People

The GISS-SG board.

Officers are elected by the specialty group members and serve the community through leadership, programming, and scholarship.

Current officers

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Vice Chair

Yingjie Hu

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo

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Past Chair

Lei Zou

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Texas A&M University

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Academic Director

Siqin (Sisi) Wang

Associate Professor, Spatial Sciences Institute, University of Southern California

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Communications Director

Debayan Mandal

Assistant Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University

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Government Director

Samantha T. Arundel

Research Geographer, U.S. Geological Survey

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Student Representative

Zeping Liu

PhD Student, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin

Past chairs

The GISS Specialty Group has been led by 36 chairs since its founding in 1986. The record below preserves their service.

  • Lei Zou2024:2025
  • Song Gao2023:2024
  • Ran Wei2022:2023
  • Bandana Kar2020:2022
  • Robert Stewart2018:2020
  • Zachary Christman2016:2018
  • Diansheng Guo2015:2016
  • Daniel W Goldberg2014:2015
  • John Rogan2013:2014
  • Harvey Miller2012:2013
  • Francis Harvey2011:2012
  • Jeremy Mennis2010:2011
  • Jennifer Miller2009:2010
  • Tom Cova2008:2009
  • Elizabeth Wentz2007:2008
  • Mei Po Kwan2006:2007
  • Tim Nyerges2005:2006
  • Richard Aspinall2004:2005
  • May Yuan2003:2004
  • Dawn Wright2002:2003
  • Bob McMaster2001:2002
  • Dan Brown2000:2001
  • Steve Walsh1999:2000
  • Susan Macy1998:1999
  • Derek Thompson1997:1998
  • Nick Chrisman1996:1997
  • Greg Elmes1995:1996
  • Jay Morgan1994:1995
  • Roger Tomlinson1993:1994
  • Bob Cromley1992:1993
  • Donna Peuquet1991:1992
  • Jerry Dobson1990:1991
  • Michael Goodchild1989:1990
  • David Mark1988:1989
  • Dave Cowen1987:1988
  • Fred Broome1986:1987