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Dr. Daniel Kpienbaareh

Assistant Professor of Geography
Office
FHS Felmley Hall Of Science 104
Office Hours
Mondays 3 - 4 PM or by appointment
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

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

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
Benedicta Akrofi, Eric Peterson, William Perry, Daniel Kpienbaareh, Wondwosen Seyoum.
The Geological Society of America Connects 2023, Pittsburgh, PA, October 17, 2023