The Department of Geography would like to welcome Sagy Cohen to the faculty. Sagy earned his Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle in Australia under Garry Willgoose and Greg Hancock […]
Category: Departmental News
Geography Colloquia
The Department of Geography will be hosting three presenters in the focus of physical geography. Please attend their research presentations if you are able and interested. Schedule of Research […]
AICP certifications
Over the past few years several graduates of our MS program, Jeremy Griffith, Scott Farmer, and Alan Gray, earned certification through the American Institute of Certified Planners. To become a […]
PhD defense
Thomas Wells successfully defended his PhD dissertation on the environmental and social aspects of the aging dam infrastructure on the Black Warrior River. Thomas earned the PhD through the Interdisciplinary […]
SEDAAG 2011
The annual meeting of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG) was held in Savannah, Georgia November 20th through the 22nd. Faculty represented the department with paper […]
Alabama Power Scholarship
Current MS student Brittany Holmes was recently awarded an Alabama Power Scholarship for $2,187 through the UA School of Mines and Energy Development. This award will help support Brittany’s thesis […]
Faculty position
ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA35487-0322. The University of Alabama, Department of Geography invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Physical Geography beginning August, 16, 2012. […]
Welcome new chair
The Department of Geography is excited to welcome Dr. Doug Sherman as our new Department Chair. Dr. Sherman comes from Texas A&M University where he served as Professor and Head […]
Tornado relief
The Geography family at UA has received an outpouring of support from colleagues around the world. If you wish to help the people of Tuscaloosa impacted by the tornado please […]
End of the semester info
To contact the Department of Geography please call 205-348-5047. A list of faculty and staff members with office, phone, and email information is available under the people tab. The end […]