Throughout the semester, the Department of Geography runs a Colloquium Series thematically tied to research and issues of a geographical nature but intended to attract faculty, staff and students from across the disciplines.
Unless otherwise specified, all Colloquia are at 3:15 pm in Fillmore 170.
All are welcome to join and attend. See the schedule below for further details.
Date |
Name and Organization |
Title/Interests |
Faculty Host |
Sept. 22 |
Dr. Sarah Elwood*, Department of Geography, University of Washington |
“OutsideIn: Visualizing Poverty Politics & Homelessness” |
Dr. Monica Stephens & NCGIA |
Oct. 20 |
Dr. Richard Primack, Department of Biology, Boston University |
Impact of climate change on the plants and animals of Thoreau’s Concord |
Dr. Adam Wilson |
Oct. 27 |
Dr. Paul Torrens*, Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Center for Urban Science + Progress, New York University |
Geosimulation for Small Geographies |
Dr. Jared Aldstadt & NCGIA |
Nov. 3 |
Dr. Nik Heynen, Department of Geography, University of Georgia |
Abolitionist Commons, Abolition Ecology and the Racialized Politics of Property |
Dr. Marion Werner |
Dec. 1 |
Dr. David Wilson, Department of Geography, University of Illinois |
Poverty and Isolation in America's Cities: Seven Explanations |
Dr. Sara Metcalf |
Dec. 8 |
Mini-Symposium** Dr. Julie Guthman, University of California-Santa Cruz, and
Dr. Becky Mansfield, Department of Geography, Ohio State University |
Becoming a Pathogen: On the Topology of Soil Disease in California’s Strawberry Industry
Chemical exposure: at the intersection of postgenomics, |
GGSA
Dr. Trina Hamilton |
*Co-Sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
**actual times may vary