Julia Siemer

Acting Department Head; Associate Professor; BGISc program coordinator
Dr. rer. nat. (Potsdam)

Office: CL 340.1
E-mail: Julia.Siemer@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4405

Current classes
Winter 2023 - GES 303; GES 409

Research interests

• Analysis and mapping of food accessibility
• Population cartography
• Thematic cartography
• Visualization in geographic information systems

Louis Awanyo

Professor (Luther College)
PhD (Queen's)

Office: Luther College 224
E-mail: Louis.Awanyo@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5042
Website: https://www.luthercollege.edu/university/academics/faculty-profiles/louis-awanyo

Current classes
Winter 2023 - GES 120-L01; GES 330-L01

Research interests

• Development geography
• Africa
• Political ecology
• Agrobiodiversity and agrodiversity
• Geopolitics
• Geography of housing
• Geography of tourism
• Ecotourism

Mark Cote

Instructor III
MSc (Regina)

Office: CL 325.2
E-mail: Mark.Cote@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4879

Current classes
Winter 2023 - GES 121; GES 200; GES 210

Research interests

• Atmospheric science (meteorology and climatology)
• Solar radiation
• Environmental science

Emily Eaton

Professor
PhD (Toronto)

Office: CL 340.2
E-mail: Emily.Eaton@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4034
Pronoun(s): She/her
Website: http://www.saskoil.org/

Current classes
On Sabbatical (July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023)

Research interests

• Fossil fuels
• Just energy transitions
• Natural resource economies
• Political ecology and economy

Brent Bitter

Sessional Lecturer

E-mail: brent.bitter@uregina.ca

Current classes
Winter 2023 - GES 400

Ulrike Hardenbicker

Associate Professor; Coordinator, Environmental Studies Program
PhD (Bonn)

Office: CL 325.1
E-mail: Ulrike.Hardenbicker@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4679

Research interests

• Badland erosion
• Slope stability
• Geomorphic hazards
• Land degradation

Ana Karinna Hidalgo

Sessional Lecturer
PhD (Calgary)

E-mail: Ana.Hidalgo@uregina.ca

Current classes
Winter 2023 - GES 100

Research interests

• Urban planning
• Urban design
• Winter cities
• Mental health
• Experimental methods

Samantha Kerr

Sessional lecturer
PhD (Regina)

E-mail: Samantha.Kerr@uregina.ca
Pronoun(s): she/her

Current classes
Winter 2023 - GES 327

Research interests

• Paleoclimatology
• Paleo-proxies
• Hydroclimatic variability
• Environmental modelling
• Geographic information systems

Vanessa Mathews

Associate Professor
PhD (Toronto)

Office: CL 339
E-mail: Vanessa.Mathews@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-5329

Current classes
Winter 2023 - GES 120; GES 346

Research interests

• Craft beer
• Building reuse
• Heritage
• Urban space
• Urban planning
• Gentrification
• Embodied practice

David Sauchyn

Professor; Director, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
PhD (Waterloo)

Office: Second floor - 2 Research Drive, PARC (Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative)
E-mail: David.Sauchyn@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-337-2299

Current classes
Winter 2023 - GES 431

Research interests

• Hydroclimate of the past millennium
• response of watersheds to climate variability and change
• translation of climate change science for adaption decision making.

Mari-Louise Terblanche

Administrative Assistant

Office: CL 340
E-mail: ges.dept@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4222