Albert Barnett

Dr. Barnett was a Professor of geography at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), where he also served as Department Chair from 1995-2005. As an undergraduate geography major at NCCU he was mentored by Dr. Theodore Speigner who formed the university’s Department of Geography in 1960 and was its first Chair for 15 years. During his tenure at NCCU, Dr. Barnett served as Chair of the Faculty Senate. He was the Director of the Geospatial Research, Initiative Teaching and Service center. As an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences, he has taught courses in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), remote sensing and computer cartography at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He was the Associate Director and then Director of the Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics program. His interests included remote sensing and geographic information systems interfacing applications and their future rolls in 3D modeling and animations using virtual environments. Dr. Barnett was an integral part of the development of the Geospatial Research Innovative Teaching and Service (GRITS) Center at NCCU in 2006. He retired in 2009 after thirty-four years of dedicated service.