Name	Home	Degree Program	Fields	Advisor	Courses Taught or Assisted	Research Interests
Dacosta Aboagye	Kumasi, Ghana	PhD	hazards, urban geography, political ecology	Karl Offen		mitigation and urban flooding in Accra, Ghana
Haskell Adams	Madill, Oklahoma	MA	human geography	Bret Wallach
Necati Anaz	Turkey	PhD	political geography	Darren Purcell		the military enlargement of the EU, Turkey's involvement, and the decentralization or localization of state power in Turkey
John Baldridge	Okmulgee, Oklahoma	MA	political and cultural geography	Darren Purcell	Human Geography	ethno-nationalism, separatism, sovereignty, globalization, & devolution of power among indigenous peoples and other nations without states; the geopolitics of boundary, resource, and religious disputes; locations of interest include Kashmir, the Dokdo Islands between Japan and South Korea, Japan (Ainu), and the UK (Scots and Welsh).
Rachel Barnett		PhD	water resources
Christy Batterson		MA	biogeography	Bruce Hoagland		historical reconstruction of vegetation in the Oklahoma Ozarks via General Land Office maps
Jeremy Black Elk	South Dakota	MA	environmental geography	Scott Greene		climatic and other environmental variables associated with Oklahoma viticulture
James Bothwell	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	PhD	GIS, climatology	May Yuan	Introduction to GIS	spatiotemporal analysis of projected anthropomorphic-driven climate change; the magnitude and rate of such change; predicting which geographical regions will be under the most stress; and the implications for both the biosphere and humankind
Melissa Brown		MA	GIS	May Yuan
Lacy Jo Burgess	Norman, Oklahoma	PhD	biogeography	Bruce Hoagland	Physical Geography	invasive plant species, their range dynamics and associated governing factors, and their impact on the landscape.
Stephanie Buway	western Michigan	MA	renewable energy	Scott Greene		K-12 student perceptions of renewable energy
Semiha Caliskan	Turkey and Bulgaria	PhD	GIS and remote sensing	Tarek Rashed	Geographic Information Systems	GIS, remote sensing, disaster management, vulnerability indicators and analysis, disaster management simulations, GIS and epidemiology
Barb'ra-Anne Carter	Los Angeles, California	PhD	human geography	Darren Purcell	Physical Geography, Historical Geography of Ancient Egypt	obesity and space, corpse medicine and Christianity, subcultures, Dynastic Egypt
Gerardo Castillo-Guzman	Lima, Peru	PhD	social and historical geography, Latin America	Karl Offen		landscape representations and power in Piura, Perú
Mang Lung Cheuk	Hong Kong, China	PhD	GIS, remote sensing, environmental modelling	May Yuan		accuracy assessment and applications of LiDAR technology; coupling GIS with environmental models; atmospheric dispersion modeling; and assessment of spatial uncertainty in environmental modeling
Matthew Collier		PhD	GISci	May Yuan	Computer Mapping	spatiotemporal representation of drought
Priscilla Crawford		PhD	biogeography	Bruce Hoagland		using herbarium data to model rare and invasive plant species distributions in Oklahoma
Naci Dilekli	Turkey	PhD	GIS	Tarek Rashed
Dan Edwards	Brighton, England	MA	cultural (music) geography	Bob Rundstrom	Human Geography	representations of place in music, especially music that evokes Oklahoma
Istvan Egresi	Baia Mare, Romania	PhD	economic geography	Fred Shelley	Human Geography, Economic Geography	the role of globalization in the transformation of eastern Europe, especially the interaction of global, national and local forces in shaping the final outcomes.
Dalynda Evans	Tecumseh, Oklahoma	PhD	human geography	Fred Shelley	Gateway to College Learning	geographic education, especially student shifts in international awareness after they have studied abroad
Todd Fagin	Norman, Oklahoma	PhD	biogeography	Bruce Hoagland	Physical Geography	historical reconstruction of vegetation changes in the Arbuckle Mountains of Oklahoma using General Land Office maps
Mahmut Gokmen	Turkey	PhD	political and postcolonial geographies	Darren Purcell	Human Geography	postcolonial mapping of geopolitical imaginations and visions, the institutionalization of colonialism and imperialism, humanitarian interventions, geographies of knowledge about world politics, and the links between intertwined economies and representations of the “Other”. My dissertation research examines the role of international human rights institutions in justifying the territorial interests of superpowers and the concomitant erosion of the sovereignty of weaker states, especially through humanitarian interventions.
Justin Goldstein	Olney, Maryland	PhD	hydrology	Aondover Tarhule	Physical Geography	hydroclimatology of the southern Great Plains
Tyler Haas	Edmond, Oklahoma	MA	medical geography, environmental epidemiology, orientalism	Karl Offen	Physical Geography	environmental changes and their impact on health; the mapping of an orientalist dialogue onto cultural representations of the Middle East
Shannon Hall		PhD	biogeography	Bruce Hoagland		impact of woody plant encroachment on plant species richness in the grasslands of western Oklahoma
Melissa Hinten	Cherokee, Oklahoma	PhD	biogeography	Bruce Hoagland		mapping remnant tallgrass-prairie patches in Oklahoma using GIS; and, how the historical elimination of much of this ecosystem has influenced plant species diversity within the remaining patches. I also have an interest in science education.
Dustin Howard	Ohio	PhD	geographic information science and geopolitics	May Yuan	Computer Mapping, Geographic Information Systems	the international diffusion of geospatial technologies
Jason Huff	Watauga, Texas	MA	cultural geography	Darren Purcell		the cultural geography of central Europe, with a specific interest in Germany
Lacy Isom		MA	biogeography	Bruce Hoagland		plant species richness and vegetation structure in the mixed-grass prairies of western Oklahoma
Sadiq Khan	Pakistan	PhD	GISci for sustainable development	Tarek Rashed		geospatial technology applications; GIS and RS for ecological risk assessment; disaster risk assessment
Bodo Kubartz	Bruggen, Germany	PhD	economic geography	Fred Shelley/Andy Wood (Kentucky)	Economic Geography, Human Geography	economic geographies of the international fragrance industry, especially the spatialities of industrial knowledge and the organizational characteristics of business creativity. My interests include knowledge and innovation, cultural industries, commodities and branding, cultural economy, and the new economic geography.
Chih-Yu Lai	Taiwan	PhD	GIS, spatial analysis	May Yuan		My research interests are mainly focused on the integration of GIS, RS, and social sciences, especially using spatial analysis and spatial statistics. I like to execute fieldwork and projects related to spatiotemporal analysis and modeling in social sciences, especially in real estate, criminology, population science and epidemiology.
Hongyan Li	Beijing, China	PhD	cultural geography	Bret Wallach		globalization and westernization in China; the cultural differentiation and convergence of western and oriental worlds; spirit of place; China's interaction with the US and the world.
Doyle Loughren	Baxley, Georgia	PhD	nature-society, cultural geography, historical geography	Karl Offen	Human Geography, World Regional Geography	representations of nature, place, and landscape; geographical knowledge and imagination; watersheds
Morgan McKibben	Austin, Texas	MA	cultural geography	Fred Shelley		sustainable agriculture or permaculture in Latin America; especially its diffusion, its representation in cyberspace, how local communities shape it to their purposes, and how travellers from outside the region see its practice
William McPherson		PhD	GIS	May Yuan
Sophia Morren	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	PhD	urban geography	Fred Shelley		environmental geography and urban sustainability
David J. Morris	Norman, Oklahoma	MA	historical geography, cognition of geographic information	Tarek Rashed		the links among cognitive principles, multimedia learning, and teaching historical geography
Raquel Orozco	Peru	MA	climatology	Scott Greene		near-surface wind patterns in Central America
Randy Peppler	Fort Wayne, Indiana	PhD	nature and society; people, place, and region	Karl Offen		nature/society relations; in particular, how indigenous peoples know and forecast weather and climate, how they apply this knowledge in their daily lives, and how their migration, forced or voluntary, influences this place-based knowledge.
Muhammad Rahman	Texas	PhD	GIS and remote sensing; environmental impact assessment, natural hazards	Tarek Rashed		integrating GIS and remote sensing to assess the environment immediately following a hurricane. In particular, I am interested in how remote sensing can be applied to detect and update rapidly-occuring alterations in the natural environment (i.e. crops and vegetation) on a daily basis immediately after a hurricane makes landfall.
Jerry Riggs		MA	GIS	Tarek Rashed
Hayden Roberts	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	PhD	cultural and social geography	Bob Rundstrom		the relationships among community indentity, group expression, and cultural values; especially, the expressions of folklife that persist in the contemporary U.S. and how technology plays a role in framing their cultural contexts.
Chie Sakakibara	Nagoya/Nichinan, Japan	PhD	humanistic/cultural geography	Bob Rundstrom	Human Geography, World Regional Geography	humanistic geography; Native American studies; Arctic studies; human-animal relationships. My dissertation research examines how the Inupiaq people of Arctic Alaska perceive and culturally process environmental changes incurred by climate change.
Daniel Sambu	Kenya	PhD	water resources	Aondover Tarhule		water resources and UN Millenium Development Goals in east Africa
Lukas Sandve	Alexandria, South Dakota	MA	economic and political geography	Darren Purcell	Human Geography	political, economic, and social structures of less-developed countries. Specifically, my research examines the impact of American institutions and NGOs on development in African states.
Scott Schellenberger	Yukon, Oklahoma	MA	culture and environment	Karl Offen
Jennifer Shurley	Altus, Oklahoma	MA	conservation biogeography, vegetation ecology, landscape ecology, environmental design	Bruce Hoagland		sustainability in conservation and land-use planning and architecture. My current research examines the formation and distribution of high- priority, forested-habitat types in the Ozark Plateau of Oklahoma. Other interests include cognitive and aesthetic issues in data representation, and democratic issues in applied geography.
Nicole "Nico" Simons	Coalgate, Oklahoma	MA	GIS, remote sensing	Tarek Rashed		risk assessment and vulnerability
Emily Starke	St. Louis, Missouri	MA	hydrology	Aondover Tarhule	Physical Geography	the hydrology of rainforest systems; modeling buffer systems for preservation of rainforest hydrology; creating a module to apply to water management policies in a rainforest
Chris Suttle	Okarche, Oklahoma	MA	GIS	May Yuan
Joseph Swain	Lafayette, Louisiana	PhD	cultural geography	Bob Rundstrom	Human Geography	the monuments commemorating Oklahoma's various centennial anniversaries. My dissertation uses Peet's concept of regional discursive formations to examine the messages incorporated in monuments throughout old Oklahoma Territory that claim to display Oklahoma’s “vital historical character.”
Rick Thomas	Wilmington, Delaware	MA	biogeography	Bruce Hoagland		mapping both the historical and contemporary vegetation found in Oklahoma City to promote conservation.
Trung Vinh Tran	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	PhD	geographic information science	May Yuan		theory, knowledge-based systems, and the coupling of GIS and agent-based modeling to represent, analyze, and predict urban growth
Rachel Turney-Work	Braggs, Oklahoma	MA	hydroclimatology	Aondover Tarhule		using tree-ring analysis to reconstruct hydroclimatic phenomena
Carlos Yanez-Uribe	Venezuela	MA	hydroclimatology	Aondover Tarhule		using remote sensing to estimate evapotranspiration in northwest Oklahoma
Kim Zerr	South Dakota	MA	tourism on-line	Darren Purcell		on-line representations of tourism in South Dakota's small towns