Research Focus

Our faculty conducts research that contributes to the production of knowledge in areas associated with the department’s two graduate programs and their own disciplinary subfields.  Faculty connected to the graduate program in Energy and Environmental Policy generally conduct research in support of societal decisions involving environmental- and energy-policy goals, strategies, and programs. Faculty connected to the graduate program in Industrial Archaeology and Heritage examine social change in industrial communities through the lens of material culture.

Watch Youth-led Mapping to Improve the Health of Children. video
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Youth-led Mapping to Improve the Health of Children.

GIS Resources Application for Career Education. 

Watch Transdisciplinary Approach: Science. Collaboration. People. video
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Transdisciplinary Approach: Science. Collaboration. People.

 Kathy Halvorsen shares research in Dominican Republic.

Watch Time travel. Map history. Recreate the past. video
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Time travel. Map history. Recreate the past.

Application tracking natural, social, industrial environments through time.