Graduate Students

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BARRANDA, ANTHONY DELARA hjarta@ucla.edu (Ph.D. Student, Geography, UCLA; M.A., Geography, Arizona State, 2003; B.A., Geography, University of Texas, 2001; B.A., Psychology, University of Texas, 2001) Subfield: Cultural and Historical Geography, Socio-political Geography, Urban geography/architecture - sense of place, public space, airport geographies, symbolic landscapes, architectural perception, social theory, geography of non-normative identity and citizenship

Bauch, Nicholas nbbauch@ucla.edu 2001, B.S. Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2005, M.S. Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Thesis "Food and Place: Consuming Parma, Italy"). My doctoral research synthesizes literatures in United States agricultural history, landscape studies, consumerism, and geographies of health. I identify most strongly with the subfield of environmental history, and as such attempt to show how changing conceptions of healthy foods and their representative landscapes help explain how Americans have conceived of, and related to the natural world through food and agriculture. Other related and non-related interests: film as a medium of geographical expression; science & technology studies; transportation; humanism; place; the body; Lagos, Nigeria.

CHEN, CHEN chenchen923@ucla.edu (M.A, Agricultural Economics, Renmin University of China, 2008 B.A, Agricultural Economics, Renmin University of China, 2005) Subfield: Regional Development, Migration, Contemporary China -

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

COOKE, ABIGAIL MONTAGUE cooke@ucla.edu 

CROW, BRITT blcrow@ucla.edu (Ph.D. Student, Geography, UCLA; M.A. Regional Studies- East Asia, Harvard University, 2009; B.A. History and Asian Studies, Bard College, 2006) Subfield: Political geography, environmental politics, development, contemporary China -

DAVIES, DAVID RHYS  (Stanford University (B.A History); London School of Economics (M.Sc. Economic History); UCLA (PhD Candidate)) Subfield: Economic Geography, Urban Economic Growth, Regional Economic Development, Comparative Urbanisation, Political Economy, City Regions, Endogenous Growth, Evolutionary Economics, Patterns of Innovation and Technological Change, International Trade - Inventive Diversity and Economic Growth in Cities: An Ecology of US Patenting

DINTWE, KEBONYETHATA kdintwe@ucla.edu (B.Sc. Biological Sciences; Botany. University of Botswana, 2003) Subfield: Vegetation-Soil interactions along Kalahari moisture gradient, Remote Sensing, GIS -

FERNÁNDEZ, SARAH HAIDÉE sarhafe[at]yahoo[dot]com (Ph.D. Candidate, Geography, UCLA; M.A., Geography, UCLA, 2007; B.A., Latin American Studies [concentration in Ecology and the Environment], UCLA, 2002) Subfield: Political Ecology, Cultural Geography, Sustainable 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 (B.S. University of California Santa Barbara, Physical Geography, 2005 ) Subfield: Remote Sensing, LiDAR, Forest Structure -

FU, QIANG austinfu@ucla.edu ((B.S. Sun Yat-sen University, Geographic Information System, 2008) ) Subfield: GIS, Remote Sensing, Biogeophysical Modeling - Assessment of Impact of Land Cover and Land Use Change on Water and Energy Cycle in Caspian Sea Drainage Basin

FUENTENEBRO, PABLO pfuentenebro@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate, UCLA Department of Geography. Licenciatura de Geografia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2005 Premio Nacional de Licenciatura Premio Extraordinario Fin de Carrera) Subfield: Cultural geography, Architecture, Political geography - Cultural regeneration and the new cultural economy Paris New program of libraries Place, memory and nostalgia. Architecture, urbanism and the creation of urban landscapes.

GARCIA-ELLIN, JUAN C jcgarcia@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate, UCLA (CPhil, 2008). 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.

GIORGI, ANA PAULA agiorgi@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate M.Sc. Water Resources and Applied Ecology, Universidade de São Paulo (2003) B.S. Biology, Universidade de São Paulo (2000)) Subfield: Biogeography, Reserve Design, Ecological Niche Modeling, Landscape Ecology - Dissertation research: "Utilizing remote sensing to identify priorities for restoration and connectivity in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil"

GOLDSTEIN, JENNIFER E jgoldstein@ucla.edu (PhD expected 2013, Dept of Geography, UCLA M.A. 2009: Dept of Geography, UCLA B.A. 2005: Theory and History of Architecture, Barnard College, Columbia University) Subfield: cultural geography, political ecology, environmental conservation & development, food and agriculture - global and local agro-food systems, the production and politics of taste within the global coffee industry, agricultural land use in California, multi-site ethnography

Grant, Andrew Nicholas angrant at ucla.edu (B.A. Geography, UW-Madison 2006 Certificate - Center for Russian, Eastern European, and Central Asian Studies, UW-Madison 2006) Subfield: Development, Social, Cultural, Humanist Geography; Western China, Tibet - Works in progress: Dissertation (proposed): Contemporary development in Western China's Qinghai Province: Its reasons, sources, targets, and implications for populations involved. MA Thesis: 2008 Olympic Beijing Torch Relay and its symbolic implications for the various ethnic, national, and political groups involved.

HAIGH, KATHARINE  (BA Geography, University of Cambridge, 2008 First Class with Distinction (*1) MA Geography (Honorary), University of Cambridge, 2010 expected ) Subfield: Cultural, political, historical -

Hammond, Timur W timur.hammond@gmail.com (B.A. (2005) University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Interaction of landscape and identity; architecture, public space and religion; humanism, humanist thought; aesthetics and epistemology.

Howe, Nicolas C nhowe at ucla.edu (Ph.D. Candidate. M.A. 2003, Geography, UCLA; B.A. 1998, English, Columbia University ) Subfield: Cultural, political, and urban geography - Geographies of religion and law; American religious politics; conservative Christianity; secularism and secularization; environmental politics and history; landscape studies; nations and nationalism; social movements.

HOWELL, ANTHONY JAMES a.howell@ucla.edu (PhD Student, Geography, UCLA; M.S. Geography, Michigan State Univ.; B.A. Political Science, Michigan State Univ.; B.A. Chinese Language and Culture) Subfield: Geopolitics: Border studies and ethnic conflict; Economic and Urban Geography: labor markets and minority, migration, and inequality studies; urban poverty; U.S.; China; quantitative methods; GIS - Interested in economic development and border trade in Western China. Specifically I am interested in examining the combined effects of the "Open up the West" campaign and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's mandate on development, trade, and questions of security in Xinjiang.

ILLES, LILIA I. lilles@ucla.edu ( PhD candidate, M.S. - Environmental Studies/Environmental Science.- CSUF, 2005 ) Subfield: Biogeography, Mammalogy - Habitat fragmentation and primate populations in island environments Habitat conservation and reconciliation ecology in emerging nations Habitat and mammal persistence modeling

Kahn, Patrick pkahn@ucla.edu (PhD Student, UCLA M.A. Geography [with distinction] - Geomorphology and Spatial Modeling, California State University, Northridge, 2008 B.A. Geography - Environmental Science and GIS [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.

Koo, Hongkyo gotiger9@ucla.edu (Ph.D student, physical geography; MA: Geography, Seoul National Univ., 2001 BA: Geography, Seoul National Univ., 1999) shoreline changes in southern California

Le, Tuyen tl57[at]ucla[dot]edu (B.A. with High Honors (2006), Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin) Subfield: Political and cultural ecology, nature-society relations, ethno-/economic botany - Non-timber forest products and agroforestry in Southeast Asia

Levine, Paul Alexander paul.levine[at]ucla.edu (B.A. Brown University, 2000, Geology/Biology and Computer Music) Subfield: Hydroclimatology, biogeochemical cycles, remote sensing, disease vectors - My research interests are in land-atmosphere transfer processes and the synergy between the hydrologic and carbon biogeochemical cycles. I am currently investigating these phenomena in Cameroon, Central Africa, in collaboration with colleagues from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology who are researching the population genomics of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

Lustig, Nicholas Ferris nicholaslustig@ucla.edu ((2007) B.A. Rhetoric with Honors; University of California, Berkeley ) Subfield: urban geography, digital cities, world cities, surveillance studies, Marx, Marxist geography, Autonomist Marxism (esp. Negri), Frankfurt School, police studies, military history/theory, urban design, contemporary French social theory, Foucault, Deleuze, Lacan, complexity theory, psychoanalysis, post WWII American Poetry (Pound, Ashbery, Graham, Mackey), - Current Projects: M.A. Thesis: "The Role of Surveillance Systems in the Recent Shift to Urban Governmentalities of Hegemonic Despotism" "A Marxist Genetic Structuralism in the Early Work of Gilles Deleuze" "The Future of Surveillance Systems in Urban Areas: Ubiquitous Technology, Dataveillance, CCTV and Cyborgs"

Lyons, Evan A elyons@ucla.edu (B.S. Earth and Environmental Science, UC Irvine 2005) Subfield: Remote sensing, high latitude climate change... -

MAAS, REGAN M. rmmaas@ucla.edu (Doctoral Candidate; CPhil - UCLA, Geography, 2007; MA - CSU Northridge, Geography, 2004; BS - Iowa, Biology & Psychology, 1998 ) Subfield: Urban Health Systems, Hispanic Populations & Health-Related Movement, Spatial Statistics, GIS - Variations in Health across LA Urban Neighborhoods - Dissertation Research. Mental Health Service Availability for Minority Populations in California - UCLA Center on Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities.

MAIDA, BARBARA YABLON bymaida@ucla.edu (PhD candidate; MA, 2002: CSU Northridge, Geography [w/ distinction]; BS, 1992: CSU Northridge, Health Sciences [w/ Biology minor] ) Subfield: Cultural Geography, Historical Geography of North America, esp. with regard to medical topographies. -

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 (PhD Student - UCLA) Subfield: Political Geography, Chinese-Latin American relations, contemporary China, contemporary Latin America, environmental politics - Interested in China's political and economic role in Latin America. Research also involves the environmental impacts of emerging relations between these two regions. Also interested in the geopolitics of entryways (seaports, canals, airports, rail lines) and their role in understanding globalization.

REISSER, WESLEY J. reisser@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate - UCLA (expected completion 2010); M.A. 2007 in Geography - The George Washington University; B.A. 2004 Summa Cum Laude in International Affairs & History, minors in Art History & Geography - The George Washington University) Subfield: Political Geography, History of Cartography, Geopolitics of Energy & Water, Borders & Peace Settlements, The Balkans & Eastern Europe, Israel-Palestinian Conflict - American Border Proposals and Maps at the Paris Peace Conference, Energy Independence, Geopolitics of the Post-Cold War World

RIVERS, NATASHA M. riversn@ucla.edu (PhD Candidate UCLA, Geography (C.Phil 2008); M.A. UCLA, Geography, 2007; B.A. University of Washington, Geography & American Ethnic Studies, 2005 ) Subfield: Demography, International Migration, Internal Migration, African Diaspora - I evaluate sub-Saharan African migration to and within the United States; racial vs. ethnic/cultural identities; social, economic and political consequences of displacement of African immigrants from country of origin; human capital; acculturation and integration; quantitative & qualitative methods

SHAH, CHINTAN A. cashah@ucla.edu (B.E. (Computer Engineering), Bombay University, 2000; M.S. (Computer Science), Syracuse University, 2003; C.Phil. (Geography), UCLA, 2008. )

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

SMITH, JENN LEE jennlee.smith@gmail.com China; population geography

Stephenson, Scott stephenson@ucla.edu (B.A. Human Biology, Stanford University, 2003; M.A. Geography, UCLA, expected 2010) Subfield: Climate change vulnerabilities, GIS, Arctic accessibility analysis -

STONE, LINDSAY MORGAN stonelm@ucla.edu (B.A., International Affairs, summa cum laude , University of Colorado - Boulder, 2007 ) Subfield: Political, Historical, and Cultural Geography, GIS -

STURM, TRISTAN tristan.sturm@gmail.com (PhD Candidate (2008): UCLA in Geography. Dissertation: Apocalyptic Geopolitics: American Evangelical Performativity in Jerusalem. MA (2006): Carleton University in Geography and Environmental Studies. Thesis: Prophetic Eyes: The Theatricality of Mark Hitchcock's Apocalyptic Geopolitics, VII+160 pp. Advisers: Simon Dalby (Chair), Iain Wallace. BA (2003) Honours w/ Distinction: University of Victoria in Geography and Political Science. Thesis: Spatializing Borders: The Geopolitical (Re)organization of the US-Mexico Border, IV+153pp. Advisers: Bernard Henin (Chair), Jutta Gutberlet, ) Subfield: future spaces; critical geopolitics; environmental anxiety; apocalyptic geopolitics; American evangelicals; US-Israel relations; property insurance and natural disasters; political geography -

SULLIVAN, ROB sulli@ucla.edu (B.A. in Philosophy, UCLA (Magna Cum Laude) 2007.) Subfield: Cultural Geography, Philosophy of Place. - Speech Acts and Knowledge, Ontological Instability of Place, Imaginary Lands.

TINGSTAD, ABBIE HILARY abbie1@ucla.edu Subfield: Paleoclimatology, Policy, Geomorphology - My dissertation research reconstructs hydroclimate in the Uinta Mountains region of the Upper Colorado River Basin (northeastern Utah) using tree-rings and the remains of diatoms (environmentally-sensitive unicellular algae) in lake sediments. I am also interested in the application of paleoclimate data to water resource management.

WANG, JIDA gdbruins@ucla.edu (Ph.D.(2008-present), Geography, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Los Angeles, CA. M.S.(2006-2008), Environmental and Resource Engineering, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). Syracuse, NY B.M.(2002-2006), Environmental Economics and Managements, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology (BIPT). Beijing, China ) Subfield: Remote Sensing, GIS, and environmental studies - Ph.D.: Lakes, People, and Environment. An integration of Remote Sensing, Geo-spatial Information, hydrological modeling, and environmental economics into hydrosphere studies. Master of Science: Developing a Multi-Thread Spatial Autocorrelation (MuTSA) Model: A Case Study of Urban Growth for Denver, Colorado. Bachelor of Managements: Construction of an Indicator System of Environmental Assessment in Precision Agriculture

Wilford, Justin G. jwilford@ucla.edu (CPhil, UCLA, Geography, 2007 M.A. Arizona State University, Political Science, 2003 Thesis: Deliberative Democracy and the City: Rethinking Space as a Source of Political and Communicative Practice; B.A. Arizona State University, Psychology, 2000 ) Subfield: Cultural geography, urban geography, transnational religiosity - Spatial strategies of American evangelicalism, cultural geography of suburbia and postsuburbia, transnational evangelical networks

WILLIS, KATHERINE S kwillis@ucla.edu (B.A. Clark University 2008 Environmental Science and Policy, minor Mathematics) Carbon storage in arctic and subarctic peatlands and its relation to water table depth and regional/global climate change. Interested in connections between carbon transport and land-water-atmosphere interactions.

Zuhlsdorf, Christine Marie czuhlsdorf@gmail.com (B.A. Geography Environmental Studies, UCLA 2007)