RN to BSN Program
Richard E. Deal
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2000
Office: 202 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-1733
Email: rdeal@edinboro.edu
Specialty: GIS, Cartography, Political Geography, and Geography of Small Island States
Karen S. Eisenhart
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Colorado 2004
Office: 231 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-2398
Email: keisenhart@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Physical Geography, Conservation of Natural Resources, Dendroecology, and Landscape Ecology
Baher A.Ghosheh
Professor
Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo, 1988
Office: 243 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-2207
Email: ghosheh@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Cultural Geography, International Trade, Middle East, and Japan
Jeff J. Gryta
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Penn State, 1987
Office: 210 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-2803
Email: grytaj@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Geomorphology, Hydrology, Glacial Geology, and Environmental Geology
David W. Hurd
Professor and Planetarium Director
Ph.D., Cleveland State, 1997
Office: 169 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-2493
Email: dhurd@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Atmospheric and Space Science
Tadesse Kidane-Mariam
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2001
Office: 200 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-1576
Email: tadesse@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Human Geography, Urban and Regional Development, Environmental Management, and Africa
Henry W. Lawrence
Professor
Ph.D., Oregon, 1985
Office: 204 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-1572
Email: hlawrence@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Conservation and Resource Management, Environmental Planning, and Latin America
Dr. Wook Lee
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Ohio State University
Office: 225 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-2291
Email: wlee@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Urban and Transportation Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, GIS, Spatial Analysis / Quantitative methods, and East Asia / North America
Kerry A. Moyer
Professor
Ph.D., Penn State University, 1993
Office: 208 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-2454
Email: kmoyer@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Dr. Moyer is a meteorologist who teaches Atmospheric and Space Science, Meteorology I, and Meteorology II. His research interests focus on air-sea interaction and lake-effect snow.
Laurie A. Parendes
Professor and Department Chair
Ph.D., Oregon State, 1997
Office: 126d & 212 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-2840
Email: lparendes@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Biogeography, Environmental Issues, Conservation of Natural Resources, and Landscape Ecology
Joseph Reese
Professor
Ph.D, University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Office: 245 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-2814
Email: jreese@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Structural Geology, Tectonics, Earth History, Precambrian Geology of North America, Mountain Building Processes
Michelle Shuey
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Texas State University - San Marcos, 2009
Office: 227 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-
Email: mshuey@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Environmental Issues, Conservation of Natural Resources, Human - Wildlife Conflict
Eric Straffin
Professor
Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 2000
Office: 229 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-1574
Email: estraffin@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Dr. Straffin studies Geomorphology and Sedimentology. He teaches Introductory Geology and upper level courses in Quaternary Geology, Sedimentology/Stratigraphy, and Soil Geomorphology.
Dale Tshudy
Professor
Ph.D., Kent State, 1993
Office: 235 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-2453
Email: dtshudy@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Prof. Dale Tshudy is a paleontologist specializing in crustacean taxonomy and evolution. He teaches Oceanography, Paleontology, Field Studies, and upper Environmental Geology.
Brian S. Zimmerman
Professor
Ph.D., Washington State, 1991
Office: 237 Cooper Hall
Phone: 732-1575
Email: bzimmerman@edinboro.edu
Specialty: Dr. Brian Zimmerman is a geologist who teaches Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geology of National Parks. His current research focusses on the geologic history and environmental restoration of Edinboro Lake.
Penny Tingley
Dr. Richard Deal
Dr. Karen Eisenhart
Dr. Baher Ghosheh
Dr. Jeffrey Gryta
Dr. David Hurd
Dr. Tadesse Kidane-Mariam
Dr. Henry Lawrence
Dr. Wook Lee
Dr. Kerry Moyer
Dr. Laurie Parendes
Dr. Joseph Reese
Dr. Michelle Shuey
Dr. Eric Straffin
Dr. Dale Tshudy
Dr. Brian Zimmerman
Ms. Penny Tingley
