Geography and the Environment Graduate Students


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Rachel Ameen

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Advisor:

Robert Wilson

rlameen@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Animal studies, environmental humanities, AI, Adirondacks
Sohrob Aslamy

Sohrob Aslamy

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Advisor:

Tod Rutherford

staslamy@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political economy, urban space, Afghanistan and Central Asia
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Bruce Baigrie

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Advisor:

Matthew T. Huber

bdbaigri@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political economy, energy and ecology, labour, South Africa

Jewell Bohlinger

Jewell Bohlinger

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Advisor:

Matthew T. Huber

bbohling@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, carceral geographies
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Emille de la Cruz

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Advisor:

Tod Rutherford

edelac03@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political economy of development, services transition, precarious work, gender and care work, political ecology of the blue economy
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Auwn Gurmani

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Advisor:

Matthew T. Huber

muauwn@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Marxism, extractivism,  racial capitalism, STS, caste, Indigeneity, environmental politics

Yeryun Hong

Yeryun Hong

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Jamie Winders

yehong@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Urban space, feminism, sexuality, East Asia
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Zihlun Allen Huang

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

Advisor:

Arnisson Andre Ortega

zhuang29@syr.edu

Ozan Karayigit

Ozan Karayigit

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Advisor:

Timur Hammond

hkarayig@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Sound and space, national identity, urban belonging, rhythm and temporality

Mike Kelly

Mike Kelly

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Advisor:

Matthew T. Huber

mtkell01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Urban geography, housing justice
Ainhoa Mingolarra

Ainhoa Mingolarra

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Advisor:

Tom Perreault

amingola@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, water, Latin America and the Caribbean
Nicole Moeller Gonzalez

Nicole Moller González

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Advisor:

Matthew T. Huber

Tod Rutherford

nicole.y.gonzalez@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise

Labor geography, marxism, labor movement, climate change.
Brooklyn Montgomery

Brooklyn Montgomery

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Advisor:

Farhana Sultana

brmontgo@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, international institutions, water governance
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Cheyenne Morris

Ph.D student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

cmorri30@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

political ecology, indigeneity, environmental justice, and Japan
Avia Nahreen

Avia Nahreen

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Advisor:

Farhana Sultana

anahreen@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology of water governance in South Asia
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Kien Nguyen

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Advisor:

Ethan Coffel

knguye38@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Climate impacts, agriculture, compound climate, big data analysis

Jihyuk Park

Jihyuk Park

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

Advisor:

Timur Hammond

jpark41@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political geography, border space, memory, tourism, East Asia
Mirella Pretell

Mirella Pretell

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Advisor:

Tom Perreault

mpretell@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, resource extraction, indigenous movements, Peruvian Amazon
Adarsh Raghuram

Adarsh Raghuram

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Advisor:

Ethan Coffel

araghura@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Climate change, agriculture
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Simran Sumbre

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Advisor:

Farhana Sultana

ssumbre@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Groundwater, caste ecology, feminist political ecology, India, South Asia
Abby Whelan

Abby Whelan

Ph.D. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

abwhelan@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

cartography, creative design, and reproductive justice

Geography and the Environment Department
144 Eggers Hall
geography@syr.edu
315.443.2605