[ Geography & Geosciences ]

Faculty

Elmhurst’s geography and geosciences faculty comprises experienced teachers and enthusiastic scholars. Learn more by reading our faculty profiles, below. Or, contact a professor directly through our Faculty Directory.

Full-time Faculty
Michael S. Lindberg
Richard B. Schultz

Michael S. Lindberg
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Manitoba
Dr. Lindberg, an Elmhurst graduate, is an accomplished author who has published four books about the geography of naval warfare, shipbuilding, and coastal defense. His teaching and research interests include military geography, political geography, biogeography, Canada, and Europe. 

Richard B. Schultz
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Dr. Schultz is the senior author of more than 40 publications in international journals and periodicals. His research focuses on distance learning, geochemistry of black shales, GIS applications, and spatial cognition. The coordinator of the GIS Certificate Program, Dr. Schultz teaches physical geography, meteorology, and GIS, as well as courses in Intercultural Studies.