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Highlights of faculty research in UMD's Department of Geographical Sciences in the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences.
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BE GLOBAL
DEPARTMENT OF
Geographical Sciences
2181 SAMUEL J. LEFRAK HALL7251 PREINKERT DR.COLLEGE PARK, MD 20742
WWW.GEOG.UMD.EDUP 301.405.4050 / F 301.314.9299
The Department of Geographical Sciences
is one of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences’
10 interdisciplinary departments and programs, all
committed to investigating and improving the human
condition. www.bsos.umd.edu
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIESBE EMPOWERED
ANTHROPOLOGYBE CULTURAL
CRIMINOLOGY & CRIMINAL JUSTICEBE JUST
ECONOMICSBE EFFICIENT
GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCESBE GLOBAL
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSBE CIVIL
HEARING & SPEECH SCIENCESBE HEARD
JOINT PROGRAM IN SURVEY METHODOLOGYBE COUNTED
PSYCHOLOGYBE UNDERSTOOD
SOCIOLOGYBE SOCIAL
Geographical Sciences at Maryland >>
At the University of Maryland’s Department of Geographical
Sciences, we’re discovering new knowledge about critical
societal and environmental issues through integrated science.
We examine the causes of and the impact of climate change—
rising sea levels and increased severe weather, droughts and
wildfires—and what can be done to combat these problems. We
inform resource management decisions at all levels of gov-
ernment. We work closely with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight
Center to create satellite-based, comprehensive new data sets
and models of changing land use. We inspire Maryland pride
and turn imagination into innovation by developing tools
and research methods that are used to promote environmental
knowledge and to improve policies around the world.
Through internships and research opportunities via
partnerships with government agencies and global organi-
zations—such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S.
Agency for International Development, the African Wildlife
Fund and the World Resources Institute—we are transforming
the student experience.
Photo by Sike (Lydia) Li, M.S. ’16, at the Kyoto Imperial Palace Garden in
Kyoto, Japan. Li conducted research in Japan.
WE EXAMINE AND MITIGATE THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
changes around the world.Academic Offerings >>
UNDERGRADUATE OFFERINGS
Bachelor of Science
» Majors: Geography, Geographic Information Systems (GIS),
Environmental Science and Policy (ENSP), Land Use, ENSP-Coastal
and Marine Environments, ENSP-Global Environmental Change
» Tracks: GIS, Cartography and Remote Sensing; Environment
Systems and Natural Resources; Development and Sustainability
» Minors: Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing of
Environmental Change
Combined Bachelor of Science/Master of Science
go.umd.edu/GEOGUndergraduate
GRADUATE OFFERINGS
Master of Professional Studies
» Geospatial Information Sciences
» Geospatial Intelligence
Doctor of Philosophy
go.umd.edu/GEOGGraduate
JON NORDLING, B.S. ’12, GIS M.P.S. ’14Founder and Solutions Architect, GeoMarvel; Developer, Geographical Open Data Kit
“ The skills I acquired at Maryland have
helped me develop innovative tools that help
researchers around the world measure forests
and share knowledge.”
CATHERINE LILIAN NAKALEMBE, PH.D. ’16Faculty Specialist, AgriSense-STARS Project
“ I contributed to an official government report
presenting hard evidence of the food security
situation in my study area of East Africa, which
resulted in immediate action to send relief
food to the area.”
Innovative Centers & Projects >>
The Department of Geographical Sciences collaborates with prestigious
organizations locally, nationally and globally on innovative research
and applications. These organizations and ventures include:
» UMD-NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Joint
Global Carbon Cycle Center
» UMD-Beijing Normal University Joint Global Change &
Earth System Science Center
» Joint Global Change Research Institute
» MPOWER
» National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
» Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
» Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites
go.umd.edu/GEOGCollaborations
Faculty Research Highlights >>
The faculty featured below work with UMD’s Center for Geospatial
Information Science (CGIS), which supports the development of
next-generation geospatial information science: geospatial.umd.edu.
To learn more about all faculty members in the Department of
Geographical Sciences—who teach and conduct research across
diverse fields of study—visit go.umd.edu/GEOGPeople.
LEILA DE FLORIANI, who has a joint appoint-
ment at the University of Maryland Institute
for Advanced Computer Studies, focuses on
modeling, spatial data structures, and big data
analysis through topological methods, geo-
spatial data visualization, and social network
analysis. Her work supports visualization
projects in CGIS. CGIS is producing a diverse array of visualization
schemes to support and enhance GIS users’ spatial skills and abilities
as they explore and build understanding of the world around them.
GRANT MCKENZIE takes a computational
approach to better understand the concept of
place, how it is defined, and the role it plays in
our human environment. To do this, he uses
geographic information (GI) to study temporal
patterns in human activity behavior. Much of
his work examines how human activities vary
within and between local neighborhoods and global communities.
This ongoing work has driven McKenzie’s interests in issues related
to geo-privacy and credibility in geospatial information, as well as the
broader role that GI science plays at the intersection of information
technologies and society.
KATHLEEN STEWART, Director of CGIS, works
in the area of geographic information science
that uses geographic information systems
(GIS) to study patterns of different phenom-
ena over space and time—and how geospatial
approaches might be improved to better detect
these patterns. For example, she is interested in
geographic patterns of the use of certain street drugs such as heroin;
or how the movements of a population might put its members at risk
from an infectious disease like malaria; or the how the behaviors of
drivers, including their speed, varies by location as they go about their
daily activities. Through this research, Stewart is using GIS to shed light
on human behavior.
go.umd.edu/GEOGPeople
Research in Action >>
Our faculty, students, partners and alumni focus their work
in four main areas:
» Geospatial-Information Science and Remote Sensing
» Human Dimensions of Global Change—Coupled Human
and Natural Systems
» Land Cover—Land Use Change
» Carbon, Vegetation Dynamics and Landscape–Scale Processes
go.umd.edu/GEOGResearch
GEOG Points of Pride >>
OUR AWARD-WINNING FACULTY ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS, ARE FREQUENTLY INVITED TO PUBLISH AND LECTURE, AND ARE OFTEN FEATURED BY THE MEDIA.
STUDENTS WORK WITH FACULTY ON CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH PROJECTS.
THE DEPARTMENT’S UNIQUE RESEARCH CENTERS AND PROJECTS ADDRESS MAJOR SOCIAL ISSUES.
OUR PROXIMITY TO D.C. ALLOWS FOR EXCEPTIONAL INTERNSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
STUDY ABROAD PROGRAMS OFFER LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES.
OUR PROGRAM IS RANKED #3 IN THE NATION BY THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL.
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