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St. Cloud State University

St. Cloud State University

Department of
BeachGeography

Faculty and Staff

Official SCSU faculty list can be found here.

SCSU Geography Faculty - click on name for details

 

 

 

Randal G. Baker

Randal G. Baker (1993)
Professor (Ph.D. 1993, Oregon State University)

Interests: tourism development, community development, natural resources, outdoor recreation
Advisor: BA in Travel & Tourism L-Z, BES Majors & Minors

Stewart Hall 348
phone: (320) 308-2271
rbaker@stcloudstate.edu

Mikhail 'Misha' Blinnikov

Mikhail "Misha" Blinnikov(1999)
Professor (Ph.D. 1999, University of Oregon)

Interests: biogeography, conservation, phytolith analysis, GIS, Russia/Former Soviet Union
Advisor: Graduate Coordinator and GIS Graduate Certificate (see J. Torguson for fall 2007)

Stewart Hall 344
phone: (320) 308-2263
mblinnikov@stcloudstate.edu

On sabbatical: Fall 2007

Henry H. Hochmair

Henry H. Hochmair ( 2004) 
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2002, University of Vienna , Austria )

Interests: geodesy, GIS, spatial decision support systems , wayfinding

Stewart Hall 352A
phone: (320) 308-6686
hhhochmair@stcloudstate.edu

On leave: 2007-2008

Bel Kambach

Bel Kambach (2007)
Assistant Professor (M.Ed. 2004, Endicott College & GLION Hotel School, Bulle, Switzerland)

Interests: travel and tourism, education, eco-tourism and conservation, tour management, cruise line industry, environmental interpretation, travel writing
Advisor: Travel and Tourism Club

Stewart Hall 358 phone: (320) 308-3180 bkambach@stcloudstate.edu

Gareth John

Gareth John (2005)
Assistant Professor (Ph.D. 2003, University of Kentucky)

Interests: cultural geography; historical geography; 19th-cent. exploration and the interpretation of American western landscape; history of geographical thought and practice; geographic education; American popular culture; contemporary Europe

Stewart Hall 352
phone: (320) 308-6143
gejohn@stcloudstate.edu

Benjamin F. Richason III

Benjamin F. Richason III (1978)
Professor
(Ph.D. 1978, Michigan State University)

Interests: remote sensing, cartography, soils, GIS
Advisor: BA Majors & Minors in GIS

Stewart Hall 311E
phone: (320) 308-3019
richason@stcloudstate.edu

Jeffrey S. Torguson

Jeffrey S. Torguson (1997)
Professor
(Ph.D. 1993, University of Georgia)

Interests: cartography, GIS, physical geography, Asia
Advisor: BA Majors & Minors in General Geography; Interim Graduate Coordinator

Stewart Hall 346
phone: (320) 308-0961
jtorguson@stcloudstate.edu

DavidWall

David L. Wall (1998)
Professor and Department Chair
(Ph.D. 1990, University of Iowa)

Interests: economic geography, urban planning, political geography, research methods, Latin America
Advisor: BS Teaching and SST Geography Emphasis

Stewart Hall 359B
phone: (320) 308-2095
dwall@stcloudstate.edu

Lewis G. Wixon

Lewis G. Wixon (1966)
Professor
(Ph.D. 1979, Indiana State University)

Interests: climatology, physical geography, physical geography, Minnesota culture and ethnicity, Europe, British Isles
Advisor: Undeclared BA and other BES students

Stewart Hall 351
phone: (320) 308-2261
wixon@stcloudstate.edu

Kenneth Wong

Kenneth Wong (2000) Professor
(M. Eng. 1991, University of Calgary, Canada)

Interests: surveying, GPS, cartography, photogrammetry
Advisor: BS in Land Surveying/Mapping science

Stewart Hall 345
phone: (320) 308-3014
kwong@stcloudstate.edu

Alvin

Alvin HungChih Yu (2007)
Assistant Professor (PhD exp. Pennsylvania State University)

Interests: travel and tourism; tourism management, educational tour, instructional systems

Stewart Hall 349
phone: (320) 308-2275
hyu@stcloudstate.edu

 

Staff

Office Manager: Barb Hartkopf
geog@stcloudstate.edu

Stewart Hall 359
phone: (320) 308-3160

Adjunct Instructors