White male smiling, wearing red plaid shirt and green hat standing by water.
Alex
W.
Peimer
Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Geography and Environmental Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
(773) 442-5642
Expertise
Environmental planning and management, Environmental policy, Watershed science and management, Stream restoration and naturalization, Political ecology, Critical physical geography
Courses Taught
GES 150: Introduction to Environmental Studies
GES 205: Physical Geography
GES 218: Conservation of Natural Resources
GES 250: WIP Writing in G&ES
GES 301: Great Lakes Environmental Management
GES 311: Social Dimensions of Water Resources Management
GES 319: Environmental and Natural Resources Policy
GES 338: Sustainable Development
GES 350: Climate Change: International Policy and Politics
GES 357: Geography of Natural Hazards
GES 359: Environmental Planning
GES 360: Environmental Justice and Activism
GES 370: Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate Change
GES 380: Field Methods
GES 383: Internship in G&ES
GES 391: GIS 1
GES 416: GIS for Natural Systems Management
GES 435: Seminar in Physical Geography
GES 445: Seminar in Resource Management and Decision-Making
GES 455: Seminar in Environmental Planning
GES 456: Seminar in U.S. Environmental Policy
Research Interests
Surface water management, Biophysical outcomes of stream and watershed management and planning, Place-based watershed management, Democratization of environmental management and governance, Creation of environmental assessment methods, Environmental politics, Critical mapping
Education

Ph.D., Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.A., Geography, Kent State University

B.A., Geography (Geology minor), SUNY New Paltz

A.S., Natural Sciences, SUNY Cobleskill

Selected Publications

Peimer, Alex W., Rhoads, B.L, and Thomas J. Bassett. 2022. . Journal of the American Water Resources Association. DOI:

Peimer, Alex W., Krzywicka, A.E., Cohen, D.B., Van den Bosch, K., Buxton, V.L., Stevenson, N.A., and Jeffrey W. Matthews. 2016. . Environmental Management: 1-13. DOI:

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Chicago, IL 60625-4699
United States

(773) 442-5642
Office Hours
On leave until January 2025
Main Campus