Faculty and Staff of the Department
Tom Kind, Chair
- Benson, Jane L., Research Associate, B.S.,
M.A., Murray State University; (1984); remote sensing, geographic information
systems (GIS).
- Busby, Michael R., Systems
manager/programmer, M.S., Murray State University (1996); GIS and Remote
Sensing application.
- Cetin, Haluk, Associate Professor of
Geosciences, B.S., M.S., Hacettepe University; Ph.D., Purdue University,
(1993); geology, geophysics, remote sensing/image processing, geographic information systems
(GIS).
- Homsey, Lara K., Assistant Professor, B.A., Shippenburg University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Ph.D. (2004), University of
Pittsburgh; Geoarchaeology, Environmental Archaeology, Eastern North America,
Hunter-Gatherer Studies.
- Kind, Thomas C., Chair, Professor of
Geosciences; coordinator, Mid-America Remote Sensing Center (MARC); B.A.,
Valparaiso University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana State University, (1976); physical
geography, remote sensing.
- Kipphut, George W., Professor of
Geosciences, B.S., Providence College; M. Phil, Columbia University; Ph.D.,
Columbia University, (1978); physical and chemical limnology; reservoir
ecology; arctic limnology.
- Leasure, V. Lynn, Senior Lecturer, B.S.,
M.S., Murray State University; geomorphology, exploration geology, remote
sensing.
- Naugle, Burl L., Associate Professor of
Geosciences, B.S., M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky,
(1979); environmental engineering, digital remote sensing.
- Ortmann, Anthony L., Assistant Professor of
Geosciences, B.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; M.A. Tulane
University; Ph.D. Tulane University (2007); North American Archaeology,
prehistory of the southeastern U.S.
- Wesler, Kit W., Professor of Anthropology,
B.A., Washington University - St. Louis; M.A., University of North Carolina -
Chapel Hill, Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (1982);
Prehistory, historical archaeology; ethnohistory; Eastern North America; West
Africa.
- Whaley, Peter W., Emeritus Professor of
Geosciences, B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.S., University of Kentucky;
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, (1969); depositional environments, coal
geology.
- Zhang, Robin Q., Assistant Professor of
Geosciences, B.Sc., Nanjing University; M.Sc., Chinese Academy of Sciences;
Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, (2002); Remote sensing and GIS analysis
of the urban environment.