News and Events

2017

• November 22 - The Orange County Register covered Dr. Ray Young's presentation on "Retail Competition in the Internet Age" at CSUF's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The OC Register's story is here and information about Dr. Young's presentation is here . 
• September 10 - Dr. Robert Voeks made a presentation on the ethnobotany of Brazil’s Candomblé religion at the UCLA Fowler Museum. Dr. Voeks' presentation was related to an exhibition described by the museum as depicting a "landscape of black Brazil, built from fragments that embrace its African roots." More information about Dr. Voeks' presentation here. 
• May 6 - Undergraduate student Matthew Vander Dussen received the Logan Scholarship from the Los Angeles Geographical Society. 
• April 29 - At the annual conference of the California Geographical Society in El Cajon, California, undergraduate students Klaycie Tanedo, Krista Vilimas, and Amanda Yepiz received the first place undergraduate poster award, graduate student Guadalupe Maldonado received the first place graduate poster award, graduate student Gregory Beringer received the award for best digital cartography, graduate student Pedro Chacon received the third place graduate paper award, graduate students Juan Carlos Garcia received the second place graduate paper award, and graduate students Maelynn Dickson and Guadalupe Maldonado received the Lantis scholarship. 
• April 20 - Graduate student Sanford George was announced as the recipient of the 2017 Osher Lifelong Learning Institute's Betty Robertson Award. The award recognizes the significant achievements of an older graduate who values and represents lifelong learning. Mr. George's thesis research examines economical ways to use virtual reality to provide immersive visualization of geographic physical and spiritual landscapes. 
• February 24 - The Department hosted 57 students from Tuffree Middle School as part of the K-12 outreach program. The program included a GIS exercise and presentations on a variety of geographic topics.

 

2016

December 5 - The Orange County Register published a guest column by Lecturer Brian McCabe on the role and power of geography in today's society. Read the column here: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/geography-737480-one-book.html

December 3 - Dr. Dydia DeLyser was the keynote speaker at the Los Angeles Geographical Society's annual banquet. Dr. DeLyser's presentation was entitled "Electrifying Times: Historical Geographies of Neon". 

December 2 - The Geography Department hosted 57 students from La Habra High School as part of an ongoing outreach to Advanced Placement Human Geography students. The program included a GIS exercise, presentations on careers and research in geography, hands on interaction with the Augmented Reality Sandbox, and a tour of the CSUF campus.

December 2 - Students in GEOG 283 (Introduction to Spatial Data, taught by Dr. John Carroll) presented their work on the update of the CSUF Campus Tree Map at the Campus as a Living Lab showcase organized by CSUF Facilities Management. The project entailed the assessment of all 2,000+ trees on campus. The showcase highlighted successful on-campus research proejcts that provide students with real-world, hands-on experience and skill development. 

November 10 - Dr. Robert Voeks presented his research on ethnobotany in Brazil as part of CSUF's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute's lecture series. Dr. Voeks' presentation was entitled "The Healing Flora of Brazil's African Diaspora". 

November 4 - The Geography Department and the Geography Club co-hosted All Points of the Compass, the annual showcase of the research of CSUF Geography faculty, students, and alumni. The conference featured an alumni panel, paper and poster sessions, and a keynote presentation by Dr. Mark Merlin, of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. View the 2016 All Points program here . 

October 26 - Dr. Zia Salim received an award for outstanding teaching at the annual Faculty Recognition for Teaching event. Read more here: http://news.fullerton.edu/2016fa/Faculty-Teaching-Honored.aspx

October 20 - Dr. Jonathan Taylor was recognized for his 15 years of service at the annual university-wide awards ceremony. Read more here: http://news.fullerton.edu/2016fa/years-of-service.aspx

October 8 - CSUF Geography was well-represented at the annual conference of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers in Portland, Oregon. Students Gregory Beringer, Guadalupe Maldonado, and Maelynn Dickson presented posters, students Cynthia Davis, Heather Monteleone, and Cheryl King presented papers, Dr. Robert Voeks led a field trip through the Columbia River Gorge, and Dr. Zia Salim presented a paper on coauthored research with Dr. Ray Young. In addition to this excellent showing, students Kevin Goxcon and Anay Palafox received travel awards from the APCG. 

September 16 - The CSUF News Center highlighted the role that the GIS Research Center fulfills for both geography students and the wider CSUF campus community. Read the story here: http://news.fullerton.edu/2016su/Mapping-the-Campus.aspx

September 2 - The California State University's systemwide news service highlighted the department's Augmented Reality Sandbox as part of a larger story on augmented reality on campuses across the CSU. Read the story and see the pictures here: https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/Beyond-Gaming-Taking-Augmented-Reality-to-the-Next-Level.aspx

August 15 - The Orange County Register briefly covered students Maelynn Dickson and Kristy Morehead's award for their poster on sustainability and waste management from the California Geographical Society. Their award was mentioned as part of an OC Register piece on recent faculty and student accomplishments at CSUF. See more here: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/students-725812-csuf-research.html

August 15 - The Orange County Register published an article on the Augmented Reality Sandbox; the article also features a slideshow of still images and a short video. See the article here: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/geography-725807-sandbox-beringer.html

August 10 - Geography alumna Tamara Wallace '08, '13 was one of three alumni featured in a CSUF News Center article about CSUF alumni working in the areas of sustainability and the environment. Read the story here: http://news.fullerton.edu/2016su/Environmental-Alums.aspx

July 15 - The CSUF News Center featured the department's Augmented Reality Sandbox. In addition to the story linked below, coverage included a short YouTube video (click here) and a longer Facebook Live video (click here). Read the news story at: http://news.fullerton.edu/2016su/geographysandbox.aspx

July 1 - Lecturer Brian McCabe's 2012 book, Geography is Dead: How America Lost Its Sense of Direction, was mentioned in American Association of Geographers (AAG) President Glen MacDonald's first presidential column on the health and value of the discipline of geography. Read President MacDonalds' column here: http://news.aag.org/2016/07/the-ends-of-geography/

June 30 - CSUF Geographers made strong contributions to the 2016 California Higher Education Sustainability Conference. Alumna Tamara Wallace served on the conference's steering committee, alumni Frank Haselton, Emeri Pechtimaldjian, and Tamara Wallace served on the conference's host committee, alumnus Kevin Mattson led a tour of CSUF's waste management and sustainability efforts and moderated a panel on Zero Waste, lecturer Aline Gregorio presented a paper on sustainability and cultural change, Dr. John Carroll led a field trip, and Dr. Zia Salim and students Maelynn Dickson and Kristy Morehead presented a poster on research and pedagogy related to the McCarthy Hall waste audit. 

May 25 - The CSUF News Center highlighted the scholarship of Mr. Brian McCabe as part of its coverage of faculty members who were honored for authoring a book during the previous academic year. See the story here:  http://news.fullerton.edu/2016sp/Geography-Faculty-Author.aspx

May 7 - Undergraduate student Gregory Beringer received the Logan Scholarship from the Los Angeles Geographical Society. 

May 7 - Undergraduate students Gregory Beringer, Maelynn Dickson, and Kristy Morehead presented their research at the Los Angeles Geographical Society's Student Research Symposium.  

May 6 - Geography was well-represented at CSUF's 4th annual Sustainability Symposium. Dr. John Carroll and Ms. Leaa Short presented innovative work that they have done in the classroom using mapping and visual media, respectively. The GIS Research Center and undergraduates Kristy Morehead and Maelynn Dickson also made presentations during the poster session. 

April 30 - At the annual conference of the California Geographical Society in San Jose, California, undergraduate students Kristy Morehead and Maelynn Dickson received the first place undergraduate poster award, undergraduate student Gregory Beringer received the third place cartography award, and graduate student Elizabeth Higgins received the third place graduate poster award. See the story here: http://news.fullerton.edu/2016sp/geographybrief%20.aspx

April 11 - Student Gregory Beringer presented the Augmented Reality Sandbox at the Humanities and Social Sciences Inter-Club Council's first annual Research Symposium. 

April 2 - Geography faculty presented research at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Dr. Dydia DeLyser, Mr. Brian McCabe, Dr. Zia Salim, Dr. Robert Voeks, and Dr. Ray Young presented their research on restoration geographies, global conflict and cooperation, affordable housing, and ethnomedicine, respectively. Dr. Voeks also served as a panelist on a panel on diasporic knowledges. Dr. DeLyser chaired and organized the cultural geographies annual lecture and a panel on collecting research materials online; she also served as one of the critics for a special "Author Meets Critics" session and as a panelist for a session on academic careers. 

March 14 - Dr. Zia Salim and undergraduate student Maelynn Dickson presented a poster on the use of campus collaborations to foster undergraduate research at the CSUF Faculty Development Center's Annual Teaching Showcase. 

2015

December 4 - The Geography Department hosted 100 students from La Habra High School as part of an outreach program to Advanced Placement Human Geography students (below). The program included a GIS exercise and presentations on a variety of geographic topics.

November 6 - The Geography Department and the Geography Club co-hosted All Points of the Compass, the annual showcase of the research of CSUF Geography faculty, students, and alumni. This year's keynote presentation featured Dr. Steve Herbert, of the University of Washington’s Department of Geography and the University of Washington's Law, Societies, and Justice Program. More info is available at:
http://geography.fullerton.edu/news_events/PointsofCompass.aspx

November 3 - Dr. Jonathan Taylor presented his research on the hallucinogenic compound DMT as part of the speakers series celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the publication of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel, “Dune.” The presentation was featured by the Daily Titan:
http://www.dailytitan.com/2015/11/parallels-drawn-between-dmt-and-fictional-drug-spice/

October 23 - Dr. Robert Voeks presented his research on medicinal plan sustainability and malaria in Southern Africa as part of a panel on Natural Resource Management. The panel was part of a speakers series celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the publication of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel, “Dune.”

September 23 - Geography graduate student Cheryl King is one of the students featured in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences' Study Abroad informational video. View the video here:
https://youtu.be/o2Ok58vIiyc

September 16 - Dr. Dydia DeLyser's work was featured in the Daily Titan. See the story here: 
http://www.dailytitan.com/2015/09/geography-professor-restores-rare-car-to-old-fame/

May 8 - Undergraduate student Elois Joseph received the Logan Scholarship from the Los Angeles Geographical Society. 

May 2 - Dr. Robert Voeks received the California Geographical Society's Distinguished Service Award at the annual conference of the California Geographical Society in Arcata, California.

May 2 - Undergraduate student Andrew Shensky received the third place undergraduate paper prize at the annual conference of the California Geographical Society in Arcata, California. Andrew's paper, entitled "Enhancing Food Systems Education Through the Integration of Technology Into a School Garden Curriculum", presents the results of research he has done in conjunction with his development of an interactive school garden map for Ladera Vista Junior High School in Fullerton. 

 

2014

Nov. 17 - Dr. Robert Voeks spoke about his Fulbright research and experiences in Mozambique as part of CSUF's celebration of International Education Week. See more here: 
http://extension.fullerton.edu/cie.html

Nov. 10 - The Geography Club organized the 18th Annual All Points of the Compass Symposium, showcasing the research of CSUF Geography students, faculty, and alumni. See the story here: 
http://news.fullerton.edu/2014fa/All-Points-of-Compass.asp

Sep. 26 - Geography students Curt Blondell and Greg Weisberg won awards at the annual conference of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers in Tucson, AZ. Read more here: 
http://hss.fullerton.edu/news/apcg.asp

May 21 - Geography students were featured in the Orange County Register! See more at: 
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/geography-615105-geology-student.html

May 3 - Five CSUF students were recognized at the annual conference of the California Geographical Society in Los Angeles, CA.
http://news.fullerton.edu/2014sp/Geography-Award-Winners.asp