Leadership and Staff
The CLUS is housed in the Geography-Earth Science Department at Shippensburg University, and is managed by a Director (Dr. Claire Jantz), Associate Director (Dr. George Pomeroy), and GIScience Director (Dr. Scott Drzyzga). Every project is supported by two full time staff and undergraduate or graduate student research.
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Holly Smith

Project Manager, Center for Land Use and Sustainability

A.A.S. in Architectural Technology, Harrisburg Area Community College B.S. in Earth Science/Environmental Education, Shippensburg University M.S. in Geoenvironmental Studies, Shippensburg University Holly was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area and moved to the Harrisburg area in the early 1990s....
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Claire Jantz, Ph.D. – Director

Professor, Department of Geography-Earth Science

B.A. in College Scholars from University of Tennessee M.A. in Geography from University of Maryland Ph.D. in Geography from University of Maryland Dr. Claire Jantz is the Director of the CLUS. She has extensive expertise in land use and land cover change analysis...
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Alfonso Yáñez Morillo

Research Analyst, Center for Land Use and Sustainability

A.S. in forest engineering from the Universidad Politecnica of Madrid B.S. in biology from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid M.S. in environmental management and administration from the Fundación Biodiversidad Alfonso specializes in landscape ecology and connectivity and has over 10...
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