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Meet the New 2004-2005 Graduate Class

The following 18 new masters and Ph.D. candidates will join an existing group of current students. As the graduate officer for 2004-2005, I would like to officially welcome these newest members of our Department. We look forward to meeting and working with all of you, and we offer our best wishes for your time with us.

Dr. Mark Gahegan


photo name degree & advisor interests place of last degree e-mail citizenship
Ritesh Agrawal

Ritesh Agrawal

Ph.D. Advisor:

GIS, Visualization, Temporal Issues

ragrawal@psu.edu

India

Max Andrucki

Max Andrucki

Ph.D. Advisor:

Social and Cultural Geography, Transnationalism, Globalization, Identity

mja225@psu.edu

U.S.

Aju Badardeen

Aju Badardeen

M.S. Advisor:

Knowledge Visualization, Spatial Databases, Computational GIS

ajubdeen@psu.edu

India

Nnyaladzr Batsani

Nnyaladzri Batisani

Ph.D. Advisor: Brent Yarnal

Exploring the Spatial Dynamics of Land-use Change Patterns in Center County, Pennsylvania

Wageningen University, The Netherlands

njb932@psu.edu

Botswana
Beth Bee

Beth Bee

M.S./M.A. Women's Studies Advisor: Melissa Wright

Gender, Regional Development, Latin America

bab333@psu.edu

U.S.

Jamison Conley

Jamison Conley

Ph.D. Advisor: Mark Gahegan

Geocomputation,Spatial analysis, Visualization, Music

Penn State University

jfc173@psu.edu

U.S.

Casey Deck

Casey Deck

M.S. Advisor:

Forest Ecology, Vegetation Dynamics, Forest Fire History

cdeck@psu.edu

U.S.

Dave Fyfe

Dave Fyfe

Ph.D. Advisor: Deryck Holdsworth

Historical Geography, Historical GIS, Transportation, Tourism, Service-Learning

dfyfe@psu.edu

U.S.

Adrienne Gruver

Adrienne Gruver

M.S. Advisor: Cindy Brewer

Cartography, Geovisualization, and Epidemiology

abg152@psu.edu

U.S.

Kristen Hychka

Kristen Hychka

Ph.D. Advisor: Rob Brooks

Landscape and Historical Ecology Related to Aquatic Systems, Decision Support Tool Development for Land Use and Water Resource Managers

kch130@psu.edu

U.S.

Allyson Gatski Jacobs

Allyson Jacobs

M.S. Advisor: Bill Easterling

Sustainable Agriculture, Human-Environment interaction, Climate Change

axg319@psu.edu

U.S.

Sara Knuth

Sarah Knuth

M.S. Advisor:

Human Dimensions of Global Change, Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Socioeconomic Globalization

sek154@psu.edu

U.S.

Tania del mar Lopez Marrero

Tania del mar Lopez Marrero

Ph.D. Advisor: Melissa Wright

Geopolitics, Media and Geography, Sports Geography

University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras

tdl131@psu.edu

U.S. (Puerto Rico)

Matthew Mulbrandon

Matthew Mulbrandon

Ph.D. Advisor:

Urban Geography, GIS, Agent-Based Modeling, Ways of Knowing

mcm307@psu.edu

U.S.

Mike Stryker

Mike Stryker

M.S. Advisor:

Wireless applications for GIS, Geographic Visualization, Nature-Society Relations

mzs114@psu.edu

U.S.

Kelly Vanderbrink

Kelly Vanderbrink

M.S. Advisor: William Easterling

Carbon Sequestration, Environmental Ethics, Technology and Society, GIScience

Penn State University

kjv115@psu.edu

U.S.

Morgan Windram

Morgan Windram

M.S. Advisor: Lorraine Dowler

Feminist Geography, Global Feminism, Minority Feminist Issues, Colombia

Penn State University

mbw147@psu.edu

U.S.

Jing Yan

Jing Yan

Advisor:

juy113@psu.edu

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