Faculty & Staff

Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Kennesaw State University.

Administration

Name
Position

  • Brandon Lundy

    Brandon Lundy Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology

    Brandon LundyPosition:
    Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2893
    Email: blundy@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4050


    Brandon D. Lundy is chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and professor of anthropology. Dr. Lundy's scholarship focuses on climate change, sustainable livelihoods, ethnoeconomics, transnational labor migration, indigenous conflict management, and entrepreneurship. He is the editor or co-editor of five books and has published in many journals including Economic Anthropology, Cross-Cultural Research, Human Organization, and African Arts. Dr. Lundy has served as a country specialist (Guinea-Bissau) for Fulbright and the State Department and regularly presents nationally and internationally. His current NSF-funded research explores the valuation of artisanal alcohol in Cabo Verde, West Africa. 

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  • Alice Gooding

    Alice Gooding Assistant Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology; Faculty Advisor for Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society

    Alice GoodingPosition:
    Assistant Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology; Faculty Advisor for Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society

    Phone: (470) 578-2503
    Email: afazloll@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4046


    Alice F. Gooding is the assistant chair of the department of Geography and Anthropology and an associate professor of anthropology. Dr. Gooding is a board-certified forensic anthropologist and serves the state of Georgia at-large. She manages the KSU Forensic Anthropology Field Lab and the KSU Biological Anthropology Lab. She teaches classes in osteology, biological anthropology methods, forensic medicine, and field recovery. Dr. Gooding provides professional training in the excavation of clandestine graves. Her current area of research explores interdisciplinary approaches to grave detection technologies. She regularly presents her work at national scientific and technical conferences. 

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  • Susanne Rothery

    Susanne Rothery Academic Program Support Specialist

    Susanne RotheryPosition:
    Academic Program Support Specialist

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: srothery@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Briana Bonds

    Briana Bonds Office Manager

    Briana BondsPosition:
    Office Manager

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: bbonds1@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

Full-Time Anthropology Faculty

Name
Position

  • Matthew Davis

    Matthew Davis Lecturer of Anthropology

    Matt DavisPosition:
    Lecturer of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: mdavi464@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 3016


    Matthew M. Davis is a Lecturer of Anthropology and a certified Ethnographer. He is a cultural anthropologist with a certification in ethnographic research methods. His research interests have focused on Black Americans in a post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans as well as those in the Katrina diaspora. Additionally, his research focuses on pedagogies of anthropological praxis within and beyond the classroom, and the decolonization of higher education. Mr. Davis obtained his MA in Cultural Anthropology and Ethnography Certification from Georgia State University, and BA in Art History from Oglethorpe University. 

  • Nicholas Ellwanger

    Nicholas Ellwanger Lecturer of Anthropology

    Nicholas EllwangerPosition:
    Lecturer of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-3541
    Email: nellwang@kennesaw.edu
    Location: ALC 5525


    Nicholas Ellwanger is a biological anthropologist that studies primate behavioral ecology and human evolution. He obtained his BS in Neuroscience (Emory University), MA in Anthropology (University of Victoria, Canada), and Ph.D. in Anthropology (University of Texas at San Antonio). He has conducted field studies on chacma baboons in South Africa and ring-tailed lemurs in Madagascar, focusing primarily on the impact of ecological seasonality and human-induced habitat change on dietary and social strategies of female primates. At Kennesaw State University, Dr. Ellwanger teaches Introduction to Biological Anthropology (ANTH 1105), Introduction to Anthropology (ANTH 1102), Paleoanthropology (ANTH 4440), and Special Topics: Primate Behavioral Ecology (ANTH 4490). Dr. Ellwanger also serves as a faculty member in the KSU Journey Honors College, where he serves as Director of the President’s Emerging Global Scholars cohort. 

  • Macario Garcia

    Macario Garcia Assistant Professor of Anthropology

    Position:
    Assistant Professor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: mgarc126@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4078


    Macario Garcia is a socio-cultural anthropologist who focuses on legal systems, incarceration, settler violence, and abolition as transformative justice in the contemporary United States. Their ongoing research projects investigate human-making practices in American prisons, poverty and inequality in rural and urban landscapes, and carceral migration in the American Southwest. Some of their published works can be found in Anthropology and Humanism, Critique of Anthropology, and Human Organization. In the classroom, they specialize in liberative education models, applied research, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and collaborative data analyses. Their courses include Anthropology of Gender, Colonialism and Incarceration, and Anthropology and Science Fiction. 

  • Shimelis Gebru

    Shimelis Gebru Lecturer of Anthropology

    GebruPosition:
    Lecturer of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: sgebru1@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 3016


    Shim Gebru earned a Ph.D. degree in Biological Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. His research focuses on both humans and nonhuman primates. He studied baboon behavioral ecology in Ethiopia. More recently, he has been involved in multidisciplinary food security research projects, focusing on nutrition and natural resource management, in two drought prone areas in Ethiopia. Dr. Gebru joined Kennesaw State University in fall of 2024 as a Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Anthropology. He teaches ANTH 1102 – Introduction to Anthropology, and ANTH 1105 – Introduction to Biological Anthropology. 

  • Alice Gooding

    Alice Gooding Assistant Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology; Faculty Advisor for Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society

    GoodingPosition:
    Assistant Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology; Faculty Advisor for Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honor Society

    Phone: (470) 578-2503
    Email: afazloll@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4046


    Alice F. Gooding is the assistant chair of the department of Geography and Anthropology and an associate professor of anthropology. Dr. Gooding is a board-certified forensic anthropologist and serves the state of Georgia at-large. She manages the KSU Forensic Anthropology Field Lab and the KSU Biological Anthropology Lab. She teaches classes in osteology, biological anthropology methods, forensic medicine, and field recovery. Dr. Gooding provides professional training in the excavation of clandestine graves. Her current area of research explores interdisciplinary approaches to grave detection technologies. She regularly presents her work at national scientific and technical conferences. 

    Faculty Website

  • Brandon Lundy

    Brandon Lundy Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology

    LundyPosition:
    Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2893
    Email: blundy@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4050


    Brandon D. Lundy is chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and professor of anthropology. Dr. Lundy's scholarship focuses on climate change, sustainable livelihoods, ethnoeconomics, transnational labor migration, indigenous conflict management, and entrepreneurship. He is the editor or co-editor of five books and has published in many journals including Economic Anthropology, Cross-Cultural Research, Human Organization, and African Arts. Dr. Lundy has served as a country specialist (Guinea-Bissau) for Fulbright and the State Department and regularly presents nationally and internationally. His current NSF-funded research explores the valuation of artisanal alcohol in Cabo Verde, West Africa. 

    Faculty Website

  • Terry Powis

    Terry Powis Associate Professor of Anthropology

    Position:
    Associate Professor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: tpowis@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4048


    Terry Powis is a New World archaeologist in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia. He joined the faculty at Kennesaw State University in August 2005 and is currently an Associate Professor of anthropology. He received his master's degree in anthropology from Trent University (Ontario, Canada) and his PhD in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. He is an archaeologist who conducts research both in the Maya Lowlands of Belize, Central America, and the Southeastern United States. Dr. Powis specializes in pottery, diet and subsistence, architecture, and the evolution of complex societies. His recent research has focused on the origin of chocolate, vanilla, chili peppers, and Datura in the New World. 

  • Teresa Raczek

    Teresa Raczek Professor of Anthropology

    Teresa RaczekPosition:
    Professor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: traczek@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4077


    Teresa P. Raczek studies heritage and archaeology in India, focusing on the development of communities in the third millennium BCE and the role that archaeology plays in our contemporary lives. She has worked collaboratively with Indian and American colleagues to undertake multiple field projects and train KSU students in Rajasthan, India. This research has been supported by the William J. Fulbright Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Geographic Society. Dr. Raczek formerly served as Associate Dean of RCHSS and Chair of Geography and Anthropology. She obtained her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago, and BA in History from Barnard College. 

    Areas of expertise: Archaeology of India, Archaeology of South Asia, Heritage, Early Complex Societies 

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  • Susan Kirkpatrick Smith

    Susan Kirkpatrick Smith Associate Professor of Anthropology and Anthropology Program Coordinator

    Susan Kirkpatrick SmithPosition:
    Associate Professor of Anthropology and Anthropology Program Coordinator

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: ssmith1@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4044


    Susan Kirkpatrick Smith is an associate professor of anthropology with a specialization in bioarchaeology. Her research is focused on understanding the lived experiences of people from ancient Greece based on the stories told in their skeletal remains. Dr. Smith regularly offers her Greek Osteology Field School for undergraduate students at the Institute for Aegean Prehistory Study Center for East Crete. She is a member of the managing committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Dr. Smith has participated on study abroad programs to Italy, France, and Ireland. 

  • Kenneth Williamson

    Kenneth Williamson Associate Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies

    Position:
    Associate Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: kwill254@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4095


    Kenneth Williamson is an Associate Professor of Anthropology jointly appointed in the Departments of Interdisciplinary Studies and Geography and Anthropology and is a Black Studies program faculty member. He earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a Black Feminist scholar, Dr. Williamson teaches courses that intersect Black Studies, Anthropology, and Gender Studies such as Black Masculinities, Cultural Diversity in the U.S., Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics, Cultural Anthropology, Research Methods, and Issues in Black Studies. Dr. Williamson’s scholarship focuses on Black Social Movements, Black Women’s Activism in Brazil, Community-Based Research and Participatory Action Research to create social change, Anti-Black Racism, and Social Justice. He has written extensively on how the intersections of race, gender and class impact Black people and people of color in Brazil and the United States. 

Full-Time Geography and GSS Faculty

Name
Position

  • Mostafa Arastounia

    Mostafa Arastounia Assistant Professor of Geospatial Sciences

    Mostafa ArastouniaPosition:
    Assistant Professor of Geospatial Sciences

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: marastou@kennesaw.edu
    Location: R2 111


    Mostafa Arastounia is an assistant professor of Geospatial Sciences at Kennesaw State University. He teaches land surveying courses, and his research is focused on automated processing of data obtained by terrestrial laser scanners and unmanned aircraft including both aerial photos and LiDAR data. These geospatial data are used for automated mapping and monitoring of civil infrastructure elements and the results can be employed for automatic maintenance and resilience monitoring of such infrastructure. He has several publications in ISI journals including ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and he is also a guest editor, board member, topic editor, and reviewer of seven ISI journals. Dr. Arastounia is a licensed Professional Geomatics Engineer in the Province of British Columbia (Canada) and holds the Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate from Project Management Institute. He has years of industry experience as a geomatics project manager, survey manager, and team lead on many different projects. 

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  • Erinn Bariteau

    Erinn Bariteau Senior Lecturer of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

    Erinn BariteauPosition:
    Senior Lecturer of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: ebaritea@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 3016


    Erinn Bariteau is a Senior Lecturer of Geography and Geospatial Sciences in the Department of Geography and Anthropology. She teaches physical geography and GIS content with a focus on natural hazards and disasters and applied meteorology. Her education includes a B.S. in Geology from the University of Albany, New York, M.S. in Secondary Education from Lemoyne College, New York, and M.S. in Geoscience & Geospatial Certificate from Mississippi State University, Mississippi. She has experience chasing severe storms on the Plains and is the local manager for Weather Challenge, KSU's weather forecasting group. She further coordinates oversight of the KSU on-campus weather station with UGA Automated Environmental Monitoring Network.   

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  • Daniel Branham

    Daniel Branham Lecturer of Geospatial Sciences

    Daniel BranhamPosition:
    Lecturer of Geospatial Sciences

    Phone: (470) 578-5494
    Email: dbranha2@kennesaw.edu
    Location: L 154


    Daniel L. Branham is a lecturer in land surveying with a master's degree in construction management. Certified as a Georgia Professional Land Surveyor (#2483), he regularly teaches SURV 2221: Surveying 1 and SURV 2221: Surveying 1 Lab. 

  • David Doran

    David Doran Lecturer of Geography

    Dave DoranPosition:
    Lecturer of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: ddoran1@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 3002


    Dave Doran identifies as a historical geographer and an environmental historian. He is a new lecturer of geography at KSU, obtaining his Ph.D. in history and MA in geography from Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta. Dr. Doran teaches Human Geography, World Regional Geography, Historical Geography, Cultural Geography, Geography of Europe, Landforms, and Resources, Society and Environment. His spatial and temporal research analysis includes the role of commodities, cross-cultural encounters, and port complexes in world maritime trade. Dr. Doran has taught at KSU since 2010 as both an adjunct professor and visiting instructor. 

  • Shannon Hall

    Shannon Hall Lecturer of Geography and Geography Program Coordinator

    Shannon HallPosition:
    Lecturer of Geography and Geography Program Coordinator

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: shall156@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 3002


    Shannon Hall is our Geography Program Coordinator and a Lecturer of Geography. She joined our department in 2021, and has a background in physical geography, environmental conservation, and sustainability. Dr. Hall teaches a variety of courses including The Digital Earth; Weather and Climate; Introduction to Landforms; Resources, Society, and the Environment; Research Methods; Cultural Geography; and Introduction to Environmental Studies. Dr. Hall has also completed research projects in the North Georgia mountains, and the southern plains in Oklahoma. Her research interests include vegetation dynamics, tree response to climate change, and biogeomorphology. Dr. Hall has a B.S. in Geography from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, an M.S. in Geography from the University of Georgia, and a Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Sustainability from the University of Oklahoma. In her free time, Dr. Hall enjoys reading, being outside, and spending time with her dogs. 

  • Uli Ingram

    Uli Ingram Geospatial Sciences Lab Manager; Senior Lecturer of Geospatial Sciences

    Uli IngramPosition:
    Geospatial Sciences Lab Manager; Senior Lecturer of Geospatial Sciences

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: uingram@kennesaw.edu
    Location: PS 112


    Uli Ingram is a GIS and geography instructor at Kennesaw State University. She has an undergraduate degree in international affairs from Kennesaw State University, and a master's degree in geography from Georgia State University. Uli's master's thesis examines the appeal of mega-churches in metro Atlanta and includes a spatial analysis of the distance mega-church attendees are willing to drive to their church. Uli has worked in GIS, specifically utility mapping, for over six years. She is proficient in several GIS software applications, including the ESRI ArcGIS suite, Miner and Miner's ArcFM, and PDA's Origin extensions. 

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  • Ranbir Kang

    Ranbir Kang Assistant Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences and GSS Program Coordinator

    Position:
    Assistant Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences and GSS Program Coordinator

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: rkang4@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4051B


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  • Paul McDaniel

    Paul McDaniel Associate Professor of Geography

    Paul McDanielPosition:
    Associate Professor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: pmcdan11@kennesaw.edu
    Location: LB 4217


    Dr. Paul N. McDaniel is an associate professor of geography whose research explores immigration to urban regions, welcoming cities, and inclusive place-branding, with emphasis on the southeastern United States, and scholarship of teaching and learning in geography education. He is the editor of Integration and Receptivity in Immigrant Gateway Metro Regions in the United States and has published in many journals, including Professional Geographer, Journal of Geography, Geographical Review, Southeastern Geographer, and Journal of Urban Affairs. As a broadly trained geographer, he enjoys teaching many regional and human geography courses, informed by his extensive travels, in diverse formats, including face-to-face courses, fully online, and in study abroad programs, such as in France, Italy, and Spain. He is the recipient of the 2024 RCHSS Outstanding Online Teaching Award and the 2020 Early Career Award for Scholarship, Teaching, and Service from the Ethnic Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. 

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  • Matthew Mitchelson

    Matthew Mitchelson Associate Professor of Geography

    Matt MitchelsonPosition:
    Associate Professor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: mmitch81@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


    Matt Mitchelson is an Associate Professor of Geography who joined the KSU faculty in 2011.  He enjoys engaging with students in an Introduction to Human Geography (Geog 1101), and upper-division courses such as Urban, Historical, Political, and Economic Geography (Geog 3300, 3310, 3320, and 3330).  His research and scholarship interests have focused primarily on incarceration in the United States and the policing and punishment of international human migration.  Representative publications include Beyond Walls and Cages (UGA Press 2012) and The Production of Bedspace: Prison Privatization and Abstract Space (Geographaphica Helvetica, 2014).  He served as a visiting professor at Dartmouth College and is a proud alumnus of the University of Kentucky, East Carolina University, and the University of Georgia. 

  • Mark W. Patterson

    Mark W. Patterson Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

    PattersonPosition:
    Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: mpatters@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


    Mark Patterson, Author, Editor, Educator, Homebrewer. As an academic geographer and a National Geographic Explorer, Mark instills a sense of wanderlust in his students through stories of his travels. A six-week backpacking trip through China in the late 1980s has inspired many trips with colleagues and students. Mark is able to combine his love of travel and beer, with his scholarly activities. What started out as a personal quest to sample local beers where and when he traveled (70+ countries) and lived (US, Canada, Indonesia and Italy), has turned into several publications, The Geography of Beer: Regions, Environment, and Societies (2014), Atlas of Beer (2017), The Geography of Beer: Culture and Economics (2020), and The Geography of Beer: Policies, Perceptions, and Place (2023). When Mark is not overseas, he is typically at a pub planning his next trip or working with students in the field. With Dr. Hoalst-Pullen, Mark is one half of the dynamic duo known as The Beer Doctors. 

    Faculty Website

  • Nancy Pullen

    Nancy Pullen Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

    PullenPosition:
    Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: npullen@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4052


    Nancy Hoalst-Pullen ("Dr. NHP") is a Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences at Kennesaw State University. She teaches weather and climate, professionalism and ethics, biogeography, and cartography.  She regularly works with graduate and undergraduate students on various research and editorial projects. Her current research looks at valorization of grogue in Cabo Verde, the geographies of beer and beer culture, and urban forest dynamics of eastern deciduous forests. Dr. Hoalst-Pullen has published six books, 10 book chapters, and dozens of articles, and has received (as PI or co-PI) nearly a half million dollars (USD) in grants and awards. Nancy is currently the co-Editor-in-Chief of The Geographical Bulletin, the GSS Internship/GIS Practicum Coordinator, and the founder and coordinator of the BIRDS Initiative, which includes the KSU Field Station Workshop, the Forest Inventory and Research Plots (FIRPs), and the Tree Ring Lab. Nancy has a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Colorado at Boulder (2008), an MA in Geography (2002) from Indiana State University, and BS in Biology (1999) and a BA in Geography (1999) from Valparaiso University. 

  • Jason Rhodes

    Jason Rhodes Senior Lecturer of Geography andFaculty Advisor for the Geography Student Club

    Jason RhodesPosition:
    Senior Lecturer of Geography andFaculty Advisor for the Geography Student Club

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: jrhode22@kennesaw.edu
    Location: WH 128A


    Dr. Jason Rhodes is a Senior Lecturer of Human Geography.  His research interests include exploring the roots of redlining in early 20th century Atlanta, and the geographies of privilege and exclusion resulting from the pursuit of residential property values.  Dr. Rhodes teaches Geographies of Regenerative Agriculture (GEOG 4490), which explores the human and environmental impact of industrial agriculture, along with the potential of regenerative alternatives to address the urgent issues of climate, water and food security.  Each spring, this class designs and plants a new section of the KSU Food Forest, of which Dr. Rhodes is a co-founder.  Dr. Rhodes also teaches Geography of Clothing (GEOG 3395), which explores issues of human rights and environmental sustainability through the lens of the global fashion commodity chain.  This class partners with a professor and students from Brac University in Dhaka, Bangladesh on an interview project in which we interview garment workers and industry experts about the topics we're exploring in class. He is the faculty adviser to the student environmental organization EcoOwls, as well as the Geography Club. Students interested in getting involved with campus-based projects related to sustainability and human rights should get in touch with him.  

  • Allen Roberts

    Allen Roberts Professor of Geospatial Sciences

    Allen RobertsPosition:
    Professor of Geospatial Sciences

    Phone: (470) 578-7375
    Email: arobe139@kennesaw.edu
    Location: L 153


    Allen D. Roberts is a Professor of Geospatial Sciences and Geography within the Department of Geography and Anthropology. He has over 25 years of research and applied experience within the: climatological; environmental; engineering; geospatial; hydrological; landscape pattern analysis; and meteorological fields that span the academic, non-profit, federal government, and private sectors. His research is currently centered on the utilization of citizen (crowdsourced) science-based geospatial data to evaluate how potential spatial and temporal gaps in climatic information may impact the City of Atlanta and surrounding areas, especially as it pertains to neighborhoods of underrepresented and lower socioeconomic populations. Since September 2021, he has been on the leadership team for the Greater Atlanta Community Science Collaboratory (GA-CSC). The GA-CSC is a consortium of community-based organizations (CBOs) and Atlanta area higher education institutions (HEIs) that form a partnership to address local-to-global issues through knowledge-sharing, problem identification, scientific collaboration, and public engagement. 

  • Vanessa Slinger-Friedman

    Vanessa Slinger-Friedman Professor of Geography; Discipline Coordinator for the Environmental Studies Minor; Faculty Advisor for the Caribbean Students Association

    Vanessa Slinger-FriedmanPosition:
    Professor of Geography; Discipline Coordinator for the Environmental Studies Minor; Faculty Advisor for the Caribbean Students Association

    Phone: (470) 578-2068
    Email: vslinger@kennesaw.edu
    Location: WH 128A


    Vanessa Slinger-Friedman is a Professor of Geography at Kennesaw State University. Her work focuses on sustainable, regenerative, and circular systems related to resource use. Current and past research includes the study of Vetiver grass technology for soil erosion control in the Caribbean; sustainability in textiles and apparels; the use of food forests as a model of sustainable agriculture; the impacts of agroforestry for Amazonian urban resettlement in Acre, Brazil; and ecotourism on Dominica, W.I., for economic development and nature preservation. She is a co-founder of the KSU Food Forest, an initiative that models and helps build sustainable agriculture systems that attempt to address social inequities and related health issues in low-income communities in Atlanta, while at the same time mitigating climate change. Vanessa's regional specialty is Latin America and the Caribbean. Her other research interests include innovative pedagogy to teach about sustainability and geography. 

    Faculty Website

  • Bradley Suther

    Bradley Suther Associate Professor of Geography

    Bradley SutherPosition:
    Associate Professor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-4735
    Email: bsuther@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4073


    Bradley E. Suther is an Associate Professor of Geography and geomorphologist with research interests in stream and river systems, soils, and paleoenvironments of the southeastern US.  His current research centers around: 1) investigating river response to environmental change, including climatic change, and 2) evaluating timeframes and pathways of soil development to better understand the formation of soils and their use in geomorphic mapping and dating.  He has published articles on these topics in the journals Palaeo3, Geomorphology, Soil Systems, and Southeastern Geology and recently helped to design an updated facility for the Department of Geography and Anthropology's Geomorphology Laboratory in support of this research.  Dr. Suther teaches Introduction to Landforms, Geomorphology, and Climatology, and he regularly supervises undergraduate directed applied research courses related to his scholarship.  Prior to entering academia, Suther worked as an environmental consultant in North Carolina, where he is a Licensed Soil Scientist. 

  • Jun Tu

    Jun Tu Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

    Jun TuPosition:
    Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: jtu1@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4075


    Jun Tu is a Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences. Dr. Tu's areas of expertise are environmental geography and health geography. His research interests include the integration of GIS, spatial statistics, and modeling with environmental and health studies, and the impact of urbanization and climate change on the natural environment and public health. Dr. Tu has published over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals on various environmental and health issues in China, Massachusetts, New York City, and Georgia. He has served as a peer reviewer for over 65 international journals. Dr. Tu is currently working on projects that study the impacts of urbanization and climate change on water resources in northern Georgia and explore the spatiotemporal associations between environmental and socioeconomic factors and health issues, such as birth defects and COVID-19, in Georgia. Dr. Tu's teaching interests include physical geography, environmental studies, and GIS applications.  

    Faculty Website

  • Matt Waller

    Matt Waller Senior Lecturer of Geography

    Matt WallerPosition:
    Senior Lecturer of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-7728
    Email: mwaller8@kennesaw.edu
    Location: WH 223F


    Matt Waller has been teaching geography with Kennesaw State University for 16 years and has been advising students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for 12 years. His areas of interest include regional studies, geographic education, and helping students see their world differently. Matt earned his MSEd in Social Science Education from the University of Georgia in 1997 and his MA in Geography from Georgia State University in 2010. Prior to KSU, he worked in student financial aid, taught middle school gifted, and taught geography and English in East Africa. He is a life-long learner who loves video games, reading, and travel. 

Part-Time and Limited-Term Anthropology Faculty

Name
Position

  • George Gitahi

    George Gitahi Part-time Assistant Professor of Anthropology

    Position:
    Part-time Assistant Professor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: ggitahi@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Maidie Golan

    Maidie Golan Part-time Assistant Professor of Anthropology

    Position:
    Part-time Assistant Professor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: mgolan@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Nox Howard

    Nox Howard Part-time Instructor of Anthropology

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: lhowar20@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Morgan Paskins

    Morgan Paskins Part-time Instructor of Anthropology

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: mpaskins@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Caitlin Syfrett

    Caitlin Syfrett Part-time Instructor of Anthropology

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: csyfrett@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Blanca Torres

    Blanca Torres Part-time Instructor of Anthropology

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Anthropology

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: btorres9@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

Part-Time and Limited-Term Geography and GSS Faculty

Name
Position

  • Rudy Bartels

    Rudy Bartels Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Position:
    Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: rbartel1@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Mark Chastain

    Mark Chastain Part-time Instructor of Land Surveying

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Land Surveying

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: mchast23@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Mackenzie Coan

    Mackenzie Coan Part-time Instructor of Geography

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: mcoan@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Patrick Devereux

    Patrick Devereux Part-time Instructor of Survey and Mapping

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Survey and Mapping

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: pdevereu@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Anilkumar Gangadharan

    Anilkumar Gangadharan Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Position:
    Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: agangadh@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Nafiseh Haghtalab

    Nafiseh Haghtalab Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Position:
    Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: nhaghtal@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Shadi Maleki

    Shadi Maleki Part-time Assistant Professor of Geospatial Sciences

    Position:
    Part-time Assistant Professor of Geospatial Sciences

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: smaleki1@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Otu Onofiok

    Otu Onofiok Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Position:
    Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: oonofiok@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Daniel Page

    Daniel Page Part-time Instructor of Geography

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: dwp4619@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Dave Peeples

    Dave Peeples Part-time Instructor of Construction Management

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Construction Management

    Phone: (470) 578-4215
    Email: ppeeples@kennesaw.edu
    Location: I1 205


     

  • Qihang Qiu

    Qihang Qiu Limited Term Assistant Professor of Geography

    Qiu QihongPosition:
    Limited Term Assistant Professor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: qqiu@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 2041


     

  • Rajesh Sigdel

    Rajesh Sigdel Limited Term Instructor of Geography

    Position:
    Limited Term Instructor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: rsigdel@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 2041


     

  • Christa Smith

    Christa Smith Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Position:
    Part-time Assistant Professor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: csmit961@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

  • Tammy Spikes

    Tammy Spikes Part-time Instructor of Geography

    Position:
    Part-time Instructor of Geography

    Phone: (470) 578-2373
    Email: tspikes4@kennesaw.edu
    Location: SO 4042


     

 

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