Welcome to the Department of Geography at UConn
Geography Curriculum Info
Studying Geography at UConn
Major or Minor in Geographic Information Science
Courses being offered in the Spring 2024 semester which count towards the GISc major and minor include:
- Geog 2500: Intro to GIS
- Geog 2505: Applications of GIS
- Geog 3500: Geographic Data Analysis
- Geog 4230: GIS & Remote Sensing for Geoscience Applications
- Geog 4518: Mobile GIS
- Geog 4519: Spatial Big Data Analytics
Upcoming Events
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Mar
21
Teale Lecture Series: “Green Amendments - The National Movement to Empower Environmental Rights, Law, and Advocacy” 4:00pm
Teale Lecture Series: “Green Amendments - The National Movement to Empower Environmental Rights, Law, and Advocacy”
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
04:00 PM
The Dodd Center for Human Rights
The Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series –“Nature and the Environment”– honors the legacy of a prominent American naturalist, photographer, and writer who helped bridge the gap between the conservation and ecological movements of the 20th century.
To access event virtually: https://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/2090521/uiconf_id/37067881/entry_id/1_1dny3tsq/embed/dynamic
Please note: Attending either the lunch or lecture will count as an Honors event. Students can attend both, but this will only satisfy one UHL event requirement.
This is an Honors Event. Categories: Academic & Interdisciplinary Engagement OR Social Change, Service, & Sustainability.
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Mar
28
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Caglar Koylu 3:30pm
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Caglar Koylu
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Austin Building
Dr. Caglar Koylu
University of Iowa
Associate Professor, Dept of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
https://clas.uiowa.edu/geography/people/caglar-koylu
Analysis of U.S. internal migration using population-scale family tree data, 1789-1930
Analysis of long-term migration data is crucial for understanding the changing nature of the drivers of migration, regional disparities, demographic changes, and climate variability. Specifically, in the context of the U.S., the study of long-term migration is distinct because the European settlement was significantly influenced by land resources and economic prospects, highlighting the unique role of geographic and demographic expansion in shaping the nation’s complex history, mindful of the profound effects on Indigenous populations. The increasing availability of digitized historical sources on genealogy websites have enabled numerous individuals to assemble and share their family trees. Only a handful of research teams have leveraged extensive datasets of user-contributed family trees, and cleaned, connected and deduplicated them to generate population-scale family trees to investigate social processes, particularly migration. In this presentation, Dr. Koylu will shed light on his team’s efforts to construct the largest connected family tree to date, connecting 40 million relatives spanning across several centuries and continents. He will delve into the innovative techniques that harness the power of geographic information science to analyze and visualize big family tree data. These efforts enable the assessment of how representative the tree data is of the overall population in the U.S., the exploration of migration patterns and kinship networks across geographic space and time and provide valuable insights and historical context crucial for understanding the ongoing socio-economic and demographic transformations.
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Apr
4
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Edward Carr 3:30pm
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Edward Carr
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
AUST
Dr. Edward Carr
Clark University
Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice
https://www.clarku.edu/faculty/profiles/edward-carr
more info to come
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Apr
12
Graduate Student AAG Presentations 12:15pm
Graduate Student AAG Presentations
Friday, April 12th, 2024
12:15 PM
Austin Building
AAG Posters and Presentations from the Geography Graduate students.
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Notable Geography News
- Debs Ghosh: Invited Speaker for the Great Decision Lecture SeriesPosted on March 19, 2024
- Anji Seth on UConn Panel Discussing Climate Change Effects on CTPosted on March 8, 2024
- Congcong Miao Wins 2024 AASHTO GIS-T Student Paper AwardPosted on February 23, 2024
- Two UConn Geographers on World’s Top 2% Scientists List, 2023Posted on December 4, 2023
Alumni Spotlight
Recent Graduate Student Publications
BenBella, Diane & Ghosh, D. 2021. Combining Geospatial Analysis with HIV Care Continuum to Identify Differential HIV/AIDS Treatment Indicators in Uganda. The Professional Geographer.
Barocci, Antonio. 2020. Political arrests of women under fascism: gender and the special tribunal in Italy 1926–1928. GeoJournal.
Adams, Aaron., Li, W., Zhang, C., & Chen, X. 2020. The disguised pandemic: the importance of data normalization in COVID-19 web mapping. Public Health.
Terbeck, Fabian. 2020. Defining Suburbs: An Evaluation and Comparison of Four Methods. The Professional Geographer.
Other Outstanding Alumni
Caroline Mazo, class of 2018, is a Physical Scientist at the US Geological Survey.
Tara Schwenzfeier, class of 2018, is a GIS Analyst at ForeFlight, a Boeing company.
Nick Lacafta, class of 2016, is a Technical Records Coordinator at the University of Connecticut.
Stefanie Walker, MA class of 2015, is a Senior Catastrophe Risk Consultant at Travelers Insurance.
Amy DellaGuistina, class of 2014, is an Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability Senior Associate at Amgen.
Keep in touch with UConn Geography!
UConn Geography Alumni Award Recipients
2023: Jeanne Thibeault, PhD '10, Climate scientist, adjunct professor (retired).
2022: Julie Annino, PhD '02, Senior Transportation Engineer, CT Dept of Transportation
2021: Patrick Heidkamp, MA '03, PhD '07, Professor, Southern CT State University
2019: Todd Dumais, BA '03, Town Planner, City of West Hartford
2018: Richard Annitto, BA '85, Vice President, GIS and Survey Division, LiRo Group
2017: Ben Spaulding, PhD '10, Catastrophe Risk Manager, Homesite Group
2016: Patrice Carson, BA '82, Consulting Director of Community Development, Town of Bolton
2015: Tyler Kleykamp, BA '00, Chief Data Officer, Connecticut State Office of Policy and Management