UA Geography and Regional Development

ALUMNI (PhD) (Masters students follow in 2nd table, under construction)

Name	Date	Advisor	Current Position	PhD

Keith Woodward	2007	Jones	Lecturer, University of Exeter	Affect, Politics, Ontology
Erick Sanchez Flores	2006	Yool	Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez	Multidimensional Spatial Characterization of Plant Invasions in El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
Lydia Breunig	2006		GRD, Adjunct Instructor	Conservation in Context: Establishing Natural Protected Areas During Mexico's Neoliberal Reformation
Dereka Rushbrook	2005		GRD, Adjunct Instructor	Carving a Niche: Artisans in a Global Economy
Marcelo Zunino	2004	Waterstone	Assistant Professor, University of Chile	Planning and urban space in Chile
David P. Brown	2004	Comrie	Asst. Prof. and State Climatologist, University of New Hampshire	Spatial patterns of multi-decadal climate variability in the Western U.S.
Chris Henrie	2004	Plane	Asst. Prof, Pittsburg State University, Kansas	Population/migration
Korine Kolivras	2004	Comrie	Asst. Prof, Virginia Tech	The environmental and social factors of the 2001 Dengue outbreak in Hawaii
Meagan Cahill	2004	Mulligan	Urban Institute, Washington, D.C	Urban Geographies of Crime
John Spindler	2004	Plane	California	Foreign language acquisition among college students
Pillsung Byun	2004	Esparza	Urban and Regional Planning Research Division, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements	Spillovers and local growth control in California
Rachel Franklin	2004	Plane/Waldorf	Population Division, US Census Bureau, Washington D.C.	Temporal and Spatial Variations in Italian Regional Fertility: An Assessment and Explanation
Mrill Ingram	2003	Liverman	Outreach Specialist, University of Wisconsin Extension service, Madison, USA	Experts in the field: the contributions of farmers and other lay experts to knowledge about soil in US agriculture
David Prytherch	2003	Marston	Visiting assistant prof, Miami University, Ohio, USA	Planning the urban emblematic: Valencia (Spain) and the politics of entrepreneurial regionalism
Kurt Kipfmueller	2003	Swetnam	Assistant Prof, University of Minnesota	Fire-climate-vegetation interactions in subalpine forests of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area, Idaho and Montana, USA
Cindy Pope	2003	Craddock	Asst. Prof, Central Connecticut State University, USA	Mapping disease and desire: gender and perception of HIV risk at the turn of the millennium in Havana, Cuba
Cynthia Wallace	2002	Marsh	U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ, USA	Extracting temporal and spatial information from remotely sensed data for mapping wildlife habitat
Hallie Eakin	2002	Liverman	Post-doc, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmosfera, Nat. Auton. Univ. of Mexico	Agricultural decision-making under uncertainty by Mexican farmers: adaptation to economic and climatic uncertainty
John All	2002	Yool	Asst. Prof, Western Kentucky University, USA	International utilization of shared water resources: a case study of the Colorado River Delta and the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico
Mary Henry	2002	Yool	Asst. Prof, Miami University, Ohio, USA	Fire related spatial patterns in fire-prone ecosystems using optical and microwave remote sensing
Margaret Wilder	2002	Liverman	Asst. Research Scientist, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Arizona, USA	In name only: water policy, the state, and ejidatario producers in northern Mexico
Adrian Mulligan	2001	Marston	Asst. Prof., Bucknell University, PA, USA	A forgotten ?Greater Ireland?: the transatlantic development of Irish nationalism, 1848-1882
Farhang Rouhani	2001	Marston	Asst. Prof., Mary Washington College, VA, USA	The home as a site of state formation: the politics of transnational media consumption in Tehran
Antonio Luna-Garcia	2000	Marston	Ajudant de facultat, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain	From global to local: state reconfiguration and social mobilization in Ambos, Nogales, 1989-1996
Sonya Glavac	2000	Waldorf	USGS, Rolla, MO, USA (formerly U. of Sunshine Coast, Australia)	A longitudinal analysis of return migration from Australia, 1982-1998
Karen Barton	2000	Young	Adjunct, University of Northern Colorado, USA	?Red Waters?: contesting marine space as Indian place in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
Javier Chavez	2000	Esparza	University Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Mexico	Socio-spatial dynamics and urban morphology of a Northern Mexican border city: the case of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 1990-1995
Amy Hessl	2000	Graumlich	Asst. Prof., University of West Virginia, USA	Aspen: ecological processes and management eras in Northwestern Wyoming, 1807-1998
Paul Kaldjian	2000	Bonine	Asst. Prof., University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, USA	Urban food security and contemporary Istanbul: gardens, bazaars and the countryside (MESA award winning dissertation 2001)
Jeremy Diem	2000	Comrie	Asst. Prof., Georgia State University, USA	A space-time analysis of air pollution in the Tucson region
Francisco Llera	2000	Mitchneck	Research Director, University Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, Mexico	The geography of interests: urban regime theory and the construction of a bi-national urban regime in the U.S./Mexico border region (1980-1999)
Bruce Seivertson	1999	Sell	Assoc. Prof, Education, Delta State University, MS, USA	Historical cultural ecology of the Tohono O?Odham Nation
John Bezy	1998	Reeves	National Park Service (AZ), USA	The development of granitic landforms on the Northern and Western margins of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona
James Hayes-Bohanan	1998	Waterstone	Asst. Prof, Bridgewater State College, MA, USA	Deforestation in Rondia, Brazil: frontier and landscape change
Mark Patterson	1998	Waterstone	Assoc. Prof, Kennesaw State University, GA, USA	GIS discourse and empowerment
Alexander Vias	1998	Mulligan	Asst. Prof, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA	An analysis of population and employment growth In the non-metropolitan Rocky Mountain West, 1970-1995
Ellen Hansen	1998	Monk	Asst. Prof, Emporia State University, KS, USA	Gender and mobility at the Arizona-Sonora border: women?s lives in an international urban context
Thabit Abu-Rass	1997	Bonine	post-doc, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev/Achva College, Israel	Jurisdiction and spatial control in Israel: the case of the little triangle
Michael Medler	1997	Yool	Asst. Prof, Huxley College, Western Washington University, WA, USA	Integrating remote sensing and terrain data: in forest fire modeling
Jon Unruh	1997	Hutchinson	Assoc. Prof, McGill University, Canada	Land tenure in post-war Mozambique: The role of critical resources
Ralph Saunders	1997	Marston	Asst. Prof, California State University - Dominguez Hills, USA	You be our eyes and ears: doing community policing in Dorchester
Saad Al-Maharwi	1997	Zube	King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia	Relocation of the population of Al-Habalah village
Sang Yool Lee	1996	Mulligan	Catholic University of Daegu, Korea	Agricultural location theory and behaviors in the market based on von Th?en?s Model
Laura McCarthy O'Brien	1996	Marsh	Lecturer, (was Asst. Prof.) Utah State University, USA	The impact of military maneuvers on Mojave desert surfaces: a multiscale analysis
Gregory Saxe	1996	Mann	Tohono O?Odham nation, AZ	Analysis of the adoption of geographic information systems in the local planning process
James Lowry	1996	Zube	Asst. Prof, Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA	Mapping the vernacular Southwest
Douglas Kliman	1996	Marsh	Veridian Corporation, Tucson AZ, USA	Rule-Based classification of hyper-temporal, multi-spectral satellite imagery for land-cover mapping and monitoring
James Keese	1996	Pederson	Lecturer, Cal Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA	The cultural ecology of NGO development in Upper Canar, Ecuador
Rod Hay	1996	Marsh	Assoc. Prof, California State University - Dominguez Hills, USA	Application of AVHRR data and mixture modelling to estimate forest and range burning in West Africa: the Gambia
Brian Sommers	1995	Plane	Assoc. Prof, Central Connecticut State University, USA	Impact of natural amenities on urban residential stability: a case study of Cleveland, Ohio 1970-1990
Barbara Morehouse	1993	Waterstone	Assoc. research scientist, ISPE, University of Arizona, USA	Power relationships in the spatial partitioning and natural resource management of the Grand Canyon (published monograph)
Melinda Laituri	1993	Kirby	Assoc. Prof, Dept. of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, USA	Risk, equity and environment: a methodology for conducting an environmental equity assessment
Hak-Hoon Kim	1993	Mulligan	Chongju University, Korea	Economic convergence and urban growth: structural changes in the Arizona urban system
John Gourley	1992	Saarinen	retired to New Zealand	The pueblo and the public: urban realities in counterpoint
Jiang Li	1992	Marsh	GIS specialist (Phoenix)	Integration of vegetation indices and thermal measurements for ecosystem modeling
George Towers	1992	Marston	Concord College, WV, USA	Colonia formation and economic restructuring in El Paso, Texas
Ali Modarres	1990	Marston/Bonine	Prof, Cal State University - Los Angeles, USA	Ethnic community formation: an ecological perspective on Iranians in Los Angeles
Chris Lee	1990	Reeves	Prof, Cal State University - Long Beach, USA	The Use of multispectral video remote sensing to monitor suspended sediment concentrations
Timothy Fik	1989	Mulligan	Assoc. Prof, University of Florida, USA	Price variation in spatial oligopolies
Christina Kennedy	1989	Zube	Assoc. Prof, Northern Arizona University, USA	Vegetation in Tucson: factors influencing residents' perceptions and preferences
Gary Peterson	1989	Zube	?	Modeling perception of, and response to, suburban land use changes: a case study of Paradise Valley, AZ
Salah Salameh Kasasbeh	1989	Gibson	Mu-tah University, Jordan	Agricultural settlement in Jordan: the case of Qatrana projects
Abdulmuhssin Alfeir	1989	Gibson	King Abdul Aziz Univ., Saudi Arabia	(PhD in Arid Lands Studies, MA in GRD) Geographical analysis of farming systems in semi-arid lands: Taif Region case study
Mohammad Abdul-Kareim Habib	1988	Gibson	King Abdul Aziz Univ., Saudi Arabia	Development of agriculture in Tihama: regional growth and development in the Jizan region, Saudi Arabia
Phillip Kolbe	1988	Saarinen	Assoc. Prof, University of Memphis, USA	The determinants of residential consumption as a consequence of interregional migration
Mark Miller	1988	Gibson	Dean, College of Intl. and Cont. Education, University of Southern Mississippi, USA	Managing the maelstrom: decentralization planning for the Mexico City metropolis
Michael Parton	1984	Hutchinson	?	Spatial, spectral and temporal characteristics of the distribution of Phymatotrichum Omnivorum (shear) duggar in Arizona cotton
James Sell	1983	Saarinen	Research scientist, BARA, (formerly lecturer, Geography), University of Arizona, USA	Territoriality and children's experience of the neighborhood
Mansour Muhammad El-Babour	1981	Bonine	Garyounis University, Libya	Urban networks in eastern 'Abbasid lands': an historical geography of settlement in Mesopotamia and Persia, 9th and 10th centuries
Clair A Shenk	1977	Gibson	Manager of Aviation, Portland International Airport, OR	Economic growth and social indicators for the southwestern United States

In addition, geographers with PhDs from other Arizona Departments
Oliver Chadwick	1985	PhD in Dept. of Soil & Water Science	Professor of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA	Incipient silica cementation in central Nevada alluvial soils influenced by tephra
Laura Conkey	1982	PhD in Dept. of Geosciences	Associate Professor of Geography, Dartmouth College, MA, USA	Eastern U.S. tree-ring widths and densities as indicators of past climate
Jody Emel	1983	PhD in Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources	Associate Professor of Geography, Clark University, MA, USA	Groundwater right protection and aquifer development management: administrative approaches in the western United States
RECENT ALUMNI (MA)
Name	Date	Advisor	Current Position	MA
Patrick Stacy	2007	Yool/Marsh
Chris Uejio	2006	Comrie	PhD program, University of Wisconsin-Madison	Climatic, Environmental, and Geographic Analysis of Culex spp. In Relation to West Nile
Rebecca Steinberger	2006			The Kichwa Land Reform: Shifting Identities in an Indigenous Ecuadorian Community
Carolina Safar	2006			Exam
Louise Every	2004	Marston	Research Fellow in Sustainability at the Institute for Public Policy Research, London
Kelley O'Neal	2004	Yool
Andrew Druliner	2004			Exam
Jason Welborn	2004	Marston		Exam
Andrew Clark	2004	Yool		Computer-aided GIS instruction
Erika Wise	2004		PhD student
Rebecca Drummond	2003	Monk	Research specialist, College of Public Health, University of Arizona	Community health care in border communities
Alison Schneider	2003	Liverman	Youth program, Costa Rica	2 papers on fire policy in Brazil and Gila River water management

Keith Lombardo	2003	Kupfer	Now in Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona	Interactive effects of non-native species and wildfire on biodiversity and ecosystem processes in grassland ecosystems of southeastern Arizona
Christine Hansell	2003	Kupfer	Tucson	GIS, remote sensing
Tyler Jones	2003	Kupfer	formerly ITAM GIS Analyst, Range Control Fort Huachuca, Arizona - now in Phoenix?	Predictive modeling of montane ecotone locations in an Arizona sky island ecosystem
Kristen Reed	2003	Morehouse	Kansas	Renegotiating Urban Water Management In Flagstaff, Arizona: Origins And Implications of Conservation Policies

Jen Shepherd	2003	Liverman		Views of science and nature regarding the Verde River, AZ
Jackie Smith	2002	Kupfer	Environmental Specialist, Dixie Environmental Services, Magnolia, TX.	Analysis and predictive modeling of vegetation patterns in Saguaro National Park East, Arizona
Erika Trigoso	2002	Liverman	Now in Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona	Responses to El Nino in Piura, Peru
Tamara Wilson			Now in Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona
Joe Abraham	2001	Comrie	Now in Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona	Air quality mapping, Tucson
Dave Brown	2001	Comrie	Now in Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona
Lucinda Stanfield	2000	Liverman		The definition and implementation of environmental justice: a case study of EPA.
Korine N. Kolivras	2000	Comrie	Now in Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona	Climate Variability and Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever)
Kimi Eisele	2000	Liverman	Independent writer, Tucson, Arizona	Landscapes of Solidarity: The children of Colonia Solidaridad, Nogales
Bryant Evans	2000	Sell, Young	Instructor, Dept. of History and Geography, Houston Community College North-west.	Images of Place Among Long-Term Residents and Newcomers to a Community: Bisbee, Arizona
Carolyn Anderson	2000		Now in Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona
Katherine Hankins	2000	Marston		The Restructuring of Retail Capital and Old Town Retailing: the Case of Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California

Hallie Eakin	19??	Liverman	joined Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona - see above	Adaptation to climatic variability in Tlaxcala, Mexico: constraints and opportunities for small-scale maize producers
Ane Schjolden	1999	Liverman	Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Norway	Globalization, Liberalization and Restructuring in the Brazilian Telecommunications industry: The end of Technological Capability? (online)
David Prytherch	1999	Marston	Ph.D. program at the University of Arizona, then visiting asst. prof, Miami University Ohio
Christopher Bitter	1996		Real estate, New York
Mike Longan	1995	Marston	(PhD, Colorado, 2000) Assistant Professor of Geography, Valparaiso University, IN, USA	Barrio Historico: Three Landscapes, One Place


Julie Jamarta	1992	Marston		Tucson Neighborhood Activism: Gender Differences in Activism & Neighborhood View
Jill Seskin	1992	Marston		Production and Reproduction of Wal-Mart Workers: a Study of Spatial, Social, and Economic Relations

Barbara Morehouse	1989		Associate research scientist, ISPE, University of Arizona
Tracy Deliberty	1989			exam option
Glenn France	1989
J. Barbara van Leeuwan	1988			Factors Contributing to the Growth of Kenyan Secondary Cities, 1969-1979
Malcolm Wharton	1988
Ann Aklemire	1987
Norman Hom	1987			exam option
Linda Lizarraga	1987			exam option

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