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UNC Geographers Take On Diversity: Stevie Larson

June 29, 2016

What is diversity? Why must we, as geographers, be concerned with how our work addresses power disparities and social differences? Stevie Larson, PhD, studies race and decolonization, histories of organizing, and governance in relation to transnational Asian adoptees and Asian America more generally. In the profile below, as in his research, Stevie engages with the difficult questions that underlie conversations on diversity: why are people value…

2016 News

June 15, 2016

Dr. Lentz works with the National Humanities Center and National University of Vietnam to develop teaching materials on Vietnam’s history and geography December 20, 2016 Gökarıksel received Chapman Family Teaching Award December 14, 2016 Geography graduate student Trey Murphy won second place in the recent Innovative Use of GIS competition December 9, 2016 Dr. Birdsall delivers annual Eyre lecture, Department celebrates his 50 years of service to…

Graduate student Mark Ortiz recently traveled to Houston, Texas to attend the Climate Reality Project’s Leadership Corps Training

August 24, 2016

Graduate student Mark Ortiz recently traveled to Houston, Texas to attend the Climate Reality Project’s Leadership Corps Training. The Climate Reality Project was founded in 2006 by Nobel Laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore to take the climate change conversation forward after the release of his Academy-Award winning film An Inconvenient Truth. Mark – and over 600 other Climate Reality Leaders from 50 countries – learned about the sta…

2015 News

June 15, 2016

New research about indigenous livelihoods in the Ecuadorian Amazon December 18, 2015 Erika Wise will be a member of the AAG’s delegation to the UNFCCC COP21 in Paris November 30, 2015 Geography faculty member Dr. Ashley Ward uses high tech computing labs to teach her medical geography class. November 20, 2015 Geography minor Andrea Stewart won third place in GIS day map competition November 20, 2015 Geography major Taylor Nelsen won first place i…

2016 Publications

June 15, 2016

Baars, G., J. Bair, L. Campling, D. Danielson, D. Davis, K. Eller, D. Farkas, T. Ferrando, J. Jackson, D. Hansen-Miller, E. Havice, C. Mumme, J. Ovadia, D. Quentin, B. Roders, J. Salminen, A. Santos, B. Selwyn, L. White (2016) Recognizing the constitutive role of law in global value chains: A research manifesto. London Review of International Law, 4. Barrientos, S., G. Gereffi & J. Pickles. 2016. New dynamics of upgrading in global value chains: …