Graduate Student List
Sharon W. Adams
Doctoral Candidate, Assistant Instructor
sharonwadams@utexas.edu | CLA 3.306
Education
M.A., The University of Texas- Austin; ABD, The University of Texas- Austin
Interests
Cultural Geography, Animal Geographies, Large Carnivores (Felids), American Southwest, Borderlands (U.S./Mexico), Belize, Representation, Social Memory, Mounuments, MuseumsJennifer Alexander
Master's Student, Teaching Assistant
Education
MA, University of Sussex
Interests
Health and Medical Geography, Global Warming, Tropical Diseases, Food and Water Security, Gender, Refugees and MigrationRobert Bean
Doctoral Student and Teaching Assistant
bean@austin.utexas.edu | CLA 3.402
Education
MS Geography, Portland State University
Interests
Fluvial-systems, landscape evolution and fluvial-systems evolution, how geomorphic processes and patterns interact with other systems. Other interests include aquatic biogeochemistry, soils, sediment transport, GIS and remote sensing applications. More generally, I'm interested in multi-scale system interactions (e.g. sediment cascades) and human impacts on the environment (i.e. legacy effects).Alexander Biggs
Graduate student
alex.s.biggs@gmail.com | Digital Landscape Lab: CLA 3.420
Education
BS Environmental Biology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Interests
Remote sensing, GIS, landscape degradation, rangeland ecology, wildlife conservationChristine Bonthius
Graduate student
Education
B.A. Geography; B.A. Spanish & Portuguese, University of California, Los Angeles
Interests
Fluvial geomorphology; channel morphodynamics; effects of impoundment of fluvial systems; flooding; Amazon BasinLindsey Carte
Doctoral Candidate and Assistant Instructor
lindsey.carte@utexas.edu | CLA 3.400
Education
M.A. in Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Migration, Feminist Geography, Political Geography, Mexico and Central AmericaJohn Clary
Graduate student
johnnyc@utexas.edu | (512) 223 - MAPS | CLA 3.400A (TA lounge) desk 5
Education
BA, Sociology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO
Interests
Migration, Communications Geographies, Critical GIS, Urban ForestryVincent Clause
Graduate student
vinceclause@utexas.edu | 832-247-6704
Education
B.A. in Geography and Government, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
GIScience, Geomorphology, Land Change Science, Remote SensingSara Diamond
Graduate student
Interests
Tropical Ecology, Environmental Justice, Environmental Policy, Social Movements, Amazon Basin, Indigenous Rights, Sustainable Development, Political EcologyBisola Falola
Doctoral Student
Interests
urban inequality, youth geographies, futurity and landscapes of the future, affect and emotion, geo-visualization/space-time analysis, participatory researchPaul Holloway
Graduate student
paul_holloway@utexas.edu | 5122327336 | SAC 4.160
Education
MSc in GIS, University of Nottingham
Interests
Biogeography; Biodiversity; GIS; Remote Sensing; Species Distribution; MigrationMarina Islas
Doctoral Student
Interests
Transnational Migration, Identities, Masculinities, Feminist Geopolitics, US & Mexico, Participatory Action ResearchNaya Jones
Doctoral Student / Teaching Assistant
Education
MA Latin American Studies; PhD Geography and the Environment (in progress), University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Children/youth geographies, urban agriculture, food systems, critical food studies, participatory action research, participatory GIS, Black Diaspora (United States and Mexico)Matthew C. LaFevor
Doctoral Candidate, Assistant Instructor
Education
BA, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN; MA, Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, México; PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
human-environment geography, conservation, agriculture, water, environmental history, historical geography of resource management, GIS, Mexico, Latin AmericaJustin Laue
Graduate student
jlaue@utexas.edu | CLA 3.420
Education
BA, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Land Change Science, GIS, Remote Sensing, Human-Environment Interactions, National Parks & Conservation UnitsJoomi Lee
Doctoral Candidate
Education
MSc, University of Oxford, U.K.
Interests
Post-colonial urban planning in the Maghreb; Islamic urbanism and Muslim cities; French colonial urbanism; politics of the modern Middle East and Arab monarchiesRobert Lemon
Doctoral
Interests
Contemporary human geography in urban environments. Cultural landscapes; urban life and urban form; urban metamorphosis; urban inequality; food, culture and place in society; landscape representation; spatial cognition; geo-visualization; GISciencesKatherine Lininger
Graduate student
kblininger@utexas.edu | SAC 4.178
Education
B.A. in Geography and Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Hydro-geomorphology, water resources, land change science, human-environment interactions, global environmental changeJonathan Lowell
Graduate student
Interests
Cultural Geography; Community, Religion, Tourism, South America, Counterculture, Pilgrimage, Human-Environment InteractionNiti Bhushan Mishra
Doctoral Candidate
nitibhushan.mishra@gmail.com | 512-232-1597 | SAC 4.160
Education
MS, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Interests
GIScience & Remote Sensing, Landscape Ecology, GeostatisticsSolange Munoz
Assistant Instructor
solangem@mail.utexas.edu | 232-1586
Education
MA Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Urban geography, migration, spatial justice and the right to the city, social movementsEdward Park
Graduate Student
geo.edpark@utexas.edu | 512.230.4603 | SAC 4.178
Interests
GIScience/Remote Sensing, Landscape EcologyMolly Polk
Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant
mollypolk@utexas.edu | SAC 4.160
Education
M.A. Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Mountain geography, human dimensions of global change, biogeography, conservation, landscape ecologyJoshua Rudow
Doctoral Candidate
jorudow@gmail.com | CLA 3.400
Education
M.A., Geography, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Human-Environment Interactions,Cultural/Political Ecology, Agriculture, Latin AmericaGregory Schwartz
Graduate student
tutasema@yahoo.com
Education
BA Geography & Spanish UC Berkeley, MS Geography UW Madison, .
Interests
Latin America (Costa Rica), development, environmental conservation, gender, deforestation, neoliberalismKathleen Shafer
Doctoral Candidate
kathleenshafer@utexas.edu | CLA 3.306
Interests
Cultural Geography, Geography of Airfields, Aviation History, Military Aviation, Aerial Geography, Land and Environmental Art, Site-Specificity, Architecture, Urban Planning.Moulay Anwar Sounny-Slitine
Doctoral Student
sounny@utexas.edu | 512-863-1646 | SAC 4.178
Education
BA, BSCE, MA, The University of Texas at Austin
