Sarah Schmitt was selected to the inaugural class of Kenan Graduate Fellows in the College of Arts and Sciences. This is a newly established recognition across the college for graduate students who “have distinguished themselves as outstanding researchers and teachers” while at UNC. … Read more
Sertanya Reddy was awarded a Dean’s Graduate Fellowship for 2018-2019. The fellowship, awarded by the College of Arts & Sciences, supports excellence in scholarship. Sertanya’s research explores the experiences of underrepresented students who receive support to travel overseas and engage … Read more
Mark Ortiz has been named a Graduate Public Scholar by the Humanities for the Public Good Initiative with the office of Fine Arts and Humanities. Mark is a member of the first cohort of students across the College of Arts … Read more
Mark Ortiz is one of eight graduate students in the inaugural group of Druscilla French Fellows. Mark’s work focuses on youth involvement in climate policy and is generating new intellectual and applied spaces for considering the moral, ethical, and material … Read more
Walsh, S. J., Mena, Carlos F. 2018. Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands. Springer. ISSN 2195-1055 The Galapagos Islands are a “living laboratory” for the study of evolution, environmental change, and conflicts between nature and society. Free of human predators … Read more
Scott, D. (2017) Oral history and emplacement in ‘nowhere at all:’the role of personal and family narratives in rural black community-building. Social & Cultural Geography, 1-20.
Dannenberg, M. P. & E. K. Wise (2017) Shifting Pacific storm tracks as stressors to ecosystems of western North America. Global change biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13748
Dr. Arce Nazario reveals that Puerto Rico’s oral history is even more important after hurricane. http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2018/01/environmental-justice-0125
Graduate student Amy Braun was selected for the spring 2018 Future Faculty Fellowship Program at the UNC Center for Faculty Excellence. https://cfe.unc.edu/teaching-and-learning/teaching-as-a-graduate-student/future-faculty-fellowship-program-2/.
Dr. Michael Jerrett will be giving the Eyre Distinguished Lecture on Friday January 19th at 3:30pm in the Toy Lounge in Dey Hall. Dr. Jerrett is one of the most highly cited geographers in the world, and he focuses on … Read more
