C-GEO Staff

Nancee Hunter is the Director of the Center for Geography Education in Oregon (C-GEO) and an Assistant Professor with the PSU Geography Department. Prior to this, she served as a Senior Researcher at the Oregon State University (OSU) Center for Research on Lifelong STEM Learning and as the Director of Education for Oregon Sea Grant, where she oversaw the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Visitor Center and K-12 education programming. She has also served as Director of Education at the National Geographic Society where she was responsible for technology initiatives, curriculum and professional development, and signature outreach programs. In January 2016, Nancee completed a doctoral program in Environmental Sciences/Geography at PSU. Her dissertation assessed the multifaceted learning outcomes from a hands-on international teacher professional development program.
Email: nhunter@pdx.edu

Kenneth Carano is Programs Coordinator for C-GEO and Associate Professor at Western Oregon University. Ken has been programs coordinator at C-GEO since 2015. He is also an associate professor in the division of education & leadership at Western Oregon University, where he has worked since 2011. Prior to that he taught social studies, including AP Human-Geography, in Sarasota, FL. He is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having worked as a teacher and community development specialist in Suriname, South America. Ken’s scholarship interests include geography education, global perspectives, and cross-cultural awareness. 
Email: caranok@mail.wou.edu

Melinda Glover is Program Manager. She's been with C-GEO since 2009, coordinating logistics for C-GEO programs and office operations. A PSU graduate and an Oregon native, she feels an affinity for its natural environment, having had an environmental ethic instilled through her Portland Public Schools education. She finds it rewarding to work for a program that enables Oregon teachers to deepen their understanding of the importance of geography and to teach about it.  She hopes the work of C-GEO helps facilitate the continuation of an educational tradition of raising Oregonians to love and protect our natural world.
Email: geogall@pdx.edu