The graduate students of the Department of Geography invite students from ALL cognate disciplines to present their research at no Boundaries, our annual interdisciplinary conference.
Penn State Geography students research a wide array of topics:
Politics, economics, and international development
Urban / rural policy and planning
History, culture, and society
Gender, race, class and sexuality
Ecology and the natural world
Hazards, vulnerability, and the human dimensions of climate change
GIS, spatial analysis and geovisualization
What unites us (and hopefully you) is an attention to notions of space/place, issues of scale, and connections between the human and physical realms. If your research intersects with any of the above, or you are interested in learning more about these topic, we encourage you to attend!
We will feature approximately paper presentations, several panel sessions and professional development workshops for graduates and undergraduates. Breakfast and lunch are provided.
We also invite you to join us on Friday, March 28 for refreshments and the weekly coffee hour presentation at the Department of Geography, 3:30-5:00 PM.
no Boundaries is a friendly, low-stress environment comprised of your peers. This is a great opportunity for beginning and future graduate students to 'get your feet wet' at a professional academic conference; and for all, this can be a great forum to share your ideas and receive feedback from a multidisciplinary audience.
Please join us in this relaxed, collegial atmosphere and share your work across the disciplines-no Boundaries!
Saturday, March 29 All Events held in 319 Walker Building
9:00
Welcome, coffee, refreshments
9:30
Keynote: Petra Tschakert (PSU Geography): "Geographers' role in knowledge production inside and outside of academia"
10:15
Human Geography Maureen Biermann (PSU Geography): "Theatrical Space and Alternative Realities: Performance as a Research Tool for Social Change" [abstract] Andrei Israel (PSU Geography), Raymond Tutu (PSU Geography), Yasong Wang (PSU, Recreation, Park and Tourism Management): "Challenges
of International Students at Penn State: A Participatory Research Project" [abstract] Edward Heath Robinson (The University at Buffalo, Geography): "What 'Is_a' State?" [abstract] Peter D. Howe (PSU Geography): "Newsworthy spaces: media coverage of municipalities in a metropolitan area" [abstract] Darrell Fuhriman (PSU Geography): "Dangerous Donations: discarded electronics in Accra, Ghana" [abstract] Jessica Lehman (PSU Geography): "Environmental justice, health social services, and the voices of the marginalized: The case of health insurance for small-scale gold
miners in Ghana" [abstract]
12:30
Poster Introductions and Lunch M. Thomas Auer (PSU Geography): "Mapping Data-specific Avian Distributions Using Cartographic Techniques" [abstract] Jared Oyler (PSU Geography): "The Effect of Wildfire Severity on Boreal Vegetation Succession in Interior Alaska" [abstract] Neal Trump, Megan McIntosh (US Military Academy): "Political/Military geography themed poster of the Unified Command Plan" [abstract] James Blackwell (US Military Academy): "Increasing lake effect snow in the Great Lakes region?" [abstract]
1:30
GIScience Michael Stryker (PSU Geography): "Health GeoJunction: Web Portal for Tracking Infectious Disease Threats and Related Science" [abstract] Rui Li (PSU Geography): "Does sex determine wayfinding abilities? The role of environment and sex-related spatial abilities on wayfinding in an unfamiliar environment" [abstract] Adam Naito (PSU Geography): "An Ecological Assessment of Urban Sprawl in Unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado" [abstract] Robert Roth (PSU Geography): "The involvement of uncertainty in the creation, representation, and use of geospatial data in the domain of floodplain mapping." [abstract]
3:00
Community and Development Destiny Aman (PSU Geography): "The Mystery of the Mobile Home: A Geographic Investigation of Mobile Homes in Rural Pennsylvania" [abstract] Nicole Laliberte (PSU Geography): "Conceptions of Community During Amenity-Based Development: A Case Study" [abstract] Sean Bennett (Cornell University, City and Regional Planning) "Partnering with Neighborhoods: An Assessment of Binghamton, NY's Neighborhood Pact Initiative" [abstract] Melissa Yang Rock (PSU Geography): "Commodification and Gentrification: Hutongs of 'Old Beijing'" [abstract]
4:30
Panel: Surviving Grad School Jamison Conley (PSU Geography) Tim Frazier (PSU Geography) Jessica Hayes-Conroy (PSU Geography) Valerie Sebestyen (PSU Geography)
The Department of Geography's Coffee Hour is on Friday, March 28 at 4:00 p.m. in 112 Walker. The speaker, L.J. Gorenflo, associate professor of Landscape Architecture, Penn State University, will speak on "Geographic Insights on the Human Dimensions of Biodiversity Conservation." Please join us for this weekly tradition.
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