Geography Graduate Students

Sohrob AslamySohrob Aslamy, PhD (staslamy@syr.edu)
Advisor: Natalie Koch
Interests: Political geography, urban space and (post)conflict reconstruction, nature-society relations, Afghanistan and Central Asia

Dakota BaileyDakota Bailey, MA (djbailey@syr.edu)
Advisor: Jane Read
Interests: GIS/geospatial technologies, physical geography

Jewell BohlingerJewell Bohlinger PhD (bbohling@syr.edu)
Advisor: Matt Huber
Interests: Political ecology, carceral geographies

Emily BukowskiEmily Bukowski, PhD (ebukowsk@syr.edu)
Advisor: Jake Bendix
Interests: Biogeography, environmental history, urban forestry

Chad ChambersChad Chambers, PhD (chchambe@syr.edu)
Advisor: Matt Huber
Interests: Geography of oil, geospatial visualization

Collin ChambersCollin Chambers, PhD (cchamber@syr.edu)
Advisor: Matt Huber
Interests: Political economy, environment & society, China, Marxism

Tina CataniaTina Catania, PhD  (rtcatani@syr.edu)
Advisor: Robert Wilson
Interests: Creative Writing, Immigration, Feminism, Race, Youth

Michael CommonsMichael Commons, PhD (mgcommon@syr.edu)
Advisor: Jake Bendix
Interests: Biogeography - fire and landscape ecology

Miguel ContrerasMiguel Contreras, PhD (macontre@syr.edu)
Advisor: Tom Perreault
Interests: Space and place, critical theory

Claudia Diaz-CombsClaudia Diaz-Combs, PhD  (cidiazco@syr.edu)
Advisor: Tom Perreault
Interests: Political ecology, water, natural resource extraction, environmental justice, Latin America

Joey DiStefanoJoey DiStefano, MA (jpdistef@syr.edu)
Advisor: Peng Gao
Interests: Fluvial geomorphology, urban water systems, environmental justice

Jamie GaglianoJamie Gagliano, MA  (jcgaglia@syr.edu)
Advisor: Tom Perreault
Interests: Political ecology, critical theory, social movements, Latin America

John GilesJohn Giles, MA (jhgiles@syr.edu)
Advisor: Alison Mountz (now at Wilfrid Laurier University)
Interests: Cultural justice, urban space

Jonathan GlassJonathan Glass, MA  (jnglass@syr.edu)
Advisor: Mark Monmonier
Interests: Media-related issues as they relate to geography

Nicole Moeller GonzalezNicole Moeller Gonzalez, PhD  (nicole.y.gonzalez@gmail.com)
Advisor: Matt Huber
Interests: Marxism, labor and environmental movements

Xiwei GuoXiwei Guo, PhD  (xguo18@syr.edu)
Advisor: Peng Gao
Interests: Fluvial geomorphology, sedimentology, river restoration, human-environment interactions

Madeleine HamlinMadeleine Hamlin, PhD (mrhamlin@syr.edu)
Advisor: Don Mitchell
Interests: Culture, justice, urban space

Brian HenniganBrian Hennigan, PhD  ( brhennig@syr.edu)
Advisor: Don Mitchell
Interests: Culture, justice and urban space

Akemi InamotoAkemi Inamoto, PhD (ainamoto@syr.edu)
Advisor: Tom Perreault
Interests: Feminist political ecology, agrarian politics in Colombia

Mike KellyMike Kelly, MA (mtkell01@syr.edu)
Advisor: Matt Huber
Interests: Urban geography, housing justice

James Lindberg James Lindberg, MA (jtlindbe@syr.edu)
Advisor: Robert Wilson
Interests: Environmental history; infrastructure; landscape; urbanization; American West

Katie MacDonaldKatie MacDonald, PhD  (kmacdona@syr.edu)
Advisor: Tom Perreault
Interests: Rural development, water management, food and agriculture, Central Asia

Ainhoa MingolarraAinhoa Mingolarra, PhD (amingola@syr.edu) 
Advisor: Tom Perreault
Interests: Political ecology, water, Latin America and the Caribbean

Khila PecoraroKhila Pecoraro, MA (kspecora@syr.edu)
Advisor: Jane Read
Interests: Political ecology, geospacial methods, and environmental change

Mirella PretellMirella Pretell, PhD (mpretell@syr.edu)
Advisor: Tom Perreault
Interests: Political ecology, resource extraction, indigenous movements, Peruvian Amazon

Stephen PrzybylinskiStephen Przybylinski , PhD (sprzybyl@syr.edu)
Advisor: Don Mitchell
Interests: Urban geography, production of urban spaces, socio-spatial inequality

M. RuizManuela Ruiz, PhD (mruizrey@syr.edu)
Advisor: Tom Perreault
Interests: Political ecology, agrarian studies, feminist theory

Pamela SertzenPamela K. Sertzen, PhD (pksertze@syr.edu)
Advisor: Robert Wilson
Interests: Memory, justice, and urban space

Kriangsak TeerakowitkajornKriangsak Teerakowitkajorn, PhD  (kteerako@syr.edu)
Advisor: Tod Rutherford
Interests: Labor geography, political economy,  industrialization urbanization, labor activism

T. TeixeiraTiago Teixeira, PhD  (taalvest@syr.edu)
Advisor: Tod Rutherford
Interests: Political geography, economics

jared-van-ramshorst-thumbnailJared Van Ramshorst, PhD  (jpvanram@syr.edu)
Advisor: Jamie Winders
Interests: Transnational migration, borders, emotions and space

Yunrui SiYunrui Si, MA  (ysi103@syr.edu)
Advisor: Peng Gao
Interests: Fluvial geomorphology, flooding, GIS/geospatial technologies

Anthony WalkerAnthony Walker, MA (ajwalker@syr.edu)
Advisor: Jonnell Robinson
Interests: Food justice, community geography

Sean Wang Sean Wang, PhD  (shwang13@syr.edu)
Advisor: Jamie Winders
Interests: Human geography

Jared WhearJared Whear, PhD  (jcwhear@syr.edu)
Advisor: Robert Wilson
Interests: Environmental geography; social movements; water and energy resources

Dominic WilkinsDominic Wilkins, PhD (dowilkin@syr.edu)
Advisor: Robert Wilson
Interests: Social movements, political ecology, religion, and the environmental humanities

 Kelsey YoungKelsey Young, PhD  (kcarlson@syr.edu)
Advisor: Don Mitchell
Interests: Indigenous geographies and public space