Directory
M.A. Students
MDP Student

Abbey Eversole Fluckiger
MDP Student (Graduated January 2020)

Abdulfetah Sigal
MDP Student (Graduated May 2020)
Ph.D. Students
Core Faculty & Management


Faculty in the Field of Development

Jeanne Downen
Vice-President, TANGO International

Timothy R. Frankenberger
President and Founder, TANGO International.

Mark Langworthy
Vice President, TANGO International.

Laura Lopez-Hoffman
Assistant Research Professor, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Studies, School of Natural Resources and Environment

Stuart Marsh
Professor Emeritus, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Graduate Students
Administrative Staff


Richard Johnson
Assistant Director for Masters in Development Practice (MDP) Program
Undergraduate Advisor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Food Studies Advisor

Departmental Faculty





Laurel Bellante
Assistant Professor of Practice
Director, Food Studies Degree Program
Assistant Director, Center for Regional Food Studies

Stefano Bloch
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, School of Geography, Development & Environment
Faculty, Graduate Program in Social, Cultural & Critical Theory
2021 Early Career Scholar / 2021 College Teaching Award



Willem van Leeuwen
Professor, SGDE and SNRE
Director, Arizona Remote Sensing Center
Chair, Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis GIDP

Margaret Wilder
Professor, School of Geography, Development & Environment (SGDE) and Center for Latin American Studies (LAS)
Affiliated Faculty, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Executive Committee, Arid Lands Resource Sciences (ALRS)
Affiliate Faculty

Michael Crimmins
Professor and Climate Science Extension Specialist, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science

Dan Ferguson
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
Director of the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS) Program

Oliver Froehling
Director of the UA summer program in Oaxaca and Director of SURCO Servicios Universitarios y Redes de Conocimientos en Oaxaca AC

Gregg Garfin
Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Associate Extension Specialist

Kathy Jacobs
Professor, Environmental Science
Director, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions (CCASS)

Ladd Keith
Assistant Professor of Planning and Sustainable Built Environments
Chair of Sustainable Built Environments

Jamie Lee
Assistant Professor, Digital Culture, Information, and Society in the School of Information

Stuart Marsh
Professor Emeritus, School of Natural Resources and the Environment


Paul Sheppard
Associate Professor, UA Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

Jill Williams
Associate Research Professor & Director of the Women in Science and Engineering Program, Southwest Institute for Research on Women
Researchers & Instructors

Richard Johnson
Assistant Director for Masters in Development Practice (MDP) Program

Emeritus Faculty

Lay James Gibson
University of Arizona Distinguished Outreach Professor, Emeritus


Janice Monk
Research Professor, School of Geography and Development Research Social Scientist Emerita, Southwest Institute for Research on Women

Thomas Saarinen
Professor Emeritus

(In Memory of) Lynn Staeheli
Professor
Cities and Communities

Stefano Bloch
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, School of Geography, Development & Environment
Faculty, Graduate Program in Social, Cultural & Critical Theory
2021 Early Career Scholar / 2021 College Teaching Award

Climate and Earth Systems




Willem van Leeuwen
Professor, SGDE and SNRE
Director, Arizona Remote Sensing Center
Chair, Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis GIDP
Critical Geography and Social Theory


Stefano Bloch
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, School of Geography, Development & Environment
Faculty, Graduate Program in Social, Cultural & Critical Theory
2021 Early Career Scholar / 2021 College Teaching Award

Geospatial Information and Science and Technology

Willem van Leeuwen
Professor, SGDE and SNRE
Director, Arizona Remote Sensing Center
Chair, Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis GIDP
Politics, Economies, Cultures and Places



Stefano Bloch
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, School of Geography, Development & Environment
Faculty, Graduate Program in Social, Cultural & Critical Theory
2021 Early Career Scholar / 2021 College Teaching Award


Margaret Wilder
Professor, School of Geography, Development & Environment (SGDE) and Center for Latin American Studies (LAS)
Affiliated Faculty, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
Executive Committee, Arid Lands Resource Sciences (ALRS)
Water, Energy and Food






Willem van Leeuwen
Professor, SGDE and SNRE
Director, Arizona Remote Sensing Center
Chair, Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis GIDP