Babs Buttenfield

Job description: We are seeking an undergraduate research assistant for Summer 2024 on a collaborative project with the Bureau of Reclamation, collecting data on beaver dams to parameterize a model on sedimentation at the watershed scale. Job duties and qualifications: This undergraduate research assistant position will include fieldwork and additional...

Job description: We are seeking an undergraduate research assistant for Summer 2024 on a collaborative project with the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, assessing the impacts of dam removal on mountain streams. Job duties and qualifications: This undergraduate research assistant position will include fieldwork and additional tasks (e.g.,...

Emily Yeh has been named Professor of Distinction by the College of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her exceptional service, teaching and research. This revered title is reserved for scholars and artists of national and international acclaim who college peers also recognize as exceptionally talented teachers and colleagues. Honorees...

Over the past 5 years, the Association of American Geographers has worked to find ways to significantly reduce the carbon emissions associated with the annual conference. As part of these efforts, the Association is experimenting this year with self-organized nodes to be held in ten locations.

Huatsen Gyal Assistant Professor Anthropology Department Rice University Abstract Drawing on a group of Tibetan pastoralists’ efforts to make environmental documentary films as a means of creating alternative narratives of their relationship to their ancestral land, this talk details how documentary films produced by Tibetan pastoralists subtly challenge the power/knowledge...

Dr. Cypri Jehan Paju Dale Research Fellow University of Wisconsin Madison Abstract In Komodo National Park, the natural habitat of world’s largest living lizard known as Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) and the indigenous people of Ata Modo, a zoning system has been instrumental in the process of commodification of the...

Summer 2024 Terms: Maymester: May 13 – May 31 Term A: June 3 – July 5 Term B: July 9 – August 9 Term C: June 3 – July 26 Term D: June 53– August 9 Augmester: August 5 – August 22 See the University Course Catalog for credit hours...

Isaac Rivera Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Geography CU Boulder Abstract Insurgent cartographies are an expression of knowing the world from the standpoint of place. This talk delves into the concept of insurgency and its expressions as a modality of cartography and cultural memory, exploring the task for enacting anti-colonial...

Andrew Linke Department of Geography Associate Professor University of Utah Abstract Political instability and social conflicts vary geographically and in severity. Intense violence – leading to many civilian casualties – engulfs some regions of the world. Simmering economic instability and political tensions exist in other countries that are conventionally viewed...

Malini Ranganathan​ Associate Professor in the Department of Environment, Development, and Health School of International Service Faculty affiliate of the Department of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies American University in Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by: Department of Geography (GEOG) Center for Asian Studies (CAS) Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) Abstract...