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Department Fact Sheet
New Courses
Geog 511, Contemporary Methodologies and Philosophies In Geography (Michael Brown) (Spring 09)
Geog 350, Marketing & Retail Geography (J.W. Harrington) (Aut 09)
Geog 495, Law, Justice & The Environment (Steve Herbert) (Win 10)
Geog 464, GIS-Based Decision Support (Tim Nyerges), Win 10
New Book Releases
Tim Nyerges and Piotr Jankowski, "Regional and Urban GIS: A Decision Support Approach", Guildford Publications, New York, September 2009.
The 12th annual Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium was held June 5, 2009.
2009 Undergraduate Research Symposium program
Grants, Awards, & Honors
Tim Nyerges, Professor, awarded an NSF Geography and Spatial Sciences Program grant for "Participatory Interaction Modeling of Online Geographic Decision Making" (Robert Aguirre, Co-PI)
Katharyne Mitchell, Professor, and Sarah Elwood, Associate Professor, awarded a Spencer Foundation grant and a National Geographic Education Foundation grant for their project, "Mapping Youth Journeys:
From Place Awareness to Active Citizenship"
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Steve Herbert, Professor, selected for 2009 UW Distinguished Teaching Award
Sarah Elwood, Associate Professor, awarded a 2009-2012. National Science Foundation grant for "A GIS Science approach for assessing the quality, potential applications, and impacts of volunteered geographic information". (Co-PIs: Michael Goodchild, Daniel Sui).
Five Geography graduate students have been awarded NSF grants for 2009-10: Dana Aufseeser, Todd Faubion, Sara Gilbert, Leonie Newhouse, and Amy Piedalue.
Vicky Lawson, Professor, wins Honorable Mention recognition for the 2009 UW Graduate School's Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
Kam Wing Chan, Professor, received an Outstanding Service Award from the Association of American Geographers' China Geography Specialty Group, 2009
Caroline Faria, Ph.D. candidate in Geography, wins 2008 Graduate School Medal
Mona Atia, Ph.D. in Geography, wins 2008 Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award
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