New Department Members – 2022
New Department Members – 2022
Alexis Andershock, career coach with the Division of Student Success, provides support to undergraduate and graduate students within geography and sustainability to achieve their professional goals. Alexis meets one-on-one with students to review resumes and cover letters, find relevant internship opportunities, explore potential career paths, and guide students through the graduate school application process. Alexis has also been instrumental in many of the department’s recent career focused events such as the UT Department of Geography and Sustainability Virtual Career Mingle and organizing in-person and virtual guest speakers.
Tommy Brown, academic advisor with the College of Arts and Sciences, provides academic support for undergraduate students within geography and sustainability. Tommy meets one-on-one with students to review their course of study, find suitable classes, and help students graduate on schedule. Tommy is also involved with many departmental outreach events such as the Big Orange Welcome.
Olusola Festus, lecturer specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) in urban terrestrial wetland landscapes and public health, joined the department in fall 2021. Festus is currently teaching several introductory and intermediate GIS courses with large positive feedback from students.
Mayra Román-Rivera, lecturer specializing in coastal geomorphology and remote sensing, also joined the department in fall 2021. She is a physical geographer specializing in coastal geomorphology of post-storm recovery, and she gave a department seminar on this research in fall 2021. She is currently teaching a suite of climate change, natural disaster and human dimensions, and GIS courses with excellent feedback.
