News / Events : Colloquia Series Spring 2012
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.
Hydrologic Gradients, Climatic Extremes,
and Surface Erosion in the Himalaya
January 27
Dr. Bodo Bookhagen
Associate Professor of Geography
University of California Santa Barbara
The Map is Not Which Territory?:
Understanding Social Phenomena
Through Geomapping Cyberspatial Semantics
February 10
Dr. Brian Spitzberg
Distinguished Professor of Communication
San Diego State University
Estimation of Vegetation Water Content from Remote Sensing:
A Potential MODIS/VIIRS Product
February 17
Dr. David Raiño
Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing
Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources
University of California Davis
Los Angeles and the Politics of Oil, Air and Flooding
March 16
Dr. Sarah Elkind
Associate Professor of History
San Diego State University
Spatial Patterns of Water Insecurity in a Developing City:
Lessons from Accra, Ghana
April 6
Physics 144
Justin Stoler
Doctoral Graduate
San Diego State University
Assessing Environmental Impacts
of Livestock Insurance Programs in East Africa
April 13
Student Services West 1500
Dr. Stephen DeGloria
Professor of Crop and Soil Sciences
Cornell University
Living with Difference:
Making Communities Out of Strangers
in an Era of Super Mobility and Super Diversity
April 27
West Commons 220
Dr. Gill Valentine
Professor of Geography
University of Leeds, UK
Time-sensitive Remote Sensing
May 4
Physics 144
Christopher Lippitt
Doctoral Graduate
San Diego State University