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Faculty in the Department of Geography are at the forefront of the discipline's future with projects that literally encompass the whole Earth. By dissolving the boundary between social and physical science we are exploring the human dimensions of global change. Our goal is to better understand the Earth's land surface and the way humans interact with it.
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Department News

Three Faculty Positions (Open Rank) Available

Career Opportunities in the Geography Department

Martha Geores Elected Vice Chair of the Middle Atlantic Division of the AAG

Sohlberg Receives NASA Ames Honor Award as Part of Wildfire Team

Julie Silva to join department faculty in Fall 2010

John Townshend is Named Dean of the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences

Department Events

Geography Department holds reception to honor and thank Dr. John Townshend

2009 GEOGRAPHY CAREER FAIR PICTURES

Organize Special Events for the 2010 AAG Conference

Featured Department Projects
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	Patterns of Coastal Flooding Dr. Kasischke is working with Drs. Kearney and Sun to develop new approaches to use satellite imagery to analyze the impacts of sea-level rise on coastal vegetation communities.
	Fire Mapping Team The GOFC/GOLD-Fire Program makes use of fire products from satellites for fire management, policy decision-making, and global change research.
	Coastal Marsh Loss This research aims to assess changes in coastal marshes due to the rapid rates of sea level rise that have characterized the last decade.
	Biomass Burning In this project a change detection algorithm has been developed to make spatially explicit maps of burned areas.


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