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, Andrea Balbas, Larry Becker (emeritus), Laurie Becker, Lynette de Silva, Kelsey Emard, Erica Fleishman, Matthew Goslin, Hannah Gosnell, Michael Harte, Demian Hommel, Julia Jones, Robert Kennedy, Tara Massad, Tyler McFadden, Park Muhonda, Peder Nelson, Felicia Olmeta Schult (OSU Extension Service), Laura Peters, Mark Raleigh, Mary Santelmann (emeritus), Jim Thatcher, Jenna Tilt, Jamon Van Den Hoek, Kuuipo Walsh, James Watson, Aaron Wolf, David Wrathall, Kaplan Yalcin
Geography & Geospatial Sciences Seminar
Spring Term 2025
Fridays, from 1 to 2 p.m. (reception from 2 to 2:45 p.m.)
Burt Hall, Room193
Seminar Series Theme:
The Geography of Conflict and Cooperation in the “Middle East”
See the seminar series flyer.
- April 4
Jamon Van Den Hoek
Where We’re at - A Post Oct 7th Assessment of War and Ceasefire in Gaza
- April 11
Alexandra Turgul and Laura Peters
Transforming Water Conflicts in the Middle East Environmental Cooperation and Peacebuilding in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine
- April 18
Aaron Wolf
How We Got Here - A Geographic Narrative of the Middle East
- April 25
Mazin Qumsiyeh
Topic TBA
- May 2
Chuck Lawson
My 30 Years Working to Promote Cooperation On Water in the Middle East and Elsewhere
- May 9
Patricia Omidian
Women's Geographies of Access: Navigating Space and Society in Afghanistan
- May 16
Sofia Vargas*
Social-Environmental Conflicts in the Peruvian Amazon due to the Oil Palm Production and the Role of Local Environmental Defenders
- May 23
Corey Scher
Mapping Groundwater Asymmetries in the Jordan River Valley
- May 30
Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins*
Waste as Horizon: Infrastructure and Palestine’s Future
- June 6
Tara Massad and Wiley Thompson
How Can we Help? Lessons From Volunteering in a Conflict Zone
* Speaker will present on Zoom