Department of Geography

College of Liberal Arts

California State University, Long Beach

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Faculty

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Irisita Azary, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Boston University, 1996
Interests: physical/environment interactions, water resources, environmental policy
Fall 2000-Spring 2003: On personal leave
(562) 985-8432
azary@csulb.edu
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Christian Brannstrom, Lecturer
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1998
Interests: environmental geography, cultural and economic geography, Latin America, South Asia
Fall 2002 office hours: MW 11-12; MW 4-5
LA4 206
(562) 985-5482
cbrannst@hotmail.com

Doug Behrens, Lecturer
M.A., CSULA, 1993
Interests: climatology, physical geography, California, world regional geography
Fall 2002 office hours: M 5-7; TTh 1:30-2
LA4 206
(562) 985-5482
dbehrens@csulb.edu

Norman Carter, Lecturer
M.A., CSU Fullerton
Interests: cartography, GIS, and human geography
Fall 2002 office hours: TTh 10:30-11; TTh 2-2:30; T 6-7
LA4 206
(562) 985-5482
ncarter@csulb.edu

James R. Curtis, Professor
Ph.D., UCLA, 1978
Interests: Cultural and urban geography, Latin America, US-Mexican borderlands, ethnic diversity in the US
Fall 2002 office hours: TTh 2-3:20
LA4 206D
(562) 985-4978
jrcurtis@csulb.edu
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Molly Debysingh, Professor Emerita and Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1970
Interests: Cultural geography, political geography, international development, South and Southeast Asia, Latin America
Fall 2002 office hours: MW 2-3; MW 4:45-5:15
LA4 206B
(562) 985-
debysing@csulb.edu

Vincent Del Casino, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, Lexington, 2000
Interests: Cultural geography, Southeast Asia, geographic education, medical geography, tourism studies, social theory, geographic thought and history, and sexuality/cultural studies
Fall 2002: On leave as Research Fellow, Australian National University
vdelcasi@csulb.edu
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Tom D. Frazier, Lecturer
ABD., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Interests: Urban geography, human geography, North America, Europe
Fall 2002 office hours: T 12-12:30; Th 5-5:30
LA4 206
(562) 985-5482
tfrazier@csulb.edu

Frank Gossette, Professor
Ph.D., UCLA, 1980
Undergraduate Advisor
Interests: GIS, computer cartography, geographic analysis, urban-economic geography, and East Asia
Director, MapLab
Fall 2002 office hours: TWTh 2-3 (undergraduate advising by appointment only, signup sheet in front of LA4-206A)
LA4 206A
(562) 985-7808
gossette@csulb.edu
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Edward Karabenick, Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1962
Interests: Urban geography, North Africa, Middle East, Europe
Fall 2002 office hours: MW 1-2; TTh 11-12
LA4 101W
(562) 985-7807
ekara@csulb.edu
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Stephen Koletty, Lecturer
Ph.D., USC, 2000
Interests: Human and physical geography, Pacific Ocean area
Fall 2002 office hours: MW 3-3:30
LA4 206H
(562) 985-5482
ykoletty@aol.com

Paul Laris, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Clark University, 2002
Interests: cultural and political ecology, remote sensing, global environmental change, landscape ecology, Africa
Fall 2002 office hours: TTh 11-12:30
LA4 101E
(562) 985-
plaris@csulb.edu

Unna Lassiter, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., USC, 2000
Interests: Environmental issues, cultural landscapes, urban geography
Fall 2002 office hours: TTh 9:15-9:30; TTh 12:15-2
LA4 103 West
(562) 985-4405
ulassite@csulb.edu
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Christopher Tom Lee, Professor
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 1990
Interests: Remote sensing, GIS, hazards, physical geography
Director, NASA Regional Earth Science Applications Center (Southern California Wildfire Hazard Center)
Fall 2002 office hours: TTh 2-5
LA4 205
(562) 985-2358
clee@csulb.edu
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Noel Ludwig, Visiting Assistant Professor
ABD, M.S., University of Hawaii
Interests: watershed science and management, international environmental issues, physical geography, geophysics
Fall 2002 office hours: TWTh 1-2
LA4 103 West
(562) 985-4405
ludwig@hawaii.edu and
nludwig@csulb.edu

Richard Outwater, Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1974
Interests: Urban geography, Southern California, urban studies
Spring 2002-Spring 2003: Associate Vice President, Academic Information Technology and Facilities
Brotman Hall (BH 308)
(562) 985-4128
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Christine M. Rodrigue, Professor -- Department Chair
Ph.D., Clark University, 1987
Interests: Hazards, quantitative analysis, environment, economic geography
Graduate Advisor
Department Webmaster
Fall 2002: on sabbatical
LA4 105
(562) 985-4895 or -8432
rodrigue@csulb.edu
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Jason Senn, Lecturer
M.A., CSU Chico, 1999
Interests: Cultural geography, environmental perception, travel and tourism
Fall 2002 office hours: MW 6-7
LA4 206
(562) 985-5482
jsenn@csulb.edu

Dmitrii Sidorov, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1998
Interests: urban geography, cultural geography, political geography, historical geography, the geography of religion, and Russia and the former USSR
Fall 2002 office hours: MWF 11:55-12:55
LA4 206C
(562) 985-
dsidorov@csulb.edu

Joel Splansky, Professor
Ph.D., UCLA, 1971
Interests: Cultural, environmental management, travel and tourism, Sub-Saharan Africa, California, methods of landscape analysis
Acting Graduate Advisor, Fall 2002
Acting Department Chair, Fall 2002
2002 office hours: MTWTh 8:30-4
LA4 103 East
(562) 985-4454
splansky@csulb.edu
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Judith Tyner, Professor
Ph.D., UCLA, 1974
Interests: Cartography, historical cartography, cartographic design, map and air photo interpretation
Fall 2002: on leave
LA4 103 East
(562) 985-5332
jztyner@csulb.edu
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Suzanne P. Wechsler, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2000
Interests: GIS, spatial analysis, non-point source pollution, hydrology, physical geography
Director, departmental internship program
Director, UCES GIS Certificate program
LA4 206E
Fall 2002 office hours: T 2-4
LA4 206E
(562) 985-2356
wechsler@csulb.edu

James Woods, Instructor
M.A., CSULB, 1992
Supervisor, Computer and Image Sensing labs
Operations Manager, UCES GIS Certificate program
Interests: cartography, GIS, fire hazards and management
Fall 2002 office hours: MW 5:30-6:30
LA4 101 Foyer
(562) 985-2128
jwoods@csulb.edu

Angela Wranic, Lecturer
M.S., CSU Fullerton, 1994
Interests: physical geography and environmental science
Fall 2002 office hours: MWF 10-11; M 9:45-10 p.m.
LA4 206
(562) 985-5482
ramblingwranics@prodigy.net

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No Longer Here

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Nurudeen Alao, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1970
Interests: Urban geography, economic geography, transportation, quantitative modeling, North America, Africa
Current contact information:
noalao@orion.oac.uci.edu

Kris Jones, Lecturer
M.A., CSU Fullerton, 1994
Interests: world regional geography, human geography
Current contact information:
kjonesgeo@yahoo.com

Gary L. Peters, Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1973
Interests: population geography, geography of California, geography of viticulture, the American landscape
Transferred to CSU Chico
Current contact information:
Professor Gary L. Peters
Department of Geography and Planning
California State University
Chico, CA 95929-0425
glpeters@csuchico.edu

Ren Vasiliev, Visiting Professor
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1996
Interests: Cartography, cultural geography, North America
Returned to SUNY Geneseo
Chair, Department of Geography, State University of New York, Geneseo
vasiliev@geneseo.edu

Jean D. Wheeler, Professor Emerita
Ph.D., UCLA, 1971
Interests: Pacific Ocean area, biogeography, U.S. and Canada, teaching methods, and organizing bicycle tours
Retired
jeanwheeler@earthlink.net
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Benjamin Wisner, Professor
Ph.D., Clark University, 1978
Interests: Hazards, medical geography, international development and policy, Africa, Asia
Resigned from CSULB
Current contact information:
Research Associate
Environmental Studies Program
Adam Joseph Lewis Center
Oberlin College
122 Elm Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
bwisner@igc.org

Terence Young, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., UCLA, 1991
Interests: urban geography, environmental geography, the geography of recreation, and North America
Assistant Professor, CSPU Pomona
Current contact information
Department of Geography and Anthropology
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona, CA 91768
1 (909) 869-3569
tgyoung@mindspring.com

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