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                              Volcanology, Igneous Petrology & Geochemistry
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                        
                        
Community and regional planning faculty
                        
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Planning & Behavioral Science, transportation planning
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Social Geography & Planning
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                        
                        
Geography and Sustainability faculty
                        
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Earth Science - Elementary Earth Science
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Applied GIS & 3D Imaging, Geomorphology, Hydroclimatology, Water Resources 
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Human Geography, forced migration and displacement, refugee resettlement, qualitative
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                              Climate change and Sustainability
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Hydromorphology, Fluvial systems and sustainable watershed management
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Sustainable travel & tourism, community engagement for sustainability, urban transitions
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Geospatial Sciences - GIS
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Social Geography & Planning
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Geospatial Science - GIS /Remote Sensing
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Sustainability, Tourism & Geography       
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Geospatial Sciences Geography
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                        
                        
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                              Paleontology & General Physical Geology
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Applied GIS & 3D Imaging, Geomorphology, Hydroclimatology, Water Resources
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Stratigraphy Geology & Sedimentology
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Environmental Geochemistry & Geohydrology
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Tectonics & Structural Geology; Graduate admissions and advising
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Volcanology, Igneous Petrology & Geochemistry
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) structures, load testing foundations and computer
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                              Biominerals and Biosedimentology, Marine Paleoecology, Predator-Prey Dynamics and
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                     Geospatial Science faculty
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                        Per-course and adjunct faculty
                        
                        
                         
                     
                        
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                              Sustainability, Ozarks Environmental and Water Resources Institute
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Geography of the Ozarks, Earth Science Education, Water Quality 
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Medical and World Regional Geography & General Geography
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Physical Geography, Atmospheric Science
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     Dr. Stanley Fagerlin, Faculty Emeritus, Geology
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Karst Geology & Aqueous Geochemistry
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Linnea passed away March 2024
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Sustainable Development and Resilience; Economic Geography of Tourism; Tourism Impacts;
                                 the working poor
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Vince passed away August 2021
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Heavy metal distribution in the Geologic Environment
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Small Town/Regional Planning
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Historical Geography, National Parks and Protected Areas
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Geomorphology, Hydrology, Water Quality; Ozark rivers and Urban Watersheds 
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Optical and X-ray Mineralogy, Wall of Fame 2021
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Geography of Homelessness, Urban and Regional Planning
                            
                           		
                           	 
                        	
                        	
                         
                     
                     
                     
                        	
                        
                           		
                           		
                           
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                              Hydrogeology, Sedimentology, Glacial Stratigraphy