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Faculty With Experience in the Field

Your professors bring real-world experience and professional expertise to the classroom.

Department Chair

Dr. Nick Deardorff

Department Chair
Professor

Geology

Kop 114A

724-357-5625

n.deardorff@iup.edu

Faculty

Dr. Abigail Adams

Associate Professor

Anthropology

McElhaney Hall, Room G1K

724-357-2735

aadams@iup.edu

Dr. Francis Allard

Professor

Anthropology

McElhaney Hall, Room G1C

724-357-2413

francis.allard@iup.edu

Dr. John Benhart, Jr.

Professor

Regional Planning

Kop 412-L

724-357-7652

jbenhart@iup.edu

Dr. William Chadwick

Associate Professor

Anthropology

McElhaney Hall, Room G1H

724-357-2659

William.Chadwick@iup.edu

Dr. Katie Farnsworth

Associate Professor

Geology

Kop 265

724-357-3406

kfarns@iup.edu

Dr. Ben Ford

Professor

Anthropology

McElhaney Hall, Room G1D

724-357-2733

ben.ford@iup.edu

Dr. Sudeshna Ghosh

Professor

Regional Planning

Kop 312L

ghoshsn@iup.edu

Dr. Richard Hoch

Regional Planning Program Director
Professor

Regional Planning

Kop 312H

rhoch@iup.edu

Dr. Lara Homsey-Messer

Professor

Anthropology

McElhaney Hall, Room G1B

724-357-2732

lara.homseymesser@iup.edu

Dr. Jon Lewis

Professor

Geology

Kop 271

724-357-5624

jclewis@iup.edu

Dr. Calvin Masilela

Professor

Regional Planning

Kop 312D

724-357-3036

cmasilel@iup.edu

Dr. Andrea Palmiotto

Associate Professor

Anthropology

McElhaney Hall, Room G1J

724-357-3932

andrea.palmiotto@iup.edu

Dr. Kevin Patrick

Professor

Geography

Kop 412F

kpatrick@iup.edu

Dr. Amanda Poole

Professor

Anthropology

McElhaney Hall, Room G1L

724-357-2133

amanda.poole@iup.edu

Dr. Christopher Schaney

Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor

Geography

Kop 312G

cschaney@iup.edu

Dr. Gail Sechrist

Associate Professor

Geography

Kop 412C

724-357-7508

gailsech@iup.edu

Dr. Jonathan Warnock

Professor

Geology

Kop 312E

724-357-5627

jwarnock@iup.edu

Mr. Robert Wilson

Director, Institute for Mine Mapping, Archival Procedures, and Safety (IMAPS)

IMAPS

724-357-3420

rewilson@iup.edu

Retired Faculty

Dr. Robert Begg

Emeritus

Geography and Regional Planning

bobbegg@auxmail.iup.edu

Dr. Joseph W. Bencloski

Emeritus

Geography and Regional Planning

joeben@auxmail.iup.edu

Dr. Donald Buckwalter

Geography and Regional Planning

Dr. Karen Rose Cercone

Emeritus

Geology

kcercone@live.iup.edu

Joe Clark

Emeritus

Geology

Dr. Ken Coles

Emeritus

Geology

Kop 263

724-357-5626

kcoles@iup.edu

Dr. Victor Q Garcia

Professor

Anthropology

victor.garcia@iup.edu

Frank Hall

Emeritus

Geology

Dr. Larry Kruckman

Emeritus

Anthropology

Dr. Phillip Neusius

Emeritus

Anthropology

Dr. Sarah Neusius

Emeritus

Anthropology

Dr. Brian Okey

Geography

bokey@iup.edu

Mr. Fred Park

Emeritus

Geology

Dr. Darlene Richardson

Emeritus

Geology

Dr. Robert Sechrist

Emeritus

Geography

Ms. Connie Sutton

Emeritus

Geology

Dr. John Taylor

Emeritus

Geology

724-397-2040

jftaylor@iup.edu

Dr. Whit Watts

Emeritus

Geography and Regional Planning

whit@auxmail.iup.edu

Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences
  • Kopchick Hall, Room 114
    421 North Walk
     Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-2440
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.