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Department of Geology and Geography
Seminars
Fall
2009 Seminar Series
August 27, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Summer 09 Travel Highlights
Faculty and Students
Department of Geology and Geography
September 17, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Low Birth Weight Prevalance In Georgia
Dr. Wei Tu
Georgia Southern University
September 24 , Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Growth in U.S. States, 1977-2001: Do Recessions, Human Capital and Convergence Matter?
Dr. Greg Brock
School of Economic Development- Georgia Southern University
October 1, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
What is critical cartography today, and where did it come from?
Dr. Jeremy W. Crampton
Georgia State University
October 15, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
The effect of Holocene transgression on coastal drainage in the Georgia Sea Islands
Dr. Tim Chownes
University of West Georgia
October 29, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
GIS applications in urban transportation Geography
Dr. Xiaobai Yao
University of Georgia
November 4, WEDNESDAY, 4 pm, Room 2112
TBA
Dr. Fred Pirkle
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
November 12, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Building a continental shelf one grain at a time
Dr. Rudy Slingerland
MARGINS Distinguished Lecturer
November 16, MONDAY, 4 pm, Room 2112
TBA
Dr. Dave Thomas
Curator of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History
December 1, TUESDAY, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
December 4, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
Interested in inviting
our faculty for a seminar? Click here for more information.
Seminar Coordinators for Fall 2009: Fred Rich and Wei Tu
Recent Seminars
Spring 2009
February 12, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Sediment Records of Long-Term (30,000 years) Environmental Change in the Southeastern United States
Dr. David Leigh
University of Georgia
February 19 , Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
The Gray Fossil Site & First Fossil Red Panda (Ailurine) Skeleton
Dr. Steve Wallace
East Tennessee State University
February 26, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Tracking position of high level Juncus roemerianus marshes using a palynomorphic fingerprinting
Dr. Pam Marsh
Georgia Southern University
March 5, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Reclaiming the Spirit: The African American Counterpublic and the Redevelopment of Urban Space
Dr. Joshua Inwood
Auburn University
April 2, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
A Western Aleutian Perspective on the Genesis of Island Arc Lavas
Dr. Gene Yogodzinski
University of South Carolina
April 16, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Student Recruitment Talk/TBA
Brian Meyer
April 21, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Introduction to Research Presentations
Introduction to Research Students
Georgia Southern University
April 23, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
ntroduction to Research Presentations
Introduction to Research Students
Georgia Southern University
April 28, Tuesday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
April 30, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
Fall 2008
August 28, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Do you know what I did this summer? – Part 1
Faculty Presentations
Department of Geology and Geography Faculty
September 4, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Do you know what I did this summer? – Part 2
Student Presentations
Department of Geology and Geography Students
September 25, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Paleoclimatology and paleoecology of the Eocene-Oligocene transition, Central North America
Dr. Alessandro Zanazzi
Georgia Southern University
October 20, Monday, 4 pm, Room 2112
TBA
Dr. Amy Ross
University of Georgia
October 23, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Nature of back arc magmatism in the central Andes
Dr. Michael Roden
University of Georgia
November 6, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Community Geography at Georgia Southern University
Drs. Thomas Chapman and Robert Yarbrough
Georgia Southern University
November 13, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Impact of headwater urbanization on nitrogen cycling in streams
Dr. Brannon Anderson
Furman University
December 4, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
Spring 2008
January 22 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Michael Craghan
Middle Atlantic Center for Geography & Environmental Studies
Salt marshes, human systems, water levels, and coastal geomorphology
January 24 , Thursday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Jill Stackhouse
Syracuse University
The State of Housing, the Business of the State: Chilean housing policies under Pinochet, 1973-1989
January 28 , Monday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Brian Bossak
Center for Disease Control
Assessing Coastal Impacts from Hurricanes and Nor'easters: A GIS-based Approach Utilizing NASA's Experimental Airborne Advanced Research LIDAR (EAARL)
January 30 , Wednesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Matt Kelley
Penn State University
Title TBA
February 28 , Thursday, 7 pm, IT 1004
Dr. Sean Gulick, JOI/USSP Distinguished Lecturer
Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin
One Rock to Change the World: The Story of the Chicxulub Impact Crater
March 6 , Thursday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Paul Gayes
Coastal Carolina University, Department of Marine Science
South Carolina’s Changing Coast: The Long and Short Term Change of Shoreline Position and Policy
March 13 , Thursday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Mr. Christian Carlson
ESRI, Southeastern Regional Manager
GIS Careers
March 25 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Stephen Godfrey (CLEC)
Calvert Marine Museum Curator of Paleontology
Whales and Dolphins of the Calvert Cliffs
April 22 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Introduction to Research Class
Senior Thesis Proposals
April 24 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Introduction to Research Class
Senior Thesis Proposals
April 29 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Introduction to Research Class
Senior Thesis Proposals
May 1 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Introduction to Research and Senior Seminar Class
Senior Thesis Proposals and Presentations
Fall
2009 Seminar Series
August 27, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Summer 09 Travel Highlights
Faculty and Students
Department of Geology and Geography
September 17, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Low Birth Weight Prevalance In Georgia
Dr. Wei Tu
Georgia Southern University
September 24 , Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Growth in U.S. States, 1977-2001: Do Recessions, Human Capital and Convergence Matter?
Dr. Greg Brock
School of Economic Development- Georgia Southern University
October 1, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
What is critical cartography today, and where did it come from?
Dr. Jeremy W. Crampton
Georgia State University
October 15, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
The effect of Holocene transgression on coastal drainage in the Georgia Sea Islands
Dr. Tim Chownes
University of West Georgia
October 29, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
GIS applications in urban transportation Geography
Dr. Xiaobai Yao
University of Georgia
November 4, WEDNESDAY, 4 pm, Room 2112
TBA
Dr. Fred Pirkle
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
November 12, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Building a continental shelf one grain at a time
Dr. Rudy Slingerland
MARGINS Distinguished Lecturer
November 16, MONDAY, 4 pm, Room 2112
TBA
Dr. Dave Thomas
Curator of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History
December 1, TUESDAY, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
December 4, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
Interested in inviting
our faculty for a seminar? Click here for more information.
Seminar Coordinators for Fall 2009: Fred Rich and Wei Tu
Fall
2009 Seminar Series
August 27, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Summer 09 Travel Highlights
Faculty and Students
Department of Geology and Geography
September 17, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Low Birth Weight Prevalance In Georgia
Dr. Wei Tu
Georgia Southern University
September 24 , Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Growth in U.S. States, 1977-2001: Do Recessions, Human Capital and Convergence Matter?
Dr. Greg Brock
School of Economic Development- Georgia Southern University
October 1, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
What is critical cartography today, and where did it come from?
Dr. Jeremy W. Crampton
Georgia State University
October 15, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
The effect of Holocene transgression on coastal drainage in the Georgia Sea Islands
Dr. Tim Chownes
University of West Georgia
October 29, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
GIS applications in urban transportation Geography
Dr. Xiaobai Yao
University of Georgia
November 4, WEDNESDAY, 4 pm, Room 2112
TBA
Dr. Fred Pirkle
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
November 12, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Building a continental shelf one grain at a time
Dr. Rudy Slingerland
MARGINS Distinguished Lecturer
November 16, MONDAY, 4 pm, Room 2112
TBA
Dr. Dave Thomas
Curator of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History
December 1, TUESDAY, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
December 4, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
Seminar Coordinators for Fall 2009: Fred Rich and Wei Tu
Recent Seminars
Spring 2009
February 12, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Sediment Records of Long-Term (30,000 years) Environmental Change in the Southeastern United States
Dr. David Leigh
University of Georgia
February 19 , Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
The Gray Fossil Site & First Fossil Red Panda (Ailurine) Skeleton
Dr. Steve Wallace
East Tennessee State University
February 26, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Tracking position of high level Juncus roemerianus marshes using a palynomorphic fingerprinting
Dr. Pam Marsh
Georgia Southern University
March 5, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Reclaiming the Spirit: The African American Counterpublic and the Redevelopment of Urban Space
Dr. Joshua Inwood
Auburn University
April 2, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
A Western Aleutian Perspective on the Genesis of Island Arc Lavas
Dr. Gene Yogodzinski
University of South Carolina
April 16, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Student Recruitment Talk/TBA
Brian Meyer
April 21, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Introduction to Research Presentations
Introduction to Research Students
Georgia Southern University
April 23, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
ntroduction to Research Presentations
Introduction to Research Students
Georgia Southern University
April 28, Tuesday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
April 30, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
Fall 2008
August 28, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Do you know what I did this summer? – Part 1
Faculty Presentations
Department of Geology and Geography Faculty
September 4, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Do you know what I did this summer? – Part 2
Student Presentations
Department of Geology and Geography Students
September 25, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Paleoclimatology and paleoecology of the Eocene-Oligocene transition, Central North America
Dr. Alessandro Zanazzi
Georgia Southern University
October 20, Monday, 4 pm, Room 2112
TBA
Dr. Amy Ross
University of Georgia
October 23, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Nature of back arc magmatism in the central Andes
Dr. Michael Roden
University of Georgia
November 6, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Community Geography at Georgia Southern University
Drs. Thomas Chapman and Robert Yarbrough
Georgia Southern University
November 13, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Impact of headwater urbanization on nitrogen cycling in streams
Dr. Brannon Anderson
Furman University
December 4, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 2112
Senior Thesis Presentations
Spring 2008
January 22 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Michael Craghan
Middle Atlantic Center for Geography & Environmental Studies
Salt marshes, human systems, water levels, and coastal geomorphology
January 24 , Thursday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Jill Stackhouse
Syracuse University
The State of Housing, the Business of the State: Chilean housing policies under Pinochet, 1973-1989
January 28 , Monday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Brian Bossak
Center for Disease Control
Assessing Coastal Impacts from Hurricanes and Nor'easters: A GIS-based Approach Utilizing NASA's Experimental Airborne Advanced Research LIDAR (EAARL)
January 30 , Wednesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Matt Kelley
Penn State University
Title TBA
February 28 , Thursday, 7 pm, IT 1004
Dr. Sean Gulick, JOI/USSP Distinguished Lecturer
Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin
One Rock to Change the World: The Story of the Chicxulub Impact Crater
March 6 , Thursday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Paul Gayes
Coastal Carolina University, Department of Marine Science
South Carolina’s Changing Coast: The Long and Short Term Change of Shoreline Position and Policy
March 13 , Thursday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Mr. Christian Carlson
ESRI, Southeastern Regional Manager
GIS Careers
March 25 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Dr. Stephen Godfrey (CLEC)
Calvert Marine Museum Curator of Paleontology
Whales and Dolphins of the Calvert Cliffs
April 22 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Introduction to Research Class
Senior Thesis Proposals
April 24 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Introduction to Research Class
Senior Thesis Proposals
April 29 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Introduction to Research Class
Senior Thesis Proposals
May 1 , Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty
2112
Introduction to Research and Senior Seminar Class
Senior Thesis Proposals and Presentations
Fall
2007
Department of Geology and Geography Faculty/Student
Summer Research/Travel Presentations
September 13 , Thursday, 4 pm, Herty 2112
Dr. Andy Walter, Department of Geosciences
University of West Georgia
The Geographical Politics of Fast Food: The Spaces,
Places, and Scales of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers'
Campaign for Wages and Recognition
Dr. Clark Alexander, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Georgia Southern University
Sedimentary Processes in New Zealand: The Waipaoa River Sedimentary System
Dr. Pedro Depetris
Universidad de Cordoba Argentina
The Current Signal of Hydrological Change in Southern South America
October 4 , Thursday, 4 pm, Herty 2112
Dr. Bruce Railsback
University of Georgia, Department of Geology
A Simple Geologist's View of the Tirolean Alps near Innsbruck, Austria
October 25, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty 2112
Dr. Jeremy Diem, Department of Geosciences
Georgia State University
Enhanced Rainfall Downwind of Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Marilyn Suiter, AWG
Association for Women Geoscientists Distinguished Lecturer Program
Careers in Geosciences
Senior Thesis Student Presentations
(Spring 2007)
January 16, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 2112
Geovisualizing Terror : The Geography of Terrorism
Jason VanHorn
Ohio State University
January 22, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 2112
Geospatial Technologies for Emergency Management: Mapping the Hazards
Dr. Jamie Mitchem
University of South Carolina
January 30, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 1101
Cretaceous Park, Dinosaurs of Alberta
Dr. Philip Currie
University of Alberta
January 30, Tuesday, 7 p.m., NeSmith Lane Building Auditorium
Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds
Dr. Philip Currie
University of Alberta
February 15, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 2112
National Identity in Urban Cultural Landscapes of Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Amy Mills
University of South Carolina
February 21, Wednesday, 7 pm, NeSmith Lane Bldg, Room 1915
The Long Emergency: The End of the Oil Age, Climate Change, and other Converging Catastrophes
James Howard Kunstler
Independent Scholar
February 22, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty Building 2112
'Moral Landscapes' and Spaces of Citizenship: Geographies of anti-discrimination law in Three Floriday Communities
Thomas Chapman, ABD
Florida State University
March 1, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 2112
Fossils from the far side of the globe
Dr. Jonathan Geisler
Georgia Southern University
March 8, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 2112
The local effects of global conservation policies: Political ecology, environmental justice and the politics of scale in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, India
Dr. Keith Bosak
Georgia Southern University
March 22, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 2112
Spectroscopy and the Asteroid-Meteorite Link: A Perspective After Three Decades
Dr. Michael Gaffey, Professor and Interim Chair
University of North Dakota
2006 Recipient of the G. K. Gilbert Award from the Geological Society of America and the Leonard Medal from the Meteoritical Society for outstanding contributions to Planetary Science
April 5, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 2112
A "Livable City" Without the State? The Case of Atlantic Station
Dr. Katherine Hankins
Georgia State University
April 19, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 2112
Senior Thesis Proposals
Introduction to Research Students
April 26, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty Building 2112
Senior Thesis Student Presentations
Graduating Seniors in Geology and Geography
(Fall 2006)
August 24, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty Building 2112
Global warming, hurricanes, and insured losses
Dr. James Elsner
Florida State University
September 7, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty Building 2112
2006 Spring and Summer Trip Reports
Students and Faculty
Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University
September 28, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty Building 2112
Men's Crops and Women's Crops: Gender and the Understanding of Agricultural and Development Outcomes in Ghana
Dr. Edward Carr
University of South Carolina, Columbia
October 12, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty Building 2112
Cenozoic Tectonics and Anomalous Topography in the Southeastern
United States
Dr. Kevin Stewart
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
November 2, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty Building 2112
Cross-fold Joints and the Potential Role of Anticlines as Stress Guides in Folded Sedimentary Rocks
Dr. Jonathan Mies
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
November 16, Thursday, 6 pm, IT Auditorium 1004
The 2005-2006 U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites Expedition
Dr. Michael S. Kelley
Georgia Southern University
November 30, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty Building 2112
Senior Thesis Student Presentations
Geology and Geography Seniors
Georgia Southern University
(Spring 2006)
January 19, Thursday, 4 pm, IT Building 3208
Morphological Variability and Beach-Dune-Nearshore Interactions on a Barrier Island: Shackleford Banks, NC
Dr. Eleanor Camann
Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University
January 25, Thursday, 4 pm, IT Building 3208
Saturating Students for the Enviornment: Field Investigations of Salt Marsh Management, Coastal Sedimentology and Estuarine Ecology
Dr. Robert Turner
Long Island University - C. W. Post Campus
January 27, Thursday, 4 pm, IT Building 3208
Tsunami origin for an 1,100 year old enigmatic sand sheet in Lynch Cove, Puget Sound, Washington
Ms. Tamie Jovanelly
Kent State University, Ph.D. Candidate
February 6, Monday, 4 pm, IT Building 3208
Finding Community in Community Policing: Examing Seattle, Washington's East Precinct
Dr. Marcia England
Department of Geography, University of Kentucky
February 9, Thursday, 4 pm, IT Building 3208
Voices of the Other(s): Internal Orientalism and the Construction of 'Southern' Identities
Dr. David Jansson
Department of Geology and Geography, Vassar College
February 13, Monday, 4 pm, IT Building 3208
"Settling Down" and "Fitting In" in the South: The Residential Geographies and Racialization of Central American Immigrants in Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Robert Yarbrough, Ph.D. candidate
Department of Geography, University of Georgia
February 16, Thursday, 4 pm, IT Building 3208
Opening Pandora's Box: The scale politics of urban community opposition to Wal-Mart
Dr. Hilda Kurtz
Department of Geography, University of Georgia
February 23, Thursday, 4 pm, Location IT Building 3202
Origin of Granites in Yosemite Valley, California: A Field, Experimental, and Geochemical Investigation
Dr. Kent Ratajeski
Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia
February 28, Tuesday, 4 pm, Location Herty Building (hopefully!)
Geographic and Non-Geographic Factors Influencing Air Fares in the United States
Dr. Russell Ivy
Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University
March 21, Tuesday, 4 pm, Herty 2112
A GIS Investigation of the Relationship between Unhealthy Level of Ozone and Resipatory Disease in Children: Environmental Equality and Health Disparities in the Houston area
Mr. Shing Lin
Department of Geography and Planning, Texas State University
March 30, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty 2112
Suburban hotspots: patterns of lightning flash production in Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Tony Stallins
Department of Geography, Florida State University
April 6, Thursday 4 pm, Herty 2112
Historical Trends in Mangrove Distribution of Florida
Dr. Jeff Ueland
Department of Geography, Ohio University
April 20, Thursday, 4 pm, Herty 2112
Introduction to Research Presentations
Geology and Geography students
April 27, Thursday, 4 pm onwards, Herty 2112
Senior Thesis Student Presentations
Geology and Geography students
Recent Seminars
(Fall 2005)
September 1, Thursday 4 pm, Math Physics Bldg. Room 3314
2005 Spring and Summer Trip Reports
Faculty and Students of the Department of Geology and Geography
Georgia Southern University
September 22, Thursday 4 pm, Biology Bldg. Room TBD
CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED
Dr. Cass Runyon
College of Charleston
September 29, Thursday 4 pm, Biology Bldg. Room TBD
Environmental and Resource Management Applications of Remote Sensing
AAPG Visiting Geologist Dr. Rebecca Dodge
University of West Georgia
October 6, Thursday 4 pm, Biology Bldg. Room TBD
Use of Stable Isotopic Tools in Paleoceanographic Reconstructions
Dr. Carol Pride
Savannah State University
October 20, Thursday 4 pm, Biology Bldg. Room TBD
Globalizing the New South
Dr. Susan Walcott
Georgia State University
November 10, Thursday 4 pm, Biology Bldg. Room TBD
TBD - topic will include the use of GIS
CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED
Dr. Xiaujun Yang
Florida State University
November 17, Thursday 4 pm, Biology Bldg. Room TBD
Mangroves and Mangrove Policy in Florida
CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED
Dr. Jeff Ueland
Ohio University
Senior Thesis Seminar Presentations
Geology and Geography Seniors
Georgia Southern University
(Spring 2005)
January 18, Tuesday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Quantification and optimization of spatial contiguity in land use planning
Ms. Xiaolan Wu
The Ohio State University
January 20, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Characterization of neighbourhood environments for childhood obesity and physical activity research
Dr. Xingyou Zhang
Northwestern University
January 24, Monday, 5 pm, Room 1107
Modeling Health Effects of Changing Air Quality Regulation in Delhi, India: Data and Methodological Challanges
Dr. Naresh Kumar
Brown University
January 28, Friday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Beach-Dune-Nearshore Interactions on a Barrier Island: Shackleford Banks, NC
Dr. Eleanor Camann
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
January 31, Monday, 5 pm, Room 1107
A Comparision of Multiple, Spatial, and Geographically Weighted Regression for Predicting Cell Phone Coverage
Mr. Eric Delmelle
University of Buffalo
February 11, Friday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Maritime Transportation and Inland Freight Distribution: The Challenge of the Coast
Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Hofstra University
March 3, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
The arms race from a snail's perspective: Evolution of the naticid gastropod predator-prey system
Dr. Patricia Kelley
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
March 10, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
The Paradox of Attitude Without Accountability: Geographic Change and the Depoliticization of U.S. Hunger
Dr. Andy Walter, Department of Geosciences
State University of West Georgia, Carrolton
March 24, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Whose Richmond is it Anyway? Arthur Ashe, Robert E. Lee, and the Politics of Richmond, Virginia's Symbolic Landscape
Dr. Jonathan Leib, Department of Geography
Florida State University
April 14, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Introduction to Research
(GEOL/GEOG 4120)
Student Proposal Presentations
April 21, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Introduction to Research
(GEOL/GEOG 4120)
Student Proposal Presentations
April 28, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Senior Thesis Presentations
Senior Thesis Students, Department of Geology and Geography
Georgia Southern University
(Fall 2004)
September 23, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Following in Powell's Footsteps, or Down the River Without a Paddle
Dr. Dallas R. Rhodes
Georgia Southern University
CANCELLED ... CANCELLED... CANCELLED
October 7, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
TBA
Dr. Patricia Kelley
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
October 14, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Simulating 100 million years of radiation damage in six years: Experiments on plutonium-doped minerals
Dr. John Hanchar, Distinguished Lecturer, Mineralogical Society of America
George Washington University
October 21, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Beyond clean coal/dirty air: The complexity of policy space
concerning coal fires
Dr. Karen M. McCurdy, Director, Bureau of Public Affairs
Georgia Southern University
October 28, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Geographer for Life: Discussions on Applied Geography
William T. Gillespie, Jr., LTC, OD, U.S. Army Cadet Command
Eagle Battalion, Georgia Southern University
November 4, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Vernacular Regions in Florida
Dr. Ray Oldakowski, Department of Geography
Jacksonville University
November 18, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
The meteorite impact record of the Argentine pampus, and its use in monitoring faunal and climatic change
Dr. Bill Hames, Department of Geology and Geography
Auburn University
December 2. Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Senior Thesis Presentations
Senior Thesis Students, Department of Geology and Geography
Georgia Southern University
Recent Seminars
(Spring 2004)
January 12, Monday, 4 p.m., Room 1107
Environmental impacts of the digital economy: The case of Austin, Texas, 1990-2008
Wei Tu, Texas A & M University
Knowledge Discovery in Spatial Interaction Data With Self-Organizing Maps
Yan Jun, SUNY - Buffalo
Infrastructure design and cost allocation in hub
networks
Changjoo Kim, The Ohio State University
January 29, Thursday, 4 p.m., Room 1107
CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED
Geographic Variability in Natural Disaster Losses
Susan Cutter, Carolina Distinguished Professor, Director - Hazards Research Lab, University of South Carolina
CANCELLED CANCELLED CANCELLED
February 12, Thursday, 4 p.m., Room 1107
Repeated Miocene-Pliocene thrusting at plate-tectonic velocities in the central Himalaya, Nepal
Matt Kohn, University of South Carolina
April 8, Thursday, 4 p.m., Room 1107
A Tale of Two Shear Zones
Christopher M. Bailey, College of William and Mary
April 22, Thursday, 4 p.m. onwards, Room 1107
Senior Thesis Presentations
Students enrolled in Senior Thesis Seminar present their research to the Geology and Geography faculty
April 27, Tuesday, 3-5 p.m. Room 1107
Introduction to Research Presentations
Students enrolled in Introduction to Research will present their proposals to the Geology and Geography faculty and students
Recent Seminars
(Fall 2003)
September 4, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Disturbed River Floodplains: Analysis, Restoration and Reality
Dr. Joann Mossa, University of Florida
September 25, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Labor organizing and the contradictions of globalization
Dr. Andy Herod, University of Georgia, Athens
October 2, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Mars: Surfing the Red Planet
Dr. Lisa Rossbacher, President, Southern Polytechnic State University
October 9, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Geologic Studies in Coastal Georgia: Beaches, Hammocks and Benthic Habitats
Dr. Clark Alexander, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
October 16, Thursday, 4:30 pm, Room 1107
Hawai`i field trip slide show
Calling all participants to bring their best 5-10 photos, slides, images!
November 13, Thursday, 4 pm, Assembly Hall, Nessmith-Lane Continuing Education Building
Heresy from the Vatican: Lunatic Ideas about the Evolution of the Moon
Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J., Curator of Meteorites at The Vatican Observatory
November 13, Thursday, 7:30 pm, Assembly Hall, Nessmith-Lane Continuing Education Building
Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance
Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J., Curator of Meteorites at The Vatican Observatory
November 20, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Condensation Products from Coal Fires Burning Around the World
Dr. Glenn Stracher, East Georgia College
Recent Seminars
(Spring 2003)
Air passenger route analysis using Atlanta-based passenger data
Dr. Wei Song
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
January 16, 4 pm Room 1107
Endometriosis: Women's experiences of spaces of health care and social support
Ms. Emily Freeman
ABD, McMaster University
January 17, 4 pm., Room 1107
Building effective forest regimes: lessons learnt from western India
Dr. Firooza Pavri
Emporia State University
January 21, 4 pm., Room 1107
Diffusion and deviance: How does a geographer study HIV/AIDS?
Dr. Kim Elmore
University of Arizona
January 23, 4 pm, Herty 1107
Market analysis of elderly housing sites using network analysis
Mr. Eugene Yu
ABD, Indiana State University
January 27, 4 pm, Herty 1107
European Re-Union: The social construction of Eastern Europe
Mr. Jason Dittmer
ABD, Florida State University
January 30, 4 pm., Room 1107
Life Along the Kudzu Vine: Nature as Miracle, Menace, and Metaphor
Dr. Derek Alderman
East Carolina State University
February 20, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Life's Rocky Start
Dr. Robert Hazen
Mineralogical Society of America Distinguished Speaker
Carnegie Institution and George Mason University
April 1, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Recent Seminars
(Fall 2002)
Andean treeline dynamics revisited
Dr. Fausto Sarimento
University of Georgia
September 5 , Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Dr. Carol Harden
U. Tennessee
September 19, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Dr. Robert Mace
Texas Water Development Board
October 3, Thursday, 7 pm, Biology lecture hall
Paying for Science and Making Science Pay: Historical Perspectives on American Science
Dr. Julie Newell
Southern Polytechnic State University
October 10, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Geography, Power and Redistricting
Dr. Jerry Webster
University of Alabama
October 24, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Geology and the Civil War
Dr. Bob Whisonant
Radford University
November 14, Thursday, 4 pm, Room 1107
Recent Seminars
(Spring 2002)
The North American Rhino
Al Mead
Georgia College and State University
January 17, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Real estate liquidity and urban growth: What do we mean by thick liquid markets?
Diane Mok
University of Toronto, ABD; currently at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
February 4, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
'A New Town Will Appear on Charleston Neck': North Charleston and the Creation of the New South Garden City
Dean Sinclair
North Western University in Louisiana
February 11, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
The Power in Place: A Case Study of Environmental Relations in Northern British Columbia
Soren Larson
University of Kansas, ABD; currently Fulbright Scholar in Western Canada
February 18, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
The Corps of Engineers in the New Millenium
Susan Durden
U.S. Army COE, Savannah Office
February 21, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
A Burgess Shale-type Lagerstatten in the Cambrian of Northwest Georgia
David Schwimmer
Columbus State University
March 19, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Devonian Sequence Stratigraphy
Ann Holmes
University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
March 21, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Optical Dating Contributions to Quaternary Paleoclimatology in the Southeast
Andrew Ivester
State University of West Georgia
April 11, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Geographic Information Systems and ESRI
Christian Carlson
ESRI - Charlotte, NC
April 18, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Recent Seminars
(Fall 2001)
The Charleston Earthquake of 1886, Then and Now
Pradeep Talwani
University of South Carolina
September 6, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Biology Lecture Hall
Fill a Lake, Make a Quake
Pradeep Talwani
University of South Carolina
September 7, Friday, 10 a.m., Herty 1111
Coastal Georgia's Environment and Economy: Highlights of Interrelated Issues and Trends
David Kyler
Director, Center for a Sustainable Coast
September 20, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Regional Hydrologic Model of the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Todd Rasmussen
Associate Professor of Hydrology
Warnell School of Forest Resources
The University of Georgia
October 18, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Dust Motes, Big Boats, and Fossil Ferns: Somehow, it's all geology
Fred Rich
Georgia Southern University
November 13, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Georgia Southern Museum Lecture Hall
Palynological Applications: The Mahagony Glider and the Gondar Curtain
David Jarzen
Florida Museum of Natural History
November 15, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Recent Seminars
(Spring 2001)
Using GIS, Remote Sensing, and Numerical Models in Real Time Hurricane Planning
Chuck Watson
Watson Technical Consulting
January 18, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Applications of Geographic Information Systems
Nancy Leathers
Kansas State University
January 22, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Applications of Geographic Information Systems
John Althausen
Central Michigan University
January 25, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Applications of Geographic Information Systems
Susan Macey
Southwest Texas State University
January 29, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Becky Shortland
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary
February 15, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Biogeographic and Conservation Fieldwork in Ecuador
Dr. Mark Welford
Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern Univ.
March 29, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Cave Speleothem Evidence of Environmental Change: Some Recent Results from Africa, the Americas and Madagascar
Dr. George Brook
University of Georgia
April 5, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Herty 1101
Dr. Ramon Arrowsmith
Arizona State University
April 12, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Herty 1107
Dr. David Varricchio
Museum of the Rockies
April 13, Friday, 2:00 p.m., Herty 1107
The origin, evolution, and biogeography of Cetacea (whales, dolphins, and porpoises)
Dr. Jonathan Geisler
American Museum of Natural History
April 16, Monday, 4:00 p.m., Herty 1107
Dr. Marilyn Wegweiser
Ball State University
April 26, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Herty 1107
Dr. Ed Hooks
Alabama Museum of Natural History
May 1, Tuesday, 4:00 p.m., Herty 1107
Recent Seminars
(Fall 2000)
History, Presettlement Vegetation, and Natural Fire Regimes of Uwharrie National Forest, Montgomery County, North Carolina
Dr. Susan Langley
Assistant Prof. of Geology
Georgia Southern Univeristy
September 12, Tuesday, 11 a.m., Biology Lecture Hall, Biology Bldg.
Esuarine Sedimentary Processes and the Record of Anthropogenic Activity in the ACE Basin, South Carolina
Dr. Clark Alexander
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Georgia Southern Univeristy
September 21, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Structural Characteristics of the Southern Appalachians and Piedmont
Dr. Jerry Bartholomew
University of South Carolina
October 19, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
The Geologist's Role in Environmenal Restoration: An Example from the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina
Dr. Robert VanPelt
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
November 9, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1107
Recent seminars
(Spring 2000)
It was Like a Big Zoo Here: a Paleontological Perspective of Life on the Coastal Plain
Dr. Richard Hulbert
Associate Prof. of Geology, Georgia Southern University
Recipient of 1999-2000 Award for Excellence in Research/Creative Scholarly Activities
January 18, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Georgia Southern Museum Lecture Hall
Rising Seas and Shifting Shores: The American Shoreline Erosion Problem
Dr. Orrin Pilkey
Prof. of Earth Sciences, Duke University
(Sponsored by Dept. of Geology and Geography, CLEC, and Sigma Xi)
February 10, Thursday, 8 p.m., Biology Lecture Hall
Similarities between Geologic Careers and the Dow Jones
Mr. Michael Wade
Geologist, Duke Engineering, Augusta
March 2, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Development and Field testing of a Volcanic Hazard Model for Augustine Volcano, Alaska
Dr. Sam Swanson
Prof. of Geology, Univ. of Georgia
April 20, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Recent seminars
(Fall 1999)
Living on the fault line
Dr. Dallas Rhodes
Prof. and Chair, Georgia Southern University
Sigma Xi lecture
October 1, Friday, 3:30 p.m., Dingus Magee's on Georgia Ave.
Crabs, Turtles and Rocks: A mid-Career Retrospective
Dr. Gale Bishop
Prof. Emeritus of Geology, Georgia Southern University
Recipient of 1999-2000 Award for Excellence in Contributions to Instruction
October 5, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Georgia Southern University Musuem Lecture Hall
Twenty-Niners and Forty-Niners: Georgia Miners and Mining Technology
in the California Gold Rush
Dr. Thomas Howard
Asst. Prof. of History, Armstrong Atlantic State University
October 21, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Biogeochemical effects of the assembly of Rodinia
Dr. Julie Bartley
Asst. Prof. of Geology, State Univ. of West Georgia
November 11, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Space-time patterns of Mesozoic orogenesis in the western U.S. Cordillera
Dr. Sandra Wyld
Asst. Prof. of Geology, Univ. of Georgia
December 2, Thursday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
(Spring 1999)
ABC - Alive Below Crystal and other lessons from the Grand Canyon Rapids Dr. Dallas Rhodes, Prof. of Geology, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY January 11, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101 Deep Earthquakes in a Subducting Slab Dr. Pamela Burnley, Asst. Prof. of Geology, Georgia State University February 8, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
An Overview of Environmental and Geologic Consulting in Georgia Mr. Jim Renner, Golder Associates, Atlanta March 8, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Developmental issues in HaitiDr. Daniel Good, Prof. of Geography, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY April 12, Monday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101
Recent seminars (Fall 1998)Steinkerns - small traps for big ideas Dr. Fred Rich, Prof. of Geology, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY September 8, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101 Environmental Literacy for All Students -- Development of the Environmental Geology Component in the New Core Curriculum Dr. Denise Battles, Assoc. Prof. of Geology and Asst. Dean of COST, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY and Dr. Jim Reichard, Assistant Prof. of Geology, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY September 29, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Herty 1101 What's new about our old whale--AKA Georgiacetus Dr. Richard Hulbert, Associate Prof. of Geology, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY October 6, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Museum Lecture Hall, Rosenwald The St. Catherines Sea Turtle Conservation Program: A Holistic approach in science and science education Dr. Gale Bishop, Prof. of Geology, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY and Ms. Nancy Marsh, Co-director, St. Catherines Sea Turtle Conservation Prog. November 3, Tuesday, 4 p.m., Distance Learning Lab, Herty 1113 A geographical traverse around Ireland Dr. Sam Couch, Assistant Prof. of Geography, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY December 1, Tuesday, 4 p..m., Herty 1101 Coastal Geology in a Large-Lake Setting: Dynamic Processes + Urban Demands = Mixed Results Dr. Tony Foyle, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Applied Coastal Research Lab December 8, Tuesday 4 p.m., Herty 1101