News / Events : Archive : Colloquia Series Fall 2009
The colloquia series welcomes speakers from across the campus and the world to discuss their research.
All colloquia are scheduled at 3:30pm in Storm Hall 337 most Fridays during the semester unless otherwise noted.
The Influence of Burn History on Shrubland Recovery Patterns
on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
September 4
Dr. John O'Leary
Professor of Geography
San Diego State University
Spatial Reasoning at Sea and Ashore:
Directions and Challenges in Ocean Informatics
September 18
Dr. Dawn Wright
Professor of Geosciences
Oregon State University
What Does it Mean to be Brown?
Mexican American Racial Identity in Southern California
September 25
Dr. Laura Pulido
Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity
University of Southern California
Vulnerabilities to Climate Change in Phoenix and the Southwestern US
The Post Lecture
October 9
Dr. Pat Gober
2009 Post Lecture Distinguished Speaker
Professor of Geography
Arizona State University
The Academic Contributions and Impact of Waldo Tobler
The Getis Lecture
October 16
3:00pm
West Commons 220
Panel Discussion
Dr. Arthur Getis, SDSU
Dr. André Skupin, SDSU
Dr. S.V. Subramanian, Harvard University
Dr. Waldo Tobler, UCSB
Some Statistical Issues in Estimating and Mapping Climate and Climatic Change
from Weather-station Records
October 23
Dr. Cort Willmott
Professor of Geography
University of Delaware
Rainforests Lead to Copenhagen:
Politics and Science of Climate Change and Tropical Forests
October 30
John Niles
Visiting Scholar in Biological Sciences
Tropical Rainforest Group, UCSD
Place Identities and the Production of Inequality at the Border
November 6
Dr. Kristin Maher
Associate Professor of Political Science
San Diego State University
A Geophilosophical Approach to the Border as an Open Wound:
Complexity and Resistance
November 20
Dr. Emily D. Hicks
Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies
San Diego State University