Graduate Advising

Graduate advising in the School of Earth, Environment & Society is designed to support both your academic path and research goals.

Program contacts can help answer questions about admissions, degree requirements, and policies.
Faculty advisors work closely with you during your studies at PSU. They may be any tenure-track faculty member whose research aligns with your interests. The directory indicates which faculty members advise students.

The table below outlines who to contact for each program and whether a faculty advisor needs to be identified at the time of application.

Master's

Program Name	Program Contact	Faculty Advising	Advisor required at application?
Anthropology (MA/MS)	Michele Gamburd	Students select a faculty advisor aligned with interests.	No - selected after admission
Applied Geoscience (PSM)	John Bershaw	Students select a project or internship advisor aligned with interests.	No - selected after admission
Environmental Science & Management (MEM)	Elise Granek	Students select a faculty advisor aligned with interests.	Yes - faculty advisor must be identified at time of application
Environmental Science & Management (MS)	Elise Granek	Students select a faculty advisor aligned with interests.	Yes - faculty advisor must be identified at time of application
Environmental Science & Management (PSM)	Amy Lubitow	Students select a project or internship advisor aligned with interests.	No - selected after admission
Geographic Information Science (MS)	Geoffrey Duh	Students work with Geoffrey Duh or David Banis to develop practicum topics, then select a GIS faculty advisor aligned with interests.	No - selected after admission
Geography (MA/MS)	Paul Loikith	Students select a faculty advisor aligned with interests.	Yes - faculty advisor must be identified at time of application
Geology (MA/MS)	Adam Booth	Students select a faculty advisor aligned with interests.	Yes - faculty advisor must be identified at time of application
Systems Science (MS)	Max Nielsen-Pincus	Students select a faculty advisor aligned with interests.	No - selected after admission

Program Name	Program Contact	Faculty Advising	Advisor required at application?
Earth, Environment & Society (PhD)	Andrés Holz	Students select a faculty advisor aligned with interests.	No - selected after admission
Systems Science (PhD)	Max Nielsen-Pincus	Students select a faculty advisor aligned with interests.	No - selected after admission

Program Name	Program Contact
Computer Modeling & Simulation	Max Nielsen-Pincus
Engineering Geology	John Bershaw
Environmental Geology	John Bershaw
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	Geoffrey Duh
Hydrogeology	John Bershaw
Hydrology	Kelly Gleason