Geography Graduate Group Students

Fullname                  Degree            Academic InterestEmail Address
Elena Aguaron-FuentePh.D. StudentUrban Forestry. Environmental Geography.
Thomas R. AguilarPh.D. StudentInternational migration, commodification of migration, economic development, transnationalism, and remittances.
Tarecq AmerPh.D. Student
Catharine L. AndersonPh.D. StudentSustainable agriculture, GIS
Timothy S. AndrewsMaster's Student
Diane L. BaileyPh.D. Student
Calanit E. Bar-AmPh.D. Candidateagricultural economic geography, climate change, wine industry
Karen BeardsleyPh.D. CandidateGeographic Information Systems and spatial technology for decision support, urban modeling, and wildlife conservation.
John R. CarottaMaster's Student
David R. ClarkPh.D. StudentRegional development impacts and transport geography. Regional focus: Mekong region/ Southeast Asia.
Garrett S. DuncanPh.D. CandidateHuman dynamics of natural resources, recreation and public lands, visitor behavior for wilderness management, assessing public opinions of forest thinning and prescribed burning. Regional focus: California, Lake Tahoe Basin/Sierra Nevada.
Stacey C. EllisMaster's Student
Molly A. FerrellPh.D. Student
Trina R. FilanPh.D. StudentSustainable and alternative agricultures; local knowledge; gender and agriculture; agriculture as a tool of restoration and empowerment.
Daniel FinkPh.D. StudentRegional travel/transportation planning and tourism
Tavis ForresterPh.D. StudentBiogeography, ecosystem restoration, utilizing indigenous knowledge for restoration, place based understanding and relationships, and almost anything to do with birds
Gerardo C. GambirazzioPh.D. CandidateMA Urban Planning -UCLA Interests: History, political ecology and institutional governance of the Sacramento Delta Region.
Susan GarbiniPh.D. Studentnatural resources management; water policy issues in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; role of volunteer citizen conservation groups in achieving conservation and restoration goals
Tometi K. GbedemaPh.D. Candidate
Kemal A. GerPh.D. Candidate
Deborah A. GilesPh.D. Student
Elena GiventalPh.D. Candidate
A. Breeze HarperPh.D. StudentEmploying Critical Race Theory, Critical Whiteness Studies, Foucault, and Black Feminist Studies in understanding geographies of nutrition and health of the African Diaspora in the USA.
Paul J. HaverkampPh.D. StudentVicuna and guanaco in South America
Rene E. HeneryPh.D. Candidate
Erin L. HestirPh.D. CandidatePacific coastal and island biogeography. geomorphology, and "biogeomorphology." The interaction between coastal and aquatic vegetation and geomorphic processes.
Colleen C. HinerPh.D. StudentUrban-Rural Interface
Sean D. HoganMaster's Student
Patrick R. HuberPh.D. CandidateConservation planning, landscape analysis.
Veneranda Xochitl Juarez-VarelaPh.D. CandidateGender and rural development.
Keir E. KeightleyPh.D. CandidateAg/urban interactions, statistics.
Christopher KeithleyPh.D. Candidate
John KnettlePh.D. CandidatePolitical geography, cultural geograpy, sustainable development, topography
Jayoung KooPh.D. Student
Jing-Fong Jennifer LeePh.D. CandidateEnvironmental and Natural Resource Economics and Policy, Geographic Information Systems.
Margareta A. LeleaPh.D. CandidateFeminist geography, critical development studies, post-socialist transformations, transnational feminist movements, border studies and migration
Hsiu-Chin LinMaster's Student
Robert LusardiMaster's StudentWatershed Science, Stream Ecology
Alexander I. MandelPh.D. Student
Amber D. ManfreeMaster's StudentBiogeography, Geographic Information Systems, hydrologic processes, rural- urban interfaces, and land conservation
Jacob P. MannMaster's Student
Nelson Martinez BerriosPh.D. StudentIndigenous Traditional Knowledge, Protection and Enhancement of Indigenous Biodiversity in Chile and Latin America
Michael C. McGrannPh.D. StudentBiogeography, predicting wildlife occurrence with wildlife-habitat relationships. Wildlife conservation. The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail for ecological/geographic research.
Amy M. McGrannPh.D. StudentBiogeography, plant geography, endangered species conservation, wildlife-habitat relationships. The Pacific Crest Trail for ecological/geographic research. Poverty/environmental degradation. Restoration.
Benita J. MoolmanPh.D. Student
Brian J. MorganMaster's StudentGeographic Information Systems, spatial technology design, application for biodiversity, conservation and urban ecology.
Michihiko NakataPh.D. Candidate
Nina NoujdinaPh.D. Student
Sarah E. NullPh.D. CandidateWater resources, natural resource geography.
Susan OliviaPh.D. CandidateDevelopment Economics, Spatial Econometrics and Geographic Information Systems. Regional focus: China and Indonesia.
Christian G. OstroskyPh.D. CandidatePolitical ecology, development theory, conservation of natural resources, rural geography, geographic information systems. Regional focus: Latin America, Gran Chaco, Argentina,
Adriana E. ParraPh.D. Candidate
Chantelise M. PellsMaster's Student
Scott E. PhillipsPh.D. Student
Angel Pita-DuquePh.D. CandidateHuman geography of agriculture with emphasis on the relationship between economic change and crop diversity in Mexico.
Kristin A. ReynoldsPh.D. CandidateAgriculture and social change, urban agriculture, urban-rural connections, action research.
Kurt R. RichterPh.D. CandidateAgricultural Economic Geography, Entrepreneurship, Regional Development and California County Policy.
Gerrie L. RobinsonPh.D. CandidateLandscape Architecture.
Nate RothPh.D. StudentGeographic Information Systems
Courtney J. RouteMaster's Student
Evan E. SchmidtPh.D. Student
Innisfree L. SeymanPh.D. Student
Gregory C. ShawPh.D. Student
Jason SnyderPh.D. Student
William D. Stockard Master's Student
Robyn SuddethMaster's StudentWater Resource Management and Stream Restoration
Sagako SugiuraPh.D. Candidate
Margaret A. SwisherPh.D. Student
Gregory W. Tarver, Jr.Ph.D. StudentUrban and Community Forestry, Environmental Geography.
Karen M. ThorneMaster's Student
Peter W. TittmannPh.D. CandidateFire, forest management, bio-energy and bio-fuels, network modeling, remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), regional geography.
Michele M. TobiasPh.D. StudentCoastal vegetation, GIS & Remote Sensing.
Michael S. TreichlerMaster's Student
Jahalel Lee TuilPh.D. StudentGIS Methodologies and Remnant Woody Vegetation in Yolo County.
Valerie K. VaughnPh.D. StudentSocial and cultural geography with and emphasis on religious landscapes and Buddhism in the U.S.
David WaetjenPh.D. StudentInformation Technology and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Yang WangMaster's Student
Alice A. WarrickMaster's Student
Phillip C. Weir Ph.D. Student
Melissa R. L. WhitakerPh.D. StudentImpacts of regional climate change on species ranges; Lepidoptera; habitat fragmentation; biogeography and global change
Wendy D. WoodPh.D. Student
Megan T. WymanPh.D. CandidateVocal communication and sexual selection in North American bison.
Cherry Vee ZamoraPh.D. StudentWater resources and environmental geography.