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Kyle Walker

Associate Professor and ChairTexas Christian University

Professor Walker specializes in population geography, cities and suburbs and demographic data visualization

Demographic Data VisualizationPopulation GeographyData Analysis and VisualizationCities and Suburbs
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Amanda Hooykaas

Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical AssociationUniversity of Guelph

Bridge-builder, experiential educator, wilderness guide, lover of heritage, gardens, stories, and community.

GeographySense of CommunitySense of PlaceBelongingCreative Destruction
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Christine Kelleher Palus, PhD

Senior Vice Provost for AcademicsVillanova University

Christine Palus, PhD, is an expert on adult education, urban politics and policy, state-level public administration and women in politics.

Adult EducationPublic Administration and ManagementUrban PoliticsAmerican GovernmentState and Local Politics
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Mary Lusk

Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Mary Lusk focuses her research on well water and septic system.

Urban Water Quality, Stormwater, and Low Impact Development for Urban AreasOnsite Wastewater Treatment (Septic Systems)Urban Fertilizer OrdinancesPathogens in Water BodiesUrban Agriculture
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Francis Galgano, PhD

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment | College of Liberal Arts and SciencesVillanova University

Francis A. Galgano, PhD, specializes in coastal geography and military geography.

Strait of HormuzEnvironmental securityEnvironmental ChangeGeophysical ProcessesMilitary Geography
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Sarah Wolfe

Professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability University of Waterloo

Assistant Professor

GeographyWater Decision Making and GovernanceWater ResearchEnvironmental and Social PsychologySociology
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Steven Goldsmith, PhD

Professor, Geography and the EnvironmentVillanova University

Steven Goldsmith, PhD, researches the impact of human-caused environmental change on river systems and associated conservation strategies.

Water ContaminationWatershed BiogeochemistryRoad SaltLitter in StreamsMetal Contamination of Waterways
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Nigel Raab

Professor of HistoryLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Theories of Civil SocietyHabermas19th Century RussiaUrban HistoryGlobal Encounters
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Lawrence Levy

Associate Vice President and Executive Dean of the National Center for SurburbanHofstra University

Dean Levy works close with Hofstra’s academic community to shape an innovative agenda for suburban study

Suburban Spaces and DevelopmentSuburbsEducationTaxationPolitics of the Suburbs
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Bryan W. Brooks, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Environmental Science and Public Health; Director of Environmental Health ScienceBaylor University

Leading interdisciplinary expert water quality, environmental contaminants & sustainability issues in rapidly urbanizing areas

Environmental Health, Risk & ContaminantsUrbanization & SustainabilityWater Quality and Water Reuse