Faculty

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.
Staff

Mari-Louise Terblanche
Administrative Assistant
Office: CL 340
E-mail: ges.dept@uregina.ca
Phone: 306-585-4222