- Three UWM Geography Faculty Recognized Among World’s Top ResearchersThree faculty members from UWM’s Department of Geography, Dr. Anne Bonds, Dr. Mark Schwartz, and Dr. Changshan Wu, have been named to the prestigious Stanford-Elsevier ranking of the world’s most-cited researchers. This annual list measures scholarly impact by tracking how often a researcher’s work is cited in other scientific publications, offering a key indicator of …
- Fall 2025: Letter from the ChairGreetings from UWM Geography! The fall semester is well underway, and I’m pleased be writing this first Letter from the Chair since stepping into the position in August. Please join me in thanking Professor Ryan Holifield for his service and leadership in this role for the past four years. During those uncertain years following the pandemic, Dr. Holifield’s efforts strengthened our community, refined our course policies and procedures, and sustained our …
- Student ProfilesNew Graduate Students Profiles Jay Jensen (Master's Student) Jay Jensen Hello everyone, my name is Jay Jensen, and I am very excited to be a UWM graduate student pursuing my MS in Geography specifically through the GIS track. I received a BS in Conservation and Environmental Science while obtaining a minor in Biological Science here at UWM. I also …
- Student NewsGraduate Students News Thea Brenner (Master Student) I spent the summer interning for the Land Information Department in Columbia County, Wisconsin where I worked on a series of projects including archival work with highway right-of-way-maps, reviewing ortho imagery for emergency services, parcel management, and creating static maps for local townships. My summer internship was a great opportunity to learn …
- Department NewsHarold and Florence Mayer Lecture Spring 2025 The Department of Geography welcomed Dr. Sarah Elwood, professor of geography at the University of Washington, for this year’s Harold and Florence Mayer Lecture on April 11, 2025. In her talk, “Digital Geographies & The City: Methodologies of Hope,” Dr. Elwood explored the complicated relationship between digital technology, urban life, and …
- Faculty NewsDr. Anne Bonds (Professor of Geography) Dr. Anne Bonds Dr. Anne Bonds recently delivered the Gould Memorial Lecture on "Mapping Racism and Resistance" at Colgate University on April 10 in 2025. Dr. Anne Bonds also published a co-authored article: Markley, S., & Bonds, A. (2025). Race and value in space and time: a critical narrative cartography of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation’s …
- Nick Schulke (PhD 2019)Dr. Nick Schulke is a Great Lakes Social Scientist at the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. I began my journey in geography during a year of post-baccalaureate studies at UWM. I was drawn to the field of geography due to the breadth of discipline across the physical and social sciences, and also because I’m a big map nerd. It was during this year of post-baccalaureate studies that several faculty inspired a passion for geography, which prompted me to enroll as …
- Rama Mohapatra (PhD 2012)Dr. Rama Mohapatra is currently a professor in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Minnesota State University, Mankato and serves as a Graduate Program Coordinator for the GIS Certificate Program. Being born and brought up in the flanks of Eastern Ghats (Hills) in India, since my childhood, I was always intrigued by spatial processes around me. That fascination naturally attracted me to …
- Dean Maraldo (PhD 2025)My path to UWM was non-traditional. Nearing the end of a long career as a physical scientist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, I started thinking about what I would enjoy doing when retired. I combined my love for science and research with my lifelong interest in learning into a plan to set myself up for teaching, …
- Lacey Fever (MS 2025)I recently started a new position as a Geospatial Analyst with the National Zoning Atlas (NZA), a nationwide initiative to compile, standardize, and map zoning codes across the United States, making this complex data more accessible to researchers, policymakers, and the public. In this role, I use GIS and data analysis to translate local zoning …
- PhD student Dulmini Jayawardana named as a 2025 Spirit of Community Geography Award winner by the American Association of Geographers Community Geographies Collaborative (CGC)This award is "given annually to a graduate student CGC member or group of members who have made exemplary contributions to advance research projects rooted in the spirit of Community Geography." Dulmini's award recognizes her highly successful PhotoVoice project in collaboration with community members in the Lindsay Heights neighborhood, focused on civic environmental stewardship. Dulmini …
- Spring 2025: Student NewsGraduate Students News Dulmini Jayawardana (Ph.D. student) We are proud to share that Dulmini Jayawardana, a PhD candidate, had her dissertation research on environmental stewardship and community empowerment featured in the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS) in November 2024. The article "Lindsay Heights residents advocate for neighborhood through photo research" highlighted Dulmini's project, See What We See: …