Aaron Hipp (NCSU) Link to CV. Title: Spatial Energetics To address current obesity and inactivity epidemics, researchers have attempted to identify spatial factors that influence health behaviors. Technological and methodological developments have led to a revolutionary ability to examine dynamic, … Read more
Eric Delmelle (UNC-Charlotte)
Jaskiran Dhillon (The New School) Title: Reflections on Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention Abstract: Jaskiran Dhillon’s new book Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention (University of Toronto Press, 2017) offers … Read more
Ian Baird (UW-Madison) Title: The Political Ecology of Cross-Sectoral Cumulative Impacts: Modern Landscapes, Large Hydropower Dams and Industrial Tree Plantations in Laos and Cambodia Abstract: Environmental and social impact assessment is now a widely accepted tool in the Mekong Region … Read more
Dr. Eric Tate, U. of Iowa Title: "Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience to Floods" Abstract: Flood disasters are the most frequent and deadliest among natural hazards. Designing and implementing sustainable solutions is somewhat of a wicked problem, due to the dynamic … Read more
Dr. Ryan Emanuel, NC State University
Dr. Tendai Chitewere, San Francisco State University (Click link for CV.) Green Lifestyles and Consumption-based Environmentalism: critical lessons from an ecovillage A growing number of ecological cohousing communities, ecovillages, are attempting to model sustainable ways to live. These efforts concentrate environmentally … Read more
Graduate Student Colloquium: Mental Health First Aid Training
Department of Geography Colloquium Series: "I know what you did last summer" Come learn about your favorite geographers’ summer adventures. Geography undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty will share photos and stories of their research, travel, and fun times. If … Read more
