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GGG PhD Candidates Ryan Miller and Mitchell Snyder were recently interviewed by NPR's national desk about their experience researching wildfire recovery, which focuses primarily on the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County, California.

GGG PhD Candidates Ryan Miller and Mitchell Snyder were recently interviewed by NPR's national desk about their experience researching wildfire recovery, which focuses primarily on the 2018 Camp Fire in Butte County, California.

 

PhD Students Receive Awards at the 2023 APCG Conference

PhD student, Chevon Holmes, received two awards at the APCG conference in October. The first award was the Students of African Descent and the second award was the Women's Network award.   Both awards are competitive travel grants to support students that present during the conference.  

PhD candidate, Mitchell Snyder, received the Tom McKnight and Joan Clemens award for Outstanding Graduate Paper for his paper titled: "The Missing Middle of Disaster Displacement: Migration, Place Attachment and Satisfaction following the 2018 Camp Fire."

 

PhD Alumna, Dr. Sasha Pesci, begins new career as an Assistant Professor at Hofstra University

Dr. Sasha Pesci recently started her new position as an Assistant Professor of Sustainability, focused on eco-agriculture and sustainable food systems at Hofstra University.

Also, the first chapter of her dissertation titled, "A digital divide in direct market farmers’ online sales and marketing: Early pandemic evidence from California." was just published in the Journal of Rural Studies. (link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103038)

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Emma Forester (GGG PhD student) is a participant in the AGU's 2023 Voices for Science cohort

The AGU would like to recognize the outstanding work of Emma Forester (GGG PhD student) as a participant in our 2023 Voices for Science cohort. The AGU Voices for Science program was launched in 2018 to equip scientists with valuable communications and outreach skills, enabling them to engage with a variety of audiences, from legislators to the public. We are thrilled to have Emma join our community of over 180 past and present Voices for Science fellows. 

 

GGG PhD Alum, Dr. Alfonso Aranda was promoted from a Gerardo Marín Postdoctoral Fellow to Assistant Professor (for the ’23-24 AY with potential renewal) in the Department of Environmental Studies at University of San Francisco

Dr. Alfonso Aranda was promoted from a Gerardo Marín Postdoctoral Fellow to Assistant Professor (for the ’23-24 AY with potential renewal) in the Department of Environmental Studies at University of San Francisco. Dr. Aranda is scheduled to teach undergraduate courses on food systems, nature and society, and environmental health while publishing dissertation material and exploring new research opportunities in the Central Valley. 

 

Gwyneth Manser, PhD Candidate, to begin WSU post-doc position in fall

In September 2023 Gwyneth M. Manser will be starting a position as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Washington State University. The position will focus on farmer decision making and environmental impacts of California strawberry production.

Indu Roychowdhury is the recipient of a 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award

Congratulations to Indu Roychowdhury for winning a 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award. The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support and annual stipend of $37,000. The NSF GRFP is prestigious, highly competitive, and a significant national accomplishment.

 

California Geographical Society 2023 Award Recipients

Geography Graduate Group PhD Candidates received three awards at the 2023 California Geographical Society conference in Los Angeles, CA.  Clancy McConnell received the geosystems award.  Ryan Miller received first place in the graduate student paper award and Mitchell Snyder received second place in the graduate poster competition.  

Kinsella Memorial Prize Awarded to Climate Scientist Bernie Bastien-Olvera

Bernardo “Bernie” Bastien-Olvera, a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Geography Graduate Group at UC Davis, is this year’s recipient of the Kinsella Memorial Prize for his doctoral research on the effects of climate-driven impacts on global ecosystems and the influence on human well-being.

Mia Karisa Dawson has been awarded a 2023 Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

Mia Karisa Dawson was awarded a 2023 Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCLA working under the mentorship of Dr. Kelly Lytle Hernández. She will work with the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, in connection with the departments of History and Urban Planning. As a visiting scholar, Mia will continue her research and writing about the intersections race, property, and policing in the contemporary movement for abolition.

Gabi Kirk, PhD Candidate, Receives Awards and Tenure-Track Position

Gabi Kirk received the UC Davis Graduate Studies Travel Award to present at the Association of American Geographers in Denver March 23-27, 2023. Her paper, "The University of California as Settler Colonial Model: Ideologies of Yield and Cultivation from California to Palestine-Israel, 1917-1967," received the Rural Geography Specialty Group Student Presentation Award, the Middle East Specialty Group Student Paper Award, and an Honorable Mention for Student Paper Award from the Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group.

Chevon C. Holmes earns National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award

Chevon C. Holmes earns National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award

 

Congratulations to Chevon C. Holmes for winning a 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award. The five-year fellowship provides three years of financial support and annual stipend of $37,000. The NSF GRFP is prestigious, highly competitive, and a significant national accomplishment.