It’s Geography Awareness Week, so let me present the current faculty teaching in the Geography department at Gustavus. Below I give a brief description of our research specialties–a sampling of the types of questions that interest geographers.
Prof. Anna Versluis is interested in land use and land cover change over time and space: How and why do humans change local land uses like deforestation or agriculture, and with what consequences for natural and social systems? She currently teaches courses on earth system science and nature-society interactions. 
- Prof. Ruth Baker studies snow: What are the historical patterns of snowfall in the Upper Midwest? How is climate change impacting extreme weather events? She is currently teaching a course on weather and climate.
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