Graduate Students in residence 2007-08
Sara Crangle - University of Kansas
email: cranglsc@muohio.edu
Research interests: Cultural geography; subcultures; public versus private cultures
Thesis topic: A Neighborhood Analysis: Andersonville, Chicago
Harley Deka - University of Nairobi
email: dekah@muohio.edu
Research interests: Community development & resources; Africa; civic engagement
Thesis Topic: Understanding the Role of Knowledge and Attitudes about Water Quality and Waterborne Illnesses in Two Villages in Kenya
Jia Feng - Nanjing University
email: fengj@muohio.edu
Research interests: Urban planning; regional development; cooperation among regions
Thesis topic: Informal Economy
Kristy Fortman - University of Colorado
email: fortmakl@muohio.edu
Research interests: watershed management; Latin American development; ecotourism
Thesis topic: Community-Based Watershed Management: The Effectiveness of Local Participation in Managing Water Quality in the Global South
Grant Garstka - DePaul University
email: garstkgj@muohio.edu
Research interests: Urban geography; Eastern European comparative urbanism, critical geography
Thesis topic: Spatial and Socio Changes in the Post-Socialist Bulgarian City
Amy Gillespie - Northern Kentucky University
email: gillesam@muohio.edu
Research interests: Watersheds, water quality, urban environmental issues
Thesis topic: Fingerprinting Sediment Sources
Paul Holeva - Northern Michigan University
email: holevap@muohio.edu
Research interests: Sustainable development, alternative development, quality of life studies, social theory
Tatenda Mambo - California State Polytechnic University
email: mambott@muohio.edu
Research interests:
Sustainable development; Sub-Saharan Africa; GIS uses pertaining to development
Thesis topic: From Zimbabwe to the UK: An In Depth Look at the Immigration of Nurses to the UK
Emma Mullaney - Sarah Lawrence College
email: mullaneg@muohio.edu
Research interests: Sustainability, ecological health, social justice, Latin America and the Caribbean
Heather Roades - Shawnee State University
email: roadeshn@muohio.edu
Research interests:
Ecology, Ornithology
Chris Thompson - Miami University
email: thompscr@muohio.edu
Research interests:
Cultural geography; cultural ecology; archaeological mapping, site location & GIS
Thesis topic: Historical Site Preservation in Dominica, WI
Brody Walters - Miami University
email: walterbl@muohio.edu
Research interests: Urban Planning, ecotourism, economic development
Trent Williams - University of South Carolina
email: williant@muohio.edu
Research interests: Political geography, development, Sub-Saharan Africa
, post-conflict population movements
Neil Winn - Shawnee State University
email: winnnt@muohio.edu
Research interests: Biogeography (invasive species, conservation, erosion mapping)
Internship topic: CDOM Estimation in Lakes of the Beartooth Wilderness
East Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness West Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
Wan Yu- Peking University
email: yuw@muohio.edu
Research interests: Natural resources, tourism, urban planning