Graduate student Wright published paper entitled “Memorial for Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2016”
April 3, 2017
Wright, W. J. (2017) Memorial for Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2016. Southeastern Geographer, 57, 1-3.
Category: Graduate Student
Graduate student Angelica Gomez was selected to receive a grant from the Faculty for the Future Fellowship Program
April 3, 2017
Graduate student Angelica Gomez was selected to receive a grant from the Faculty for the Future Fellowship Program (FFFP). Sponsored by Schlumberger Foundation, this program funds women from developing countries and emergent economies to prepare for Ph.D. or post-doctoral studies … Read more
Graduate student Sertanya Reddy has been selected to receive the Cornelius O. Cathey Award from the Chancellor
March 22, 2017
Cornelius O. Cathey Award This award was established in 1987 in memory of Cornelius O. Cathey, professor of history from 1947-1974 and dean of student affairs from 1963 to 1972. It is given annually to the student who has made … Read more
Graduate student Call and Dr. Gray publish paper entitled “Socio-environmental drivers of forest change in rural Uganda”
February 1, 2017
Call, M., T. Mayer, S. Sellers, D. Ebanks, M. Bertalan, E. Nebie & C. Gray (2017) Socio-environmental drivers of forest change in rural Uganda. Land Use Policy, 62, 49-58.
Graduate student Maxwell publishes paper entitled “The Back Swamp drainage project, Robeson County, North Carolina: Biopolitical intervention in the lives of Indian farmers”
February 1, 2017
Maxwell, W. (2017) The Back Swamp drainage project, Robeson County, North Carolina: Biopolitical intervention in the lives of Indian farmers. Water History, 1-20.
Graduate student Priscilla will receive the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
January 23, 2017
Graduate student Priscilla will receive the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by Graduate Teaching Assistants- http://www.unc.edu/campus-updates/twenty-four-earn-2017-university-teaching-awards-carolina/. Priscilla will be recognized during halftime of the men’s basketball game against Pittsburgh on Jan. 31.
Geography graduate student Angus Lyall has been offered the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship and the NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI)
January 6, 2017
Geography graduate student Angus Lyall has been offered the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI). Angus’ dissertation project explores the contentious negotiations between indigenous groups and the Ecuadorian state … Read more
Geography graduate student Trey Murphy won second place in the recent Innovative Use of GIS competition
December 9, 2016
Innovative Use of GIS competition is sponsored by the Department of Geography, GIS Graduate Certificate Program and the Davis Library Research Hub every other year. In the recent competition, Geography graduate student Trey Murphy won second place with his research … Read more
Dr. Olson and Graduate student Reddy publish a book chapter entitled “Geographies of Youth Religiosity and Spirituality”
December 1, 2016
Olson, E. & S. Reddy. 2016. Geographies of Youth Religiosity and Spirituality. In Establishing Geographies of Children and Young People. Springer.
Graduate Student Amy Braun awarded Dissertation Fellowship
November 29, 2016
Geography graduate student Amy Braun has been awarded the UNC Graduate School Off Campus Dissertation Research Fellowship for spring 2017. Amy’s project examines how the growth of the marine biotechnology sector, and algal biofuels in particular, contributes to producing sustainable … Read more