Faculty Credentials

Gary D Acton (F) - Vita

Samuel Adu-Prah (F) - Vita

• Fellow - Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program -2017; CODESRIA Fellowship Award-Visiting Diaspora Professor-The African Diaspora Support to African Universities; Nancy and Jim Tiller Geography Faculty Research Award, Sam Houston State University.
• Enhanced Research Grant (PI)- Sam Houston State University, $15000; USDA CSREES Capacity Building Grant-(Co-PI)-Alcorn State University- $299.924; NASA Grant (PI) Alcorn State University- $150000; Tuition Surcharge for Technology Award (PI)-Southern Illinois University- $8000
• Travel award to attend the International Cartographic Conference (ICC) in Dresden,Germany
• 13 Peer Reviewed Articles and Book Contributor
• Associate Editor, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research
• Current Research Publications in peer-reviewed journals related to Weather and Climate: Adu-Prah, S., Appiah-Opoku, S., & Aboagye, D. (2017) Spatiotemporal evidence of recent climate variability in Ghana. African Geographical Review. DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2017.1404923 Aboagye, D., Adu-Prah, S., Dumedah, G. (2017) Assessing social vulnerability to biophysical hazards in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana. GeoJournal. DOI: 10.1007/s10708-017-9833-4 Oyana, T.J., Kayendeke, E., and Adu-Prah, S. 2017. Assessing performance of leaf area index in a monitored mountain ecosystem on mount Elgon-Uganda, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 8(1): 64-80 Berakhi, R.O., Tonny J. Oyana, T.J., and Adu-Prah, S. 2015. Land use and land cover change and its implications in Kagera river basin, East Africa, African Geographical Review, 34:3, 209-231, DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2014.912140 Adu-Prah, S. and Tetteh, E. 2015. Spatiotemporal analysis of climate variability impacts on malaria prevalence in Ghana. Applied Geography, 60: 266-273 Keynote Speaker - 1st International Conference on Geography and Development ???INCOGaD -2018 on ???Climate Change and Sustainable Development??? held at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi- Ghana 25-27 July, 2018.

Donald P. Albert (F) - Vita

• 20 Peer-Reviewed Articles - 4 Books - >100 Other Publications
• Cratis D. Williams Award for the Best Thesis of the Year at Appalachian State University, 1989 - Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Contributions to the College of Arts and Sciences, Sam Houston State University, 2000-2001
• Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Services Research, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1995-1996 - Post Doctoral Fellowship in Health Serices Research, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Department of Veterans Affairs, Durham, NC, 1997-1998 - ArcView Training, ESRI Charlotte Office, November 18-19, 1997 - Modeling Health Profession Supply and Needs: A Workshop for State Planners, UNC-Chapel Hill/Bureau of Health Professions, November 3-4, 1997 - Institute of Government at UNC-Chapel Hill, Introduction to Planning, May 7-11, 1990
• Editorial Boards (Previous): North Carolina Geographer - The Social Studies Texan - Editorial Board (Current): Complementary Health Practice Review
• Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research

Brian Jay Cooper (F) - Vita

Andrew J Fraass (F) - Vita

Ava Fujimoto-Strait (F) - Vita

Gang Gong (F) - Vita

• MA and PHD in Geography. Five years teaching experience as Teaching Fellow at Boston University.
• Conduct research and publish in Geography. Attend and present research papers at academic conferences.

Ross Joseph Guida (F) - Vita

John P Harris (F) - Vita

Joseph C Hill (F) - Vita

• M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology.

Mark R Leipnik (F) - Vita

Falguni Shyamal Mukherjee (F) - Vita

Velvet A Nelson (F) - Vita

• M.A. and Ph.D., research and publications in geography

John B Strait (F) - Vita

James W. Tiller (F) - Vita

• Weather and Climate (GEO 1401) Basic Undergraduate and Graduate exposure to course content - extensive editorial experience with course material via e-book development and publication.