Geography : Faculty - Greg Brown

Greg Brown Dean Hall 322 Phone: (509) 963-3699 Email: browng@cwu.edu Web: http://campus.greenmtn.edu/faculty/gregbrown

Greg joins the CWU faculty in 2008 as Director of the Environmental Studies Program. Greg's passion for wild landscapes and cultural diversity has resulted in an adventurous career path around the world. Prior to CWU, Greg was Program Director for the Masters Program in Environmental Studies at Green Mountain College in Vermont. Before Vermont, Greg was Program Director for the Biodiversity, Environmental, and Park Management Program at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia . Before Australia, Greg spent six years at Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage, Alaska. Greg has also held teaching and research positions in Idaho, Illinois, California, and Arizona.

Although everything appears interesting to Greg, he has formally published in the areas of natural resource policy, the human dimensions of ecosystem management, parks and protected areas management, and socio-economic assessment of rural communities. See Greg's homepage to view and download his publications.

Greg's current research involves developing methods to expand public involvement in environmental decisions by having individuals map spatial measures of landscape values and special places--a type of "Public Participation Geographic Information Systems" (PPGIS). Recent applications of the PPGIS methods include national forest planning, assessment of biological resources for marine conservation, coastal areas mapping, national scenic byway planning, and parks and open space planning. Please visit the Landscape Values Institute to learn more about landscape values mapping.