Faculty

Professor and Chair

Office: Science 182B
Office Phone: 559.278.2836
Email: mcalvare@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021

Office Hours: By appointment only 

Biosketch

Dr. Calvarese joined the department in 2000 and is a full professor.  She received a Ph.D. in geography from Texas A & M University, a M.A. in geography from West Chester University, and a B.A. in geography from Villanova University.  Her primary research area is human geography, specializing in medical and cultural geography.  She teaches a variety of human geography courses, as well as courses in city and regional planning.  She has done extensive fieldwork in East Africa and East Asia researching diffusion patterns of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS.  Her current work focuses on global interpretations of wellness, health, and beauty.  She has been serving as department chair since 2016.

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Assistant Professor

Social Science Education Credential Coordinator

Office: Science 152
Office Phone:559-278-5270
Email: nconner@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021

Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday 12:00-2:00pm or by appointment

Biosketch

Dr. Neil Conner is an Assistant Professor of Geography at California State University, Fresno. He is originally from Buffalo, NY and he earned his B.A. in Education & History at the University of Arizona, before teaching high school social studies (World Regional Geography, AP Human Geography, and US Government) in Virginia Beach Virginia. Professor Conner earned his M.A. in International Studies at Old Dominion University and his Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Tennessee. His research interest lies at the intersection of Cultural and Political Geography, and include the following topics: sense of belonging (national and religious identities), popular geopolitics (sports), and geographic education (globalization). In addition to teaching an assortment of human geography courses, he is also the coordinator for the social science education credential program at Fresno State.  

• Ph.D. Geography, 2015 – University of Tennessee
• M.A. International Studies, 2011 – Old Dominion University 
• B.A. Education & History, 2004 – University of Arizona 

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Professor

Office: Science 166
Office Phone: 559.278.4857
Email: mdangi@csufresno.edu

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Dr. Dangi is in Washington as a Jefferson Science Fellows

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Mohan Bahadur Dangi is an American environmental engineer, science diplomat, and a professor in the Department of Geography and City & Regional Planning at California State University (CSU), Fresno with specialization in technical and social aspects of solid waste engineering and management. He is recognized internationally for curriculum development and capacity building activities in Nepal. His work has produced eight memoranda of understanding between the U.S. and Nepali universities and has developed two engineering curricula, K-12 Renewable Energy Curriculum, and promotion of environmental science and engineering education in his native country of Nepal. He has created and reinvented eight courses for California State University, Fresno and University of Wyoming. He initiated a life-changing study abroad course to third pole, Cultural Landscape and Environmental Change in the Himalayas, which brings ten U.S. students to work with ten of their Nepali peers each year. His peer-reviewed publications have proven important contributions to the discipline of waste management and environmental policy.

 

 

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Professor

Office: Science 172
Office Phone: 559.278.2890
Email:  hdong@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021

Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 9:30-11:00am or by appointment

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• Education
Ph.D. in Urban Studies (2010), Portland State University
M.A. in Regional Economics (2004), Wuhan University, China                                                                                     B.E. in Urban Planning (2001), Wuhan University, China
                                                                                                       
• Specialties and research interests
Dr. Dong’s research focuses on housing and real estate development, transportation and land use, and smart and healthy cities. He has published a number of research articles in top-notch journals and received multiple research grants in these fields, including one from the National Science Foundation.

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Professor 

Office: Science 170
Office Phone: 559.278.2845
Email:  cleung@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021

Office Hours: Monday 2:00-2:50pm and Tuesday 1:45-2:45pm

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Professor

Office: Science 156
Office Phone: 559.278.6897
Email:   sogunjemiyo@csufresno.edu

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Office Hours: N/A  

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Dr. Ogunjemiyo earned his doctorate degree in micrometeorology in 1999 from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. His research interests include urban air pollution, biosphere-atmosphere intereactions and global climate change.

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Associate Professor

Office: Science 154
Office Phone: 559.278.6041
Email:   cwang@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021

Office Hours:  Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00-10:00am

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Chih-Hao Wang is an associate professor of the Department of Geography and City & Regional Planning at California State University, Fresno, where he has taught since 2014. He received his Ph.D. (2013) and Master (2010) degrees in City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University. Dr. Wang’s research focuses on environmental planning from the perspective of natural hazard mitigation. Another of his research interest is to apply spatial statistics to analyze spatial or social interactions in the earthquake process, water management, transportation planning, and community development. His research has been published in journals in areas of environmental planning, transportation, and geography.

Education

PhD, City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University, 2013

MCRP, City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University, 2010

MA, Land Economics and Administration, National Taipei University, 2002

BA, Land Economics and Administration, National Taipei University, 2000

Research Interests

Natural Hazard Mitigation

Land-Use and Transportation Modeling

GIS and Spatial Statistics

Optimization

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Lecturer

Office: Science 158
Office Phone: 559.278.2797
Email: seboyd@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021

Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday 9:00-10:00am, and Friday 9:00-12:00pm via Zoom

 

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Professor Boyd is a native of Sacramento, CA, and a first-generation American. His father was from Belfast, Northern Ireland; his mother was from Konigsberg, East Prussia (now known as the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad).

Post-secondary education is a second career for Professor Boyd. Most people over the age of 40 remember him from his television and radio weather broadcasts in the San Joaquin Valley for nearly three decades, in both the Bakersfield and Fresno markets. This is the second time he has lived in Fresno; he has been here since 1988.

Geographers tend to have one part of themselves in the science realm, and the other part in the social science realm; Professor Boyd is no exception. He is just as passionate about teaching World Regional Geography as he is about teaching Weather and Climate. As a first-generation American, he believes he brings a unique perspective to teaching World Regional Geography. His interest in atmospheric science goes back to the third grade. He likes to make his classes current, interesting, informative, and useful for his students, and feels that it is an honor to teach in the very same classrooms where he was an undergraduate. He is also a full-time Geography Instructor at Fresno City College.

Education

(In progress) – M.A. Interdisciplinary, 'Weather Studies,' CSU Fresno

BA, Geography, CSU Fresno

Certificate of Completion, Broadcast Meteorology Program (off campus), Mississippi State University

Research

Currently working on M.A. Interdisciplinary Thesis: The December 20, 1977 Dust and Wind Storm in Bakersfield, Kern County, CA.

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Lecturer

Office: Science 170
Office Phone: 559.278.2845
Email: leroyd@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021  

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Lecturer

Office: Science 148
Office Phone: 559.278.2797
Email: ajfox@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021  

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Lecturer

Office: Science 164
Office Phone: 559.278.2797
Email: jeromekeene@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021  

Office Hours: By appointment

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Lecturer

Office: Science 148
Office Phone: 559.278.2797
Email:   smcfeeters@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021

Office Hours: Monday and Friday 10:00-12:00pm, Thursday 11:00-12:00pm via Zoom 

 

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Dr. McFeeters earned a BS in Electrical Engineering, and a BA and MA in Geography at Fresno State, and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, specializing in remote sensing and climatology. He began teaching at Fresno State in spring 2006 as a lecturer. Prior to his position at Fresno State, he was the GIS Assistant at the University of California Kearney Agricultural Center for nearly five years. His teaching interests are in the areas of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Global Environmental Change, Physical Geography, and Violent Weather. His research interests are oriented toward the development of remote sensing and GIS analytical techniques to monitor the environment. Currently he is investigating the improved characterization of aquatic and terrestrial plant communities in wetland ecosystems.

 

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Lecturer

Office: Science 158
Office Phone: 559.278.2797
Email:  kewoodcock@csufresno.edu

Class Schedule Fall 2021

Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:00-3:00pm 

 

Education

B.S., Environmental Planning and Management, UC Davis
MCRP, California State University, Fresno

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Professor Emeritus

Email: jamesk@csufresno.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Professor
Atmospheric Sciences and GIS

Email:   samuelo@csufresno.edu 

 

Biosketch

Dr. Omolayo earned his doctorate degree in Geography [hydrometeorology] in 1989 from The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests include urban air pollution, flood studies, and global climate change, and economic impact of nonprofit organizations.

 

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