About This Book

This textbook was created through Connecting the Pipeline: Libraries, OER, and Dual Enrollment from Secondary to Postsecondary, a $1.3 million project funded by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and the Institute of Library and Museum Services. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond by creating materials that can be adopted for dual enrollment environments. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college simultaneously.

The cohort-developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others. This includes a corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms. For access/questions, contact Affordable Learning Louisiana.

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Cover Image

The cover image is “Climbing Phousi Hill (Phu Si)” by Jorge Láscar and licensed under a Creative Common Attribution 2.0 Generic license (CC BY 2.0 DEED).

Adaptation

This textbook is an adaptation of Introduction to Human Geography (2nd Edition) copyright 2018 by the University System of Georgia. edited by David Dorrell Ph.D. and Joseph P. Henderson Ph.D., authored by David Dorrell, Joseph Henderson, Todd Lindley, and Georgeta Connor, and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This textbook was adapted by:

• Dr. Adam S. Dohrenwend
• Juana Ibanez
• Dr. Molly McGraw
• Dr. Neusa Hidalgo Monroy Wohlgemuth
• Rusti Liner
• Dr. Kayla Siddell, Library Facilitator

About the Authors:

Dr. Adam S. Dohrenwend

Dr. Dohrenwend is an Assistant Professor of Geography at James Madison University. He earned his Ph.D. in Geography in 2024 from Louisiana State University, his M.A. in Geography in 2019 from the University of Kansas, and his B.A. in Geography in 2017 from SUNY Geneseo. His teaching and research interests center electoral politics, landscape, industry, labor, populism, and the environment in the Americas.

Juana Ibanez

Juana Ibanez serves as an Instructor and Geography Lecturer at the University of New Orleans with specializations in Cultural and Physical World Challenges, Archaeology, and Geography.  Juana holds an M.A. in Anthropology from UT Austin and a B.A. in Anthropology from UNO with research interests in Cultural Geography, Physical Geography, Archaeology, Anthropology, Prehistoric Land Use, Latin America, Cultural Ecology, Conservation, and Urban Issues.

Dr. Molly McGraw

Dr. McGraw is a Professor of Geography at Southeastern Louisiana University. She earned her Master’s in Geography from the University of New Orleans and her Ph.D. in Geography from Louisiana State University. With over 20 years of experience, Dr. McGraw has taught Louisiana Geography classes and has co-authored a book about the geography of Louisiana. Her research interests include fluvial and coastal geomorphology, wetlands, and the cryosphere.

Dr. Neusa Hidalgo Monroy Wohlgemuth

Neusa Hidalgo Monroy Wohlgemuth received a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley. She has been teaching geography courses since 2000. Her research interests and publications include “Alternatives to Rural Development: Organic Agriculture and Indigenous Communities in Chiapas, Mexico” in Journal of Latin American Geography vol. 13(1), March 2014;  and “Migration and Indigenous Communities in the Southern States of Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico” in Perspectives on Global Development and Technology vol. 13(2) 2014. Brill.

Rusti Liner

Rusti Liner holds a current GISP and a Master of Science degree in Geography from the University of Southern Mississippi. She has been teaching college courses since 2010 has served on the AP College Board review team and received two LOUIS grants for OER development and integration. She is currently a full-time Assistant Professor at River Parishes Community College, where she developed the first Emergency Management Program concentration. Serving at 15 nationally declared disasters, Professor Liner brings both technical and academic experience to the classroom.

Dr. Kayla Siddell, Library Facilitator

Dr. Kayla Siddell holds a Doctorate of Education from Xavier University of Louisiana, a Masters of Information Science from the University of Tennessee  Knoxville, and a bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology from East Tennessee State University. Dr. Siddell currently serves as the Associate Library Director for the AUC Woodruff Library.