Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management

Educators and researchers in GEM study and teach all aspects of coupled earth systems, focusing on human interactions with terrestrial and marine processes, from mountaintops to mid-ocean.

Teaching and Research Faculty

Andrea Allan, Larry Becker, Laurie Becker, Michael Campana, Lynette de Silva, Kelsey Emard, Erica Fleishman, Matthew Goslin, Hannah Gosnell, Michael Harte, Demian Hommel, Julia Jones, Robert Kennedy, Tara Massad, Tyler McFadden, Andrew Meigs, Phil Mote, Park Muhonda, Peder NelsonFelicia Olmeta Schult (OSU Extension Service), Laura Peters, Mark Raleigh, Mary Santelmann, Jim Thatcher, Jenna Tilt, Jamon Van Den Hoek, Kuuipo Walsh, James Watson, Aaron Wolf, David Wrathall, Kaplan Yalcin

 

Geography & Geospatial Sciences Seminar

Wednesdays from 3 to 4 p.m. in Burt 193

Fall Term 2024

September 25

  • Julia Jones, Climate change, water, and fire in Pacific Northwest landscapes
  • Lynette de Silva, Transforming Water conflicts

October 2

  • Peder Nelson, Everyday is Earth Observation Day
  • Matthew Goslin, Integrating ecology & physical geography through a model plant
    species, Carex nudata (torrent sedge)

October 9

  • Aaron Wolf, Water, War, and Worldviews
  • Laura Peters, Disasters in divided societies

October 16

  • James Watson, Regime Shifts in Social-Ecological Systems
  • Jamon Van Den Hoek, Mapping War from Space

October 23

  • Dan Coe, How to Carry Water [at PRAx]
  • Dan Coe, How to Carry Water [at PRAx]

October 30

  • Erica Fleishman , Building career and community in the cold desert
  • Kelsey Emard, Climate change and geographies of food production

November 6

  • David Wrathall, Future Climate Refuges
  • Tyler McFadden, Making space for biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes

November 13

  • Jenna Tilt, Natural Hazards and Community Adaptive Capacity
  • Jim Thatcher, Mapping towards more just futures

November 20

  • Brooke Marston, Marston Lecture
  • Brooke Marston, Marston Lecture

December 4

  • Mark Raleigh, Snow, snow, everywhere, but how much is there to drink?
  • Mary Santelmann, Coastal Riverscapes: Dynamic ecosystems in a time of change