We're pleased to recognize our 2020 departmental award winners:
Outstanding Senior Geographer: Emily Routman
Exemplary Geography Research Award: Nia Cambridge
Exemplary Service Award: Griffin Walsh
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Faculty and Staff Highlights
- Lookingbill Awarded
Todd Lookingbill, associate professor of geography, environmental studies, and biology, has been named an Outstanding Faculty Award recipient by the State Council of Higher Education. Read more.
- Lookingbill Published
Todd Lookingbill, associate professor of geography and the environment, published “Assessing Inequitable Urban Heat Islands and Air Pollution Disparities with Low-Cost Sensors in Richmond, Virginia” in Sustainability.
- Spera Awarded
Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography, has been awarded $705,261 from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a three year project, Quantifying the Effects of Forest Cover Changes on Provisioning and Regulating Ecosystem Services in the Southwestern Amazon.
- Salisbury Grant
Geography professor David Salisbury has received a grant from the Pan American Institute of Geography and History to support a Transboundary Amazon Mapping Workshop.
- Lookingbill Named Distinguished Educator
Geography and biology professor Todd Lookingbill was named a 2018 University of Richmond Distinguished Educator.
- Salisbury Award
Geography professor David Salisbury was given the Private Sector & Government Award at the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers in May 2018.
- Grayson and Lookingbill Grant
Biology professor Kristine Grayson and geography professor Todd Lookingbill have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to research and understand species diversity in rock pool communities in the James River.
- Finley-Brook Appointment
Dr. Mary Finley-Brook was appointed by Governor McAuliffe to the Virginia Advisory Council on Environmental Justice.
- Propst Certification
Nancy Propst has received her Certified Administrative Professional certification from the International Association of Administrative Professionals.
- Lookingbill Grant
Dr. Todd Lookingbill has received a grant from the National Park Service to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the natural resources at Fort Monroe National Monument and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument.
Scholarship Repository Readership
The University of Richmond's Scholarship Repository shares faculty publications with a world-wide audience. The map below shows where articles from geography faculty are being read around the globe.
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Mailing address:
Department of Geography and the Environment
Carole Weinstein International Center
211 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, Virginia 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8661
Fax: (804) 484-1577
Spatial Analysis Laboratory: (804) 484-1518
Department Chair: David Salisbury
Major Advisors: Mary Finley-Brook, Todd Lookingbill, David Salisbury and Stephanie Spera
Administrative Coordinator: Nancy Propst
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