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Snyder Memorial
SM 3000
1905 N. Towerview Blvd.
Mail Stop 140
Phone: 419.530.2545
Fax: 419.530.7919
geographyplanning@utoledo.edu
Dr. Patrick Lawrence
Office: SM 3032 (Faculty) or SM 3061 (Chair)
Phone: 419.530.4211 or 419.530.4128
Fax: 419.530.7919
patrick.lawrence@utoledo.edu

Department of Geography and Planning

Contact Us

Snyder Memorial
SM 3000
1905 N. Towerview Blvd.
Mail Stop 140
Phone: 419.530.2545
Fax: 419.530.7919
geographyplanning@utoledo.edu
Dr. Patrick Lawrence
Office: SM 3032 (Faculty) or SM 3061 (Chair)
Phone: 419.530.4211 or 419.530.4128
Fax: 419.530.7919
patrick.lawrence@utoledo.edu

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Bhuiyan Alam

Bhuiyan Alam, Ph.D.

Professor, SISS Ph.D. Program Director

Transportation Planning, GIS/Spatial Analysis, Watershed Management

Snyder Memorial 3028

419.530.7269

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Kevin Czajkowski

Kevin Czajkowski, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of GISAG, Director of GIS Certificate Program

Remote Sensing, Meteorology

Snyder Memorial 3034

419.530.4274

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Frank J. Calzonetti

Frank J. Calzonetti, Ph.D. 

Professor, Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development

Geography

419.530.4749

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Daniel J. Hammel

Daniel J. Hammel, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Professor

Urban Geography and Housing

Snyder Memorial 3040

419.530.4709

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Minxuan Lan

Minxuan Lan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Director of Spatial Social Science Research Lab

Spatio-temporal Analysis, GIS, Crime Science, Public Health, Big Data

Snyder Memorial 3035

419.530.4196

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Patrick Lawrence

Patrick Lawrence, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Professor

Snyder Memorial 3061

419.530.4128

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David J. Nemeth, Ph.D.

Professor

Cultural Geography

Snyder Memorial 3021

419.530.4049

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Neil Reid

Neil Reid, Ph.D.

Professor, Graduate Coordinator
Economic Geography

Snyder Memorial 3024

419.530.3593

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M. Beth Schlemper

M. Beth Schlemper, Ph.D.

Professor, B.A. Geography Program Advisor

Snyder Memorial 3031

419.530.5492

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Sujata Shetty

Sujata Shetty, Ph.D.

Professor, Director of the Urban Affairs Center

Urban Planning and Design

Snyder Memorial 3030

419.530.2567

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emeritus faculty

Dr. Basil A. Collins
Professor Emeritus
B.A., University of Ireland
M.A., University of Michigan
M.A., University of Toledo
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Specialties: Cultural Geography, Geography of the Middle East and Africa

Dr. Byron E. Emery deceased
Professor Emeritus
B.A., M.A., University of Hawaii
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Specialties: Cultural Geography, Political Geography

Dr. Eugene N. Franckowiak
Professor Emeritus
B.A., Wayne State University
M.A., University of Kansas
Ph.D., University of Michigan 
Specialties: Cartography, Human Geography, Geography of Latin America, Economic Development

Dr. Frank E. Horton
Professor Emeritus
President Emeritus of University of Toledo
Ph.D., Northwestern University
M.S., Northwestern University
B.S. from Western Illinois University
Specialties: Economic Geography and the Geography of Transportation 

Dr. Donald W. Lewis 
Professor Emeritus
B.S., Bowling Green State University
M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Specialties: Economic Geography, Resource Management and Conservation 

Dr. Peter S. Lindquist 
Professor Emeritus, Ph.D.  
Digital Cartography, Location Analysis, Transportation, Spatial Analysis, Geographic Information Science

Dr. William Muraco
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D, M.A, and B.S. degrees from The Ohio State University. 
Specialties: Urban Geography, Medical Geography, and Economic Geography

Dean's Office
University Hall
Third Floor, Room 3160
Mail Stop 906
419.530.2164
Undergraduate Admission
enroll@utoledo.edu
419.530.8888 (call)
419.329.4567 (text)
2801 W. Bancroft Street
Toledo, OH 43606
Graduate Admission
graduateonlineapplication@utoledo.edu
419.530.GRAD (4723), Option 1
Stranahan Hall, Room 1048
2801 W. Bancroft, MS 933
Toledo, OH 43606
Last Updated: 6/30/25