Faculty & Staff

headshot of Dr. David S. Salisbury
Associate Professor of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability, Geography Advisor
Chair, Department of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability
Environmental Studies Advisor
Global Studies Concentration Advisor, Development and Change

Specialties:
  • Human environment interface
  • Amazonia
  • Political ecology
  • Cartography
  • Conservation and development
Contact:
(804) 289-8661
headshot of Dr. Mary  Finley-Brook
Associate Professor of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability, Geography Advisor
Global Studies Concentration Advisor, Development and Change, Politics and Governance

Specialties:
  • Natural resource management
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Land tenure
  • Regional integration
  • Climate change mitigation and carbon markets
Contact:
(804) 287-6307
headshot of Dr. Todd  Lookingbill
Professor of Biology
Professor of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability

Specialties:
  • Battlefield Ecology
  • Landscape Fragmentation and Connectivity
  • Park Management
  • Conservation
  • Forest Community Ecology
Contact:
(804) 289-8265
headshot of Ms. Nancy  Propst, CAP, PACE
Academic Administrative Specialist
Contact:
(804) 287-6693
headshot of Dr. Kyle  Redican
Spatial Analysis Laboratory Director

Specialties:
  • Geographic Information Systems/Science
  • Spatial Data Science
  • Economic Geography
  • Public Utility Regulation
Contact:
(804) 484-1518
headshot of Dr. Stephanie  Spera
Assistant Professor of Geography, Environment, & Sustainability
Data Science Advisory Board Member

Specialties:
  • Coupled Natural-Human Environment Systems
  • Terrestrial Remote Sensing
  • Land-Change Science
  • Regional Climate Change Modelling
  • GIS
  • Spatial Statistics
Contact:
headshot of  Beth  Zizzamia
GIS Operations Manager

Specialties:
  • GIS
  • Geovisualization
  • Earth Science
  • Environmental Science
  • Field Methods
Contact:
(804) 484-1545