You are invited to attend any or all of our weekly series of presentations. We begin
gathering after 3:30 p.m. almost every Friday for conviviality, coffee, and other goodies in 319 Walker Building, then settle down
to listen to our guest speaker from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in 112 Walker Building. All members of the Penn State and Centre
County community are welcome.
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August 28
Alex Klippel
Department of Geography, Penn State
"Toward a decade of the spatial mind: visions and contributions"
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September 4
Peter Wilshusen
Environmental Studies Program, Bucknell University
The Receiving End of Reform: Everyday Responses to Neoliberalization in Southeastern Mexico
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September 11
Lee Kump
Department of Geosciences, Penn State
"Mass Extinction by Stink Bomb"
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September 18
Larry Kalkstein
Department of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami
"Heat and Human Health: Challenges and Possible Solutions"
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September 25
Petra Tschakert, Erica Smithwick, Denice Wardrop
Department of Geography, Penn State
"Transformative Learning: Packing and Unpacking International Experiences"
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October 2
Jim Shortle
Department of Geosciences, Penn State
"Impacts of Climate Change on Pennsylvania"
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October 9
No speaker scheduled
Faculty retreat
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October 16
Derrick Lampkin
Department of Geography, Penn State
"Looking for the 'Lady of the Lake': Investigating Surface Melt Drainage due to coupled Surface Flow and Crevasse Infiltration from a Supra-Glacial Lake in Western Greenland" |
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October 23
Mark Anderson
Director of Conservation Science for the Nature Conservancy
“Climate, Geology and Biodiversity: Why Protecting Places is Critical to Conserving Species”
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October 30
Melissa Wright
Departments of Geography and Women's Studies, Penn State
"Militarization and the Geography of Governance; Reflections from the Mexico-U.S. Border"
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November 6
Matt Thomas
Department of Entomology, Penn State
"Evaluating the influence of temperature variation on transmission of vector-borne diseases" |
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November 13
Duarte Morais
Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Penn State
"Subjective well-being and self-determination among indigenous people involved in community-based wildlife tourism in Namibia’s Kunene region"
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November 20
Justine Blanford
Department of Geography, Penn State
"Geography of disease: using GIS to visualise disease dynamics"
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November 27
No speaker scheduled
Thanksgiving break
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December 4
Deryck Holdsworth
Department of Geography, Penn State
"Signature Geographies: Strangers, Guests, Travellers and Tourists"
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December 11
Karl Zimmerer
Head, Department of Geography, Penn State
Talk title TBA
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