The department has 7 fields of strength in Research Areas.
Each field is covered by several faculty, plus affiliates, emeriti, and interdisciplinary units and cross-appointments. All faculty have expertise that transcend any single field, thus providing cohesive linkages.
- Chair: Stuart Sweeney
- Vice Chair and Graduate Advisor: Alan Murray
- Undergraduate Advisors: Vena Chu
Visit the Undergraduate Advisors page for more details.
 Oliver Chadwick Professor Emeritus Biogeosciences PhD, University of Arizona (Geology, emphasis on Soil Genesis and Quaternary Geology), 1985 Pedology, geomorphology, quaternary geology, soil-water-vegetation interaction and landscape relationships, and isotropic fractionations during soil evolution Website: https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/pedology/ Email: oac@geog.ucsb.edu Office: Ellison Hall 4807 Telephone: (805)448-2564 Fax: (805)893-2578 |
 Richard Church Professor Emeritus PhD, The Johns Hopkins University (Environmental Systems Engineering), 1974 Spatial optimization, natural resources management, operations research methods, GIS Website: https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/~forest/RLC/Index.html Email: church@geog.ucsb.edu Office: Ellison Hall 5804 Telephone: (805)881-3060 Fax: (805)893-2578 |
 David Cleveland Affiliated Professor Emeritus PhD, Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1980 Local and scientific epistemology and knowledge, plant breeding and biotechnology, conservation of crop genetic resources, population dynamics and agricultural change, small-scale farming and household gardens, and development policy Email: cleveland@es.ucsb.edu Office: 4023 Bren Hall Telephone: (805)893-7502 Fax: (805)893-8686 |
 Helen Couclelis Professor Emerita Cognitive and Behavioral Geography, Geographic Information Science, Human-Environment Relations PhD, Cambridge University (Urban Modeling), 1977 Urban and regional modeling and planning, spatial cognition, geographic information science, geography of the information society Email: cook@geog.ucsb.edu Office: Ellison Hall 4811 Telephone: (805)283-7270 Fax: (805)893-2578 |
 Tommy Dickey Professor Emeritus Ocean Processes PhD, Princeton University (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics), 1977 Atmosphere-ocean interactions and upper ocean mixing, turbulence and internal waves, bio-optics, biogeochemistry, and biological-physical interactions Website: http://www.opl.ucsb.edu/ Email: tommy.dickey@opl.ucsb.edu Office: off-campus Telephone: (805)252-0033 Fax: (805)967-5704 |
 Jeff Dozier Professor Emeritus PhD, University of Michigan, 1973 Snow hydrology, Earth system science, remote sensing, and information systems Email: dozier@bren.ucsb.edu Office: 4512 Bren Hall Telephone: (805)893-5889 Fax: (805)893-7612 |
 Tom Dunne Professor Emeritus PhD, Geography, The Johns Hopkins University, 1969 Field and theoretical studies of drainage basin and hillslope evolution; Hydrology, sediment transport, and sedimentation in river channels and floodplains; Field studies and modeling of river-basin sediment budgets Email: tdunne@bren.ucsb.edu Office: 3510 Bren Hall Telephone: (805)893-7557 Fax: (805)893-7612 |
 Catherine Gautier Professor Emerita Doctorat d’Etat, University of Paris (Physics and Meteorology), 1984 Global Radiation and Water, El Niño, Clouds, Aerosol and Climate, Global Remote Sensing, Earth System Science Education Website: https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/~gautier Email: gautier@geog.ucsb.edu Office: off-campus Telephone: (805)893-3663 Fax: (805)893-2578 |
 Michael Goodchild Professor Emeritus PhD, McMaster University (Geography), 1969 Urban and economic geography, geographic information systems, and spatial analysis Website: https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/~good/ Email: good@geog.ucsb.edu Office: off-campus |
 Joel Michaelsen Professor Emeritus Climate PhD, University of California, Berkeley (Geography), 1982 Climatology, meteorology, and statistics Website: https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/~joel/ Email: joel@geog.ucsb.edu Office: Ellison Hall 4712 Telephone: (805)893-3663 Fax: (805)893-2578 |
 Ray Smith Professor Emeritus PhD, Stanford University (Physics), 1961 Remote sensing of oceans, physical and biological oceanography, primary production and bio-optical modeling in aquatic environments with emphasis on Antarctic ecosystems, marine and sea ice ecology of Southern Ocean, UV effects on phytoplankton, optical/biological/physical oceanography; marine resources, remote sensing of oceans, and earth system sciences Website: http://eri.ucsb.edu/people/ray-smith Email: ray@eri.ucsb.edu Office: off-campus Telephone: (805)893-4709 Fax: (805)893-2578 |
 Terry Smith Professor Emeritus PhD, The Johns Hopkins University (Geography and Environmental Engineering), 1971 Individual and aggregate decision making, and the application of methods of artificial intelligence models to such problems Email: smithtr@cs.ucsb.edu Office: Ellison Hall 4813 Telephone: (805)682-5583 Fax: (805)893-2578 |
 Libe Washburn Professor Ocean Science PhD, University of California, San Diego (Engineering Sciences and Fluid Mechanics), 1982 Coastal circulation, mesoscale processes, air-sea interaction, and interdisciplinary oceanography Website: https://legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/~washburn/ Email: washburn@eri.ucsb.edu Office: Ellison Hall 5818/MSRB 4306 Telephone: (805)893-7367 Fax: 805-893-2578 |
