We're pleased to recognize our 2022 departmental award winners:
Outstanding Senior Geographer: Elizabeth Halasz
Exemplary Geography Research Award: Bob Chia Balmaceda
Exemplary Service Award: Claire King
Outstanding Service to the Spatial Analysis Lab: Eliza Herrenkohl
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Upcoming Events
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Faculty and Staff Highlights
- Redican Presents Census Data
Kyle Redican, director of the Spatial Analysis Lab, presented the most recent Unpacking the Census information at the UR Faculty Hub’s Morning Blend earlier this week. Redican co-presented with Tom Shields, SPCS associate dean for academic & students affairs and chair of the SPCS Education program.
- Spera Awarded
Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography, environment, and sustainability, was awarded a NASA Grant for research in Brazil’s Cerrado Frontier. Read more.
- Spera Selected
Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography, environment, and sustainability, was selected as one of 40 scientists to participate in the 2022 Voices for Science cohort. Read more.
- Lookingbill Published
Todd Lookingbill, associate professor of geography, environmental studies, and biology, published an article, "Connectivity in the Urban Landscape (2015–2020): Who? Where? What? When? Why? and How?" in Current Landscape Ecology Reports.
- Spera Awarded
Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography and the environment, received the Excellence in Instructional Technology Award from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. Read more.
- Lookingbill Publishes Chapter on Riverscapes
Todd Lookingbill, associate professor of geography, environmental studies, and biology, published a chapter on riverscapes in The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Ecology.
- Spera Published
Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography and the environment, published an article on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report — "What You Need to Know and Why it's a Big Deal" in the The Conversation.
- Lookingbill Awarded
Todd Lookingbill, associate professor of geography, environmental studies, and biology, has been named an Outstanding Faculty Award recipient by the State Council of Higher Education. Read more.
- Lookingbill Published
Todd Lookingbill, associate professor of geography and the environment, published “Assessing Inequitable Urban Heat Islands and Air Pollution Disparities with Low-Cost Sensors in Richmond, Virginia” in Sustainability.
- Spera Awarded
Stephanie Spera, assistant professor of geography, has been awarded $705,261 from The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a three year project, Quantifying the Effects of Forest Cover Changes on Provisioning and Regulating Ecosystem Services in the Southwestern Amazon.
Scholarship Repository Readership
The University of Richmond's Scholarship Repository shares faculty publications with a world-wide audience. The map below shows where articles from geography faculty are being read around the globe.
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Mailing address:
Department of Geography and the Environment
Carole Weinstein International Center
211 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, Virginia 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8265
Fax: (804) 484-1577
Spatial Analysis Laboratory: (804) 484-1518
Department Chair: Todd Lookingbill
Major Advisors: Mary Finley-Brook, Todd Lookingbill, David Salisbury and Stephanie Spera
Academic Administrative Specialist: Nancy Propst
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