From Jason Dittmer (Sept 18 – first Colloquium Speaker) Critical (krit-i-kuh l), adj.: 1) An orientation towards knowledge production that calls into question foundational assumptions of how the world works. 2) A term used by social scientists to distinguish people … Read more

Sara Smith and Mabel Gergan. 2015. The diaspora within: Himalayan youth, education-driven migration, and future aspirations in India. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 33: 119-135.

Hamilton SE, Lovette J (2015) Ecuador’s Mangrove Forest Carbon Stocks: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Living Carbon Holdings and Their Depletion since the Advent of Commercial Aquaculture. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0118880. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118880

Dannenberg, M. P., C. Song, T. Hwang, and E. K. Wise (2015) Empirical evidence of El Nino—Southern Oscillation influence on land surface phenology and productivity in the western United States, Remote Sensing of Environment 159, 167-180.

Chris Neubert has been awarded the prestigious NSF GRFP fellowship. Chris has also received FLAS funding to study Tamil over the summer.

Our very own Stevie Larson’s on the front page of today’s Daily Tar Heel! http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/03/students-explore-asian-american-identities Stevie spoke on a panel about Asian-American identities, immigration and race in the U.S. for Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.

Dr. Persha gave a talk last week at the 2015 World Bank Land and Poverty conference, presenting baseline results on an ongoing study of linkages between land tenure security and smallholder investment in climate-smart agriculture in Zambia.  The study is … Read more

Darius Scott has been selected as an awardee in the Ford Foundation 2015 Predoctoral Fellowship Competition.

Matt Dannenberg just received an AAG Dissertation Research Grant, which consists of a certificate and cash prize of $1,000. More information about AAG Dissertation Research Grant.