Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, a recent graduate of our program, has accepted a permanent faculty position at Durham University in the UK. Durham is widely considered to be one of the top Geography departments in the UK and internationally. Our department continues to be represented in the global community. Congratulations Dr. Johnson.
Second year PhD student Chelsea L Cervantes De Blois has earned a prestigious fellowship and role in an National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project on crowd sourcing innovation.
Sophomore Kate Carlson has already job shadowed a county GIS specialist, mapped Shakespearean plays as part of her honors project, and worked in the dendrochronology lab. “The Department of Geography offers experiences that teach not only the concepts needed in the field of geography, but also the real-world applications of them,” she says.
New assistant professor Eric Shook’s research is interdisciplinary, allowing him to "bring social scientists into the computational landscape and help solve some of the world’s biggest problems; problems in health, crime, risks, and hazards all can be examined from a diverse lens by leveraging big spatial data,” he says.
Graduate student Jessica Finlay, an environmental gerontologist at the University of Minnesota, has made fascinating discoveries with broad implications for city planners, architects and builders.
Jessica Finlay, a doctoral candidate in geography and gerontology at the University of Minnesota, is researching how community factors such as transportation services, built infrastructure, and neighborhood social environment impact the wellbeing of senior citizens. Her research was given national attention when it recently appeared on the Council of Graduate Schools website.
