Professor of Anthropology and Micronesian Studies
Office Location:
HSS 120C
Expertise
Micronesia History — Pacific Islands Race and Ethnicity Anthropology Micronesian — Studies Guam Culture — Preservation Religion — Comparative Research Methodology History — American American Studies History — Spanish Indigenous — Politics Writing — Creative Racial Issues Culture — Diversity CHamoru — Culture and Identity Organizational — Culture-
Tel:
(671) 735-2802
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Fax:
(671) 734-7930
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uog.academia.edu/DavidAtienza
ABOUT
David Atienza received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2006 and relocated to Guam the same year, where he currently resides. With a history, philosophy, anthropology, and applied linguistics background, Dr. Atienza has taught at various institutions in Spain and Guam. His research focuses on cultural identity processes and historical anthropology, particularly in the Mariana Islands, and he has several publications, some co-authored with Dr. Alexander Coello de la Rosa. He holds the position of professor of Anthropology at the University of Guam.
CREDENTIALS
- B.A., History, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- M.A., Applied Linguistics, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Spain)
- Ph.D., Anthropology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
General Accounting Supervisor
Office Location:
Administration Business Office Building
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Tel:
(671) 735-3001
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Fax:
(671) 734-3636
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Assistant Professor of Nursing
Office Location:
SOH 105
Expertise
Nursing — Medical-SurgicalCREDENTIALS
- BSN, University of Guam
- MSN, University of Phoenix
- DNP, Capella University (Minn.)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Office Hours:
Mon/Wed: 11am-1pm
Office Location:
Science Building, Room 201
CREDENTIALS
- B.S., Mathematics, Wayne State University (Mich.)
- M.A., Statistics, Wayne State University (Mich.)
- Ph.D., Mathematics, Wayne State University (Mich.)
Computer Technician II
Office Location:
RFK Library, LR203
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Tel:
(671) 735-2322
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Fax:
(671) 734-6882
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Accountant I
Office Location:
ALS 204
CREDENTIALS:
- BBAA, University of Guam (2013)
ETS Advisor
Office Location:
Calvo Field House, 2nd Floor; Rm 206
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Tel:
(671) 735-2251
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Research Associate
Office Location:
Dean's Circle, House #22
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Tel:
(671) 735-2456
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Fax:
(671) 734-2448
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Extension Agent II / Instructor of Plant Production
Office Location:
ALS 105C
CREDENTIALS
- M.S., Environmental Science, University of Guam
- B.S., Agriculture, University of Guam
Accounting Analyst II
Office Location:
House #139 Astrom Circle Dean Circle Mangilao, Guam 96913
CREDENTIALS
- B.S., Biology, University of the Philippines
- M.S., Remote Sensing, University of the Philippines
- Ph.D., Remote Sensing, Chiba University (Japan)
ABOUT
Jose Edgardo L. Aban is a seasoned research and project manager and an advocate of satellite remote sensing education. He served for almost two decades at the Department of Science and Technology of the Philippines and has taught as a senior lecturer in the Department of Geography, Development, and Environmental Studies at the Universiti of Brunei Darussalam, where he was instrumental in the establishment of an image processing laboratory.
Prior to joining UOG, Aban served as a technical consultant at the Asian Development Bank, as project manager of the GIS-based project dubbed “Communication and Information Systems for the Control of Avian Influenza” of the ASEAN Foundation, and as a consultant of a mapping unit of an agricultural company in Indonesia.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- land use/cover change analysis
- global change analysis
- ecosystems change research
- applications of non-parametric methods for global change analysis and modeling (power and singular spectrum analysis of multi-temporal datasets) using satellite data (e.g. normalized difference vegetation index - NDVI) and climatic data
- development of pre-processing algorithms for noise reduction in satellite images
- phenological change analysis and its relationship with changes in floral and faunal populations
- climate change impacts (sea-level rise scenarios) modeling with the use of digital elevation modeling, climatic oscillations (e.g. ENSO, PDO), drones, among others.
