Faculty and Staff

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Patricia Ehrkamp (she/her)
Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor
Professor of Geography
Past-President (2024-2025), American Association of Geographers (AAG)
international migration, geopolitics , borders , refugees , urban geography, transnationalism, feminist geographies, United States, political geography, Europe
863 Patterson Office Tower
(859) 257-6952
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Nick Lally
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Digital geographies, Critical Cartography and GIS, policing, social theory, software studies, science and technology studies, social movements, urban geography
805 Patterson Office Tower
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Jeff Levy
GIS Program Coordinator
GIS, health geography, Cartography, Geocoding Precision, Exposure Assessments, Spatial epidemiology
5 Miller Hall
(859) 323-0618
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Liang Liang
Associate Professor
Bioclimatology, Phenology, Remote Sensing, Biogeography
801 Patterson Office Tower
(859)-257-7058
John F Obrycki
Environmental Sciences, Rural and Agricultural History, data visualization, data analysis
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Boyd Shearer
Senior Lecturer
Cartography and Design, GIS and GPS, scenic landscape analysis, weather and climate, public parks, web mapping, lidar, Digital Twin
POT 805A
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Matthew W. Wilson (he/him)
Chair and Professor of Geography
Critical cartography & GIS, cultural geography, urban political geography, Science and Technology Studies, Disciplinary History of Geography
817 Patterson Office Tower
(859) 257-8851
Matthew Zook
University Research Professor
regional economic development, Smart Cities and Urban Technology, Critical finance studies, Big Data and Society
875 Patterson Office Tower
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