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Achievements
Find out what our students, faculty, and staff are being recognized for.
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.
Chelsea Teale
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Dr. Chelsea Teale, Geography, published “Wetlands of New Netherland” in the Hudson River Valley Review, relating colonial Dutch terms for wetlands to their modern-day US Fish and Wildlife classifications. Another paper also accepted for publication by New York History examines the uses and modifications of wetlands in pre-1800 agriculture. Geography major Dan Cooper (‘16) also worked as a research assistant under an Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities grant and continuing an Island Invasives and Eradication Programs database project by Dr. Teale that began at the University of Georgia Institute of Ecology.
Patrick Wood
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Congratulations to HSU Geography major Patrick Wood, 2016 Winner of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) Student Map Competition! The competition included 19 entries (12 graduate students, 7 undergraduates), traveling from 9 university programs including the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Penn State University, University of Oregon, University College London, and the University of Toronto. The prestigious award includes a cash prize of $500, and was presented at the annual NACIS conference this year in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Over 320 private sector, academic, and public sector cartographers gathered this year for 5 days of presentations, workshops, and networking.
Rosemary Sherriff
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Rosemary Sherriff co-authored a new paper in Ecological Applications titled “Tree-ring isotopes reveal drought sensitivity in trees killed by spruce beetle outbreaks in south-central Alaska” that is part of an on-going collaborative project evaluating climate change and disturbance effects in white spruce forests in southwest and south-central Alaska.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.1365/full
Monica Moreno-Espinoza, Stephen Cunha
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Geography senior Monica Moreno-Espinoza and Professor Stephen Cunha presented papers at the 79th Meeting of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG) meeting at Portland State University. For Mediterranean Refugee Crisis: Italian Student Attitudes Towards Political Migrants, Moreno-Espinoza surveyed 844 students from eight universities across Italy. The findings reveal positive sentiment towards political refugees, strong opinions towards other EU countries’ responsibility for assisting Italy in aiding refugees, and mixed attitudes on governmental intervention of refugee flow.
As presiding APCG President, Cunha’s Presidential Address documented 25 years of land protection efforts
Matthew Derrick and Rosemary Sherriff
Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Matthew Derrick and Rosemary Sherriff, Geography Department, are taking over as editors (co-editors) of the California Geographer, a long-standing peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on all aspects of California geography and beyond. There will be a new format that includes not only geographic scholarship, education, and book reviews, but also welcomes non-scholarly essays, photo essays, and geo-visualizations.