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West Virgina University

Experts:

This list of experts is limited to those names provided by this institution's technical representative (January 2008). Contact us to add to this expertise list.
First Name Last Name Title Department Contact Information Expertise areas
James T. Anderson Associate Professor Division of Forestry & Natural Resources jander25@wvu.edu Forest Ecology, Needs; applied wetlands ecology, management, and restoration; wildlife-habitat relationships; nuisance wildlife ecology; wildlife foraging ecology; riparian ecology and management; and natural stream channel design
Donald Armstrong Associate Professor & Chair Division of Resource Mangement darmstro@wvu.edu Site design; landscape construction; land reclamation; wetland restoration; landscape architecture
Katherine Bankole Assistant Professor and Director, Center for Black Culture and Research History kbankole@wvu.edu African American history
Bob Behling Professor Geology and Geography bob.behling@mail.wvu.edu Geology, Hydrology, Geomorphology, Geology Education, Wetland Reconstruction following surface mining of coal
Mary Jane Buckland Associate Director Sponsored Programs mjbuckland@mail.wvu.edu  
Greg Elmes Professor Geology and Geography elmes@geo.wvu.edu Geographic Information Systems, spatial analysis, energy, regional development, medical geography
Elizabeth Fones-Wolf Associate Professor History Elizabeth.Fones-Wolf@mail.wvu.edu 20th century U.S.; American economic history; U.S. labor
Kenneth Fones-Wolf Professor History kenneth.fones-wolf@mail.wvu.edu 19th century America; U.S. labor; immigration and ethnicity; Civil War; Gilded Age; West Virginia history
Greg Good Associate Professor and Program Coordinator History Greg.Good@mail.wvu.edu History of Science; Cultural Resource Management; history of physics, earth science, geophysics
Jack Hammersmith Professor History Jack.Hammersmith@mail.wvu.edu American diplomatic history; U.S. history since the Civil War
Trevor M. Harris Everly Distinguished Professor and Chair Geology and Geography tharris2@wvu.edu Geographic Information Systems, geo-archaeology, environmental impact assessment, regional planning, urban historical geography
Ray Hicks Professor Division of Forestry & Natural Resources rhicks3@wvu.edu Forest Management, Forest Ecology, Forest Pest Management; Forest health, forest mineral cycling, old growth forests and unique forest communities such as the rimrock pine communities in the New River Gorge
Steve Kite Professor Geology and Geography steve.kite@mail.wvu.edu Geology, hydrology; Surficial processes, fluvial geomorphology, geoarcheology, Quaternary stratigraphy, stream restoration
Ronald Lewis Stuart & Joyce Robbins Chair History Ronald.Lewis@mail.wvu.edu Appalachia; U.S. social; labor history; African American labor history; coal miners; industrial slavery
George Longenecker Professor Division of Resource Mangement glongene@wvu.edu Landscape at Fallingwater; woody plants; landscape architecture
Kenneth Martis Professor Geology and Geography martis@geo.wvu.edu Political geography; historical geography
Robert Maxon Professor History Robert.maxon@mail.wvu.edu East African history; African history; world history
Mary Ellen Mazey Dean College of Arts and Sciences memazey@mail.wvu.edu Urban Geography, Strategic Planning and Regionalism, Regional Cooperation, University-Community Partnerships
Steven McBride Associate Professor and Chair Division of Resource Mangement smcbride@wvu.edu Historic revitalization/cultural landscapes; rural planning; community planning; environmental law and policy; landscape architecture
Joyce McConnell Thomas R. Goodwin Professor  School of Law joyce.mcconnell@mail.wvu.edu Property law
Michal McMahon Associate Professor History Michal.McMahon@mail.wvu.edu History of Technology
Joseph McNeel Division Director Forestry & Natural Resources joseph.mcneel@mail.wvu.edu  
Hala Nassar Assistant Professor Division of Resource Mangement Hala.Nassar@mail.wvu.edu Islamic gardens; history of landscape architecture; Cultural resource management
Ann Oberhauser Professor Geology and Geography oberhauser@geo.wvu.edu Economic geography, regional development, gender geography, rural livelihood strategies in Appalachia
Jason Parker Assistant Professor  History Jason.Parker@mail.wvu.edu U.S. and international relations; history
Chad Pierskalla Associate Professor Division of Forestry & Natural Resources cpierska@wvu.edu Carrying capacity issues in recreational areas, visitor use, perception, and management, development and implementation of public resource land management and planning processes
L. Christopher Plein Chair & Assistant Professor Division of Public Administration lplein@wvu.edu Public policy analysis; science and technology policy; Cultural Resource Management
Gerald Pops Professor Division of Public Administration gpops@wvu.edu Environmental management; administrative law; Cultural resource management
Lizbeth Pyle Associate Professor Geology and Geography lpyle@wvu.edu Human Geography; cultural geography of the U.S; rural geography
Susan Robinson Associate Director College of Business & Economics Susan.Robinson@mail.wvu.edu Business & Economics
Steve Selin Professor Division of Forestry sselin@mail.wvu.edu Sustainable building partnership and collaborative management capacity, public participation and conflict management assessment, sustainable tourism development; natural resource tourism; park & recreationi management
David Smaldone     David.Smaldone@mail.wvu.edu  
Michael Strager Assistant Professor Division of Resource Mangement mstrager@wvu.edu Spatial analysis, GIS, GPS, remote sensing, hydrological modeling and watershed management, prioritizing areas for conservation and restoration, modeling wildlife distributions, landscape pattern analysis
Larry Sypolt Senior Project Coordinator Cultural Resource Management Program larry.sypolt@mail.wvu.edu Archival management; historic preservation; CRM
Jim Thompson Assistant Professor Division of Plant & Soil Science james.thompson@mail.wvu.edu Pedology and Land Use; Quantifying and predicting soil variability at the landscape scale
Dorothy Vesper Assistant Professor Geology and Geography dorothy.vesper@mail.wvu.edu Geology, hydrology; Aqueous Geochemistry, Karst Geology, Contaminate Fate and Transport, Hydrogeology
Timothy Warner   Geography and Geology tim.warner@mail.wvu.edu  
John Weete Vice President For Research And Economic Development Exec Director Research Corporation jweete@wvu.edu  
Daniel Weiner Professor Geology and Geography daniel.weiner@mail.wvu.edu Development geography, political ecology of Appalachia, GIS and society
David Williams Professor Emeritus Division of Public Administration David.Williams@mail.wvu.edu Public management; management training & development
Tom Wilson Professor Geology and Geography Tom.Wilson@mail.wvu.edu Geology; Geophysics; carbon sequestration, and reservoir characterization
Petra Wood Adj. Assoc. Professor Forestry pbwood@wvu.edu  
Charles Yuill Associate Professor Division of Resource Mangement cyuill@wvu.edu Landscape Assessment, Environmental Impact, Regional Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Image Processing