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Dr. Daniel Kpienbaareh

Assistant Professor of Geography
Geography-Geology-Environment
Office
FHS Felmley Hall Of Science 104
Office Hours
Mondays 3 - 4 PM or by appointment
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Biography

I am broadly trained in human-environment interactions and their impacts on socio-ecological systems, which can be understood through geospatial technologies. I employ social science theories to identify policy alternatives to environmental challenges.

Current Courses

GEO 211.001 Earth's Dynamic Weather

GEO 211.002 Earth's Dynamic Weather

GEO 287.012 Independent Study - Geography

GEO 100.001 Introduction to Environmental Systems

GEO 100.002 Introduction to Environmental Systems

GEO 100.003 Introduction to Environmental Systems

GEO 100.004 Introduction to Environmental Systems

GEO 301.001 Climate Change, Agriculture And Sustainable Futures

GEO 401.001 Climate Change, Agriculture and Sustainable Futures

GEO 303.001 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GEO 303.002 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GEO 303.003 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GEO 403.001 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GEO 403.002 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

GEO 403.003 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Teaching Interests & Areas

Geographic Information Systems
Weather and Climate
Environmental Systems
Sustainable Agriculture

Research Interests & Areas

Agroecology
GIS/Remote sensing applications
Natural resource management
Participatory GIS
Smallholder farming
Sustainable agriculture
Sub-Saharan Africa

PhD Geography and Environment

University of Western Ontario
Canada

University Research Initiative Award

Illinois State University
2025

Presentations

The influence of tile flow on the transport-fate of nitrate in the vadose zone of a saturated riparian buffer zone: A case study in central Illinois. The Geological Society of America Connects 2023. Geological Society of America. (2023)

Grants & Contracts

Use of Satellite Remote Sensor Data to Evaluate Residential Inequality. Advancing Research and Creative Scholarship (ARCS). Illinois State University. (2023)