An article co-authored by Anne Bonds, “Beyond white privilege: Geographies of white supremacy and settler colonialism,” is currently featured as one of the “most read” articles in Progress in Human Geography, one of the top journals in the discipline.… Continue Reading »
Ryan Holifield edits newly published book on environmental justice
Ryan Holifield, associate professor of geography at UWM, is the lead editor of the recently published “Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice,” a collection of 50 original articles contributed by over 90 leading scholars. … Continue Reading »
Woonsup Choi becomes a journal editor
Dr. Woonsup Choi has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research (IJGER)…… Continue Reading »
Professor Emeritus Donn Haglund Passes
We are sad to announce that Donn Haglund, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Lowell Thomas Award recipient, passed away on Wednesday, August 9. Dr. Haglund taught at UWM for more than 40 years…… Continue Reading »
Mark Schwartz’s spring onset models in the news
The U.S. Geological Survey uses Spring Indices models developed by Mark D. Schwartz and were recently featured in a number of media venues.… Continue Reading »
Schwartz to be keynote speaker at Northwestern Michigan College symposium
Distinguished Professor Mark Schwartz will be the keynote speaker at a symposium on “The Future of Nature: Managing the Impacts of Invasive Species and Climate Change on the Natural Resources of Northwest Lower Michigan.”… Continue Reading »
Professor Emerita Barbara Zakrzewska Borowiecki passes away
Professor Emerita of Geography Barbara Zakrzewska Borowiecki died on March 18, 2016. Born in Warsaw, Poland on November 20, 1924, Barbara joined the Geography Department at UW-Milwaukee (UWM) in 1960, and remained a member of the UWM faculty for 32 years. … Continue Reading »
Rina Ghose invited plenary speaker at “FeministIn(ter)ventions: Women, Community, Technology”
Rina Ghose was the plenary speaker at the “FeministIn(ter)ventions: Women, Community, Technology”, 22nd SCSU Women’s Studies Conference, Southern Connecticut State University.… Continue Reading »
Mark Schwartz gives Distinguished Lecture at South Dakota State University
Mark Schwartz presented the Virginia & John Holtry Distinguished Lecture in Geographic Information Science at South Dakota State University on March 22, 2016. The title of his talk was “Plants Know What Day it is: the Science of Phenology in a Changing Climate”.… Continue Reading »
Rina Ghose invited to University of Central Florida to present her research
Professor Rina Ghose presented her research on food justice at the University of Central Florida on March 3rd.… Continue Reading »