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As a learner-centered and discovery-driven institution, Â鶹´«Ã½ values the research of its faculty. The following lists the research interests of faculty members in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Tourism.

Kathleen Baker

• Physical geography
• Geographic Information Science
• Environmental analysis of domesticated plants

Lisa DeChano-Cook

• Physical geography
• Natural disasters
• Sports geography

Lucius Hallett

• Human geography
• Tourism

Chansheng He

• Hydrology
• Water resources and nonpoint source pollution
• Sino-US
• Water resources policy analysis

Lei Meng

• Climate variability
• Climate change
• Impact on hydrological and terrestrial ecosystems

Michelle Metro-Roland

• Urban and cultural geography
• Landscape
• Tourism

Benjamin Ofori-Amoah

• Economic and urban geography
• Urban and regional planning
• Retail and service location
• Economic development
• Africa

Nicholas Padilla

• Latin America
• Political economy
• Political ecology
• Qualitative methods

Li Yang

• Tourism
• Urban and regional planning 

Laiyin Zhu

• Climatology
• Geographic Information Science