Department of Geography

Spring 2012 Colloquium Series

For more information, please contact Susan White or Rinku Roy Chowdhury

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE AND ABSTRACT
1/13/2012	Zachary Machunda PhD candidate Instructor, Department of Economics, Minnesota State University Moorhead	Proposal defense Title: Information Theoretic Shift-Share Modeling for the Analysis of Change in Geographical Concentration of Manufacturing Employment Abstract »
2/3/2012	Patrick Alles PhD student in the Department of Geography and Director, Research and Technology at Independent Colleges of Indiana	Proposal defense Title: Internationalization Strategies of Liberal Arts Institutions in a Globalizing Economy Abstract »
2/15/2012, Wed. 4:00-5:00 pm IMU Oak Room	Marc Simard Senior Research Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California	3D mapping of forests from space
3/2/2012	Gabriel Filippelli Professor of Earth Sciences Adjunct Professor of Public Health Director, Center for Urban Health, IUPUI	Determining Continued Exposure Pathways of Lead (Pb) Exposure to Urban Children
3/9/2012	Steve Aldrich Assistant Professor of Geography, Department of Earth & Environmental Systems, Indiana State University	Forests and Conflict: Contentious Land Change in the Amazon
3/23/2012	Anup Saikia Visiting Research Professor Department of Geography Indiana University	Tribes, tigers and forests in India’s Far East
3/29/2012, Thur 4:00 pm Ballantine Hall 228	David Rifkind Florida International University	Metropole/Colony: African Colonization, Italian Material Culture, and National Identity during the Fascist Era
4/6/2012	Shane Greene Dept. of Anthropology, IUB	Punk is a global mode of under-production goddamnit
4/20/2012	Mike Prentice Indiana Geological Survey and Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University	A Climate Puzzle in the Highlands of New Guinea and Its Implications for Global Change
5/2/2012, Wed, 10:15am – 12:15pm Student Bldg. 005		G501 Graduate Research Proposal presentations