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Department of Geography
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Geography examines the interactions between people, environment, space, and place, offering theory and tools for addressing concerns ranging from social justice to migration to global environmental change. Highly interdisciplinary, it complements fields such as anthropology, biology, computer science, earth and environmental science, economics, history, and sociology.
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4/16/2026
Geography professor Luis Alvarez León was named to the inaugural cohort of the National Fellowship on the Future of Liberal Education (NAFFLE), a Teagle Foundation-sponsored program for newly tenured faculty committed to advancing liberal education. Over two years, the cohort will explore curricular innovation and the challenges facing higher education today.
