Department of Geography
Faculty Spotlight - Kerri Jean Ormerod
Kerri Jean Ormerod is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Cooperative Extension Program Leader in Water, Climate, and Drought Hazards
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Masters Student Spotlight - Stephanie Freund
Stephanie, in the Geospatial Lab of Dr. Jill Heaton, is researching the abundance and diversity of biological soil crusts in two vegetation zones of a mountain range ...
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Faculty Spotlight - Jessie Clark
Joining the department in Fall 2014, Jessie traded in the rain and fir trees of the Northwest for the sun and sage of the high desert. ...
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Alumni Spotlight - Crystal Kolden
With her MS degree at UNR, Crystal received her doctorate in Geography from Clark University. She worked full-time for the US Geological Survey, conducting research on wildfires in Alaska. ....
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Bachelor Student Spotlight - Walter Brediger
Since coming back to academic life, Walter has become a regular fixture at many Mackay School and Geography Department events. Although a non-traditional student, ...
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Without Geography, You're Nowhere
The Department of Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno emphasizes the study of landscape change and human-environment interactions in arid and mountainous environments. The Department emphasizes the integration of human and physical geography and encourages the use of geospatial technologies (GIS, remote sensing, and cartography).
