Below is a list of the current faculty members in the Geography and Regional Planning Department.  Follow the links on their names to find out more about each faculty member and their interests.


Robert B. Begg, Ph.D. Iowa, 1986, Professorregional economic analysis, planning, Africa

Joseph W. Bencloski, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1976, Associate Professor—population, physical, remote sensing

John E. Benhart, Jr., Ph.D., Tennessee, 1995, Associate Professor—conservation, land use, urban, transportation, GIS

Donald W. Buckwalter, Ph.D., Tennessee, 1988, Associate Professor—economic, economic development, regional, map and photo development, retail, transportation, former Soviet Union

Calvin O. Masilela, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic, 1989, Associate Professor -- planning theory, policy, methods, Africa

Lawrence Metts, M.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1999, Instructorpolitical.

Brian W. Okey, Ph.D., University of Guelph, 1999, Assistant Professor, environmental, water resources

Kevin J. Patrick, Ph.D. North Carolina, 1995, Assistant Professor—economic, urban, transportation, cartography

Gail S. Sechrist, Ph.D., Louisiana State, 1986, Assistant Professor—cultural-historical, U.S. and Canada, religion

Robert P. Sechrist, Ph.D., Louisiana State, 1986, Professor, Department Chaircartography, spatial diffusion, GIS

Ruth I. Shirey, Ph.D., Tennessee, 1970, Professor—Latin America, geographic education

D. Whit Watts, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic, 1995, Assistant Professor—land use planning, design, theory, land use law

Robert E. Wilson, M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1993, Instructor, SSRC Director—GIS, geodesign  

 Emeriti: 

Susan E. Forbes

Vincent P. Miller, Jr.

Thomas Gault 

Leonard Tepper

Charles Weber