Faculty

Permanent Faculty

Roger Byrne

Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1972
arbyrne@berkeley.edu

John Chiang

Associate Professor
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2001
jchiang@atmos.berkeley.edu

Kurt Cuffey

Professor and Department Chair
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1999
kcuffey@berkeley.edu

Paul Groth

Professor (Geography and Architecture)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1983
pgroth@berkeley.edu

Gillian Hart

Professor; Chair of Undergraduate Major in Development Studies
PhD. Cornell University, 1978
hart@berkeley.edu

You-Tien Hsing

Associate Professor
PhD. UC Berkeley, 1993
yhsing@berkeley.edu

Michael Johns

Professor
Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, 1990
johns@berkeley.edu

Jake Kosek

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2002.
jake@berkeley.edu

Beatriz Manz

Professor, Geography and Ethnic Studies
Ph.D. State Univ of New York, Buffalo, 1977
bmanz@berkeley.edu

Norman Miller

Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987
nlmiller@lbl.gov

Robert Rhew

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. 2001 Geochemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
rrhew@atmos.berkeley.edu

Nathan Sayre

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 1999
nsayre@berkeley.edu

Harley Shaiken

Professor, Education and Geography
B.A. Wayne State University, 1977
hshaiken@berkeley.edu

Richard Walker

Professor
B.A. Stanford; Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, 1977
urban geography, economic geography, society & environment
walker@berkeley.edu

Michael Watts

Professor
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1979
mwatts@berkeley.edu

Faculty Affiliates

Nine faculty members from other departments on campus are affiliated with the Department of Geography. Professors Dietrich, Fortmann, Ingram, and Kondolf may teach classes in Geography and serve as inside members on qualifying exams and thesis committees. Professors Gong, Kirch, Lave, and Radke often serve as outside members of qualifying exams and thesis committees and they sometimes cross-list courses with Geography and co-teach courses with Geography faculty.