Rachel Isaacs
Assistant Teaching Professor • Liaison with Continuing Education • Interests: Biogeography, climate change, landscape ecology, GIS, remote sensing • PhD The Pennsylvania State University - State College, 2016 • M.S. Texas A&M University - College Station, 2007
GIS • Physical Geography
rachel.isaacs@colorado.edu

Research Interests听

I completed my Ph.D. work at Pennsylvania State University in the Department of Geography. My doctoral work examined the spatial and temporal impacts of climate change on treeline in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. I am one of the rare few who received degrees in Geography throughout my academic career, first for my Bachelor鈥檚 degree at the University of Hawai鈥檌 -Hilo and then for my Master鈥檚 degree at Texas A&M University. My research interests in landscape ecology, climate change, GIScience, remote sensing, and spatial statistics have led me to conduct research in several international and domestic locations including Scotland, Nicaragua, Alaska, Arkansas, Hawai鈥檌, Washington, and California.

My background and technical skills have enabled me to work in government and private sectors, as well as academia for the past 16 years. Private and government institutions include the American Association of Geographers (editorial), NOAA (metadata), National Geographic (video), and environmental compliance for the oil and gas industry with EMS and AK Environmental (GIS, drafting, and surveying). I have also worked as a research consultant and instructor for Pennsylvania State University, Bucknell University, and Saint Paul College. For the past three years, I have taught a variety of physical geography, human geography, statistics, remote sensing, and GIScience courses.

Recent Courses Taught

  • Fall 2024听 GEOG/GEOL 4093/5093 听 Remote Sensing of the Enviroment
  • Fall 2024听 GEOG 4203/5203 听 Geographic Information Science: Spatial Modeling
  • Fall 2024听 GEOG 4371/5371 听 Forest Geography
  • Spring 2024听 GEOG 1001听听 Environmental听 Systems 1: Climate and Vegetation
  • Spring 2024听 GEOG 3351听 Biogeography
  • Spring 2024听 GEOG 4093/5093 (CE)听 Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • Fall 2023听 GEOG 4001/5100 听 Climate Change Cause and Impacts
  • Fall 2023听 GEOG 4371/5371 听 Forest Geography
  • Spring 2023听 GEOG 1001听听 Environmental听 Systems 1: Climate and Vegetation
  • Spring 2023听 GEOG 3351听 Biogeography
  • Spring 2023听 GEOG 4093/5093 (CE)听 Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • Fall 2022听 GEOG 4001/5100 听 Climate Change Cause and Impacts
  • Fall 2022听 GEOG 4371/5371听听 Forest Geography
  • Spring 2022听 GEOG 3351听叠颈辞驳别辞驳谤补辫丑测
  • Spring 2022听 GEOG 4093/5093听Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • Spring 2022听 GEOG 4093/5093 (CE) Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • Fall 2021听 GEOG 1001听听 Environmental听 Systems 1: Climate and Vegetation
  • Fall 2020听 GEOG 3053听 (CE) GIS: Mapping
  • Fall 2021听 GEOG 4371/5371听听 Forest Geography
  • Spring 2021听 GEOG 1001听听 Environmental听 Systems 1: Climate and Vegetation
  • Spring 2021听 GEOG 3601 / ATOC/ENVS3600听 Principles of Climate
  • Spring 2021听 GEOG 4093听 (CE) Remote Sensing of the Environment
  • Fall 2020 GEOG 1001听 Climate and Vegetation
  • Fall 2020 GEOG 3053听 (CE) GIS: Mapping
  • Fall 2020 GEOG 4241听 Principles of Geomorphology