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Four undergraduate students from the Department of Geography participated in the 2007 Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
Erica Harris: Erica has had very broad interests in geography but now seems to be zooming in on a career in oceanography (yet another of the spatial sciences!). Her advisor is Tom Lippmann in Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science and her title was “Bathymetric Inversion from Shore-Based Video Imagery with Geomorphic Applications.” Erica will graduate Spring of ’08. She is then planning to go to graduate school to do oceanography. She is active in the Geography Club and visited Australia last summer: a major experience for her and she, like Mary, did it on her own. Like all our other Denman contestants, she knows that every geographer has a compulsion to travel.
Zachary Henkel: Zach is in the Urban and Regional Studies track and chose the topic of pedestrian spaces within cities: what sorts of arrangements cities make – or don’t make – for people on foot. Movement has always been central to the interests of geographers and Zach’s is an original slant on it. The title of his project was “Pedestrian Space and Behavior: A Study of Pedestrian Facilities, Access, and Arrangement in an Autocentric Columbus” and Ed Malecki was his advisor. Zach is originally from the city he wrote about and is planning to graduate this Spring. He was the co-winner of the Huntington Award for distinction in undergraduate work. He spent last summer on a marathon bicycle trek out West following, in part, the route of classical geographer forbears, Lewis and Clark. He knows that geographers need to see the country, and what better way? He also has a strong local attachment to place: in his case, to Columbus. In other words, Zach lives and breathes geography.
Mary McLaughlin: Mary is in the People, Society and Environment track and this influenced her choice of topic. She is particular interested in people’s understanding of the natural environment. Her title was “Accessibility to Environmental Education Programs at Franklin County Metro Parks” and her advisor was Becky Mansfield. Mary’s plans for the future are open but she would like to go to graduate school and is considering the Peace Corps as well. She was recently in Bolivia for two months, first as a volunteer at a wildlife refuge in the Santa Cruz region and then throughout the country and into Argentina. Mary practices her geography.
Michael Webb: Michael’s project had to do with the changing character of gentrification. His title was "From Society Hill to Weinland Park: Assessing the Changing City Role in Gentrification." Larry Brown was his advisor. Michael is graduating this Spring. The co-winner of this year’s Huntington Award for distinction in undergraduate work, Michael will begin the dual Master's program between City and Regional Planning (MCRP) and Geography (MA) in the Fall. Michael is graduating in record time having completed an impressive amount of university credit while still in high school.
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