Two geographers named Garnet Apple winners
Professors April Hiscox and Cuizhen Wang have been recognized for teaching innovation and named as two of the six Garnet Apple Award winners for 2023.
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DeBoom paper recognized
Meredith DeBoom was awarded the Virginie Mamadouh Outstanding Research Award from the Political Geography Specialty Group of the AAG for her article, "Climate Necropolitics", in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers. This award recognizes an article that “makes an innovative, original contribution to the conceptual and/or methodological embrace of political geography.”
Malkoc wins award to dissertation research
Bianca Malkoc was awarded a Field Study Award from the Cultural and Political Ecology (CAPE) Specialty
Group of the AAG. The $750 award will support her preliminary dissertation research
on the geopolitical ecology of shipping at the Port of Los Angeles.
Eramus Mundus scolarship to geography grad
Kate Barnwell, a 2023 geography graduate, has been awarded an Eramus Mundus scholarship to work on a joint master's degree in sustainable forest and nature management at
the University of Copenhagen and the University of Padua.
Susan Cutter doubly honored
Susan Cutter has been elected to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and to the National Academy of Sciences this spring. Already a fellow at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, she is the first faculty member at USC to achieve all three honors.
Flach receives fellowship
Grad student Jessica Flach was recently announced as the winner of the Walker Institute's Donald J. Puchala
Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship is awarded to graduate students whose research
projects focus on international relations theory or international institutions. Congratulations,
Jessica!
Thornton receives dissertation award
Grad student Jill Thornton has been selected by the AAG's Political Geography Specialty Group to receive this year’s Alexander Murphy Dissertation Enhancement Award for her research on evangelical and missionary geopolitics. Way to go, Jill!
DeBoom honored
Meredith DeBoom was named one of the 2024 McCausland Fellows. The McCausland is the most prestigious faculty fellowship for early-career faculty
in USC's College of Arts & Sciences. Congratulations, Meredith!
Department graduate teaching awards
The winners of the department teaching awards have been announced:
Christopher Long, Department of Geography Teaching Assistant Award, 2023; and Michelle Harris, Department of Geography Graduate Instructor Award, 2023. Congratulations, Chris
and Michelle!
Harris honored for her leadership
Geography grad student Michelle Harris was announced as the 2023 winner of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Leadership by the Graduate School. Way to go, Michelle!
Hiscox wins Mungo award
April Hiscox has joined Meredith DeBoom, Conor Harrison, and Gregory Carbone as a winner of the Michael J. Mungo Award for Undergraduate Teaching. Congratulations,
April!
Geographers score at Discover USC
Geography students and geography-mentored students won a number of awards at the poster
competition at the university's showcase this April
Geographers assess SC dune health
Professor Jean Ellis and Ph.D. student Michelle Harris talk about how they measure the impact of a hurricane on a renourished beach.
USC Geography and Geographers in the News
- [Carbone] Cool waters, the jet stream and La Niña: What South Carolina could see this winter
- [Cutter] USC professor studying disaster recovery named to prestigious National Academy of Sciences
- [Kang] New projects explore AI in art and science
- [Mock] Is a November hurricane likely? History says probably not
- [Cutter] Fires and other disasters are increasing in Hawaii, according to this AP data analysis
- [Geog alums] The planning before the storm: USC geography graduates help guide state, nation through hurricane season
- [Dow] Feeling the heat? USC study reveals areas in Columbia should worry about summer weather
- [Cutter] What's in a hurricane name? It depends
- [Mock] Record highs: Ocean heatwave and climate change
- [Cutter] The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why
- [Mock] SC spared brunt of hurricane season, but experts predict stronger storms in the future
- [DeBoom] Lessons in geography — and global citizenship
Photo: Sedimentation fieldwork at the McCrady Base in Columbia; Michael Hodgson.