Welcome New Faculty
Dr. Macario Garcia is our Assistant Professor of Anthropology. They’re a cultural anthropologist with
a focus on mobility, animacy, incarceration, and prison-industrial complex abolition.
They earned their PhD from the University of Virginia and MA degrees from University
of Virginia and American Public University. They are currently partnering with incarcerated
people to create maps of carceral migration in the United States and to document oral
histories across correctional landscapes. They teach Introduction to Anthropology
and Cultural Anthropology, and they are developing new anthropology electives as well.
Dr. Nafiseh Haghtalab is our Limited Term Assistant Professor of Geography. She’s a physical geographer
interested in land-atmosphere interactions. She teaches physical geography courses
including Weather and Climate, GIS, Cartography, and Resources, Society, and the Environment.
She received her Ph.D. in Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences from Michigan
State University. Her research focuses on the effects of human-induced changes in
the natural environment on the atmospheric cycles and climate change. She is also
interested in food security to understand the extent to which changes in natural processes
can influence food security, especially in lower-income communities.
Dr. Shannon Hall is our new Lecturer of Geography. She 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.
She is a broadly trained Geographer with a concentration in physical geography, weather
and climate, and conservation. Dr. Hall has 20 years or teaching experience at 2-year
and 4-year institutions, and has taught courses in physical geography, regional geography,
and techniques. At KSU, Dr. Hall teaches courses in Physical Geography, Environment,
Society, and Resources, and GIS. Her research is focused on vegetation dynamics and
tree response to climate change.
Dr. Ranbir Kang is a physical geographer who specializes in different aspects of river science and
GIScience applications. He obtained his Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University. Before
moving to Kennesaw State University, he taught at Oklahoma State University, George
Washington University, and Western Illinois University. His projects focus on urban
hydrology, 3d modeling of riverscapes, river response to human activities, stream
bank erosion, watershed dynamics, terrestrial LiDAR applications, alluvial channels,
effects of dams, field experiments, and bio-geomorphology.
Loading posts...
