Graduate Students

ALVAREZ, LUIS FELIPE lfalvarez@ucla.edu (UCLA C.Phil. (Geography) March 2012 UCLA M.A. (Geography) March 2011 UNAM, Mexico B.A. (English) Feb. 2009 ) Subfield: Digital Economic Geography, Information Economy, Cultural Industries, Economic Geography of the Internet - Ph.D. Proposal: "The Information Grid: The Digital Foundations of the Cognitive-Cultural Economy" M.A. Thesis Title: "Uploading Hollywood. A Digital Economic Geography of Film Distribution"

Antos, Mike mike.antos@ucla.edu Subfield: urban geography, water resource management -

ASHRAF, CAMERAN chashraf@ucla.edu (Ph.D. Student - Geography, UCLA 2010-Present M.A. - Geography, Cal State Fullerton 2009. Thesis: "Light Pollution: The Problem and Its Significance." Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Taylor B.S. - Geography (Cum Laude), Cal State Pomona 2005. B.S. - Business Administration (Cum Laude), Cal State Pomona 2005. Certificate - Digital Methods, University of Amsterdam 2011) Subfield: My broader research project examines the nature of boundaries. Namely, how do we construct boundaries and how do we cross/transgress them? How do we talk about the ways in which we separate and classify things? In what ways do we maintain the ideas and practices of boundaries and boundary-making? What do we experience when we encounter a boundary and how do we engage with that experience? Finally, how do these questions inform, mediate, and create multiple geographies: political, cultural, informational, emotional, etc.?

The second part of my research looks at the relationship between technologies and boundaries. Does "technology" facilitate boundary-making? If so, how and for whom? What types of boundaries are technologically supported or encouraged? Conversely, what types of boundaries do different technologies make obsolete or irrelevant? How does our experience of boundaries change when they are technologically mediated? Lastly, to what extent are boundaries themselves technologies and what are the implications of this for human beings and the societies they inhabit?

For something more categorical and bounded:
Political geography, communications/Internet geographies, philosophy of technology, space and place, Wittgenstein, language, Enlightenment political philosophy (esp. Rousseau), technology and society, phenomenology -

Bender, Catherine Tsukasa ktbender [at] ucla.edu (IUC Yokohama, 2010-2011 MA, Global Education, The Ohio State University BA, Politics, Ithaca College) Subfield: cultural geography, ethnography - transnational solidarity networks, political economy, hope, contentious politics, Japan

BROWN, LAUREN NICOLE lnbrown@ucla.edu (B.A. University of Denver - Geography, Environmental Science, French) Subfield: Paleoenvironment and paleoecology; coastal marshes and sedimentation; palynology - Coastal marsh accretion rates at several sites in California, including Tijuana River Estuary, Upper Newport Bay, Point Mugu Lagoon, and Morro Bay.

Burkhart, Nick nickburkhart@ucla.edu (M.A. 2012, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Geography; B.S. 2010, Arizona State University, Geography) Subfield: Geographic information science, geovisualization, Internet geography, electoral geography, Mexico, California, American Southwest - Geographic information science, geovisualization, computational methods in geographical research, spatial analysis and spatial statistics, Web GIS, historical, political and economic geography of Mexico and the southwestern United States, visual methods in geographical research, open source software

CAI, SIYU sycai@ucla.edu (Ph. D. University of California, Los Angeles, Geography M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Geography, 2012 B.A. University of Washington, Asian Studies, 2010) Subfield: Economic and Political Geography; Political Economy; China - These are interesting times to be in the social sciences. My primary research interest is analyzing the spatial organization and interaction of economic activities in capitalist societies. As part of this research umbrella, I am interested in examining how capital and labor flow patterns impact regional development in contemporary China. Capital and labor buildup in core regions, follow by incremental development in peripheral areas has been one of the most significant features of economic geography over the last two centuries-- notably 19th-Century England and 20th-Century U.S. I am interested in discovering to what extent is China's economic path following that of Western countries by studying the geographic and temporal patterns of capital and labor flow between the coastal provinces and the interior regions.

CHEN, CHEN chenchen923@ucla.edu (Ph.D Candidate, Geography, UCLA, 9/2011 M.A, Agricultural Economics, Renmin University of China, 2008 B.A, Rural Regional Development, Renmin University of China, 2005) Subfield: Regional Development, Labor Migration, Contemporary China - My research generally focuses on internal migration in China. I am interested in combining quantitative and qualitative methods to understand how contemporary rural-urban migration changes people's lives in the context of family and household, and how it impacts regional development in both rural and urban areas.

Chu, Vena venachu[at]ucla[dot]edu (M.A. Geography, UCLA 2009 B.A. Geography and Economics, UCLA 2006) Subfield: Remote sensing, GIS, Greenland, hydrology, water quality -

CONNOR, DYLAN SHANE dconnor@ucla.edu (MSc, Statistics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2012 MA, Geography, University College Dublin, 2011 BA, Economics and Geography, University College Dublin, 2010 Linkedin with employment history and full CV) Subfield: Population Geography, Urban Geography, Migration & Ethnicity, Quantitative Methods -

COOKE, ABIGAIL MONTAGUE cooke@ucla.edu Subfield: Economic Geography - Geography of trade and wage inequality in the U.S.

Crow, Britt blcrow@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate, Geography, UCLA; MA, Regional Studies- East Asia, Harvard University; BA, History and Asian Studies, Bard College) Subfield: Political geography, environmental politics, development, contemporary China -

DINTWE, KEBONYETHATA kdintwe[at]ucla[dot]edu (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc); Biological Sciences - Botany. University of Botswana, 2003 Master of Arts (M.A.); Geogpraphy - Soil Carbon Dynamics. University of California Los Angeles, 2012 ) Subfield: Remote Sensing, GIS and modelling - My research is on the distribution of the belowground biomass in savanna ecosystem. This research is part of a major project that aims at addressing a major issue in dryland ecology: how belowground plant processes in water-limited ecosystems control belowground organic carbon dynamics under different climate conditions. To address this central issues, this project will define the distribution and dynamics of belowground biomass and soil organic carbon through extensive field data collection and modeling at a suite of sites across a regional climate gradient in the Kalahari. The Kalahari is one of the only places on Earth where this type of natural experiment can be conducted without confounding effects of soil variability.

DVORAK, ANNA KATHERINE annadvorak@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate UCLA MA (distinction) Geography California State University Northridge 2008 BA (Hon) Interdisciplinary Studies Field UC Berkeley 2007) Subfield: South/Central America: cultural/environmental/economic geography, cultural identity, indigenous rights, tourism, immigration - Cultural and historical geography of European (Polish) immigration in Brazil

FENT, ASHLEY MARIE ashleyfent@ucla.edu (M.A. (2012): Anthropology, Columbia University Certificate in African Studies (2012): Columbia University B.A. (2008): Geography, University of Washington ) Subfield: Political Ecology, Critical Development Studies, Feminist Geography, Food and Agriculture, West Africa - My research interests pertain to markets, gender, and agricultural/agroforestry development in West Africa.

FERNÁNDEZ, SARAH HAIDÉE sarhafe[at]yahoo[dot]com (Ph.D., Geography, UCLA, 2013; M.A., Geography, UCLA, 2007; B.A. (with honors), Latin American Studies [concentration in Ecology and the Environment], UCLA, 2002) Subfield: Political Ecology, Cultural Geography, Environmental History, Development, Latin America -

Ford, O.T. ford [at] ucla [dot] edu (MS, Geography, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, 2009. BA, Generalism in world affairs, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, 2004.) Subfield: World geography; geographic thought; regionalization; interdisciplinary geography; political geography; cultural geography. - My primary concern is regionalization in human geography at the global scale. Additional concerns are the regionalization process in general, including physical and historical applications, and geographic names.

FRICKER, GEOFFREY ANDREW africker[at]ucla[dot]edu (M.A. University of California Los Angeles, Geography, 2009 B.S. University of California Santa Barbara, Physical Geography, 2005 ) Subfield: Remote Sensing, GIS, LiDAR, Forest Structure - Deriving tropical forest stand characteristics and sub-canopy topography from lidar and radar remote sensing

GARCIA-ELLIN, JUAN C jcgarcia@ucla.edu (PhD-Geography, UCLA 2012. MA-Geography, SUNY-Binghamton 2000. JD-Law, University of Puerto Rico 1996. BA-Geography, University of Puerto Rico 1993.) Subfield: Urban Geography, Population Geography, Domestic and International Migration, Ethnicity and Place, Geography of Popular Music. - Hispanic Migration in US urban areas. Differences in Hispanic/Latino population subgroups. Domestic and international migration patterns. Latin Music in the US.

GLEASON, COLIN JOSEPH cjgleaso@ucla.edu (M.S., Geospatial Engineering,(2011)State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. B.S., Forest Engineering (2009)State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry.) Subfield: Remote Sensing - I am interested in using remotely sensed data to help solve problems of sustainability and climate change. Currently, I am working with digital photography and satellite imagery to assess glacial melt water runoff in western Greenland.

Glover, Katie kcglover [at] ucla [dot] edu (PhD Candidate Geography, 2015 expected, UCLA M.S. Geology, 2004, University of Cincinnati B.A. Geology, 2001, DePauw University LinkedIn Profile, with employment history and links to papers.) Subfield: My other interests include: remote sensing and GIS, recreational land use and management, environmental policy, energy resources, landscape archaeology, history of California, history of science, teaching pedagogy - I am primarily interested in Quaternary Paleoclimate and Paleolimnology. My PhD research involves proxy analyses (including pollen) on a 26 m core from Baldwin Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. We believe this to be one of the oldest marine-influenced lake records in southern California.

Goldstein, Jenny Elaine jgoldstein@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate, Dept of Geography, UCLA M.A. 2009: Dept of Geography, UCLA B.A. 2005: Theory and History of Architecture, Barnard College, Columbia University) Subfield: Political Ecology, Critical Development Studies, Ecological History, Science and Technology Studies, Food and Agriculture, Southeast Asia - Dissertation: "Boondoggle, or Benefit? The Commodification of Degraded Landscapes in Indonesia in an Age of Climate Change" Through a political-ecological history of the "Mega Rice Project" in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, my doctoral dissertation looks at the relationship between degraded tropical landscapes, socio-ecological disasters, and environmental commodification. I investigate how classifying an inhabited tropical ecosystem as degraded has invited development schemes in Kalimantan historically. I also look at how scientific knowledge, including contemporary climate science, has influenced rehabilitation plans in the project site and the scales of perceived consequences of the disaster. Finally, I look at how climate change policy has affected food security discourses in Indonesia.

Grant, Andrew angrant at ucla.edu (M.A. Geography, UCLA 2012 B.A. Geography, UW-Madison 2006 Certificate - Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian Studies, UW-Madison 2006) Subfield: Political Geography, Cultural Geography, Humanistic Geography - My research interests include, but are not limited to, political, cultural, and humanistic geography. I am fascinated by the ways we create places and give them lives and aspirations of their own. When the individual seeks place within a greater community, and they together imbue their imagined geography with power, then interesting things can result. This sort of world-making has effects both mentally (such as a sublime mountain), and in the world "out there" (when a nation gathers to celebrate and reenact its birth). My Ph.D. research will look at Chinese development policy and its repercussions in the outer Tibetan regions of China's West. Current policies seek to these regions economically and culturally, by way of infrastructure, market, and education advances. Is China succeeding in integrating Tibet? How are these policies producing novel outcomes beyond the China/TGiE opposition? I will explore the question through the lenses of political and cultural geography, as well as through anthropological models of social and political formation in Tibetan communities. My Master's Thesis looked at the role of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in performing the Chinese geo-body. I explore the efficacy of rhetoric around the relay as performative acts, and ask: Was the performance successful? And if so, by and for whom?

HALTERMAN, SARAH MARIE smhalterman@ucla.edu (B.S. Environmental Science and Policy: Global Environmental Change, University of Maryland (2011)) Subfield: Global Climate Change, GIS & Remote Sensing, Biogeochemistry - Effects of climate change in tropical forest ecosystems.

Hamdan, Ali Nehme ahamdan@ucla.edu (B.A. Geography, Middlebury College (2010)) Subfield: Political Geography; Landscape & Memory; Nationalism & Ethnic Conflict; Near East Studies. - I study ethnic conflict, focusing on the Middle East. In particular, I'm interested in how many of the post-Colonial states of the world - the Middle East, for example - challenge the categories we use to study ethnic conflict, categories like nation, ethnic group, state, government, territory, and place. Many of my research questions flow out of the concern between how easily our theoretical concepts map onto the complex reality of post-Colonial states like Lebanon, where I conduct my fieldwork. My current research focuses on how different kinds of political geographies (places worth fighting for) are generated through practices of collective memory-work, looking at divided cities like Beirut, Lebanon. I do this to get at some of the ways that geography and ideas about the past can produce or reduce ethnic/sectarian conflict.

Hammond, Timur W timurhammond@ucla.edu (M.A. (2010) University of Los Angeles, California B.A. (2005) University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) My master's thesis focused on Orhan Pamuk's memoir Istanbul: Memories and the City. I was particularly interested in the ways in which Pamuk claims a rooted and local identity; at the same time, I argued that one of Pamuk's central projects in his memoir was to place himself in Istanbul without endorsing a nationalist project. My doctoral research will be located in the Istanbul neighborhood of Eyüp and study some of the ways in which the neighborhood - or particular sites within the neighborhood - have come to be understood as especially Islamic.

HOWELL, ANTHONY JAMES tonyjames[at]ucla[dot]edu (PhD Student, Geography, UCLA (exp. 2013) M.S. Statistics, UCLA M.S. Geography, Michigan State University B.A. Political Science, Michigan State Univ. B.A. (equiv.) Chinese Language and Culture) Subfield: Economic and Urban Geography: Agglomeration, Growth and Inequality; Political Geography and Geopolitics: border studies and trade; China; Quantitative Methods; GIS - I am interested in economic development and regional growth and inequality in China. My dissertation will examine the geography-growth linkages with a focus on natural resource abundance and agglomeration economies. My previous research focuses on inequality, labor market segmentation, ethnicity and migration in Xinjiang, China.

HUFF, ALICE ELIZABETH betsyhuff@hotmail.com 

HUGHES, SARA NICHOLE saranhughes@ucla.edu (PhD Geography, UCLA, in progress M.A. International Studies (Hons.), University of San Francisco, 2011 B.A. Arabic (minor in Political Science), UCLA, 2009) Subfield: Political Geography - My research interests lie at the intersection of political geography, border and mobilities studies, and settler colonial studies, and they focus empirically on Israel/Palestine and other modern ethno-national and settler-colonial conflicts. The first theme I engage with is bordering away from the border, a departure from traditional border studies prompted by the recognition that state bordering practices can no longer be isolated to the political lines on the map. This new line of inquiry, asking where the border is in border studies, recognizes that much of the bordering work marking some bodies as legitimate and others as out of place happens far from the political border itself. Combining concepts from border studies, settler colonial studies, and anthropology, my second research interest explores boundary making and identity formation in Israel/Palestine through the lenses of the logic of elimination and zones of encounter. My third research interest explores the corrosive effects of the occupation on Israeli society. Finally, a fourth research theme combines border and mobilities studies to explain the conflict infrastructure in Israel/Palestine.

JIA, SHENYUE syjia@ucla.edu (2011, Nanjing University, China,M.S, GIS and Cartography 2008, Nanjing Normal University, China, B.S, GIS) Subfield: Arid Region Remote Sensing, Biogeography, Ecology, Carbon Cycle - My research focuses on vegetation in arid/semi-arid region. I use remote sensing and GIS technique to study the dynamics of non-photosynthesized (NPV) and photosynthesized vegetation (PV). My current project relates to valley fever incidences and the dynamics of dust, taking NPV, PV, and soil cover as the proxy of dust.

Kahn, Patrick pkahn@ucla.edu (PhD Student, UCLA (expected completion - 2013) - Geomorphology and Modeling Dissertation: Aeolian and Fluvial Linkages in Vegetated Arid Environments: Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico M.A. Geography [with distinction] - Geomorphology and Spatial Modeling, California State University, Northridge, 2008 Thesis: Modeling Karst Distribution in an Alpine Location: Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, CA B.A. Geography - Environmental Science and GIS w/ Minor in Geology [cum laude], California State University, Northridge, 2006 ) Subfield: Geomorphology; Spatial Modeling; Remote Sensing; GIS; Environmental Studies; Hydrology; Desert Environments; Mountain Environments - My research has entailed applying spatial modeling and remote sensing as tools to better characterize geomorphic process. Specifically, I have modeled karst morphogenesis in alpine environments. My dissertation work focuses on modeling aeolian and fluvial interactions in the Jornada Basin using rare earth minerals as sediment tracers to model vegetation spacing and how it relates to increasing aridification. Furthermore, I'm attempting to model (spatially and mathematically) wind and water sediment balances to better understand the linkages between aoelian and fluvial processes in arid regions. I have also investigated the effects of sandblasting on plant and leaf level physiology.

KHAN, MAHMOOD NAWAZ mnkhan@ucla.edu (PhD, UCLA (expected 2015); MA, University of Oregon (2011) ) Subfield: geopolitics, geoeconomics -

Le, Tuyen tl57[at]ucla[dot]edu (Ph.D.- Geography, UCLA (expected 2014) M.A.- Geography, UCLA (2011) B.A.- Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin (2006)) Subfield: Environmental policy, political ecology, nature-society relations, nature-culture interaction - Non-timber forest products, agroforestry, conservation policy, conceptualizations and varying perceptions on "sustainability", wildlife trade and regulation in Southeast Asia

LIU, KAN liukan@ucla.edu (University of California, Berkeley, B.S.2011,Economy, B.A.2011,Chinese Literature) Subfield: Land, Agrarian capitalism, Internal migration, China - My current research is to better understand the impact of rural-to-urban migration on rural land development in contemporary China.

Lustig, Nicholas Ferris nicholaslustig@ucla.edu ((2007) B.A. Rhetoric with Honors; University of California, Berkeley ) Subfield: urban geography, assemblage urbanism, critical urban studies, surveillance studies, Marx, Marxist geography (esp. Harvey), Autonomist Marxism (esp. Negri), Foucault, Deleuze, Baudrillard, Virilio, non-representational theory, new materialisms, complexity theory, critical geopolitics, urban geopolitics, architecture (biopolitical architecture, activist architecture, art and architecture), and American poetry (esp Post WWII, Language poets, African American Poetry) - M.A. Thesis: "The Role of Surveillance in the Emergence of an Urban Governmentality of Hegemonic Despotism" (2012) Dissertation: In the City and After Foucault: The Decline of Disciplines and the Emergence of Control Programs in Contemporary Urban Areas (projected June 2014) Current Projects: Dissertation Related: "Track, Profile, Assess: Crime Centers and Credit Reports" "Assemblages of Political Economies: An Effort to Synthesize Critical and Assemblage Urbanisms" Architecture "Junk, Congestion, Bigness, Void: The Ominous Optimism of Rem Koolhaas" "The Complicity of Complexity; or, How Complexity Will Not Save Us" "Minor Architecture/Activist Architecture: New Spaces for New Collectives" Critical Geopolitics: "Variegated Geopolitics: Rethinking Power in Critical Geopolitics" "Postmodern Urban Geopolitics: Cities as the Sources, Sites, and Stakes of Contemporary Conflict" Geographic Poetry Studies: "Trauma, Territory, and Time: Destructive Plasticity in Susan Howe, Ed Roberson, and Myung Mi Kim"

Lyons, Evan A elyons@ucla.edu (M.A. Geography, UCLA 2010 B.S. Earth and Environmental Science, UC Irvine 2005) Subfield: Remote sensing, GIS, land use/land cover change, high latitude climate change... -

Miller, Rick - rickmiller@ucla.edu (C.Phil, 2008, UCLA; M.Arch, 1997, SCI-Arc; B.A, 1992, Connecticut College) Subfield: nomadic/sedentary, domestic architecture, (sub)urban migration, mobile landscape, built culture, Inner Asia - The ger-districts, named for the traditional felt tents that still dominate the domestic landscape surrounding Ulaanbaatar, extend urban space yet retain connections to Mongolian pastoralism. How people build vernacular architecture to respond to both a settled environment and a nomadic heritage forms the basis of my research.

Narins, Tom tnarins@ucla.edu (Ph.D.- Geography, UCLA (expected 2014) M.B.A.- University of Arizona (2008) B.A.- Government, Cornell University (1998)) Subfield: Political Geography, Chinese-Latin American relations, contemporary China, contemporary Latin America, environmental politics - China's political and economic expansion beyond its borders. Critical China Geopolitics. Chinese business practices. Chinese-Latin American trade and investment.

Pitcher, Lincoln H lincolnpitcher@ucla.edu (BA, Geography/Environmental Studies, UCLA (2011) BA, Political Science, UCLA (2011) Minor: Geospatial Information Systems & Technologies, UCLA (2011) MA, Geography, UCLA (now earning) ) Subfield: Polar Hydrology, GIS & Remote Sensing, Global Climate Change -

ROBINSON, CHELSEA MARIE cmrobins@ucla.edu; chelsea.m.robinson@jpl.nasa.gov (M.A. Geography, UCLA, Winter 2012 B.A. Geography/ Environmental Studies, UCLA 2009 Minor in Conservation Biology) Subfield: Forests, Remote Sensing, Biogeography - I am interested in using active remote sensing to study forest aboveground carbon storage (biomass), distribution, diversity, and forest structure. My MA research utilized radar data to estimate aboveground forest biomass (AGB) in the state of Maine. The aim was to develop algorithms that correlate radar backscatter values with AGB, that can then be extrapolated over the state. My current research towards my Ph.D. concerns an altitudinal gradient in Costa Rica's Braulio Carrillo National Park. I am assessing drivers of tree diversity and forest structure along this gradient using lidar and radar data. I am assessing forest structure and seeing the feasibility of relating remotely sensed structural information to alpha diversity in neotropical montane rainforests. In doing so, it will be possible to effectively map diversity and carbon sequestration across the region with the available remote sensing data.

ROVZAR, COREY MARIE c.rovzar@ucla.edu (M.A. Geography 2012 B.A. Geography/Environmental Studies, minor GIS, UCLA 2011) Subfield: edangered tropical dry forest restoration, gis, remote sensing, species distribution models -

SILVER, MARIKO EVA mariko.silver@aya.yale.edu 

Skiles, S. McKenzie skiles@jpl.nasa.gov (BS, Environmental Studies, University of Utah (2008) BS, Geography, University of Utah (2008) GIS Certificate-Remote Sensing and Applied GIS, University of Utah (2008) MS, Geography, University of Utah (2010) PhD, Geography, UCLA) Radiative forcing by dust and black carbon in snow, remote sensing of the cryosphere, snow hydrology and snowmelt modeling, cryosphere-climate interaction.

Stephenson, Scott stephenson@ucla.edu (B.A. Human Biology, Stanford University, 2003 M.A. Geography, UCLA, 2010 Ph.D. Geography, UCLA, expected 2014) Subfield: GIS, environmental change, Arctic systems, political geography, economic geography -

Taylor, Clark R. clarktaylor@ucla.edu (PhD Student, UCLA, 2015; Masters of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University, 2011; BS Landscape Horticuture, Colorado State University, 2007) Subfield: Urban Geography, Historical Geography of Cities, Cultural Geography, the Cultural Landscape, Urban Public Space, Imaginations and Constructs of Nature / Landscape, Sustainable Urbanism, Urbanization, Latin America -

THOMSON, MARCUS JAMES zizroc[at]ucla[dot]edu (Ph.D. student (biogeography & paleoclimatology), UCLA; M.Sc. (neutrino astrophysics) & B.Sc. (hons. physics), Queen's University, Canada.) Climate change associated with disruptions to early agriculturalists in Egypt and the Great Basin, US Southwest. Field sites in the Fayum, Egypt, and the Uinta mountains, Utah.

WANG, JIDA gdbruins@g.ucla.edu (Ph.D.(2008-2013). Geography. University of California, Los Angeles. M.S.(2006-2008). Environmental Resources Engineering. State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry. B.M.(2002-2006). Environmental Economics and Managements. Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology. ) Subfield: Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Spatial Statistics, GIS - Ph.D.: Large-area assessment of lake vulnerability from natural determinants and anthropogenic activities Master of Science: Algorithmic development for urban land use modeling using artificial intelligence and spatial statistics Bachelor of Managements: Configuration of an indicator system for environmental evalution in Precision Agriculture

WARD, JASON MICHAEL jward31@ucla.edu 

Willis, Kate kwillis@ucla.edu (M.A. University of California, Los Angeles 2011 Geography B.A. Clark University 2008 Environmental Science and Policy, minor Mathematics) Subfield: conservation planning, land use change, climate change and its effect on local vegetation, fire ecology, paleoclimate, GIS, remote sensing, Arctic systems - PhD: Monitoring landscape changes in southern California NA Parks in the past, present and future. MA: Carbon storage and hydrological reconstruction using testate amoebae analysis and ground penetrating radar in the West Siberian Lowlands and Churchill, Manitoba.