Graduate students represent Department at AAG conference

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Graduate students represent Department at AAG conference

Posted on August 19, 2016

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 Balentine (PhD student, Paper): Bodily Commodification, Alienation, and the Landscape of the Plasma Industry (Advisor: Dr. Johnson)
  • Jenny Berggren (PhD student): Attendee (Advisor: Dr. Johnson)
  • Shaylee Bowen (MA student, Panelist): Tourism Entrepreneurship: An Evolving Research Agenda (Advisor: Dr. Debbage)
  • Nastaran Pour Ebrahim (PhD student, organizer, chair and Paper presenter) A Geographical Assessment of the importance of Route Connectivity for Active Transportation Modes to School; Session Organizer and chair: On Foot and/or Bicycle. (Advisor: Dr. Sultana)
  • Hyogin Kim (PhD candidate, Paper): The integrated multi-modal network approach for accessibility assessment of railway improvement plan in the United States. Co-presenter: A Geographical Assessment of the importance of Route Connectivity for Active Transportation Modes to School. (Advisor: Dr. Sultana)
  • Ale Molina (MA student, Poster): Defining the Map Prototype (Dr. Patton) Geo Bowl Participant – Southeast national winning team
  • John Nowlin (PhD candidate, Paper): North Carolina Terroir(s) (Advisor: Dr. Bunch)
  • Tommy Patterson (PhD candidate, Paper) Climate-signal instability in Pinus rigida at the northern range limit, Acadia National Park, Maine (Advisor: Dr. Knapp)
  • Purva Sharma – Attendant (Advisor: Dr. Sultana)