Faculty and Staff
Faculty

Karen Heeter
Assistant Professor (starting Fall 2023)
Specialties: dendrochronology

Gabe Schwartzman
Assistant Professor (starting Fall 2023)
Specialties: political ecology, economic geography, rural community development in the Appalachian region
Adjunct & Affiliated Faculty
- Bishop, Wade, University of Tennessee, School of Information Sciences. Associate Professor
- Bekker, Matthew F. – Brigham Young University, Geography. Associate Professor
- Benjamin, Stefanie K. – University of Tennessee, Retail, Hospitality & Tourism Management. Assistant Professor
- Kar, Bandana – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Adjunct Associate Professor
- Kerr, Jacqueline – University of Tennessee, Department of Geography & Sustainability, Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Lane, Chad – University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Professor of Geography.
- Maxwell, R. Stockton – Radford University, Geospatial Sciences, Associate Professor.
- Moulton, Alex – University of Tennessee, Department of Sociology, Assistant Professor
- Schroeder, Todd, US Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Knoxville TN, Adjunct Associate Professor
- Stewart, Robert – Adjunct Associate Professor and Research Scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- Washington-Allen, Robert, University of Nevada – Reno
Emeritus Faculty
- Bell, Thomas L., Ph.D – University of Iowa
- Brinkman, Leonard W.,Jr., Ph.D.- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Foresta, Ronald, Ph.D. – Rutgers University, Professor
- Harden, Carol P., Ph.D. – University of Colorado
- Pulsipher, Lydia, Ph.D. – Southern Illinois University
- Ralston, Bruce, Ph.D. – Northwestern University
Staff
Michael Camponovo
GIS Outreach Coordinator and Director of GIST Program
Nathan McKinney
GIS Labs Manager
Pamela Sharpe
Business Manager
Claire Jones
Accounting Specialist
Alexis Logan
Administrative Assistant