Galen Murton wins Awards at the AAG Annual Meeting

April 17, 2014

Galen won these awards at the 2014 Association of American Geographers annual meeting in Tampa, Florida, April 8-12, 2014 Political Geography Speciality Group: Dissertation Research Enhancement Award Cultural and Political Ecology Speciality Group: Field Study Award

Galen Murton Receives International Dissertation Research Fellowship

April 15, 2014

Galen is the recipient of a 2014 Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation the the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) . Galen is among only eighty awardees, selected from a total of 1,081 submitted applications from graduate students at 131 universities. The...

Ian Rowen’s Paper Published in Annals of Tourism Research

April 15, 2014

Ian Rowen's "Tourism as a territorial strategy: The case of China and Taiwan" paper has been published in the Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 46, May 2014, Pages 62–74 Abstract: This paper examines the cultural and territorial politics of the rapid post-2008 growth in tourism from the People’s Republic of...

Aaron Malone Receives Ray Hauser Award

April 14, 2014

The Ray Hauser Award is offered through the Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant program. Ray Hauser was the first Chair of the Graduate School Advisory Council and held that position through the committee’s formative years. Only the highest ranked proposals are considered for the small number of named awards. Aaron...

Aaron Malone Awarded Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship

April 14, 2014

Sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, the Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) program supports graduate students in formulating effective doctoral dissertation research proposals that contribute to the development of interdisciplinary fields of study in the humanities and social sciences. The fellowship cycle includes spring and fall workshops designed and...

Suzanne Anderson Interviewed about potential landsliding from September 2013 Storm

April 13, 2014

Suzanne interviewed on KGNU Independent Community radio Listen to interview

Ian Rowen quoted in The Guardian

April 8, 2014

Ian was quoted in The Guardian about the historic Taiwan protests. Read article Taiwan protesters to end occupation of legislature

Ian Rowen wins 1st place in AAG Political Geography Specialty Group Competition

April 7, 2014

Ian's paper on China-Taiwan tourism received 1st place in the Association of American Geographers' Political Geography Specialty Group PhD Student Paper Award competition.

Jamie Humphrey awarded an American Educational Research Association Dissertation Grant

April 7, 2014

The American Educational Research Association Dissertation Grant (AERA) Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AERA Grants Program seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data...

Lindsay Skog Receives a 2014-2015 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship

April 3, 2014

This fellowship is intended to provide outstanding PhD candidates with financial support to assist in the process of completing their doctoral dissertations. It offers one semester of full support and includes a stipend equal to a 50% GPTI appointment (currently $10,186.09), up to five dissertation hours of tuition, mandatory fees,...

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