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, 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 NelsonFelicia 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
    Mousa Diabat
    Geography of Colonialism - The Palestinians
     
  • 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