Dr. Gustavo Ovando-Montejo
Environment & Society
Assistant Professor

Contact Information
Office Location: Blanding, BLTB 219Phone: 435-678-8523
Email: gustavo.ovando@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Licensures & Certifications
Effective online teaching practices, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE), 2022
Geographic Information Systems Certificate, Oklahoma State University, 2015
Teaching Interests
Environmental and natural resource management
Human-environmental interactions and their relation to land cover change
Landscape ecology, linking configuration and ecosystem services
Segregation of indigenous peoples
Geographic Information Science (GIScience)
Awards
QCNR teacher of the year, 2024
QNCR
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Ovando-Montejo, G., (2024). Web-based Visualization and Analytics of Petascale data: Equity as a Tide that Lifts All Boats. arXiv
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
ENVS 3500 - Environmental Data Science (QI), Fall 2025
NR 4252 - Natural Resources and Environmental Internship Achievements, Fall 2025
ENVS 3500 - Environmental Data Science, Fall 2024
ENVS 3500 - Environmental Data Science (QI), Fall 2024
NR 6950 - Geospatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management, Fall 2024
NR 6950 - Spatial Analysis , Fall 2024
, Spring 2024
GEOG 4870, 6870 - Geospatial Analysis, Spring 2024
NR 6950 - Geospatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management, Spring 2024
GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Spring 2024
GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Spring 2024
GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Spring 2024
GEOG 1000 - Physical Geography, Spring 2024
GEOG 1000 - Physical Geography, Spring 2024
GEOG 4780/6780 - Spatial Analysis , Spring 2024
NR 6950 - Spatial Analysis, Spring 2024
ENVS 3500 - Environmental Data Science (QI), Fall 2023
NR 6950 - Geospatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management, Fall 2023
GEOG 4870, 6870 - Geospatial Analysis, Spring 2023
NR 6950 - Geospatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management, Spring 2023
GEOG 2800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Spring 2023
GEOG 1000 - Physical Geography, Spring 2023
NR 6950 - Geospatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management, Fall 2022
ENVS 3500 - Quantitative Assessment of Environmental and Natural Resource Problems, Fall 2022
GEOG 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Spring 2022
GEOG 1000 - Physical Geography, Spring 2022
NR 6950 - Geospatial Analysis for Natural Resource Management, Fall 2021
ENVS 3500 - Quantitative Assessment of Environmental and Natural Resource Problems, Fall 2021
GEOG 1800 - Introduction to Geographic Information Sciences, Spring 2021
GEOG 1000 - Physical Geography, Spring 2021
NR 6950 - Geospatial Analysis, Fall 2020
ENVS 3500 - Quantitative Assessment of Environmental and Natural Resource Problems, Fall 2020
GEOG 1300 - World Regional Geography, Fall 2020
GEOG 4870, 6870 - Geospatial Analysis, Spring 2020
NR 6950 - Geospatial Analysis, Spring 2020
Extension
USU Extension Sustainability, 2011 - Ongoing