News & Events
FIFTH ANNUAL "REPORTS FROM THE FIELD
Don't
miss the FIFTH ANNUAL "REPORTS FROM THE
FIELD! featuring presentations by Geography Graduate Students
about
their recent field work at home and abroad. We look forward to
seeing you
there!
Michael
Ewers, PhD Candidate: "Lost in translation: Navigating the worlds of
work and identity in 'global'
Sara
Nicholson, Master's student: "Let's Get Technical..."
Theresa
Wong, PhD Candidate: Title TBA
Zoe
Pearson, Master's student: "Reflections on positionality and experience
in the Ecuadorian Amazon"
Hyeseon
Jeong, PhD student: "Interviewing the Ongoings: Field Study on the
African Union's New Gender
Fletcher
Chmara-Huff, PhD Candidate: "Fish and Eschatology in the Bahamas"
Geography 420, Global Climate Change, Approved for Winter quarter.
A non-honors version of our very successful H410 course on Global Climate Change has been approved for launch this coming winter quarter. G420 will be taught Monday and Wednesday from 10:30 -12:18 (call number 27691)
Ellen Mosley-Thompson, has been named the next director of Ohio State Byrd Polar Research Center
Mosley-Thompson was recently elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She will assume her new post on Thursday, October 1, 2009. Read the Ohio State press release: Ohio State Research News
Colloquium Series
The Department of Geography is proud to present the Colloquium Series, a program that attracts researchers and guest scholars from across the country to share their passion and researcher expertise in the field of Geography with the Ohio State community.
The Colloquium Series is made possible in part by generous contributions through the Department of Geography’s Edward J. 'Ned' Taaffe Memorial Fund, the Arthur H. Robinson Fund, and the John E. Nelson Colloquium Endowed Fund. Read More →
Hurricane Expert Speaks to local GED Program
by Randy Baker
Columbus, OH August 29, 2008 - As the remnants of Hurricane Fay were coming down outside the classroom, and the South was bracing for Hurricane Gustav, Dr. Jay Hobgood explained the hurricane process to a group of ex-offenders working to gain their GED.
Hobgood, an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at the Ohio State University and Director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at OSU, donated his time and expertise to the GED program at Community Connection on the near eastside of Columbus.
Hurricane study is part of a multi-disciplinary approach that Community Connection takes with their GED students. According to class instructor Rick Baker, this approach helps keep the interest level high. "We teach math skills by having them plot the path of hurricanes, give writing assignments on what they would do if they were in the after-math of a big storm, as well as look at the social and historical impact of storms like Katrina," Baker said. "We really appreciated someone of Dr. HobgoodÕs status talking to our students."
Nationwide, 40% of all inmates released from prison do not have their GED or High School Diploma. The GED program at Community Connection is designed to target the educational needs of this population and ultimately reduce recidivism or repeat offenders.
For more information on the GED program or any ex-offender program at Community Connection call (614) 252-0660 ext 5523.
Hunker Tour Featured in the Lantern
On November 3, 1956, our very own Prof. Henry L. Hunker, led a group of professional geographers from around the country on a tour of "Urban-Industrial Columbus, Ohio." Thanks to Prof. Ola Ahlqvist and his students, you can relive Prof. Hunker's tour on Google Earth! Click here for details.
