2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Jun 27, 2025

2025-2026 Academic Catalog

Geography, MA

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M.A. Requirements

Only students who are admitted into the Geography, PhD program in the Graduate School of Geography are eligible to receive an M.A. in Geography. Two types of M.A. degrees are available once enrolled as a doctoral (Ph.D.) student: pre-doctoral M.A. (en-route to Ph.D.), and a Terminal M.A.

A pre-doctoral M.A. should be requested at the time of achieving ABD (“All But Dissertation”) or candidacy status. This type of M.A. degree would be for students entering the doctoral degree program directly from a B.A. or B.S. and/or if they have a Master’s degree in something other than geography.

A Terminal M.A. in geography is given only if the student leaves the doctoral program before completing the Ph.D., and meets the departmental requirements to receive the M.A.

Geography Faculty and Staff

Program Faculty

Hamed Alemohammad, Ph.D.
Yuko Aoyama, Ph.D.
Anthony Bebbington, Ph.D.
Asha Best, Ph.D.
Mark Davidson, Ph.D.
Lyndon Estes, Ph.D.
Abby Frazier, Ph.D.
Karen Frey, Ph.D.
Dominik Kulakowski, Ph.D.
Deborah Martin, Ph.D.
James McCarthy, Ph.D.
Siobhan McGrath, Ph.D.
James T. Murphy, Ph.D.
Gustavo Oliveira, Ph.D.
Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Ph.D.
Max Ritts, Ph.D.
John Rogan, Ph.D.
Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Florencia Sangermano, Ph.D.
Christopher A. Williams, Ph.D.

Adjunct Faculty

Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger, Ph.D.

Distinguished University Professor Emerita

Susan Hanson, Ph.D.

Distinguished Research Professor

B. L. Turner, Ph.D.

Research Faculty

Emeriti Faculty

Martyn Bowden, Ph.D.
J. Ronald Eastman, Ph.D.
Jody Emel, Ph.D.
Douglas Johnson, Ph.D.
Laurence A. Lewis, Ph.D.
Samuel Ratick, Ph.D.
Dianne Rocheleau-Malaret, Ph.D.
Henry J. Steward, Ph.D.

Staff

Yaa Poku, Department Administrator and Assistant to the Director
Marjorie Miller, Office Coordinator and Asst. to the Dept. Admin.
Hilary Laraba, Managing Editor, Economic Geography

Graduate Geography Courses

Courses offered within the last 2 Academic Years