Graduate Students
Below is a directory of current graduate students in the Geography Department.
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Mary Biggs B.A., Bryn Mawr College mbiggs22@live.unc.edu Political ecology, cultural landscapes, memory, U.S. South |
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Rajesh Bista B. S., Tribhuvan Univ., Nepal; M.A., Purbanchal Univ., Nepal raaj@live.unc.edu Human-Environment Interactions, Land Use Land Cover Change, Geospatial Analysis, Community Based Climate Change Adaptation |
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Kate Brandt BA, Rutgers Univ.-New Brunswick, BS, Rutgers Univ.-New Brunswick kebrandt@live.unc.edu health geography, energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, human-environmental relationships, community based research |
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Amy Braun B.S., M.A., University of Notre Dame ambraun@live.unc.edu Political economy, commons, peace and conflict studies, social theory |
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KD Brown B.S Univ. of Georgia, MPH Univ. of North Carolina brownkat@live.unc.edu Environmental racism, political ecology, social justice, STS, public health, queer ecology, and the necropolitics of discard |
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Julia Cardwell B.A, Davidson College jmcard@email.unc.edu Social vulnerability, extreme weather, climate change, land-use planning, GIS |
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Jordan Clark B.A., UNC-Chapel Hill jordan.clark@unc.edu Climatology, meteorology, GIS, health geography |
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Deanna K. Corin B.A. Feminist Studies, UC Santa Cruz Dea8@live.unc.edu Feminist political geography, health geography, political ecology, wildfires |
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Montana A. Eck B.A., UNC at Asheville. M.A., Appalachian State University maeck@live.unc.edu Climatology, Extreme Weather, Meteorology, Natural Hazards, Appalachian Mountains |
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Annie Elledge B.A., The University of Texas at Austin annieme@email.unc.edu Feminist geography, political geography, gender, care, labor, development |
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Sherah Faulkner B.A., Agnes Scott College, M.A., Georgia State University sherah@live.unc.edu Feminist geography, social theory, the US South. |
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Sophia Graybill B.A., M.Sc. Clark University Sophia.graybill@unc.edu Climate displacement, human-environment interactions, GIS, livelihoods, community-based research. |
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Varun Goel B.A, M.S, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign varung@live.unc.edu Health Geography/ Disease Ecology, Spatial Epidemiology, GIS, Landscape genetics, Spatial Statistics. |
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Angélica María Gómez B.S. Universidad de Antioquia, B.S. Institución Universitaria de Envigado, M.S. Universidad de Antioquia amgomez@live.unc.edu Tropical hydrology; Remote sensing; Ecohydrological Modeling. |
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Pallavi Gupta M.A., Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and BSL LLB , Indian Law Society’s (ILS) Law College, Pune pallavigupta@unc.edu Human geography, Feminist Geography, Gender, and Law. |
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Adrienne Hall B.S., University of Southern California; MPH, San Francisco State University adriennh@live.unc.edu Critical public health, Black Geographies, digital humanities |
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Michael Hawkins BA at University of Arizona hawkins4@live.unc.edu Cultural and human geography, military bases, Philippines |
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Lily Herbert B.A., UNC-Chapel Hill lherbert@live.unc.edu Feminist geography, geographies of religion, Middle East. |
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Manuel Hernandez B.S., M.S. – Texas A&M University mhernan@live.unc.edu Climate modeling, large-scale climate dynamics, water resources, climate variability, paleoclimate, monsoons |
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Doug Hopping B.A. Brandeis University doughopp@live.unc.edu Demography, Population-Environment Interactions, Migration |
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Carl Jurkowski B.S., California University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Idaho State University carljurk@ad.unc.edu Dendroclimatology, paleoclimate, water resources, historical climatology |
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Francisco Laso B.A., Columbia Univ. M.Sc., Univ.of Montpellier II, Univ. of Groningen laso@live.unc.edu Agroecosystems, complex adaptive systems, conservation, ecology, evolution, human-environment interactions, Galapagos, Ecuador. |
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Lara Lookabaugh BA,Univ. of Florida,MLIS, Florida State Univ.,MA, Univ. of Florida lwl@live.unc.edu Political ecology, gender and climate change, post-development, feminist methodologies, environmental justice, Mexico, Guatemala. |
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Andreina Malki B.A., Furman University; M.A., UNC-Chapel Hill amalki@email.unc.edu Legal geography, territory, sovereignty, corporate power, Latin America |
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Devon Maloney BS, University of St Andrews dvm@ad.unc.edu Remote sensing, GIS, arid environments, agriculture and food systems |
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Caitilin McMillan BA,Queen’s University;MSc,University of Oxford, UK caitilin@live.unc.edu Indigenous peoples, refugees, belonging, contested space, peacebuilding, conflict resolution |
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Ingrid Diaz Moreno BA, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana;MA, Universidad Nacional de Colombia ingrida@live.unc.edu Political ecology, development studies, gender, labor, Latin America |
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Trey Murphy B.S., M.S., Texas A&M University murphyt@unc.edu Energy geography, fracking, political-economy/ecology, hydrocarbon governance, Texas |
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Andrew Murray B.A., M.A., Univ. Of Cincinnati armurray@live.unc.edu Surface/Groundwater Hydrology,Geocomputation,Data Visualization |
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Christopher Neubert B.A., Grinnell College neubertc@live.unc.edu Cultural geography, social theory, biopower, spaces of resistance, postcolonial feminism, Sri Lanka |
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Mark Ortiz B.A., The University of Alabama marcoso@live.unc.edu Political Ecology, Climate Politics, Environmental Humanities, Critical development studies |
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Michelle Padley B.A., Trinity University mpadley@live.unc.edu Feminist Geography, Political Geography, Legal Geography, Urban Neoliberalisms. |
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Rebecca Patterson-Markowitz B.A., M.A., University of Arizona beckypm@live.unc.edu Feminist geographies, ontologies of the body, trauma, geographies of healing, the ethics and politics of care. |
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Nick Scheffer B.A., New College of Florida nscheff@live.unc.edu Land degradation, food security, Haiti, political ecology, science and technology studies . |
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Karly Schmidt-Simard B.S., M.S. Indiana University schmidkr@live.unc.edu Dendroclimatology, hydroclimate, water resources, paleoclimate, stable isotopes |
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Carlos Serrano B.A., Florida International University car24@live.unc.edu Social/labor movements, critical social theory, Latin America, political geography, participatory action research |
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Cyrus Sinai B.A. University of California, Los Angeles sinai@unc.edu Health geography; spatial epidemiology; infectious diseases; energy poverty and health in sub-Saharan Africa; disease surveillance in remote, resource-limited settings. |
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Rachel L. Woodul B.A., UNC-Chapel Hill rachel.woodul@unc.edu Health geography, GIS, climate-health vulnerability, infectious disease, hazardous extremes |