Faculty and Staff
Current Faculty
Emeritus Faculty and Former Faculty
Current Faculty
Brett Anderson: Instructor; M.S. 2000, Kansas State University
- At EIU since: 2005
- Area of Expertise: Cultural geography; Geography of the Great Plains
- Research Interests: Cultural Geography; Geography of the Great Plains.
Kathy Bower: Associate Professor; Ph.D. 1996, University of New Mexico
- At EIU since: 1998
- Area of Expertise: Engineering geology, environmental geology, groundwater hydrology.
- Research Interests: Environmental geology, educational outreach in the schools.
Diane M. Burns: Instructor; Ph.D. 2006, University of Wyoming
- At EIU since: 2007
- Area of Expertise: Sedimentology, Stratigraphy.
- Research Interests: Sedimentary processes and products, sequence stratigraphy of aeolian/carbonate systems, Pennsylvanian/Permian of North American mid-continent, environmental awareness.
Bob Cataneo: Instructor; M.S. 2003, Eastern Illinois University
- At EIU since: 2004
- Area of Expertise: Weather and Climate; regional Climatology
Craig Chesner: Professor; Ph.D. 1988, Michigan Technological University
- At EIU since: 1989
- Area of Expertise: Volcanology, Igneous Petrology.
- Research Interests: Toba Caldera in Indonesia, Quaternary volcanism in Guatemala
Michael Cornebise: Assistant Professor; Ph.D. 2003, University of Tennessee - Knoxville
- At EIU since: 2000
- Area of Expertise: Latin American and European regional geography
- Research Interests: Cultural and economic geography of the Caribbean
Cameron D. Craig: Instructor; M.A. 2002; A.B.D., 2006, Indiana State University
- At EIU since: 2005
- Area of Expertise: Climatology, physical geography, atmospheric and geographic education, broadcast meteorology
- Research Interests: Climatology of the midwest; atmospheric education; Co-director of EIU WeatherCenter
James A. Davis: Assistant Professor; Ph.D. 2001, Kansas State University
- At EIU since: 2003
- Area of Expertise: Rural economic development
- Research Interests: Rural economic development, tourism and festivals, cultural geography
Steve DiNaso: Instructor; B.S. 1995, Eastern Illinois University
- At EIU since: 2004
- Area of Expertise: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Research Interests: Applications of GIS to Geology, Geography & Archaeology; GIS in government
Vince Gutowski: Professor; Ph.D. 1986, University of Pittsburgh
- At EIU since: 1983
- Area of Expertise: Fluvial geomorphology, Pleistocene record in Illinois
- Research Interests: Watershed management, Atmospheric particulates
Belayet Khan: Associate Professor; Ph.D. 1985, University of Pittsburgh
- At EIU since: 1986
- Area of Expertise: Weather and climate, climatology
- Research Interests: Climatology, Global change; Co-director of EIU WeatherCenter
Godson Obia: Associate Dean of the College of Sciences; Ph.D. 1986, University of Oklahoma
- At EIU since: 1994
- Area of Expertise: Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Research Interests: Population, resources, and environmental issues with primary focus in Africa
Thomas Over: Assistant Research Professor; Ph.D. 1995, University of Colorado
Betty Smith: Associate Professor; Ph.D. 1994, State University of New York at Buffalo
- At EIU since: 1995
- Area of Expertise: Latin America
- Research Interests: Urban geography, Geographic Information Studies (GIS)
John Stimac: Associate Professor; Chair; Ph.D. 1996, University of Oregon
- At EIU since: 1999
- Area of Expertise: Structural geology, tectonics, paleomagnetism
- Research Interests: Tectonics of the Western United States, Ash-flow Tuffs
Les Stoner: Instructor, B.S. 1993, Eastern Illinois University
- At EIU since: 1993
- Area of Expertise: Geography of Illinois, weather and climate.
Jim Stratton: Professor; Ph.D. 1975, Indiana University
- At EIU since: 1975
- Area of Expertise: Exploration geophysics
- Research Interests: Paleontology of Paleozoic Bryozoans, Exploration geophysics
Dave Viertel: Assistant Professor; Ph.D. 2007, Texas State University
- At EIU since: 2007
- Area of Expertise: Remote Sensing, Urban Environments
- Research Interests: Digital Terrain Modeling, Quantitative Morphological Analysis
Susan Kile: Secretary
- At EIU since: 1989
- B.S. degree in geography
Emeritus Faculty and Former Faculty
Alan Baharlou: Emeritus, Ph.D. 1974, University of Tulsa
- At EIU since: 1980 - 2005
- Area of Expertise: Geochemistry.
- Research Interests: Geochemistry, well log interpretation
Bob Jorstad: Emeritus; Ph.D. 1983, University of Idaho
- At EIU since: 1982
- Area of Expertise: Stratigraphy, Sedimentology
- Research Interests: Palynology, Stratigraphy
Ray Pheifer: Emeritus; Ph.D. 1979, Indiana University
Matt Brueseke: Emeritus Instructor; Ph.D., 2006, Miami University
- Currently at Kansas State University
- At EIU from: 2005 - 2007
- Area of Expertise: Petrology, volcanology
- Research Interests: Volcanic systems of the Western United States; tephrochronology; physical volcanology of silicic eruptive products.
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