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Meet the New 2005-2006 Graduate Class

The following 21 new masters and Ph.D. candidates will join an existing group of current students. As the graduate officer for 2005-2006, 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. Lucky Yapa

Find out more about the graduate class of 2005-2006.

photo name degree & advisor interests place of last degree e-mail citizenship
Jessica Acosta

Jessica Acosta

M.S. Advisor:

GIS, Physical Geography, Cartography, Biogeography

University of Puerto Rico

jza119@psu.edu

U.S. (Puerto Rico)

Shaunna Barnhart

Shaunna Barnhart

Ph.D. Advisor: James McCarthy

Political Ecology, Social Movements

Carleton College, University of Illinois

slb442@psu.edu

Jason Beery

Jason Beery

M.S. Advisor:

Political Ecology, Urban Geography

Johns Hopkins

jdb425@psu.edu

Jin Chen

Jin Chen

Ph.D. Advisor:

Geovisualization , Spatial Dataming, Open Source GIS, Java Programming

University of Toledo

jxc93@psu.edu

Adrian Cox

Adrian Cox

M.S. Advisor:

aac137@psu.edu

Dana Cuomo

Dana Cuomo

M.S. Advisor: Melissa Wright

Human Trafficking, Contemporary Slavery, Feminist Geography, Urban Geography

Penn State University

dmc263@psu.edu

U.S.

Liv Detrick

Liv Detrick

M.S. Advisor:

GIS, Human-Environment Interaction

Mount Holyoke College

lad272@psu.edu

Rafael Diaz-Torres

Rafael Diaz-Torres

M.S. Advisor: Melissa Wright

Sports Geography, Geopolitics, Geography and Media

University of Puerto Rico

rrd130@psu.edu

Seth Dixon

Seth Dixon

Ph.D. Advisor:

Historical, Cultural, Economic and Political Geography

Brigham Young University

sud137@psu.edu

U.S.

Lisa Gill

Lisa Gill

M.S. Advisor: Alan Taylor

Biogeography, Forest and Fire Ecology

University of Colorado at Boulder

skg146@psu.edu

Canada

Kevin Groves

Kevin Groves

M.S. Advisor:

Human-Environment Relationships, GIS, Global Warming, Latin America

George Washington University

krg165@psu.edu

U.S.

Joseph Gyekis

Joseph Gyekis

M.S. Advisor: Rob Brooks

Ecological Assessment

Penn State University

jpg186@psu.edu

U.S.

Jessica Hayes-Conroy

Jessica Hayes-Conroy

Ph.D. Advisor: James McCarthy

Rural Geography, Cultural Geography, Place meaning, and Environmental Education

University of Vermont

jsh285@psu.edu

Clark Knighton Seipt

Clark Knighton Seipt

M.S. Advisor: William Easterling

Human Dimensions of Global Change, Nature-Society, Latin/South America

University of Virginia

eck136@psu.edu

U.S.

Andrew Pierce

Andrew Pierce

M.S. Advisor:

Forest and Fire Ecology

Dartmouth College

adp179@psu.edu

Melissa Rock

Melissa Rock

Ph.D. Advisor: Melissa Wright

2005-2006 Class Photos

Urban Geography, Commuity and Regional Development, Cultural/Identity Politics, Globalization, China

myr100@psu.edu

Jairus Rossi

Jairus Rossi

M.S. Advisor:

Human-Environment Interaction, East/South Asia

Bucknell University

jjr269@psu.edu

Valerie Sebestyen

Valerie Sebestyen

Ph.D. Advisor: Roger Downs

Africa, Nature-Society

University of Wyoming

vms100@psu.edu

U.S.

Thomas Sigler

Thomas Sigler

M.S. Advisor: Chris Benner

Global Trade, Globalization, U.S.- Mexico Borderlands, Hungary and Central Europe, Urban Transit

University of Southern California

tjs316@psu.edu

Kean Huat Soon

Kean Huat Soon

Ph.D. Advisor: Donna Peuquet

GIScience, Semantic Geospatial Web

University of Technology, Malaysia

kxs466@psu.edu

Adam Terando

Adam Terando

Ph.D. Advisor: William Easterling

Climate Change, Detection

ajt180@psu.edu

Brian Tomaszewski

Brian Tomaszewski

Ph.D. Advisor:

GIScience, Historical GIS, Visualization

SUNY - Buffalo

bmt139@psu.edu

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