Faculty

(808) 932-7253

besio@hawaii.edu

(808) 932-7098

Kanakaʻole Hall, room 258

Courses: Geography and Contemporary Society; Cultural Geography; Food and Societies; Gender, Place and Environment; Literature of the Environment: Climate Change Fiction; Qualitative Research Methods in Geography.
Research: Feminist geographies, qualitative research methods, research ethics, home gardens and local foods.

(808) 932-7259

rperroy@hawaii.edu

(808) 932-7098

Kanakaʻole Hall, room 275

Courses: Remote Sensing, Advanced Geo-Spatial Techniques, Climate Change, Introduction to Geostatistics, Field Methods.
Research: Exploring land degradation and recovery processes, such as erosion and invasive species, using sUAS and remote sensing, X-ray fluorescence, and traditional field methods.

Courses: Political Ecology, Geography of Hawaiʻi, Physical and Social Sciences of Climate Change
Research: History, governance, and practice of climate adaptation and natural resource use, with a focus on tropical island agriculture.

(808) 932-7241

jpprice@hawaii.edu

(808) 932-7098

Kanakaʻole Hall, room 248

Courses: Biogeography, Principles of Landscape Ecology, Senior Thesis.
Research: Utilizing GIS to identify biodiversity hotspots for native bird and plant species, search for rare species, and locate appropriate areas for the restoration of threatened and endangered species.

(808) 932-7258

kalani.carlson@hawaii.edu

Kanakaʻole Hall, room 260