Faculty & Staff

In Memoriam: John B. Rehder, C.W. Minkel, Thomas J. Wilbanks

Tenure-Line Faculty

• Kalafsky, Ronald, (Department Head) Ph.D. – State University of New York at Buffalo, Professor
• Alderman, Derek, Ph.D. – University of Georgia, Professor
• Ellis, Kelsey, Ph.D. – Florida State University, Assistant Professor
• Foresta, Ronald, Ph.D. – Rutgers University, Professor
• Grissino-Mayer, Henri, Ph.D. – University of Arizona, Professor
• Horn, Sally P., Ph.D. – University of California-Berkeley, Professor
• Hu, Yingjie, Ph.D. – University of California-Santa Barbara, Assistant Professor
• Kim, Hyun, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University, Associate Professor
• Li, Yingkui, Ph.D. – Peking University, Associate Professor
• Muñoz, Isabel Solange, Ph.D. – University of Texas at Austin, Assistant Professor
• Nagle, Nicholas, Ph.D. – University of California-Santa Barbara, Associate Professor
• Raposo, Paulo, Ph,D, – The Pennsylvania State University, Assistant Professor
• Sharma, Madhuri, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University, Associate Professor
• Shaw, Shih-Lung, Ph.D. – The Ohio State University, Professor
• Tran, Liem, Ph.D. – University of Hawaii at Manoa, Professor
• Washington-Allen, Robert, Ph.D. – Utah State University, Assistant Professor

Lecturers

• Hinten, Melissa, (Director of Sustainability Program) Ph.D. – University of Oklahoma
• Norrell, Tracey, Ph.D.
• Sonnichsen, Tyler, Ph.D. – University of Tennessee

Joint Faculty Appointments with Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• Bhaduri, Budhendra, Ph.D. – Purdue University, Professor
• Stewart, Robert, Ph.D. – University of Tennessee, Assistant Professor

Adjunct & Affiliated Faculty

• Caffrey, Maria, Ph.D. – University of Tennessee
• Liu, Cheng, Ph.D. – University of Tennessee (Email: uil@ornl.gov)
• Harbor, Jon, Ph.D. – University of Washington
• Heric, Matthew, Ph.D. – Virginia Tech
• Lane, Chad, Ph.D. – University of Tennessee
• Meyers, Mike, Ph.D. – University of Tennessee
• Orvis, Kenneth H., Ph.D. – University of California-Berkeley
• Pavlowsky, Robert, Ph.D. – Missouri State University
• Wang, Dali , Ph.D. – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Emeritus Faculty

• Aiken, Charles S., Ph.D. – University of Georgia
• Bell, Thomas L., Ph.D – University of Iowa
• Brinkman, Leonard W.,Jr., Ph.D.- University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Harden, Carol P., Ph.D. – University of Colorado
• Pulsipher, Lydia, Ph.D. – Southern Illinois University
• Ralston, Bruce, Ph.D. – Northwestern University

Staff

• Tracy Kay Branch, Accounting Specialist II
• Kurt Butefish, Program Coordinator, Tennessee Geographic Alliance, M.S. – University of Tennessee
• Michael Camponovo, GIS Outreach Coordinator, M.S. University of New Mexico
• Norma Galyon, Administrative Specialist II
• Nathan McKinney, GIS Labs Manager
• Pamela Hope Sharpe, Business Manager, B.S. – University of Tennessee