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Nathan Burtch

  • Assistant Professor
  • Undergraduate Coordinator

    Contact Info

    Dr. Burtch
    Name
    Dr. Nathan Burtch
    Job Title
    Assistant Professor
    Undergraduate Coordinator
    Phone Number
    703-993-1207
    Office Number
    Exploratory Hall, Room 2413, MSN 6C3

    Affiliations

    Departments

    Research Areas

    • Geoinformation Science

    Education

    PhD, Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, 2017.

    MUP, Urban Planning, University at Buffalo, 2006

    BS, Geography and Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University, 2004

     

    About

    As an assistant professor, I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in topics such as urban planning, urban geography, geoinformation technologies, GIS, quantitative methods, and cartography. I also serve as the GGS Undergraduate Coordinator, which entails advising and curricular development.

    Teaching Focus

    Courses taught:

    • GGS 102 Physical geography
    • GGS 110 Introduction to geoinformation technologies
    • GGS 300 Quantitative methods for geographical analysis
    • GGS 306 Urban geography
    • GGS 310 Introduction to digital cartography
    • GGS 357 / GOVT 357 Urban planning
    • GGS 411 Advanced digital cartography
    • GGS 553 Geographic information systems

    Selected Publications

    • Zhu, B., D. S. Smith, A. P. Benaquista, D. M. Rossi, B. M. Kadapuram, M. L. Yu, A. S.
    • Partlow and N. R. Burtch.  2018.  Water quality impacts of small-scale hydromodification in an urban stream in Connecticut, USA.  Ecological Processes 7 (11).
    • Fitzgerald, D. G., B. Zhu, E. L. Mills, L. G. Rudstam, S. B. Hoskins, D. E. Haddad, N. R. Burtch, J. T. Coleman and D. L. Crabtree.  2016.  Dynamics of aquatic vegetation in Oneida Lake, 1915-2005: a response to ecosystem change.  In Oneida Lake: Long-term dynamics of a managed ecosystem and its fisheries, eds. L. G. Rudstam, E. L. Mills, J. R. Jackson and D. J. Stewart.  Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society.

    Contact Info

    Dr. Burtch
    Name
    Dr. Nathan Burtch
    Job Title
    Assistant Professor
    Undergraduate Coordinator
    Phone Number
    703-993-1207
    Office Number
    Exploratory Hall, Room 2413, MSN 6C3