnell/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Undergraduate Education, and Research Methodologies.
Landscape
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Latin America
Maureen Hays-Mitchell
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Email: mhaysmitchell@colgate.edu
Artimus Keiffer
Wittenberg University
Springfield, OH
Email: akeiffer@wittenberg.edu
Victoria Lawson
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Email: lawson@u.washington.edu
Marie Price
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Email: mprice@gwu.edu
Middle East
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Military Geography
Eugene J. Palka
US Military Academy
Westpoint, NY
Email: gene.palka@usma.edu
Mountain Geography
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Paleoenvironmental Change
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Political Geography
Scott Carlin
Long Island University
Hampton Bays, NY
Email: scott.carlin@liu.edu
Jason Dittmer
University College London
London, UK
Email: j.dittmer@ucl.ac.uk
Website: http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/about-the-department/people/academics/jason-dittmer
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, and International Collaborationa and Research.
Carolyn Gallaher
American University
Washington, DC
Email: caroleg@american.edu
Simon Springer
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Email: springer@uvic.ca
Website: http://people.geog.
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, and Research Methodologies.
Population
Joshua Comenetz
US Census Bureau
Washington, DC
Email: Joshua.comenetz@census.gov
Joseph Kerski
Esri
Broomfield, CO
Email: jkerski@esri.com
Website: josephkerski.com
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephkerski
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Peter H. Van Demark
Caliper Corporation
Newton, MA
Email: peter@caliper.com
Public and Private Affinity Group
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Qualitative Research
Edward Carr
University of South Carolina
United States Agency for International Development
Washington, D.C.
Email: carr@sc.edu
Website: http://www.edwardrcarr.com
Website: http://www.edwardrcarr.com/opentheechochamber/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, Undergraduate and Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Recreation, Tourism, and Sport
Rémy Tremblay
University of Quebec
Montreal, Canada
Email: remy_tremblay@teluq.uqam.ca
Website: http://benhur.teluq.uquebec.ca/SPIP/rtremblay/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: K-12 Education.
Regional Development and Planning
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Remote Sensing
Jerry Griffith
University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS
Email: griffith@usm.edu
George F. Hepner
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Email: george.hepner@geog.utah.edu
Kelley O'Neal
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Email: kelleyo@umd.edu
Retired Geographers Affinity Group
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Rural Geography
Wendy Wolford
UNC Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Email: wwolford@email.unc.edu
Russian, Central Eurasian, and East European
Camelia-Maria Kantor
Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC
Email: ckantor@claflin.edu
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/camelia-kantor/1/658/225
Website: http://www.claflin.edu/faculty-research/faculty-research/camelia-maria-kantor
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Undergraduate Education, International Collaboration and Research.
Sexuality and Space
Stuart C. Aitken
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
Email: saitken@mail.sdsu.edu
Socialist and Critical Geography
Simon Springer
University of Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Email: springer@uvic.ca
Website: http://people.geog.
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, and Research Methodologies.
Spatial Analysis and Modeling
Volunteers are needed for this topic.
Study of the American South
Rob Brown
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
Email: brownrn@appstate.edu
Website: http://geo.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/rob-brown
Transportation Geography
Harvey J. Miller
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Email: harvey.miller@geog.utah.edu
Peter H. Van Demark
Caliper Corporation
Newton, MA
Email: peter@caliper.com
Benjamin Zhan
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
Email: zhan@txstate.edu
Urban Geography
Scott Carlin
Long Island University
Hampton Bays, NY
Email: scott.carlin@liu.edu
Karen Falconer Al-Hindi
University of Nebraska
Omaha, NE
Email: kfalconeralhindi@mail.unomaha.edu
Maureen Hays-Mitchell
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Email: mhaysmitchell@colgate.edu
Water Resources
Jon Harbor
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
Email: jharbor@purdue.edu
Burrell Montz
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC
Email: montzb@ecu.edu
Website: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/geog/Montz.cfm
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Requests, Careers, Professional Development, K-12 Education, Undergraduate Education, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Graham A. Tobin
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
Email: gtobin@cas.usf.edu
Website: http://www.acad.usf.edu/Office/Strategic-Planning/
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Media Inquiries, Careers, Professional Development, Graduate Education, International Collaboration and Research, and Research Methodologies.
Wine
Gregory V. Jones
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR
Email: gjones@sou.edu
Available for Inquiries Regarding: Viticulture, Wine Production, Climate and Terroir.
