Colloquium: Fridays from 3:35-5 pm in 220 Carolina Hall.

Dr. Tom Perrault (Geography, Syracuse University) and Dr. Manuel Prieto (Instituto de Arquelogía y Anthropología, San Pedro de Atacama, Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile) who will lead a conversation on bridging transnational scholarship and broadening conceptual tools in nature-society scholarship.  

Dr. Faith Kearns (California Institute for Water Resources), who will share her work on communicating science and increasing the relational capacity of the science community, drawing on her work on water issues and environmental change.

Dr. Jason Delbourne of NC State will be coming to talk with us about his work on genetic engineering, scientific innovation and society, including his recent experience as part of a 15 person National Academy of Sciences that produced a report on the science and policy of 'gene drives'. For an overview and interview with Jason, see: https://news.ncsu.edu/2016/06/delborne-genedrive-qa/

Dr. Anthony Bebbington (Clark University) and Scott Sellwood (OXFAM-America) will use our regular colloquium time (3:35-5pm) to lead a panel with Dr. Arturo Escobar and Dr. Betsy Olson on research and advocacy titled: “NGOs and scholars conversing: Geography, advocacy, and pathways to environmental justice.” As part of this visit, on Friday January 27 we will have a workshop at 10am and a graduate student lunch at 12:30pm.

Introduction by Andrew Curley http://politicalecology.web.unc.edu/  

Dr. Baka will be examining how local and non-local stakeholders impact nationwide hydraulic fracturing (fracking) regulations on U.S. federal and Indigenous lands.

Dr. Jennifer Baka of Pennsylvania State University will be examining how local and non-local stakeholders impact nationwide hydraulic fracturing (fracking) regulations on U.S. federal and Indigenous lands. Her talk title is "Making science: How stakeholder coalitions frame scientific claims to influence federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands in the United States"

Pavithra Vasudevan, Willie Wright, Charles Scaife, and Sarah Schmitt will present their research.

Xochitl Leyva has been living and working in Chiapas for over thirty years and is an active member of collectives and networks for local and global justice. In this talk, she will discuss the contemporary Mexican crisis, the electoral conjuncture, and the ways in which indigenous struggles against patriarchy, capitalism, and development are interwoven in one of the most creative political strategies in the continent at present. Abstract The National Indigenous Congress and the Zapatista Army of National Liberation have recently…

Robert Haswell was a Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Natal: Pietermaritzburg between 1974 and 1989, before entering Parliament in South Africa first as a member of the Democratic Party and then as an African National Congress Member of Parliament (1989-1994). Between 1996 and 2010 he serves as the Municipal Manager and Senior Executive Manager of the Msunduzi Municipality and since 2016 is a Board member of the Umgungundlovu Economic Development Agency. As a geographer and as a…

Dr. Daniel Exeter Using Big Data to understand the geography of health and deprivation in New Zealand Dr Daniel Exeter, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland Abstract There has been a considerable amount of research into socio-demographic patterns of health outcomes in New Zealand using record linkage of key routine health databases (e.g. primary care enrolments, hospitalisations, medication dispensing). These administrative data capture patient journeys through the publically-funded health system in New Zealand used by the majority of…

Robert McDonald (TNC) Colloquium Title - Conservation for Cities Flyer download Abstract Homo sapiens are now primarily an urban species. By 2050, the world’s urban population will swell by almost 3 billion. All this growth will require new infrastructure, as will the challenge of adapting cities to climate change. Ecologists, urban planners, economists, and landscape architects are increasingly asked to consider the role that green infrastructure - the natural habitat, inside or outside the city’s walls that supplies crucial benefits to…

Amber Pearson (Mich State U) Link to CV. Link to flyer TITLE Quantifying the health benefits of nature in cities   ABSTRACT The last decade has seen mounting evidence to suggest that the presence of natural environments in urban neighborhoods is associated with health benefits. Most of these studies assume that living near a green (eg park) or blue (eg ocean) space renders benefits - including behaviors such as increased physical activity and outcomes including lower blood pressure and improved…

Heather Randell (SYSYNC) Link to CV   TITLE: The impact of climate change on educational attainment: Evidence from the global tropics   ABSTRACT: Investments in education serve as an important pathway out of poverty, yet reduced agricultural productivity due to droughts or temperature shocks may affect educational attainment if children receive poorer nutrition during early childhood, are required to participate in household income generation during schooling ages, or if households can no longer pay for school-related expenses. In order to understand…

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, high-resolution measures of temporally-matched location and behavior data through Global Positioning Systems (GPS), accelerometry, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). These advances allow the investigation of ‘spatial energetics,’ high spatio-temporal resolution data on location and time-matched physical activity, inactivity, and nutrition…

Eric Delmelle (UNC-Charlotte)

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 for assessing the impacts of big hydropower dams and large-scale industrial tree plantations. However, the cross-sectoral and cumulative effects of such projects have not been sufficiently addressed. Where cumulative impacts have been considered, studies typically focus on a single sector,…

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 and spatially-varying connections among physical, social, and built environment systems that produce adverse impacts.  Major focus areas in flood research include risk, vulnerability, and the emerging field of disaster resilience.  This presentation profiles the application of geospatial modeling in these…

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 conscious residents who promote a sense of community as a tool for confronting social and environmental degradation.  Through establishing a green lifestyle with architecture that can decrease ecological footprints and reduce social isolation, these communities propose structural, cultural change in…

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 you wish to present (3-5 minutes + a few photos), please reply to this email by end of day Sept 5th.   Friday,  September 7th, 2018 at 3:35 Light refreshments Carolina Hall 220 All welcome

Dr. Tyrell Haberkorn, Asian Cultures and Languages, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dr. Lisa Campbell, Rachel Carson Professor of Marine Affairs and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

Dr. Diego Riveros-Iregui, Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Professor of Geography, Interim Co-Director of UNC Center for Galapagos Studies, will give a talk on Geography Colloquium Series on Friday, September 9, 2022 during 3:30-5:00pm. Title: A Research Update from the Carbonshed Lab Abstract: In this seminar, I will offer examples of ecohydrological observations conducted in the Carbonshed Lab across different ecosystems and climates, emphasizing the role of the physical template of landscapes in mediating watershed dynamics. I argue that new…

Dr. Willie Wright, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Abstract: Third Ward, one of the oldest African American neighborhoods in Houston, Texas, is known for its residential demography, its political noncompliance, and its culture of arts. A onetime muse for John Biggers, and the home of Project Row Houses, Third Ward has become a hub for Black artists. In this talk, I highlight the politicized aesthetic praxis of the artist collective, Otabenga Jones & Associates. Informed by their…

3:30-3:35 pm: Event Introduction Ana Zurita Posas and Luke Francis will introduce colloquium and the Geography Undergraduate Advisory Committee (GUAC) Will also explain to the audience the structure of the event 1. Office of Undergraduate Research 2. Undergraduates, 3. Professors, 4. Q&A Panel! 3:35-3:40 pm: Introduction to Research Rachael Fisher, an Undergraduate Ambassador at the Office of Undergraduate Research, will broadly explain how to get involved with research, what does research look like, and the benefits of undergraduate research 3:40-4:00…

Geography Colloquium: Landscape Genetics of Infectious Diseases: Influenza Etiology and Malaria Vaccine Evaluation Studies

Geography Colloquium: Racial Capitalism, Black Radicalism, and Dual Power: A South African Genealogy of Contemporary Struggles

Sopheak Chann (Michigan State, co-sponsored with Carolina Asia Center)

Shaowen Wang (UIUC, co-sponsed with School of Data Science & Society)

Angel Xu (UNC Public Policy)