[CSU, Chico]

Department of Geography and Planning

College of Behavioral and Social Sciences

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Faculty and Staff

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* Full-time tenured and probationary faculty Part-time and adjunct faculty *
* Faculty on Faculty Early Retirement Program Emeritus faculty *
* Department staff In memory *
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Full-time tenured and probationary faculty

Bruce E. Bechtol, Professor, 1968
Ph.D., University of Oregon , 1969
Interests: Human-environment interactions, geopolitics, Latin America, geographic education
Undergraduate advisor: general and human geography
Butte 527
(530) 898-4954
bbechtol@oavax.csuchico.edu

William F. Collins, Professor, 1972
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1972; A.I.C.P.
Interests: Town and rural planning, rural development, Japan and Southeast Asia, Latin America, environmental issues, tropical economies and deforestation
Director, Rural and Town Planning Program
Undergraduate advisor: planning and development of the rural environment
Butte 541
(530) 898-6303
wcollins@ecst.csuchico.edu

Richard L. Haiman, Professor, 1974
Ph.D., UCLA, 1973
Interests: Biogeography, climatology, medical geography, Mexico, hazards
Undergraduate advisor: physical geography, Latin American Studies Program
Tehama 443
(530) 898-6494
rhaiman@oavax.csuchico.edu

Bonnie C. Hallman, Assistant Professor, 1997
Ph.D., University of Guelph, Canada, 1997
Interests: Rural social geography, aging and gender, medical geography, economic restructuring, health and social services planning
Undergraduate advisor: general and human geography
Butte 517
(530) 898-5707
bhallman@oavax.csuchico.edu

Guy King, Associate Professor, 1988-- Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1982
Interests: Geomorphology, geographical techniques, remote sensing
Undergraduate advisor: physical geography
Butte 515
(530) 898-4858
gking@oavax.csuchico.edu

Paul Z. Melcon, Associate Professor, 1985
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1979
Interests: GIS, quantitative methods, geomorphology, remote sensing
Undergraduate advisor: cartography/GIS
Butte 525
(530) 898-6871
pmelcon@oavax.csuchico.edu

Ralph Meuter, Professor, 1970
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1970
Interests: Rural economic development, economic geography, geographic education
On indefinite administrative leave, Dean of Regional and Continuing Education
(530) 898-6105
rmeuter@oavax.csuchico.edu

Susan E. Place, Professor, 1988 -- Vice Chair
Ph.D., UCLA, 1981
Interests: Environment and development, political ecology, Latin America, hazards, deforestation, gender and development
Director, International Studies
Undergraduate advisor: Latin American Studies Program
Butte 515
(530) 898-4180
Tehama 215
(530) 898-6880
splace@csuchico.edu

Christine M. Rodrigue, Associate Professor, 1989
Ph.D., Clark University, 1987
Interests: Hazards, quantitative methods, economic geography, California
Graduate Coördinator, Geography
Butte 539
(530) 898-4953
lapaloma@ecst.csuchico.edu

Eugenie Rovai, Associate Professor, 1991
Ph.D., Clark University, 1991
Interests: Resource geography, water policy, hazards, cartography, spatial analysis, social ecology, American Southwest
On sabbatical leave, 1998-99
Butte 523
(530) 898-6091
erovai@csuchico.edu

Jerry R. Williams, Professor, 1969
Ph.D., University of Florida, 1969
Interests: Geographic education, cultural geography, ethnic settlement, map and air photo interpretation, Latin America
Undergraduate advisor: general and human geography
Butte 509
(530) 898-6219
jrwilliams@oavax.csuchico.edu

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Faculty on Faculty Early Retirement Plan

Donald G. Holtgrieve, Professor Emeritus, 1988
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1973; A.I.C.P.
Interests: Historical geography, environmental planning, field methods, East Asia
On reduced teaching load both semesters
Butte 511B
(530) 898-5780
dholtgrieve@oavax.csuchico.edu

Edward L. Myles, Professor Emeritus, 1972
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1973
Interests: Australia, geographic education, field methods, tourism, regional geographic approaches
geography
On campus spring semesters only
Butte 535
(530) 898-5881
emyles@oavax.csuchico.edu

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Part-time and adjunct faculty

Al Beck, Lecturer
Ph.D., UC Davis, 1966
Teaching area: Planning
Butte 533
(530) 898-5285
ecoplan@jps.net

Muncel Chang, Lecturer
M.A., CSU Chico, 1995
Teaching areas: World affairs, geography of the United States
Butte 504
(530) 898-6081
AlohaPele@aol.com

James Claflin, Lecturer
M.A., University of Texas, Austin, 1986
Teaching areas: Environmental issues, world affairs
Butte 504
(530) 898-6081
jclaflin@oavax.csuchico.edu

Chris Crown, Lecturer
M.A., CSU Chico, 1995
Teaching area: GIS
Butte 533
(530) 898-5214
ccrown@oavax.csuchico.edu

Terri Eagan, Lecturer
M.S., Environmental Science, CSU Fullerton, 1992
B.A, Geography, UCLA
Teaching area: Wetlands delineation
Butte 533
(530) 532-0927
teagan@csuchico.edu or
teagan@inreach.com

Pam Figge, Lecturer
M.A., with distinction, CSU Chico, 1993
Teaching area: planning
Butte 507
(530) 898-5285 or 895-4889
Fpigge@aol.com

Carolyn Haiman, Lecturer
M.A., UCLA, 1969
Teaching areas: California, human geography
Butte 512
(530) 898-4670
chaiman@oavax.csuchico.edu

James Monaco, Lecturer
M.A., CSU Chico, 1986
Teaching area: California and the American West, environmental issues
Butte 512
(530) 898-4670
jmonaco@oavax.csuchico.edu

Charles Nelson, Adjunct Faculty
M.A.,California State University, Chico,
Interests: Geographic Information Systems
Director, Geographical Information Center
Butte 543A
(530) 898-5969
cnelson@gic.csuchico.edu

Lisa Stallings, Lecturer
Ph.D., Soils Science, UC, Davis, 1991
Teaching area: Wetlands delineation
Plumas 206
(530) 898-4146
lstallings@csuchico.edu

Mark Stemen, Lecturer
C.Phil., University of Iowa, 1994
Teaching area: Environmental issues
Butte 502
(530) 898-5428
mstemen@oavax.csuchico.edu

Larry Williams, Lecturer
B.A., CSU Chico, 1997
Teaching area: Cartography
Butte 533
(530) 898-5214
lwilliams@oavax.csuchico.edu

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Emeritus faculty

Rolland D. Berger, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Ladd Johnson, Ph.D., UCLA
Arthur E. Karinen, Ph.D., University of Maryland
David W. Lantis, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Gene E. Martin, Ph.D., Syracuse University
Louis J. Mihalyi, Ph.D., UCLA
Frank Seawall, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

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Department staff

Dawn S. Fletcher, Department Secretary
GEOP Department Office, Butte 507
(530) 898-5285
dfletcher@csuchico.edu

Laura Lukes, Project Coördinator, Watershed Projects
Butte 513
(530) 898-4083
(530) 898-6781 fax
llukes@csuchico.edu

Kent Lundberg, Project Manager, Watershed Projects
Butte 513
(530) 898-4975
(530) 898-6781 fax
klundberg@csuchico.edu

Larry Williams, Department Computer Lab Technician and Network Administrator
Butte 533
GEOP Computer Lab, Butte 501
(530) 898-5214
lwilliams@oavax.csuchico.edu

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In memory of our late faculty

Margaret E. Trussell, Ph.D., University of Oregon
Dr. Trussell taught here from 1966 to 1986 and passed away 7 December 1998. She served as President of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers in 1985-86 and received the APCG's Distinguished Service Award in 1996. She is missed by all of us here.

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