Jessica Barnes
Associate Professor — jointly appointed with School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment

Degree:  Ph.D. 2010, Columbia University
Research:  Environment, resource politics, water, development, Middle East
Contact:  Callcott 221 | [email protected] | (803) 777-9945

Gregory J. Carbone
Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 1990, University of Wisconsin
Research:  Weather and climate
Contact:  Callcott 327-B | [email protected] | (803) 777-0682

Austin Crane
Instructor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2021, University of Washington
Research:  Global inequality, development, migration, borders, law, humanitarianism
Contact:  Gambrell Hall, Room 251-E  | [email protected] | (803) 777-4551

Susan L. Cutter
Carolina Distinguished Professor; Director, Hazards Vulnerability & Resilience Institute

Degree:  Ph.D. 1976, University of Chicago
Research:  Environmental hazards and risks, environmental policy, natural resources
Contact:  Callcott 312 | [email protected] | (803) 777-1590

Carl Dahlman
Professor, Director of the Walker Institute

Degree:  Ph.D. 2001, University of Kentucky
Research:  Political geography, critical geopolitics, migration, southeast Europe, Middle East
Contact:  Callcott 305 | [email protected] |

Shadya Davis
Research Assistant Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2022, Howard University
Research:  Risk perceptions, protective actions, extreme weather
Contact:  Callcott 310 | [email protected]

Meredith DeBoom
Assistant Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2018, University of Colorado–Boulder
Research:  Political geography, resource politics, human rights, Sub-Saharan Africa
Contact:  Callcott 125 | [email protected] | (803) 777-4605

Kirstin Dow
Professor; Director of Graduate Studies

Degree:  Ph.D. 1996, Clark University
Research:  Climate impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation
Contact:  Callcott 325 | [email protected] | (803) 777-2482

Jean Taylor Ellis
Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2006, Texas A&M University
Research:  Aeolian and coastal geomorphology, coastal management and hazards, sediment transport
Contact:  Callcott 229 | [email protected] | (803) 777-1593

Varun Goel
Assistant Professor

Degree:  Ph.D., 2021, University of North Carolina
Research:  Population health, infectious disease ecology, human-environment interactions, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa
Contact:  Callcott 111 |  [email protected]

Dean Hardy
Assistant Professor — jointly appointed with School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment

Degree:  Ph.D., 2016, University of Georgia
Research:  Environmental justice, political ecology, climate change, sea level rise, flood risk
Contact:  EWS 514 |  [email protected] | (803) 777-7593

Conor M. Harrison
Associate Professor — jointly appointed with School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment; Director of Undergraduate Studies

Degree:  Ph.D. 2014, University of North Carolina
Research:  Economic geography, political economy, energy, environmental sustainability
Contact:  Callcott 111 | [email protected] | (803) 576-6010

April Hiscox
Associate Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2006, University of Connecticut
Research:  Boundary layer meteorology, land-air interactions, forest meteorology, aerosol dispersion
Contact:  Callcott 212 | [email protected] | (803) 777-6604

Michael E. Hodgson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Degree:  Ph.D. 1987, University of South Carolina
Research:  Geographic Information Systems, remote sensing, hazards
Contact:  Callcott 322 | [email protected] | (803) 777-8976

David Kneas
Associate Professor — jointly appointed with School of Earth, Ocean, and Environment

Degree:  Ph.D. 2014, Yale University
Research:  Political ecology, historical ethnography, Latin America
Contact:  Callcott 326 | [email protected] | (803) 777-1308

Robert Kopack
Instructor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2020, University of Toronto
Research:  Military landscapes, defense industries and security, the Cold War, industrial development/deindustrialization, energy policy, environmental history, social justice, former Soviet Union
Contact:  Callcott 106 | [email protected]

John A. Kupfer
Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 1995, University of Iowa
Research:  Biogeography, landscape ecology, public land and water management, spatial analysis
Contact:  Callcott 220 | [email protected] | (803) 777-6739

Jerry T. Mitchell
Professor; Chair

Degree:  Ph.D. 1998, University of South Carolina
Research:  Environmental hazards, geography education, Latin America
Contact:  Callcott 127 | [email protected] | (803) 777-5234

Cary J. Mock
Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 1994, University of Oregon
Research:  Synoptic climatology, climate change, historical and quaternary environments
Contact:  Callcott 211 | [email protected] | (803) 777-1211

Caroline Nagel
Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 1998, University of Colorado - Boulder
Research:  Migration, multiculturalism, citizenship, religion, Lebanon
Contact:  Callcott 226 | [email protected] | (803) 777-5234

Tara Plewa Remington
Instructor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2009, University of South Carolina
Research:  GIS

Catherine C. Studemeyer
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2013, University of South Carolina
Research:  Political geography, youth identity, Eastern Europe
Contact:  lose-Hipp, Suite 381 |  [email protected] | 803-777-4186

Cuizhen (Susan) Wang
Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2004, Michigan State University
Research:  Remote sensing, satellite time-series analysis, bio-environmental change
Contact:  Callcott 327-A | [email protected] | (803) 777-5867

Sicheng Wang
Assistant Professor

Degree:  Ph.D. 2021, Rutgers University
Research:  Planning, public policy, transportation technologies
Contact:  Callcott 213 | [email protected]