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Achievements
Find out what our students, faculty, and staff are being recognized for.
Matthew Derrick
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Geography professor Matthew Derrick, a Fulbright scholar currently on sabbatical, has been named a visiting scholar at the Central Asian Studies Institute (CASI) of the American University of Central Asia (AUCA). Located in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, AUCA is Central Asia's premier institution of higher education. While there Derrick will conduct field research on the theme "New Religious Landscapes of Kyrgyzstan." For details, see https://auca.kg/en/visiting_scholars/
Russ Walls, Torrie Brickley, Matthew Derrick, Nick Perdue, and Merien Townsel
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
After a long but fun road trip down to San Diego, Humboldt came home with several top awards from the 71st Annual California Geographical Society meeting in San Diego. The 16 current students, along with alumni, who attended represented HSU Geography with strong enthusiasm and professionalism.
We had three first-place student awardees. Nathaniel Douglass won first place for the McKnight Professional Paper Award. Russ Walls won first place for the Geosystems Professional Paper Award. And Torrie Brickley won first place for the Student Cartography Competition. Douglass also won the David Lantis Scholarship, and several of our students landed Student Travel Awards. Well done!
Our faculty got in on the action, too. Professor Matthew Derrick was awarded the Friend of Geography Award, and he was elected CGS Vice President. Dr. Nick Perdue was elected to the organization’s board, as was Merien Townsel, our recent graduate and current Administrative Support Assistant.
Rosemary Sherriff
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Rosemary Sherriff co-authored a paper with three alumni, Kelly Muth, Madelinn Schriver, and Rebecca Batzel, in the Journal of Biogeography on spruce response to climate change in Southwest Alaska. Weblink: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.12968/epdf
Stephen Cunha
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Geographer Stephen Cunha’s Perestroika to Parkland: The Evolution of Land Protection in the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan, appears in Annals of the American Association of Geographers 107:2. In a span of twenty-four years a perestroika-inspired citizen and government coalition created one of the largest protected areas in the Palearctic Realm. The national park and World Heritage Site represents a significant milestone in the global movement that began in Yosemite to protect landscapes for the use and enjoyment of all people. See: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/wWsw383Cn56BPvEXq8Mb/full
Matthew Derrick
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Matthew Derrick received a Title VIII Fellowship to study the Kazakh/Kyrgyz language at the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI) this summer at the University of Wisconsin.
Matthew Derrick
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Matthew Derrick recently was selected as a Fulbright Scholar. The award will support him while on sabbatical for the 2017/18 academic year, while he conducts comparative field research in Central Asia. For the duration of the award he will be affiliated with American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Nathaniel Douglass
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Geography major Nathaniel Douglass was recently awarded a $1,500 scholarship from the Northern California chapter of URISA (Urban and Regional Information System Association) to continue his study of Geography and passion for GIS/Cartography.
Stephen Cunha
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Geography Professor Stephen Cunha’s review of “Jumbo Wild” appears in magazines and festival catalogs in North America, Europe, and Oceania. This documentary film portrays a 25-year battle in Canada’s iconic Jumbo Valley that pits developers of a large ski resort against conservationists, backcountry skiers, and First Nations, who revere it as home of the grizzly bear spirit.
Stephen Cunha
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Geography Professor Stephen Cunha is coauthor of "Geosystems Core," a college-level introductory text for physical geography. Stephen authored 7.5 of the 15 chapters on geomorphology, global climate, plate tectonics, and water resources. Included are 60 of his images from six continents.
Matthew A Derrick
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
On December 6, Matthew Derrick co-chaired a panel discussion titled "25 Years of Independence: Questioning Post-Soviet" at the Woodrow Wilson International Center Scholars in Washington, DC. The panel discussion, attended by scholars, policymakers, and media, coincided with the public release of the book Derrick co-edited, "Questioning Post-Soviet" (Wilson Center Press), which investigates the continuing significance of the fall of the USSR. The Wilson Center is the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for Congress, the Administration and the broader policy community.