Colleen Garrity

Assistant Professor of Geography and Sustainability Studies Coordinator
Bailey 236
585-245-6192
garrity@geneseo.edu

Colleen Garrity has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2003.

Colleen Garrity riding a horse.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. in Geography, 2007, Arizona State University

  • M.A. in Geography, 1999, Michigan State University

  • B.S. in Foreign Service, 1995, Georgetown University

Affiliations

  • Association of American Geographers

  • American Meteorological Society

  • American Geophysical Union

  • National Council for Geographic Education

Classes

  • GEOG 320: Weather and Climate

    This course is an overview of the atmospheric sciences of meteorology and climatology in a geographical context. In an effort to understand global atmospheric processes, the course examines fundamental physical processes and disturbances in the atmosphere from both short-term (meteorology) and long-term (climatology) perspectives.

  • GEOG 391: Cartography
  • SUST 124: Sustainability & Envir Issues

    This course provides an interdisciplinary introduction to sustainability and environmental problems. It examines the impact of human activity on the environment through the lens of sustainability, which recognizes that to meet the present and future needs of people and the biosphere, environmental problems and their solutions must be socially equitable and economically feasible. The course evaluates sustainable solutions to major environmental issues related to food, water, energy, biodiversity, pollution and climate, among others.