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Geography Graduate Group Alumni

The Geography Graduate Group Alumni Links

Fullname Degree Year Graduated Summary Academic Interest Dissertation Title
Thomas R. Aguilar Master's

International migration, commodification of migration, economic development, transnationalism, and remittances.

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.

Craig Beebe Master's

Urban and regional planning, land use and preservation, and alternative/sustainable transportation planning

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

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.

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.

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.

Daniel Fink Master's

Regional travel/transportation planning and tourism

Matthew C. Galland Ph.D.
Gerardo C. Gambirazzio Ph.D.

MA Urban Planning -UCLA

Interests: History, political ecology and institutional governance of
the Sacramento Delta Region.

Susan Garbini Ph.D.

Investigation of the potential for transition to ecosystem-based, wildlife- and habitat-friendly agricultural practices in Yolo County

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"

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.

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.

Patrick R. Huber Ph.D.

Conservation planning, landscape analysis.

Michael J. Hunter Master's
Steven Jennings Ph.D.
Keir E. Keightley Ph.D.

Ag/urban interactions, statistics.

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

Laura Lewis Ph.D.
Hsiu-Chin Lin Master's
Elizabeth A. Long Ph.D.
Robert Lusardi Master's

Watershed Science, Stream Ecology

Jason F. MacCannell Ph.D.
Virginia Mahacek Master's
David W. Manahan Ph.D.

Geography education, environmental issues, media, social problems.
Pacific Basin Employment: Lecturer, Environmental Studies, Sac State.

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.

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

Nina Noujdina Master's
Sarah E. Null Ph.D.

Water resources, natural resource geography.

Susan Olivia Ph.D.

Development Economics, Spatial Econometrics and Geographic Information Systems. Regional focus: China and Indonesia.

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,

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.

Rhea Presiado Ph.D.
Jonathan Price Ph.D.
Amber K. Reilly Master's

Landscape Design Architecture

Kristin A. Reynolds Ph.D.

Agriculture and social change, urban agriculture, urban-rural connections, action research.

Kurt R. Richter Ph.D.

Agricultural Economic Geography, Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and California County Policy.

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.

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.

Garrett Smith Ph.D.
Jason Snyder Ph.D.
Robyn Suddeth Master's

Water Resource Management and Stream Restoration

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.

Mihaela Tomuta Master's

Urban Geography, History of cities, GIS, Sustainable Development

Rebecca Torres Ph.D.
David Waetjen Ph.D.

Information Technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Karla Wesley Ph.D.

(2004) Ph.D. The Political Ecology of Pacaya Samiria National Reserve

Melissa R. L. Whitaker Master's

Impacts of regional climate change on species ranges; Lepidoptera; habitat fragmentation; biogeography and global change

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

Jason Wood Ph.D.
Wendy D. Wood Master's
Megan T. Wyman Ph.D.

Vocal communication and sexual selection in North American bison.

Alex Young Master's
Cherry Vee Zamora Master's

Water resources and environmental geography.