Geography Graduate Group Alumni
The Geography Graduate Group Alumni Links
| Fullname | Degree | Year Graduated | Summary Academic Interest | Dissertation Title |
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| Thomas R. Aguilar | Master's |
International migration, commodification of migration, economic development, transnationalism, and remittances. |
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| Clark L. Anderson | Master's | |||
| Timothy S. Andrews | Master's | |||
| John Aubert | Master's | |||
| Andrew Bach | Master's | |||
| Karen Beardsley | Ph.D. |
Geographic Information Systems and spatial technology for decision support, urban modeling, and wildlife conservation. |
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| Craig Beebe | Master's |
Urban and regional planning, land use and preservation, and alternative/sustainable transportation planning |
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| Caru Bowns | Ph.D. | |||
| Teresa L. Bulman | Ph.D. | |||
| Michael Byrne | Master's | |||
| Frankie C. Carey | Master's | |||
| Thomas Carlson | Ph.D. | |||
| Kimberlee J. Chambers | Ph.D. |
Sustainable agriculture |
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| Shauna K. Cozad | Master's | |||
| Stephen F. Cunha | Ph.D. | |||
| George Daugavietis | Ph.D. | |||
| Fabrice De Clerck | Ph.D. | |||
| Teresa Dillinger | Ph.D. | |||
| D'Arcy Dornan | Ph.D. |
My work concerns the influence of geographic factors on the sustainable planning, development and management of tourism in places around the world. |
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| Garrett S. Duncan | Ph.D. |
Human dynamics of natural resources, recreation and public lands, visitor behavior for wilderness management, assessing public opinions of forest thinning and prescribed burning. Regional focus: California, Lake Tahoe Basin/Sierra Nevada. |
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| Stacey C. Ellis | Master's | |||
| Robert Fernau | Ph.D. | |||
| Molly A. Ferrell | Master's | |||
| Lisa E. Fields | Master's | |||
| Trina R. Filan | Ph.D. |
Sustainable and alternative agricultures; local knowledge; gender and agriculture; agriculture as a tool of restoration and empowerment. |
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| Daniel Fink | Master's |
Regional travel/transportation planning and tourism |
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| Matthew C. Galland | Ph.D. | |||
| Gerardo C. Gambirazzio | Ph.D. |
MA Urban Planning -UCLA Interests: History, political ecology and institutional governance of |
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| Susan Garbini | Ph.D. |
Investigation of the potential for transition to ecosystem-based, wildlife- and habitat-friendly agricultural practices in Yolo County |
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| Tometi K. Gbedema | Ph.D. |
"The Door of No Return – Role of Heritage Tourism in Local (West African) Communities: The Cases of Elmina and Keta in Ghana" |
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| Kemal A. Ger | Ph.D. | |||
| Bruce Gervais | Master's | |||
| Elena Givental | Ph.D. | |||
| Don Hankins | Ph.D. | |||
| Margaret M. Hauselt | Ph.D. |
Topics of interest: Environment-Agriculture Interactions, Geospatial/GIS Techniques, Environmental Modeling, Plant Biogeography, Historical Land Use. |
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| Rene E. Henery | Ph.D. | |||
| Erin L. Hestir | Ph.D. |
Pacific coastal and island biogeography. geomorphology, and "biogeomorphology." The interaction between coastal and aquatic vegetation and geomorphic processes. |
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| Patrick R. Huber | Ph.D. |
Conservation planning, landscape analysis. |
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| Michael J. Hunter | Master's | |||
| Steven Jennings | Ph.D. | |||
| Keir E. Keightley | Ph.D. |
Ag/urban interactions, statistics. |
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| Christopher Keithley | Ph.D. | |||
| Laura Kindsvater | Ph.D. | |||
| Jennifer Kopp | Ph.D. | |||
| Thomas S. Krabacher | Ph.D. | |||
| Raymond Lacey | Master's | |||
| Margareta A. Lelea | Ph.D. |
Feminist geography, critical development studies, post-socialist transformations, transnational feminist movements, border studies and migration |
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| Laura Lewis | Ph.D. | |||
| Hsiu-Chin Lin | Master's | |||
| Elizabeth A. Long | Ph.D. | |||
| Robert Lusardi | Master's |
Watershed Science, Stream Ecology |
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| Jason F. MacCannell | Ph.D. | |||
| Virginia Mahacek | Master's | |||
| David W. Manahan | Ph.D. |
Geography education, environmental issues, media, social problems. |
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| Galen R. Martin | Ph.D. | |||
| Ghada A. Masri | Ph.D. | |||
| Michael C. McGrann | Ph.D. |
Biogeography, predicting wildlife occurrence with wildlife-habitat relationships. Wildlife conservation. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail for ecological/geographic research. |
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| Dianne Meredith | Ph.D. | |||
| Leah Miller | Master's | |||
| Benita J. Moolman | Ph.D. | |||
| Ezra C. Neale | Master's | |||
| Alyssa A. Nelson | Ph.D. |
Community Murals, Art and Geography, Participatory Geographies, Place-Based Education, Critical Pedagogy, Human-Environment Interrelationships, Sense of Place and Identity, Youth Development, Applied/Action Research |
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| Nina Noujdina | Master's | |||
| Sarah E. Null | Ph.D. |
Water resources, natural resource geography. |
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| Susan Olivia | Ph.D. |
Development Economics, Spatial Econometrics and Geographic Information Systems. Regional focus: China and Indonesia. |
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| Christian G. Ostrosky | Master's |
Political ecology, development theory, conservation of natural resources, rural geography, geographic information systems. Regional focus: Latin America, Gran Chaco, Argentina, |
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| Christina L. Owens | Master's | |||
| Sean A. Parks | Master's | |||
| Adriana E. Parra | Ph.D. | |||
| Ann M. Peterson | Master's | |||
| Angel Pita-Duque | Ph.D. |
Human geography of agriculture with emphasis on the relationship between economic change and crop diversity in Mexico. |
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| Rhea Presiado | Ph.D. | |||
| Jonathan Price | Ph.D. | |||
| Amber K. Reilly | Master's |
Landscape Design Architecture |
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| Kristin A. Reynolds | Ph.D. |
Agriculture and social change, urban agriculture, urban-rural connections, action research. |
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| Kurt R. Richter | Ph.D. |
Agricultural Economic Geography, Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and California County Policy. |
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| Curtis J. Robinson | Ph.D. | |||
| Courtney J. Route | Master's | |||
| Evan E. Schmidt | Master's | |||
| Innisfree L. Seyman | Master's | |||
| Debra A. Sharkey | Master's |
Professor of Geography, Geosciences Department, Cosumnes River College. |
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| Gregory B. C. Shaw | Ph.D. |
Architectural tourism and its effects on urban design. Wine tourism. Parks, brownfields and urban renewal for recreation/tourism purposes. |
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| Garrett Smith | Ph.D. | |||
| Jason Snyder | Ph.D. | |||
| Robyn Suddeth | Master's |
Water Resource Management and Stream Restoration |
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| Sagako Sugiura | Ph.D. | |||
| Peter W. Tittmann | Ph.D. |
Fire, forest management, bio-energy and bio-fuels, network modeling, remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), regional geography. |
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| Mihaela Tomuta | Master's |
Urban Geography, History of cities, GIS, Sustainable Development |
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| Rebecca Torres | Ph.D. | |||
| David Waetjen | Ph.D. |
Information Technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) |
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| Karla Wesley | Ph.D. |
(2004) Ph.D. The Political Ecology of Pacaya Samiria National Reserve |
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| Melissa R. L. Whitaker | Master's |
Impacts of regional climate change on species ranges; Lepidoptera; habitat fragmentation; biogeography and global change |
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| Forrest D. Wilkerson | Master's | |||
| Eric Winford | Master's |
Natural resource management - especially forest management in the Sierra Nevada; ecosystem-services; adaptation and mitigation of climate change; bio-energy development; the rural economy |
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| Jason Wood | Ph.D. | |||
| Wendy D. Wood | Master's | |||
| Megan T. Wyman | Ph.D. |
Vocal communication and sexual selection in North American bison. |
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| Alex Young | Master's | |||
| Cherry Vee Zamora | Master's |
Water resources and environmental geography. |

