[ Geography & Geosciences ]

Careers

With a degree from Elmhurst’s Department of Geography & Geosciences, your professional horizons will be wide and interesting. Our graduates are working in urban, regional, and transportation planning; cartography and geographic information systems (GIS); commercial location and marketing analysis; education; and more.

For example:

• Dave Andrusyk, ’97, works as a naturalist for the Tri-County State Park Visitor Center.
• Candice Assell (Engelbrecht), ’02, teaches earth science/astronomy/weather & environment at Naperville North High School.
• Steven Bolduc, ’80, recently retired as a commander in the U.S. Navy, where he served as an oceanographer/meteorologist.
• Carmella Burdi, '06, is a GIS Specialist with the County of DuPage. 
• Steve Damolaris, ’87, is a GIS planner for the city of Elgin.
• Kevin Donovan, ’00, works as a land surveyor at Webster, McGrath & Ahlberg.
• Linda Kuta Gray ’88 is a geographic specialist for the U.S. Department of the Census.
• Cyndi Harper (Woltzen), ’96, is transit planner for the Twin Cities Area Transit Agency.
• Rick Heckman, ’95, teaches geography and history at Glenbard West High School.
• Melanie Luna, ’02, is a consultant in the environmental industry working for Entact Environmental.
• Brian Parker, '05, is a GIS Specialist with the Village of Algonquin.
• Leah Talaber, '06, is a GIS Analyst with Argonne National Laboratory.
• Dr. Michael Urban, '91, is a professor of geography at the University of Missouri.