Aquinas College :: Geography

Faculty

Dr. Paul M Bieneman
Professor of Geography
Office: 104 AH
Phone: (616) 632-2193
E-mail: bienepau@aquinas.edu

B.S. - 1965 University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, M.A. - 1967 University of Oklahoma, Ph.D. - 1982 University of Oklahoma

Dr. Bieneman started teaching at Aquinas College in 1975. Prior to that, he taught at the University of North Texas in Denton. His interests and teaching responsibilities include physical geography, cartography, and air photo interpretation/remote sensing.

Courses Taught:

GY 101 Earth Environment	GY 330 Geography of Michigan
GY 320 Cartography	GY 340 Air Photo Interpretation / Remote Sensing
GY 329 Physical Geography of Michigan	GY 490 Techniques in Geography

Dr. Richard E. McCluskey
Associate Professor of Geography
Office: 103 AH
Phone: (616) 632-2192
E-mail: mccluric@aquinas.edu

B.S. - 1984 Michigan State University, M.S. - 1987 The Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. - 1995 The Pennsylvania State University

Professor McCluskey arrived in the Geography Department in the Fall Semester of 1999. Before coming to Aquinas, he taught at the State University of New York at Geneseo and was a researcher for the Washington Department of Social and Health Services. While in Washington (1997-99), he was the geographer for the Washington Household Needs Assessment Survey. This project was a complex and comprehensive survey of alcohol and drug use by citizens in the State of Washington. Here at Aquinas, he is responsible for teaching many of the human and cultural geography courses offered by the department and specializes in economic, industrial, and urban geography. His interests include the economic and geographic restructuring of the automobile industry, the historical geography of immigrant groups in the U.S., and survey research encompassing a variety of social and economic topics.

Courses Taught:

GY 120 Culture, Environment and Change	GY 302 Geography of the U.S./Canada
GY 212 Urban Geography	GY 330 Geography of Michigan
GY 221 Advanced Cultural Geography	GY 490 Techniques in Geography
GY 264 Economic Geography	EL 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies
GY/EN 300 Geography in Education

Dr. Deborah Steketee

Assistant Professor of Sustainable Business
Phone: (616) 632-2930
E-mail: stekedeb@aquinas.edu

Deborah Steketee joined the Sustainable Business Program in the Fall of 2005, bringing an expertise related to the social dimensions of natural resources management. She will be teaching several core SB courses, including the newly offered SB 200, Sustainable Energy Systems.

Dr. Steketee completed her doctoral work at Indiana University 's School of Public and Environmental Affairs, where her research focuses on the role of environmental organizations in shaping forest policy in Ecuador. She has her Master of Science degree in Resource Development from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Michigan.

Ms. Steketee's teaching experience includes undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental studies, environmental policy, geography and international development as well as continuing education workshops and seminars. Ms. Steketee has also been employed as an environmental advocate and educator, television producer, and magazine editor. Strongly committed to community service, Ms. Steketee has served on the boards of a variety of area organizations.

Born in Grand Rapids, MIch., Ms. Steketee enjoys exploring the Thornapple River by canoe with her husband, Fred, their young daughter, and the family's exuberant springer spaniel.

Dr. Matthew W. Tueth
Office: 101 AH
Phone: (616) 632-2191
E-mail: tuethmat@aquinas.edu

B.A. in Zoology - 1976 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, M.S. in Environmental Studies - 1997 Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Ph.D. in Environmental Science - 2000 Oklahoma State University

Dr. Tueth joined Aquinas in the Fall of 2000. His interests include sustainability factors of past and present societies, the development and history of the environmental movement, and field-based academic instruction. He is also the chairperson for the Sustainable Business program.

Courses Taught:

EL 100 Introduction to Environmental Studies	SB 100 Industrial Ecology
GY 150/151 World Regional Geography	SB 201 Sustainable Business Management
GY 316 Geography of Africa	Resource Management in National Parks - Field Course
GY 462 Geography of Water Resources	EL 490 Environmental Studies Seminar


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