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San Diego State University

Geoscience Geography Geoinformatics (GIS)Human Geography Urban Studies and Planning

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5.05/4/2026

Challenges students to grow and excel.

4.06/27/2025

Inspires students to aim high and excel.

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Piotr Jankowski is a Professor Emeritus of Geography (on FERP) and Professor of Geographic Information Science at San Diego State University, Department of Geography, College of Arts & Letters. He has served as Director of the Joint Doctoral Program in Geography between SDSU and the University of California, Santa Barbara since 2019. He joined SDSU in 2003, following faculty appointments in Geography at the University of Idaho from 1989 to 2001 where he progressed from Assistant Professor to Professor and Interim Chair, and as Professor at the Institute for Geoinformatics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany from 2001 to 2002. Earlier, he was a Teaching Associate at Poznań University of Economics and Business from 1979 to 1984 and a Consultant at the University of Washington Center for Social Studies from 1985 to 1989. Jankowski earned his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1989 and M.S. from Poznań University of Economics and Business in 1979. His visiting appointments include Fulbright Scholar at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland (2019), Visiting Professor at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria (2015), Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (2013), University of Cagliari, Italy (2012), University of Otago, New Zealand (2011), and University College Dublin, Ireland (2009).