California Geographical Society Conference 2025 Honorees

 

GGG PhD Student, Kallee Bareket-Shavit won the top 2025 GeoSystems award for her paper "Hazardous Growth: Analyzing Projected Urban Expansion in California’s Flood-Prone and Vulnerable Communities."

GGG PhD Candidate, Gulnara Nabiyeva won second place in the 2025 Tom McKnight graduate student award for her paper "Open Government Data as a Tool for Planning and Sustainability in US Cities." Gulnara also won a CGS travel award. 

GGG Program Coordinator, Carrie Armstrong-Ruport, was honored with the 2025 Friend of Geography award.  

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Gulnara
Carrie