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Current Faculty


Dr. Christopher P. Brown
Professor
Breland Hall, Room 149
575-646-3509
Bio
brownchr@nmsu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Geography; San Diego State University / University of California at Santa Barbara, 1998
Interests: US-Mexico and US-Canada border environment and water resources research, GIS, comparative environmental analysis

 

Dr. Michaela Buenemann
Professor and Department Head
Breland Hall, Room 139
575-646-6493
Bio
elabuen@nmsu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Geography; University of Oklahoma, 2007
Interests: Remote sensing, GIS, land change science, landscape ecology, drylands


Dr. Leonardo Calzada
Assistant Professor 
Breland Hall, Room 143
575-646-3509
Bio
lcalzada@nmsu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Geography; Rutgers University, 2026
Interests: Land system science, landscape ecology, forest dynamics, environmental governance, conservation–development interventions

Dr. Daniel P. Dugas
Assistant Professor
Breland Hall, Room 148
575-646-1045
ddugas@nmsu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Geography, University of Oregon, 1993
Interests: Geomorphology, landscape ecology, paleoclimate and climate change, geographic education		  


Dr. Chao Fan
Assistant Professor
Breland Hall, Room 141
575-646-6494
Bio
cfan@nmsu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Geography, Arizona State University, 2016
Interests: Geographical Information Science, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Land Cover Land Use Change

Dr. Eric Magrane
Associate Professor
Breland Hall, Room 145
575-646-1819
Bio
magrane@nmsu.edu
Education: Ph.D. Geography, University of Arizona, 2017
Interests: Cultural geography and creativity, human-environment geography, climate & culture, the Anthropocene, geopoetics, art & environment, environmental humanities, political ecology, critical methodologies		  

Emeritus Faculty * 


Dr. Gerald E. Mueller
Professor Emeritus
Retired: 1996
Service at NMSU: 20 years
Education: Ph.D. Geography, Johns Hopkins University, 1973
Interests: Environmental geomorphology, canography and fluvial geomorphology

Dr. Robert J. Czerniak
Professor Emeritus
Retired: 2012
Service at NMSU: 29 years
Education: Ph.D. Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1979
Interests: Transportation, planning, Europe 

Dr. John B. Wright
Professor Emeritus
Retired: 2017
Service at NMSU: 28 years
Education: Ph.D. Geography, University of California, Berkley, 1990
Interests: Cultural geography, environmental planning, biogeography

Dr. Michael N. DeMers
Professor Emeritus
Retired: 2021
Service at NMSU: 29 years
Education: Ph.D. Geography, University of Kansas, 1985
Interests: GIS, landscape ecology, geographic education

 

Other Retired Faculty * 


Dr. Carol L. Campbell
Associate Professor
Retired: 2026
Service at NMSU: 20 years  
Education: Ph.D. Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005
Interests: Avian ecology, biogeography and ecology, GIS, sustainability, National Parks, human relationships with the natural environment

  

 

* Retired and emeritus faculty may serve on graduate committees only if they hold current NMSU Graduate Faculty status. Their eligibility to chair or serve as a committee member depends on the privileges associated with that appointment.