News / Events : Colloquia Series Spring 2013
The colloquia series welcomes speakers from across the campus and the world to discuss their research.
All colloquia are scheduled at 3:30pm in GMCS 313 most Fridays during the semester unless otherwise noted.
Watershed Nation? Geography, Modernity and the
Solipsistic Foundations of Hungary's Hydrological Imagination
January 25
Dr. Steve Jobbitt
Assistant Professor of History
California State University, Fullerton
Sociogeographic Domains of Migrant Stress and Health
February 8
Dr. Enrico Marcelli
Associate Professor of Sociology
San Diego State University
Climate Variations and Changes in Monsoon Regions:
A Multiscaling Problem and an Interdisciplinary Perspective
February 15
Dr. Leila M. Vespoli de Carvalho
Associate Professor of Geography
University of California, Santa Barbara
Land-Use Change, Ecosystem Services,
and Local Livelihoods:Ecological and Socioeconomic Outcomes
of Payment for Ecosystem Services in Ecuadorian Paramo Grasslands
February 22
Dr. Leah Bremer
Research Associate
Stanford University
Developing High Performance GIS Simulation Models
on Geospatial Cyberinfrastructure: A Case Study of Population Change
Models with Grid Computing and Cloud Computing Technologies
March 1
Dr. Rick Kim
Department of Geography
National University of Singapore
Student Research Symposium
March 8
Feminicidio, Narcoviolence, Capitalism,
Impunity: The Feminist Fight on Mexico's Border
March 15
Dr. Melissa Wright
Professor of Geography and Women's Studies
Penn State
From GEOBIA to GEOBA? Object Based
(Image) Analysis for Integrating GIS and Earth Observation
March 22
Dr. Thomas Blaschke
Professor of Geography
University of Salzburg, Austria
Addressing the Uncertain Geographic
Context Problem in Geographic Research
April 19
Scripps Cottage 2:30 pm
Dr. Mei Po Kwan
Professor of Geography and Geographic Information Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Photogrammetry and Image Processing:
History, Trends and Opportunities for Academia and Industry
April 26
SSW 1500 3:00 pm
Dr. Stewart Walker
Director, Product Initiatives at BAE Systems,
Incoming ASPRS President
Exploring Human Decision Making in the
Context of Web-Based Public Participation in Transportation Planning
May 10
Regal 3:30 pm
Dr. Martin Swobodzinski
Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography
University of Minnesota