Dr. Cerian Gibbes

Professor

CU - President's Teaching Scholar

Department of Geography & Environmental Studies

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

 

PRIOR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Graduate Director

Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Director

Global Intercultural Research Center, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Co-Director

Bachelor of Innovation, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

 

Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, I now live in Colorado and am a Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies (GES) at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). UCCS is an R2 institution and one of four campuses in the University of Colorado system and serves ~10,500 undergraduates and 1,900 graduate students. 

 

I study the interplay of ecological and anthropogenic influences on landscape patterns and change. In particular, I am interested in the social and ecological impacts of land use decisions in spaces where agriculture and conservation overlap. My research and teaching are interconnected. I purposefully bring research into my teaching to engage students. I teach remote sensing, statistics, GIS, urban ecology, geography of Africa, and graduate research methods seminar. One priority in my teaching is to create spaces where students can relate their stories to our current knowledge of people, places, technology, and the environment.