Biogeography

The Cultural and Environmental Resource Management (CERM) interdisciplinary MS graduate program invites students to apply to work with faculty in the Department of Geography at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. The two-year program integrates faculty and course work from Geography, Anthropology, and Economics to develop research on issues related to cultural and natural resource management, environmental change, and policy.  

The priority deadline for Fall 2023 applications and funding is February 1^st, 2023, but applications are accepted through April 1^st (or later if spots are available). Graduate assistantship funding is available on a competitive basis. Students applying from the 16 states within the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) are eligible for in-state tuition. GRE scores are not required for our program. For more information, please the CWU Graduate Studies page.

Geography faculty conduct ongoing research in biogeography, paleoecology, geomorphology, water and land management, energy, transportation and human geography, GIScience, and critical cartography. Faculty work with and mentor students to complete original thesis research with a strong emphasis on fieldwork and/or collaboration with cultural and natural resource agencies or Tribal organizations. 

Research specializations and faculty: www.cwu.edu/geography/faculty-and-staff

Transportation systems, economic development - Dr. John Bowen
GIS/remote sensing applications in environmental modeling - Dr. Bob Hickey 
Recreation and tourism, public land management, sustainability and climate change - Dr. Carla Jellum
Geomorphology, soils, snow, environmental change in mountains and drylands - Dr. Karl Lillquist 
Conservation, PPGIS/human ecology mapping, remote sensing, public land use/management - Dr. Jennifer Lipton 
Environmental law, water allocation and policy in the American West - Dr. Michael Pease
Crowd-sourced mapping and GIS, critical cartography, Latin America - Dr. Sterling Quinn 
Paleoecology, wildfire, climate change, PNW Indigenous and Mayan landscape management - Dr. Megan Walsh 

Please distribute to individuals that may be interested in our program and encourage them to contact me with any questions.

Thank you very much!
 

Megan K. Walsh, PhD
Professor, Department of Geography
Co-Director, Cultural and Environmental Resource Management MS Program
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509-963-3699 
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www.cwu.edu/geography/megan-walsh