Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty

Regan Maas, PhD

Professor and Chair /
Associate Director -
Center for Geospatial
Science and Technology (CGST)

Phone: (818) 677-3515
Office Location: Sierra Hall 150
Email

Specializations:
GIS, Spatial Demography, Health,
Vulnerable Communities,
Data Science, Urban, Spatial Statistics

Sanchayeeta Adhikari, PhD

Associate Professor

Phone: (818) 677-5630
Office Location: Sierra Hall 130J
Email

Specializations:
Human Environment Interactions,
Remote Sensing, GIS, Protected Areas,
South Asia

Soheil Boroushaki

Professor / Co-Director - C.L.A.S.S. Research Lab

Phone: (818) 677-6974
Office Location: Sierra Hall, Rm 130-K
Email

James Craine, PhD

Professor

Phone: (818) 677-3532
Email

Specializations:
Media Geography, Cultural Geography,
Geo-visualization

Ron Davidson, PhD

Professor

Phone: (818) 677-3513
Office Location: Sierra Hall, Room 130-L
Email

Specializations:
Public Space, Teacher Education,
Narrative & Geography, Regional Geography,
Urban

Luke Drake, PhD

Associate Professor /
Director - Environment,
Livelihoods, & Technology
Research Lab

Phone: (818) 677-3508
Office Location: Sierra Hall, Room 130-C
Email

Specializations:
Urban, Economic, Political Ecology, GIS,
Qualitative Methods, Urban Gardens,
Sustainability

Mario Giraldo, PhD

Professor

Phone: (818) 677-4431
Office Location: Sierra Hall 130N
Email

Specializations:
Biogeography, GIS, Remote Sensing,
Mountain Agriculture, Sustainability, 
Water Resources

Steve Graves, PhD

Professor

Phone: (818) 677-3517
Office Location: Sierra Hall 130D
Email

Specializations:
Popular Culture, Social, Urban, Economic, Health,
GIS, Geography Education, Forensics

Edward Jackiewicz, PhD

Professor

Phone: (818) 677-3532
Email

Specializations:
Culture, Third World Development,
Latin America & the Caribbean, Urban

Amalie Orme, PhD

Professor /
Director, Geomatics and Aerial Environmental
Research Group (GAERG)

Phone: (818) 677-3864
Office Location: Sierra Hall 130G
Email

Specializations:
Fluvial Geomorphology, Field Techniques,
Drones/UAVs

Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg, PhD

Professor /
Director, Institute for Sustainability

Phone: (818) 677-3064
Office Location: Sierra Hall 130H
Email

Specializations:
Sustainability, Community Engagement, 
Justice, GIS

Yifei Sun, PhD

Professor

Phone: (818) 677-3529
Office Location: Sierra Hall 130E
Email

Specializations:
Urban, Economic, Spatial Statistics, China, GIS