Brandon Vogt, PhD

• Geomorphology - rock weathering, mountain systems, snow and ice
• Mountain meteorology and microclimate
• Terrestrial 3D laser scanning (LiDAR)
• GIS, spatial analysis, geomorphometry
• High-impact educational practices
• Applied undergraduate research

• PhD, Geography, Arizona State University, 2007
• MA, Geography, Arizona State University, 2000
• BS, Natural Resources, University of Missouri, 1992

• This Dynamic Planet: Landforms and Water (GES 1010)
• Practical Meteorology (GES 3200)
• Sonic Landscapes (GES 3410, VAPA 3900, MUS 4960), co-taught with Glen Whitehead (UCCS)
• Principles of Geomorphology (GES 4310 / 5310, GEOL 4630 / 5630)
• Field Studies: Snow and Ice, Silverton, CO (GES 4460 / 5170)
• Field Studies: Periglacial Landscapes, Ouray, CO (GES 4460 / 5170)
• Geography Summit (GES 4900)
• Mountain Weather and Microclimate (special topics, GES 4700)

• Gibbes, C., Wang, S., Yin, F., Dao, D., Vogt, B., Bump, R., Davis, Z., Owens, K., & Pickard, E. (2025). Geovisualization and Remote Sensing: Bridging Complexity and Interpretation. In Remote Sensing, Big Data, and GeoAI: Exploring Applications with Geospatial Insights. Elsevier (under review, Aug. 2025).
• Routt, Austin, B. Vogt, K. Hughson, et al. Factors influencing the velocity of the Gilpin Peak rock glacier, Southwest Colorado. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (under review, Apr. 2025).
• Vogt, Brandon, and G. Whitehead. Sonic Landscapes: An Interdisciplinary Journey into Earth and Atmosphere through Sonic Improvisation. Journal of College Science Teaching (under review, June 2024).
• Vogt, Brandon, and A. Routt. Safety Recommendations for Conducting Fieldwork in Remote, High Elevation, Mountainous Terrain. Journal of Geoscience Education (revised and resubmitted May 2024; under review).
• Vogt, Brandon. 2020. "Colorado’s Terrain-Tied Meteorology." InDenver and the Rocky Mountain West, ed. Michael Keables.
• Vogt, Brandon. 2019 / 2024. “Mountain Meteorology.” Oxford Bibliographies in "Geography." Ed. Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press, Nov. 2019 (updated Feb. 2024).
• Hodanish, Steve, B. Vogt, and P. Wolyn. 2019. Colorado lightning climatology. Journal of Operational Meteorology. 7(4): 45-60.
• Vogt, Brandon, S. Lapham, and R. Theobald. 2018. The physical geography of the San Luis Valley Region of South Central Colorado. National Council for the Social Sciences. Social Studies and the Young Learner 30:3 (Jan./Feb.)
• Vogt, Brandon, and E. Skop. 2017. The Silverton field experience:  A model geography course for achieving high-impact educational practices (HEPs). Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 41(4): 574-589.
• Vogt, Brandon, and S. Hodanish. 2016. A geographical analysis of warm season lightning / landscape interactions across Colorado, USA. Applied Geography 75: 93-103.
• Havlick, D., T. Huber, E. Billmeyer, B. Vogt, and K. Rodman. 2016. Informal trail creation: Hiking, trail running, and mountain bicycling in shortgrass prairie. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 24(7): 1-18.
• Hodza, P., Schaab, G. Coetzee, S. Van der Merwe, F. and B. Vogt. 2015. Comparing proportional compositions of geospatial technology related programs at three universities. South African Journal of Geomatics 4(3): 240-249.
• Vogt, Brandon, and S. Hodanish. 2014. A high-resolution lightning map of the state of Colorado. Monthly Weather Review 142(7): 2353-2360.
• Vogt, Brandon. 2014. Visualizing summertime lightning patterns on Colorado Fourteeners. The Professional Geographer 66(1): 41-57.
• Vogt, Brandon, and P. Hodza. 2013. Using 'Digital Earth' to expose students to GIScience. Journal of Geography 112(5): 205-213.
• Vogt, Brandon. 2013. Colorado 14ers, Pixel by Pixel. In D. Albert, & G. Dobbs (Eds.), Emerging Methods and Multidisciplinary Applications in Geospatial Research (pp. 239-254). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. (reprint)
• Vogt, Brandon. 2013. Colorado 14ers, Pixel by Pixel. In Information Resources Management Association, USA (Ed.), Geographic Information Systems: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1200-1215). (reprint)
• Vogt, Brandon. 2012. Terrestrial 3D laser scanners as tools to enhance undergraduate geography curriculum. Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences 35:21-26.
• Cameron, N., E. Butterworth, D. Cerney, W. Gribb, K. Haynes, B. Hodge, R. Honea and B. Vogt. 2012. Applied geography education in focus: strategic panel session. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 3(3).
• Vogt, Brandon. 2011. Exploring cloud-to-ground lightning earth highpoint attachment geography by peak current. Earth Interactions 15:1-16.
• Vogt, Brandon. 2011. Colorado 14ers, pixel by pixel. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research 2(2):17-33
• Vogt, Brandon, and Edsall, R. 2010. Terrestrial laser scanning and exploratory spatial data analysis for the mapping of weathering forms on rock art panels. Geocarto International 1:1-21.
• Fonstad, Mark, W. Pugatch, and B. Vogt. 2003. Kansas is flatter than a pancake. Annals of Improbable Research 9(3).
• Wentz, Elizabeth, M. Kuby, and B. Vogt. 2001. Extracting high points from statistical surfaces: A case study using digital elevation models. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 28(4): 259-271.
• Kuby, Michael, E. Wentz, B. Vogt, and R. Virden. 2001. Experiences in developing a tourism website for hiking Arizona’s highest summits and deepest canyons. Tourism Geographies 3(4): 454-473. 

• 2023 UCCS Campus-Wide Outstanding Teaching Award
• 2021 UCCS Office of the Provost Teaching Enhancement Grant
• 2021 Two Undergraduate Research Academy (URA) Scholarships, San Juan Mountains Rock Glacier Monitoring
• 2020 Teaching Online Program (TOP) Online Course Design Badge Holder
• 2014 LAS Outstanding Teaching Award
• 2012 AAG Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education (EDGE) Grant Recipient
• 2010 AAG Applied Geography Specialty Group Class Exercise Award Competition Winner
• 2009 CU President's Teaching and Learning Collaborative Award
• Earlier in life: USGS On the Spot Award; Kodak Nomination of Excellence in Photography, Corcoran Gallery of Art; Eagle Scout, National Capital Area Council 

• American Association of Geographers (AAG) Mountain Geography Specialty Group (MGSG) President (2024, 2025)
• American Association of Geographers (AAG) Mountain Geography Specialty Group (MGSG) Secretary / Treasurer (2022, 2023)
• Citizen Science / COCORaHs Volunteer, 2007 - present (CO-EP-287 & CO-GR-71)
• UCCS Masters of Applied Geography Program Graduate Director July 2019 - June 2023
• UCCS Mentored Doctoral Fellowship reviewer 2021 - present
• UCCS Honors Program Scholarship reviewer 2021 - 2022
• Past President (2016) - Great Plains / Rocky Mountains (GPRM) Division, AAG
• Applied Geography Conferences Board Member / Student Paper and Poster Competition Co-Chair 2013 - 2023
• GES Website Maintainer 2010 - 2023
• UCCS Cafe Scientifique Organizer 2016 - 2020
• GES Colloquium Series Organizer 2013 - 2016

Brandon Vogt Curriculum Vitae

What do you value and care about outside of your professional duties?

Family adventures, gatherings with old college friends, the art in nature, Front Range clouds, coffee, and Radiohead

What encouraged you to go into (and stay in) higher education?

My most supportive and most life-changing mentor, Arizona State University’s Dr. Libby Wentz, directed me into higher education. Early on in my graduate student career, Dr. Wentz invited me to participate in her research projects, included me in a grant, added me as coauthor on a publication, and encouraged me to teach a GIS class with full course responsibility. Upon reflection, her guidance and mentorship built my early CV and my confidence to flourish in academia. Teaching and learning in the mountains and conducting research in topics I love (and summers off) are why I stay in higher education.

What are your own professional goals and aspirations?

To increase student participation in off-campus expeditionary-style courses.

What is your favorite place?

The Weminuche Wilderness, Grand Teton National Park, Canyonlands National Park, and Washington, DC.