/geography/ en /geography/2025/04/21/recipients-spring-2025-james-and-jeanne-b-desana-conference-travel-award <span>Recipients of the Spring 2025 James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Conference Travel Award</span> <span><span>Gabriela Rocha Sales</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-04-21T07:47:11-06:00" title="Monday, April 21, 2025 - 07:47">Mon, 04/21/2025 - 07:47</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/geography/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-04/2.png?h=b92db31b&amp;itok=Exqrnzni" width="1200" height="800" alt="Recipients of the Spring 2025 James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Conference Travel Award"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1428"> Grad-Awards </a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/60"> News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1430" hreflang="en">Alek Berg</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1395" hreflang="en">Christopher Picard</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1376" hreflang="en">Drolma Gadou</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1358" hreflang="en">Ethan Carr</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1189" hreflang="en">Fan Li</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1117" hreflang="en">Holly Roth</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1440" hreflang="en">Lauren Thomas</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1127" hreflang="en">Luca Anna Palasti</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1408" hreflang="en">Mallory Sagehorn</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1352" hreflang="en">News</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1372" hreflang="en">Nic Tarasewicz</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1474" hreflang="en">Sherrie Liu</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1111" hreflang="en">Xiaoling Chen</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1455" hreflang="en">Yanxiao Liu</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1303" hreflang="en">Zhongying (Steven) Wang</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-right image_style-medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/geography/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/2025-04/2.png?itok=CoGUzndq" width="750" height="482" alt="Recipients of the Spring 2025 James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Conference Travel Award"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p>Recipients of the Spring 2025 <span>James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Conference Travel Award: Alek Berg, Ethan Carr, Xiaoling Chen, Drolma Gadou, Fan Li, Sherrie Liu, Luca Palasti, Chris Picard, Holly Roth, Mallory Sagehorn, Nic Tarasewicz, Lauren Thomas, and Zhongying Wang</span></p> </span> </div> <p><span>This award, made possible by an anonymous donor, is to be used to “support graduate student research.”&nbsp; To honor the donor’s wishes, the Department makes this award late in the Spring semester so that it can be used for conference travel through the end of Fall 2025.</span></p><p><span>Spring 2025 Recipients:</span></p><p><a href="/geography/aleksander-berg" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="9cc30333-f83b-4143-8374-d6b9b144c00b" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Aleksander Berg"><span>Alek Berg</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/ethan-carr" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cc2185a4-2efc-4411-b36b-27825f087bb0" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Ethan Carr"><span>Ethan Carr</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/xiaoling-chen-0" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="612d539e-9087-4989-bb57-1495afb7131e" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Xiaoling Chen"><span>Xiaoling Chen</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/drolma-gadou" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="873fbbbd-df60-4163-ba01-d7b0051418a5" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Drolma Gadou"><span>Drolma Gadou</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/fan-li" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6161f3a1-fd80-47df-8df3-8c6d0621f351" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Fan Li"><span>Fan Li</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/yanxiao-sherrie-liu" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="28bd4e80-1f2a-4567-8ffc-510cecc1b480" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Yanxiao (Sherrie) Liu"><span>Sherrie Liu</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/luca-anna-palasti" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="325a530a-9d2c-41ee-b2f7-16aef099b192" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Luca Anna Palasti"><span>Luca Palasti</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/christopher-picard" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="89185bf8-83de-45df-9670-f90940a6ccbd" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Christopher Picard"><span>Chris Picard</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/holly-roth" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="e48f59e9-cade-4f7e-8846-8bbdfd7d5056" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Holly Roth"><span>Holly Roth</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/mallory-sagehorn" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bb3f258d-bfbe-4659-9ed5-1ebad0337ba9" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Mallory Sagehorn"><span>Mallory Sagehorn</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/nic-tarasewicz" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="908af2a1-77ae-4215-9dbf-b5faecdcf337" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Nic Tarasewicz"><span>Nic Tarasewicz</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/lauren-thomas" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4550e7a5-2b4f-4df1-a074-bb6779a4e091" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Lauren Thomas"><span>Lauren Thomas</span></a></p><p><a href="/geography/zhongying-stephen-wang" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4d61a191-20a1-4cc8-b24a-8497229c2f62" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Zhongying (Stephen) Wang"><span>Zhongying Wang</span></a></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>This award, made possible by an anonymous donor, is to be used to “support graduate student research.” To honor the donor’s wishes, the Department makes this award late in the Spring semester so that it can be used for conference travel through the end of Fall 2025.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:47:11 +0000 Gabriela Rocha Sales 3835 at /geography /geography/2020/09/02/welcome-2020-graduate-students <span>Welcome 2020 Graduate Students!</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-09-02T19:25:30-06:00" title="Wednesday, September 2, 2020 - 19:25">Wed, 09/02/2020 - 19:25</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/geography/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/2020_grad_group_photo_v3_0.png?h=623c7882&amp;itok=DPLhOJq3" width="1200" height="800" alt="Fall 2020 Graduate Students Group Photo - Left to Right: David Bachrach, Jessica Voveris, Taylor Johaneman, Andrew Eiswerth, Behzad Vahedi, Ethan Burns, Emma Reives, Kathryn Tyler, Eric Kennedy, Emma Loizeaux. Natasha Harvey, Fan Li, Viviana Huiliñir-Curio (inset)"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/60"> News </a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/4"> Other </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1179" hreflang="en">Andrew Eiswerth</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1199" hreflang="en">Behzad Vahedi</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1175" hreflang="en">David Bachrach</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1191" hreflang="en">Emma Loizeaux</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1195" hreflang="en">Emma Rieves</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1187" hreflang="en">Eric Kennedy</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1177" hreflang="en">Ethan Burns</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1189" hreflang="en">Fan Li</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1201" hreflang="en">Jessica Voveris</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1197" hreflang="en">Kathryn Tyler</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1181" hreflang="en">Natasha Harvey</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1193" hreflang="en">Somayeh Nikoonazari</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1185" hreflang="en">Taylor Johaneman</a> <a href="/geography/taxonomy/term/1183" hreflang="en">Viviana Huilinir-Curio</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="image-caption image-caption-none"> <div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/geography/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/article-image/2020-grad-group-photo-v4.jpg?itok=OsliUQGh" width="750" height="335" alt="Fall 2020 Graduate Students Group Photo - Left to Right: David Bachrach, Jessica Voveris, Taylor Johaneman, Andrew Eiswerth, Behzad Vahedi, Ethan Burns, Emma Reives, Kathryn Tyler, Eric Kennedy, Emma Loizeaux. Natasha Harvey, Fan Li, Viviana Huiliñir-Curio (inset)"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p>Fall 2020 Graduate Students Group Photo - Left to Right: David Bachrach, Jessica Voveris, Taylor Johaneman, Andrew Eiswerth, Behzad Vahedi, Ethan Burns, Emma Reives, Kathryn Tyler, Eric Kennedy, Emma Loizeaux. Natasha Harvey, Fan Li, Viviana Huiliñir-Curio (inset)</p> </span> Fall 2020 Graduate Students Group Photo - Left to Right: David Bachrach, Jessica Voveris, Taylor Johaneman, Andrew Eiswerth, Behzad Vahedi, Ethan Burns, Emma Rieves, Kathryn Tyler, Eric Kennedy, Emma Loizeaux. Natasha Harvey, Fan Li and Viviana Huiliñir-Curio&nbsp;(insets) </div><table><thead><tr><th><strong>Name</strong></th><th><strong>Advisor</strong></th><th><strong>Degree</strong></th><th><strong>Previous Degree From</strong></th><th><strong>Interest Area</strong></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>David Bachrach</td><td>Oakes</td><td>PhD</td><td>Univ of Oregon</td><td>urban geography</td></tr><tr><td>Ethan Burns</td><td>Barnard</td><td>MA</td><td>University of the South</td><td>hydrology</td></tr><tr><td>Andrew Eiswerth</td><td>O'Loughlin</td><td>MA</td><td>Georgia College &amp; State University</td><td>political geography</td></tr><tr><td>Natasha Harvey</td><td>Blanken</td><td>MA</td><td>Univ of Sydney</td><td>hydrology</td></tr><tr><td>Viviana Huiliñir-Curio</td><td>Bryan</td><td>PhD</td><td>Universidad de la Frontera</td><td>cultural geography</td></tr><tr><td>Taylor Johaneman</td><td>Lininger</td><td>MA</td><td>University of Denver</td><td>hydrology</td></tr><tr><td>Eric Kennedy</td><td>Molotch</td><td>MA</td><td>Seattle Univerity</td><td>hydrology</td></tr><tr><td>Fan Li</td><td>Yeh</td><td>PhD</td><td>University of Oslo</td><td>political ecology</td></tr><tr><td>Emma Loizeaux</td><td>Yeh</td><td>MA</td><td>Middlebury College</td><td>Environment-Society Relations</td></tr><tr><td>Somayeh Nikoonazari</td><td>Ranjbar</td><td>MA</td><td>Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University</td><td>political geography</td></tr><tr><td>Emma Rieves</td><td>Reid</td><td>MA</td><td>Bowdoin College</td><td>Environment-Society Relations</td></tr><tr><td>Kathryn Tyler</td><td>Buttenfield</td><td>MA</td><td>Mount Holyoke College</td><td>GIS</td></tr><tr><td>Behzad Vahedi Torghabeh</td><td>Karimzadeh</td><td>PhD</td><td>UC Santa Barbara</td><td>GIS</td></tr><tr><td>Jessica Voveris</td><td>Serreze</td><td>MA</td><td>Univ of Oklahoma</td><td>Climatology</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 03 Sep 2020 01:25:30 +0000 Anonymous 2927 at /geography