Faculty and Staff Highlights

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Spera Wins Climate Change Fellowship

  Dr. Stephanie Spera has been awarded the Second Century Stewardship Research Fellowship at Acadia National Park for Climate Change, Fall Foliage and Leaf-Peepers: Effects of Precipitation and Temperature on Senescence and Visitation in Acadia National Park.