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Department of Geography

Graduate Students

Ph.D. Students

Ellie Davis Davis, Eleanor
Email: eleanord@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Dow
Research: Sea level rise, agriculture, adaptation
Sahar Derakhshan Derakhshan, Sahar
Email: saharder@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Cutter
Research: Natural hazards, recovery, resilience, risk mitigation policy, GIS
Fan, Qian
Email: fanq@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Wang
Research: Natural disasters, remote sensing
Michelle Harris Harris, Michelle
Email: mh28@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Ellis
Research: Coastal geomorphology, shoreline change, LiDAR applications
Qian Huang Huang, Qian
Email: qh1@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Cutter
Research: Hazards, social vulnerability, mitigation policy, public health
Xiao Huang Huang, Xiao
Email: xh1@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Wang
Research: Data mining, remote sensing, disasters
Sarah Jackson Jackson, Sarah
Email: sj36@email.sc.edu 
Advisor: Cutter
Research: Hazards, risk perception, preparedness, migration
Yuqin Jiang Jiang, Yuqin
Email: yuqin@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Li
Research: Geospatial cyberinfrastructure, high performance computing, human mobility
Kaase, Chris
Email: kaase@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Kupfer
Research: Biogeography, geomorphology, hydrology, landscape ecology, conservation
Christopher Krause Krause, Christopher
Email: cmkrause@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Mitchell
Research: Geography education, GIS education, discipline-based educational research
Huixuan Li Li, Huixuan
Email: huixuan@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Wang
Research: Remote sensing, GIS, coastal environment
Sam Nielson Nielson, Sam
Email: snielson@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Nagel
Research: Migration, integration, political geography, cultural geography
Patel, Aashka
Email: patelaj@mailbox.sc.edu
Advisor: Carbone
Research: Climate change assessment, usability of climate information for decision-making, water resources
Erika Pham Pham, Erika
Email: epham@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Cutter
Research: Hazards, recovery, resilience
Nicholas Sokol Sokol, Nicholas
Email: nsokol@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Carbone
Research: Climatology, uncertainty & variability, severe weather, big data, and geocomputation
Peter Tereszkiewicz Tereszkiewicz, Peter
Email: petert@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Ellis
Research: Coastal and aeolian geomorphology, Geographic Information Systems, complexity science



Master's Students

Paul Bauer Bauer, Paul
Email: pbauer@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Carbone
Research: Atmospheric sciences, climatology, meteorology, hydrology
Bri Ferguson Ferguson, Jacquelyn Brianna (Bri)
Email: bf2@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Ellis
Research: Coastal geomorphology, nearshore dynamics, shoreline resiliency, sediment transport
Logan Lee Lee, Logan
Email: ll17@email.sc.edu 
Advisor: Cutter
Research: Hazards, risk management
George Marino Marino, George (Brody)
Email: gm8@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Ellis
Research: Coastal geomorphology, coastal management, science policy
Jill Martin Martin, Jill (JJ)
Email: jm73@email.sc.edu
Advisor: DeBoom
Research: Political geography, globalization, development
McGill, Sean
Email: spmcgill@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Ellis
Research: Coastal geomorphology, GIS, remote sensing
Grayson Morgan Morgan, Grayson
Email: morgangr@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Hodgson
Research: Remote sensing, GIS, sUAS
Melissa Otero Otero, Melissa
Email: motero@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Barnes
Research: Human geography
Jake Ramthun Ramthun, Jacob
Email: jramthun@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Cutter
Research: Hazards, climate adaptation, environmental communications
Rickenbaker, Alan
Email: rickenda@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Hodgson
Research:     
Angela Seidler Seidler, Angela
Email: aseidler@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Barnes
Research: Human-environment relationships in the Middle East
Steeves, Nicole
Email: nsteeves@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Hiscox
Research:
Tracy Whelen Whelen, Tracy
Email: twhelen@email.sc.edu
Advisor: Cutter
Research:  Emergency management, hazards, GIS

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