The Geography Department engages in cutting-edge research across the breadth of the discipline. CU Boulder is one of the few geography programs to maintain an active research profile in most of Geography's subfields. Our faculty and graduate students bring in significant extramural funding from such national agencies as the National Science Foundation, the Fulbright Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Social Science Research Council, the National Institutes of Health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, the US Forest Service, the US Park Service, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and USAID. Many of our faculty also have research appointments in campus centers and institutes including IBS, INSTAAR, and CIRES. Faculty research interests can be found on individual faculty and graduate student pages, while recent research achievements are highlighted in our 'research news' list (right), along with recent theses and dissertations (below).
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Christopher Anderson-Tarver , M.A. 2010. “ ”
Rory Cowie, M.A. 2010. “The Hydrology of Headwater Catchments from the Plains to the Continental Divide ”
Molly Holmberg, Ph.D. 2010. “Mapping climate change: Six U.S. case studies ”
Thomas Phillips, Ph.D. 2010. “The impact of advancing surface melt on the ice temperature of the Sermeq Avannarleq Glacier - a model approach ”
Adriana Raudzens Bailey, M.A. 2010. “ ”
Susan Riggins, Ph.D. 2010. “The production and evolution of mobile regolith: Modeled soil production and measured chemical weathering ”
Nick Sitko, Ph.D. 2010. “The fractured politics of food security: maize, power, and hunger on a Zambian frontier ”
Luke Ward, Ph.D. 2010. “The Bureaucracy of Nature: How Integrated Resource Management Excludes the Poor ”
Stephanie Booker, M.A. 2009. “Correctly and Consistently Christian: Medical Missionaries and Lutheran HIV Prevention in Arusha, Tanzania ”
C. Andrés Holz, Ph.D. 2009. “Climatic and Human Influences on Fire Regimes and Forest Dynamics in Temperate Rain Forests in Southern Chile ”
H.E. Longenecker, M.A. 2009. “An Evaluation of the Hazus-MH Coastal Flood Model ”
Kerry Malm, M.A. 2009. “Temperature Influences on Phenology and Population Growth of Mountain Pine Beetle Populations in Northern Colorado ”
Daniel McGrath, M.A. 2009. “Sediment Plumes in Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland as a proxy for runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet ”
October 24, 2011 - The National Science Foundation and the US Census Bureau have awarded Seth Spielman a five-year, $1.2 million grant to establish an NSF-Census...
August 22, 2011 - A study by Andrés Holz and Tom Veblen indicates a major climate oscillation in the Southern Hemisphere that is expected to intensify in the coming...
June 16, 2011 - The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder a six-year, $5.9 million grant to continue intensive studies of...
April 30, 2011 - Erich Mueller and Andrew Linke have been selected as this year's recipients of the Department's Gilbert White Fellowship. The fellowship provides...
April 08, 2011 - Sarah is the recipient of a National Geographic Young Explorers Grant. National Geographic provides these grants to help cover "field project costs...
April 08, 2011 - Austin Cowley, Ian Rowen, and Amelia Schubert have been selected as this years recipients of the department's Adam Kolff Memorial Research...
April 07, 2011 - Mason Auger, Abby Hickcox, and Adam Williams have been selected as the recipients of the Geography Department's new Environment-Society Fellowship....
April 04, 2011 - Preston received this award through the Graduate School's John Marr Ecology Fund. Its purpose is to provide grants of $300 to $1000 for Ph.D....
April 04, 2011 - Sarah received this award through the Graduate School's John Marr Ecology Fund. Its purpose is to provide grants of $300 to $1000 for Ph.D....
March 25, 2011 - Lindsay is the recipient of an Eaton Graduate Student Travel Grant from the Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA). This will support travel to...
