Geography
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Melanie Patton Renfrew
9/24. Machado/Harbor Lake & wetlands response to the "cut-off low\'s" rain (9/21-22/07) Geography 1 5:20 Nature walk
Ph.D. in Geography, UCLA. Dissertation:
"The Social Consequences of Sedentarization among the Turkana Nomadic Pastoralists, Kenya"
M.A. in Geography, U. of Minnesota. Thesis: "The Ecology of Hydatid Disease in Turkana District, Kenya"
B.A. in Geography, U. of Minnesota, Duluth.
B.A. in Anthropology, Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota
L.A. Weather, an Intuitive View: "High Pressure and Headaches."
Summer 2007
Re: "Offshore" winds, and "Higher Highs and Lower Lows"
Storm Stories
Physical Geography 1 and 15
Geography 7:World Regional Geography
ProfessorRenfrew@yahoo.com
310-233-4557
Curriculum Vitae
Updated Fall 2007 field trips
Fall 2007 Field Trip Schedule
Southern California Plant Communities
Renfrew travels
Tissa Munasinghe, Ph.D, received his doctorate in Earth Sciences from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, and his B.S. in Geology from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He joined Harbor College faculty in Fall of 1998. He teaches Geology 1 and 6, Oceanography 1 and 10, and Geography 31.
Research interests include marine tectonics and high-grade metamorphic rocks.
Office: SCI 208
Campus Phone: 310-233-4555
Office Hours: 12:00 - 1:00 M-F, 4:30-5:30 T
E-mail address: Munasit@lahc.edu
Course Offerings in Geography
Geography 1 - Physical Geography - 3 units
Geography 2 – Cultural Elements of Geography – 3 units
Geography 7 - World Regional Geography - 3 units
Geography 15 - Physical Geography Laboratory - 2 units
Geography 31 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - 3 units