Arwa Altaher, PhD candidate (expected to graduate in Fall 2016) is the winner of the UNCG 2016 Graduate Research & Creativity Expo in the Social Science Division. The title of her research was: Residential Location Patterns of Immigrants in 21st Century: Evidence from Atlanta MSA. She will receive $1000 for… Continue reading…
John Nowlin and Tommy Patterson have been elected as student representative board members in the AAG Specialty Groups of Wine and Biogeography respectively for two-year terms, 2016-2018. John and Tommy’s wins reflect that both are well liked and valued by their peers. Excellent work, John and Tommy!
Hello all, With great pleasure I would like to acknowledge our graduate students’ contributions to this year’s AAG conference in SF. Please join me to congratulate the following students for representing our UNCG Geography: Michele Abee (PhD student, Poster):The Rise of the Mercator Projection in Science (Advisor: Dr. Patton) Matt… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Thomas Patterson and Lindsay Cummings for their paper “Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) morphology and climate/growth responses along a physiographic gradient in North Carolina” published in the April 2016 issue (68: 239-248) of The Professional Geographer. The paper discusses how tree height, trunk diameter and needle length of… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Dan Royall for his forthcoming paper in the journal Catena. Coauthored with his former Ph.D. student Linda Kennedy, Dr. Royall’s paper discusses the “Historical erosion and sedimentation in two small watersheds of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina, USA.” Catena is the premier journal of soil science,… Continue reading…
Once again, congratulations are in order for DJ Perkins (PhD 2015) who is now currently a NSF funded Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. He has successfully turned his dissertation research into two recently accepted publications in the International Journal of Biometeorology… Continue reading…
Dr. Sultana arrived at UNCG in 2004 and has consistently contributed to the department through her numerous scholarly works, her excellence in instruction and extensive service commitments. During the past decade Dr. Sultana has published in prestigious journals including the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, published a book… Continue reading…
Here is a link to watch “Secrets of the Guilford Courthouse Battlefield” that was on NC*Now that is part of UNCtv. It stars Ari Lukas and Stacy Curry along with small clips of Drs. Roy and Linda Stine. Ari is working on his Masters in Geography while Stacy is working… Continue reading…
Join Drs. Roy and Linda Stine in Raleigh on March 12, 2016 for the Symposium on Remote Sensing. The full title of the program is “Exploring North Carolina’s Archaeological Heritage through Remote Sensing and Geophysics.” The program is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the North Carolina Museum of… Continue reading…
Some news on the job front regarding several of our recent Geography graduates. Jason Earliwine (MA 2015) was recently hired as a Senior Planner with Carbarrus County. He had previously worked for NFocus Planning and Design, Inc. in Kannapolis, NC. Anna Levi (MA 2015) was hired this month as an… Continue reading…
