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Colloquia
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: George Hurtt, University of Maryland
George HurttProfessor and Research DirectorDepartment of Geographical SciencesUniversity of Maryland
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Deborah Martin, Clark University
Deborah MartinAssociate Professor of Geography and Associate Director Graduate School of GeographyClark University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Laura Pulido, University of Southern California
Laura PulidoProfessor of Ethnicity and American StudiesUniversity of Southern California
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Christian Berndt, University of Zurich
Christian BerndtProfessorUniversity of Zurich
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Vinay Gidwani, University of Minnesota
Vinay GidwaniAssociate Professor, Institute for Global StudiesUniversity of Minnesota
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: George Hurtt, University of Maryland
George HurttProfessor and Research Director, Department of Geographical SciencesAssociate Director, Joint Global Change Research InstituteUniversity of Maryland, College Park
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: James T. Randerson, UCI
Climate-Carbon Feedbacks During the 21st Century and BeyondJames T. RandersonChancellor's Professor, Earth System ScienceSchool of Physical SciencesUniversity of California, Irvine
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Luke Bergmann, University of Washington
Value in Motion; Earth and Sky in FluxLuke Bergmann Assistant Professor, Department of GeographyUniversity of Washington
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Sophie Webber, University of British Columbia
Mobile Adaptation and Sticky Expertise: Circulating Truth and Capital in the World Bank’s Climate Change Adaptation ProgrammingSophie Webber Ph.D. Candidate, Department of GeographyUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Daniela Cusack, UCLA
Old Carbon in the New Carbon Cycle: Global Change and Destabilization in Terrestrial EcosystemsDaniela Cusack Assistant Professor, Department of GeographyUniversity of California, Los Angeles
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Paolo D’Odorico, University of Virginia
Globalization of Water, Land, and Food through Trade and International Investments in AgriculturePaolo D'OdoricoErnest H. Ern Professor, Department of Environmental SciencesUniversity of Virginia
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Park Williams
A Virtual Road Trip Through Three Drought Studies in Western North America, from the Southwestern Forests to the Los Angeles CoastPark WilliamsLamont Assistant Research ProfessorLamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Stephanie Pau
Tracking Global Change in Tropical ForestsStephanie PauAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Geography Florida State University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Greg Barron-Gafford
Biogeography in the Critical Zone: Insights from the Mountain Tops to the Valley FloorGreg Barron-GaffordSchool of Geography and Urban Development, University of Arizona
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Kurt Iveson
Beyond City Limits: a conceptual and political defence of 'city-centrism' in urban geographyKurt Iveson, Associate ProfessorThe University of Sydney
Special Colloquium: Nicola Ulibarri
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesCollaboration in Federal Hydropower Licensing: Effective and Efficient Water Resources ManagementDr. Nicola Ulibarri, Post-Doctoral FellowBill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Laurence C. Smith
Supraglacial Rivers on the Greenland Ice SheetLaurence C. Smith, Chair and ProfessorUniversity of California Los Angeles
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Jay Famiglietti
21st Century Global Freshwater Security: Can it Exist and Can Scientists Communicate the Challenges?Jay Famiglietti, Professor, Senior Water ScientistUniversity of California Irvine, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Karen Bakker
Water governance and more-than-human digital democracy: Countering "soft capture" in hydraulic fracturing regulation throughindigenous community-led water monitoring systemsKaren Bakker, Professor of Geography, Canada Research Chair, and Director of the Program on Water Governance at the Institute for Resources, Environment, and SustainabilityUniversity of British Columbia
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Chris Sneddon
Water for Peace? The Geopolitics of Development in the Mekong River Basin, 1957-2016Chris Sneddon, Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environmental Studies ProgramDarmouth College
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Stephen Hubbell
Stochastic and Deterministic Dynamics of a Neotropical ForestStephen Hubbell, Distinguished Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,UCLA
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Matthew Hansen
Advanced Global Land Mapping and ModelingMatthew HansenProfessor of Geography, University of Maryland College Park
Special Colloquium: Ananya Roy
Property and Personhood at City's End: How Poor People's Movements Make TerritoryAnanya Ray, Professor, Urban Planning and Social WelfareThe Meyer and Renee Luskin Chair in Inequality and DemocracyDirector, Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Hanna Appel
Toward an Ethnography of "The Economy"Hanna AppelAssistance Professor of Anthropology, UCLA
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Sallie Marston
Cold Encounters: Geoaesthetics, Feminist Geopoliticis and Climate ChangeSallie MarstonProfessor, School of Geography and DevelopmentDirector, UA Community & School GardenUniversity of Arizona
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Neil Saintilan
Vegetation Boundary Shifts: Global and Local DriversNeil SaintilanProfessor and Head of Department of Environmental SciencesMacquarie University, Sydney, Australia
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Michael Goldman
Just Compensation?: The Politics of Land and Justice in the Global CityMichael GoldmanProfessor of Sociology and Global Studies, University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesDr. V.K.R.V. Rao Chair Professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: CK Lee
The Specter of Global China: Is Chinese Capital a Different Kind of Capital in Africa?CK LeeProfessor of Sociology, UCLA
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Kelley Crews
Theory and the Practice of Futurable Socioecological Systems - Behind the Scenes -Kelley CrewsAssociate Professor of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas - Austin
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Tamlin Pavelsky
Organizing the World's Water: Observing Rivers from AboveTamlin PavelskyAssociate Professor of Global HydrologyDepartment of Geological SciencesUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Robert Wallace
Live/stock: A short tour of capitalist animal production, the pathogens it industrializes, and alternate agriculturesRobert WallaceInstitute for Global StudiesUniversity of Minnesota
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Jeff Dozier
Snow: What's albedo and why should you care?Jeff DozierBren School of Environmental Science and ManagementUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Burak Kadercan
CANCELLEDTitle TBABurak KadercanDepartment of Strategy and PolicyNaval War College
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Ted Bohn
CANCELLED!! - Illusory SustainabilityTed BohnAssistant Research ScientistJulie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of SustainabilityArizon State University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Jennifer Baka
Hydrologic Change in the Conterminous United StatesJennifer BakaDepartment of Geography, College of Earth and Mineral SciencesPenn State University- Dr. Lettenmaier will speak today instead of Dr. Baka -
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Nicholas Blomley
Property, precarity, and the right not to be excludedNicholas BlomleyDepartment of GeographySimon Fraser University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Burak Kadercan
The Territorial Logic of the Islamic State: Space, Society, and Statehood in the Post-Modern CaliphateBurak KadercanDepartment of Strategy & PolicyNaval War College, Newport, RI
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: David Beilman
Green Antarctica? Recent plant growth conditions in the Antarctic Peninsula in context of the last 2000 yearsDavid BeilmanDepartment of GeographyUniversity of Hawaii, Mānoa
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Emily Yeh
Going West and Going Out: Discourses, migrants and models in Chinese developmentEmily YehDepartment of GeographyUniversity of Colorado-Boulder
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Kian Goh
Ideas of Water: The Hydro-Politics of Flooding in a Sinking CityKian GohLuskin School of Public AffairsUCLA
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Matthew Hansen
Advancing Global Land MonitoringMatthew HansenDepartment of Geographical SciencesUniversity of Maryland, College Park, MD
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Sergio Rey
Spatial distribution dynamics and regional income inequalitySergio ReySchool of Public PolicyUC Riverside
Special Colloquium: Keith Bennett
Quaternary climate oscillations and the generation of biodiversityKeith Bennett, School of Geography and Sustainable DevelopmentUniversity of St. Andrews
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Janet Franklin
California's Forests Navigate Complex Terrain in a Changing ClimateJanet FranklinUC Riverside
Special Colloquium: Paul Maginn
Welcome to the Pornosphere: A Socio-Sexual Analysis of the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, Las VegasPaul Maginn, School of Architecture and EnvironmentUniversity of Western Australia
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Nathan Kraft
Using Functional Traits to Predict Species Coexistence in Plant Communities across Spatial and Temporal ScalesNathan KraftDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyUCLA
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: B. L. Turner II
Land System Architecture: Linking the Spatial, Human-Environmental and Sustainability SciencesB. L. Turner IISchool of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, School of SustainabilityArizona State University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Marilyn Raphael
What caused the recent record low Antarctic sea ice extentMarilyn RaphaelDepartment of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Judith Carney
Seeds of Memory: Food Legacies of the Transatlantic Slave TradeJudith CarneyDepartment of Geography, UCLA
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Jennifer Burney
Couplings between the Climate and Food SystemsJennifer BurneyAssistant Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Nathan McClintock
Just gardening? Urban agriculture, policymaking, and everyday governanceNathan McClintockAssociate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Jessica Barnes
The Taste of Home: Baking Bread and the Making of Social Worlds in Rural EgyptJessica BarnesUniversity of South Carolina
Special Colloquium: Julie Guthman
Becoming a pathogen: On the topology of soil disease in California’s strawberry industryJulie GuthmanProfessor, Social Sciences Division, UC Santa Cruz
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Juan De Lara
Race, Capital and the Politics of Space in Southern CaliforniaJuan De LaraAssistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Stephanie Pincetl
The Future of Cities in a Post Carbon AgeStephanie PincetlFounding Director California Center for Sustainable Communities and Professor-in-Residence at IoES, UCLA
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Paul Loikith
Applied climate research in the Portland metro regionPaul LoikithAssistant Professor, Department of Geography, Climate Science Lab Director, Portlant State University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Ju Hui Judy Han
Not yet, not now, maybe later: Queer futurity and feminist politics in South KoreaJu Hui Judy HanAssistant Professor, Gender Studies, University of California Los Angeles
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Shunlin Liang
Generating Global Land Surface Satellite Products for Environmental Change StudiesShunlin LiangProfessor, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland College Park
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Asa Rennermalm
Meltdown in the Arctic: A perspective from the Greenland Ice SheetAsa RennermalmAssistant Professor, Department of Geography, Rutgers University
Special Colloquium: David Kaplan
How Geography has Changed Over the Last Century: Evidence from Doctoral DissertationsDavid KaplanProfessor of Geography, Kent State UniversityIncoming President of the AAG
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Brad Udall
The 2019 Colorado River Drought Contigency Plan: why it was needed, what it will do, and what's next?Brad UdallSenior Water & Climate Research Scientist, Colorado Water Institute / Water Center Colorado State University
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Nathan Sayre
Does Weather/Climate Make Us Non/Human?Nathan SayreProfessor, Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Jessica Cattelino
Watershed: Rural Political Belonging and Ecosystem Restoration in the Contemporary United StatesJessica CattelinoAssociate Professor, Lens P.I. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
The Tod Spieker Colloquium Series: Marik Shtern
Between the Wall and the Mall: Israelis and Palestinians in post-Oslo JerusalemMarik ShternScholar in Residence, Department of Sociology. University of California, San Diego
Special Colloquium: Pierre-Alexandre Balland
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSpatial Inequality and Innovation Policy in a Complex World Pierre-Alexandre Balland Utretch University and MIT
Geography Colloquium: V. Kelly Turner
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesCooling the City: Regulating Microclimate through the Built Environment Dr. V. Kelly Turner Professor, Luskin School of Public Affairs UCLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfFAE5g1iQw
Geography Colloquium: Jennifer Greenburg
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAt War with Women: Military Humanitarianism and Imperial Feminism in an Era of Permanent War Jennifer Greenburg Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford University
Geography Colloquium: Marilyn Raphael
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAntarctic Sea Ice: Variability, Change, and Linkages with the Atmospheric Circulation Marilyn Raphael Professor of Geography and Interim Director of Institute of Environment and Sustainability UCLA
Geography Colloquium: Glen MacDonald
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesCalifornia Wildfires in the 21st Century - Days of Future Past? Glen Macdonald Endowed Chair and Professor, Geography UCLA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc6LB8bPP3A
Geography Colloquium: Mohammed Rafi Arefin
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFrom Threat to Frontier: The Commodification of Waste in Cairo, Egypt Mohammed Rafi Arefin Assistant Professor, Geography The University of British Columbia Recorded lecture and Q&A.
Geography Colloquium: Alvaro Montenegro
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesUsing Voyaging Simulations to Study the Prehistory of the Pacific Alvaro Montenegro Associate Professor, Geography & Director of Atmospheric Sciences Program Ohio State University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKzITVgt8Y
Geography Colloquium: Meredith Palmer
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesTermination's Creeds: Race, Health Science, and Spatial Matters in US Colonialism Dr. Meredith Palmer Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Science and Technology Studies Cornell University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFPzGGkSmVw
Geography Colloquium: Laureano Gherardi Arbizu
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPrecipitation Variability Effect on Ecosystem Functioning: Experimentation, Modelling and Data Synthesis from Local to Global Scale Dr. Laureano Gherardi Arbizu Senior Manager, Global Drylands Center Arizona State University Recorded lecture and Q&A.
Geography Colloquium: Charmaine Chua
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFast Circulation, Slow Life: The Racial Fix of Logistics Dr. Charmaine Chua Assistant Professor of Global Studies University of California, Santa Barbara
Geography Colloquium: Miriam Marlier
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFires, Smoke Exposure and Public Health Dr. Miriam Marlier Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences Fielding School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles
Geography Colloquium: Michael Mendez
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesClimate Change from the Street Dr. Michael Mendez Assistant Professor of School of Social Ecology Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy University of California, Irvine
Geography Colloquium: Katherine Ennis
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesClimate consequences for pest predation, production and producers in coffee Dr. Katherine Ennis UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow Departments of Plant and Microbial Biology and Integrative Biology University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2021 Colloquium Schedule
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesGeography Colloquium: Deshonay Dozier
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesForming Skid Row: Redevelopment, Policing, and Indigenous Sites of Care in Downtown Los Angeles, 1950s to 1980s Dr. Deshonay Dozier Assistant Professor Departments of Geography California State University, Long Beach
Geography Colloquium: Dr. Brandi Summers
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesSpatial Temporalities: The Future-Pasts of Black Dispossession Dr. Brandi Summers Assistant Professor Department Geography and Global Metropolitan Studies University of California, Berkeley
Geography Colloquium: Dr. Danya Al-Saleh
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesLand-Grant University Geographies between Qatar and Texas Dr. Danya Al-Saleh ACLS Emerging Voices Fellow Department Geography University of California, Los Angeles
Winter 2022 Colloquium Schedule
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesGeography Colloquium: Dr. David Stein
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJobs or Jails: Superintending Neoliberalism in Reagan's America Dr. David Stein UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow Department of African American Studies University of California, Los Angeles
Geography Colloquium: Enrique Vivoni
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWater Resources Sustainability along the US-Mexico Border Region Dr. Enrique Vivoni Professor, School of Earth and Space Sciences Arizona State University, Tempe
Spring 2022 Colloquium Schedule
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesGeography Colloquium: Kate Marvel
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesTurning Data into Stories: Climate Change in Space and Time Dr. Kate Marvel Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Center for Climate Systems Research Columbia University
Geography Colloquium: Willie Wright
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesRight Beyond the Site: Otabenga Jones & the Social Practice of Belonging Dr. Willie Wright Department of Geography, University of Florida
Geography Colloquium: Vinay Gidwani
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States"People Without Property in Jobs": Informal Waste Economies and the Agrarian Question of Labor in Urban India Dr. Vinay Gidwani Distinguished University Teaching Professor Geography and Global Studies University of Minnesota
Geography Colloquium: Richa Nagar
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFrom Playing with Fire to Hungry Translations: Co-building antidisciplinary agitations in search of justice Dr. Richa Nagar Professor Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Geography Colloquium: Stephanie D. Jones
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe Erasure of Black Spaces Through Geographic Contestations Dr. Stephanie D. Jones “PLEASE JOIN US ……… In Person or Webinar” … Webinar link --> HERE – Passcode: 713944 Or join by phone: +1 669 219 2599 (US Toll) or +1 213 338 8477 (US Toll) Webinar ID: 934 9249 3255 ….. International numbers available […]
Geography Colloquium: DeWitt King
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWrestling With The Libidinal: The Black Geographies of Pro Wrestling “PLEASE JOIN US ……… In Person or Webinar” … Webinar link – https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98411764108?pwd=NmFDME5DUU5JYWw0QmM3T0xkdDBiUT09 Passcode: 977527 Or join by phone: +1 213 338 8477 (US Toll) or +1 669 219 2599 (US Toll) Webinar ID: 984 1176 4108 ….. International numbers available: https://ucla.zoom.us/u/ajVWIJ7BR
Geography Colloquium: Minelle Mahtani
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesLooking for Place to Happen “PLEASE JOIN US ……… In Person or Webinar” … Webinar link – https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94335190343?pwd=ODJPZ0xNeG1NV05WRjBHUkpTT2lvUT09 Passcode: 912138 Or join by phone: +1 669 219 2599 (US Toll) or +1 213 338 8477 (US Toll) Webinar ID: 943 3519 0343 International numbers available: https://ucla.zoom.us/u/acCEykmAEf
Geography Colloquium: Dr. JJ Manson
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Geography Colloquium: Dr. Julio Orellana
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Geography Colloquium: Dr. Henry Yeung
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States“PLEASE JOIN US MONDAY May 13, 2024……… In Person or Webinar” Webinar link – https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94508157291?pwd=ZmRCNEhkZWtlTW05eUhFYlNZTksvZz09
CANCELED: Geography Colloquium: Dr. Robert Fofrich Navarro
Bunche 1261 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States“PLEASE JOIN US MONDAY MAY 20, 2024……… In Person or Webinar” Webinar link – https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92638074408?pwd=SVk2UXRpS0tNdURPckwvT1puY0NPQT09 Passcode: 245754 Or join by phone: +1 213 338 8477 (US Toll) or +1 669 219 2599 (US Toll) Webinar ID: 926 3807 4408 International numbers available: https://ucla.zoom.us/u/abUXTziyM