News Archive
News Archive
Autumn Quarter 2009
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"
2009 Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day, Thursday Nov. 19
"Please join us for the 2009 National Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day Celebration. Learn the exciting new geographic research and discoveries, interdisciplinary applications of cutting-edge geospatial technologies, career and job opportunities in geography and GIS, and much more. Pizza and refreshments will be provided. "
EVENT SCHEDULE:
Detailed Program
10:00 – 10: 15am, Room 165, Thompson Library
Program kickoff and overview
10:00 -10:05am Welcome
Dr. Dieter Wanner, Associate Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs
10:05-10:15am Geography at OSU: A Centennial Celebration
Dr. Morton O’Kelly, Professor and Chair, Department of geography
10:15 – 10:55am, Room 165, Thompson Library
Geography faculty presentations: Why geography matters?
Chair: Alycia Burkitt, President, Undergraduate Geography Club
Dr. Kevin Cox, University Distinguished Professor
Putting geographers in their place
Dr. Bryan Mark, Assistant Professor of Geography
Hot stuff in cold places: Global climate change and the fate of human society
Dr. Kendra McSweeney, Associate Professor of Geography
Running out of food? A geographic take on global population growth
Dr. Daniel Sui, Professor of Geography & Director, Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA)
Your stolen geography: Protecting locational privacy in an age of pervasive surveillance
11:00am – Noon, Room 165, Thompson Library
Panel discussion on
Career and Job Opportunities for Geographers and GIS Specialists
Moderator: Jonathan Rush
Panelists:
Jeff Smith, Ohio Office of Information Technology
Jay Zhang, Vice President, Chase Bank
Annie McCabe, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
Robert Forrest and Dan Ransberger, Nationwide Insurance
Ming Zhang, Bennett & Williams Environmental Consultants, Inc
Mark Palmer, GIS Manager, Wendy’s International Inc.
Tammy Mott, Schoenbaum Family Center
Noon – 2pm West/Buckeye Reading Room, Thompson Library
Understanding the world from a geographic perspective: Interdisciplinary GIS applications, poster exhibits, software demonstration, geographic games, individual/group consultation [Pizza & refreshments provided]
Participating Units:
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Byrd Polar Research Center, International Studies Program, Wendy’s International Inc., Center for Urban and Regional Analysis, Center for Mapping, Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, Knowlton School of Architecture/City & Regional Planning, OSU Extension, Mershon Center, Kirwan Institute, ESRI Inc., OGRIP, Schoenbaum Family Center, Department Agricultural and Environmental Economics, Center for Farmland Policy Innovation, College of Public Health, Mapping & GIS Lab, Digital Union, etc. (to be updated)
Individuals:
The amazing location game by Dr. Morton O’Kelly
The virtual globe games by Dr. Ola Ahlqvist
Serving the community with cartography, Tim Hawthorne
Web-based political redistricting, Wei Chen
Mapping long term land-cover change trajectory using spatial-temporal classification of multi-temporal Landsat images, Shanshan Cai (to be updated)
1:45-3:30pm - Geocaching (meeting at the West Reading Room, Thompson Library @ 1:45)
3:30-5:00pm, Room 1080, Derby Hall
Reports from the Field
Chair, Dr. Morton O’Kelly
Coordinator, Dr. Kendra McSweeney
Featuring presentations by Geography Graduate Students about their recent field work at home and abroad.
Chris Hartmann, Master’s student: “Shedding my gringo identity at the Managua, Nicaragua municipal waste site.”
Kevin Grove, PhD candidate: "Strategic partners, or free labor? The challenges of collaborative research with state agencies in Kingston, Jamaica"
Hyeseon Jeong, PhD student: "Interviewing the Ongoings: Field Study on the African Union's New Gender Policy, Ethiopia."
Justine Law, Master’s student: "From Hugging Trees to Killing Saplings: Fieldwork in Southeastern Ohio."
Jeff La Frenierre, PhD student: "Glacier Hunting on the Equator - Two Weeks on Ecuador's Volcan Chimborazo"
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY Colloquium
Global Capitalism: A Love Story, a Tragedy, an Enigma
Jim Glassman
Associate Professor of Geography
University of British Columbia
1080 Derby Hall, 3:30‐5:00pm
Thursday, November 12
The sprawling processes referred to as capitalism have been
credited and blamed for many things, from improvement of living
standards to destruction of the environment, from alleviation of poverty to
the generation of new forms of poverty, from promoting development to
generating maldevelopment. Basing my claims on both theoretical
considerations and comparative global data that have become available in
the last few decades I argue for three "qualitative" claims and one
"qualitative" proposal: global capitalism has been consistent with the
(uneven) production of substantial improvements in material standards of
living; global capitalism has generated historically unprecedented levels of
income inequality, the geographic forms of which have shifted slightly in
the era of neo‐liberal globalization; global capitalism has so consistently
and unevenly transformed livelihoods and consumption that it undermines
attempts to make meaningful statements about its effects on poverty; the
most politically significant result of all of the above is that global capitalism
generates struggles over the distribution of wealth which pose serious
challenges to the maintenance of democracy
Colloquium Poster
Beyond Geography Graduate Admissions: Applying, Surviving and Thriving
An event for Next Tuesday, November 10 at 4:30 pm in Derby 1080...
The GGO, Geography Club and the Dept. will be hosting an informal discussion between grads and undergrads about graduate school. Essentially, we hope to share experiences and let our undergrads know about the admissions process, life as a grad student, what they can get from grad school, etc. Rachel, Phil, Jeff and Nurcan will be the main panelists (each speaking informally for about 2 minutes), but we encourage other grads to attend as well to discuss their experiences and answer questions about grad school. This will be a cool opportunity to interact and share knowledge!
Also, FREE PIZZA from Adriaticos provided by the department.
Hope to see many of you there!
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY Colloquium
The World Was Never Flat:
Early Global Encounters and the Messiness of Empire
Mona Domosh
Professor of Geography, Dartmouth College
1080 Derby Hall, 3:30‐5:00pm
Thursday, October 29
Thomas Friedman's 2005 book The World is Flat was meant
partly as a wake‐up call to those in the United States who direct its
corporate boardrooms and govern its political/economic state, a warning
that globalization has brought about a level economic "playing field" in
which the United States might be losing the game. As rhetoric the title
certainly works well to raise fears about North America's future economic
role. It also works in concretizing a popular view of globalization, a view
that obscures its uneven, discordant, and decidedly un‐flat processes and
practices. In this paper I help deconstruct this view by literally fleshing out
the everyday ways through which United States expanded economically in
its early (1890‐1927) global empire. Based on archival work in Argentina,
Russia, Scotland, and the United States, I provide an historical look at
encounters between North American business men and women and their
foreign customers, students and workers. Focusing on the diverse practices
and personal encounters that were critical to the early global efforts of
select United States‐based corporations, I expose the uneven, contested and
messy ways that economic expansion works. By analyzing early global
encounters when the economic dominance of the United States was just
becoming apparent I am able to highlight the sheer complexity and truly
relational nature of United States' expansion in the early 20th century.
Colloquium Poster
Seminar and Open Discussion with Internationally Known Demographer William (Bill) Frey -- Brookings Institution Senior Fellow and Research Professor, Populaltion Studies Center, University of Michigan
Tuesday October 20th,
12:30-1:30, Journalism 243, Seminar Talk
"How Immigration, Migration, and Aging in Place are Changing America’s Regions and Metropolitan Areas"
3:30-5:00, 1039 Derby, Open Discussion, Walk-In/Out When Convenient Style --
"Interpreting Trends for the Public: How to (Maybe) Avoid Controversy"
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY Colloquium Series Edward J. Taaffe Human Geography Colloquium
Soft Cities: Software and the Remaking of the City
Rob Kitchin
Director of the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis National University of Ireland, Maynooth Chair, Management Board of the Irish Social Sciences Platform
1080 Derby Hall, 3:30‐5:00pm
Tuesday, October 13
Reception to Follow in Derby Hall Foyer
GIS and Public Health Research: Towards a New Synergy
DANIEL Z. SUI, PhD
Director, OSU Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA) and Professor of Geography and Distinguished Professor of social & Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Sui will present an overview of the latest developments in geospatial information science & technology and discuss how they can be synergistically integrated into public health research. He will also discuss CURA’s existing and future projects related to GIS & public health. Seminar Outline.
NEW TIME AND PLACE , as of Tue. Oct. 13 12:30PM
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
11:00-12:00PM
Prior Health Sciences Library
5th Floor of Medical Heritage Center, 376 W. 10th Ave
Map Out Your Future with ESRI
Special Invitation for
Ohio State University Students
You’re working hard for your degree … come discover how you can put it to good
use at ESRI. We’re looking for bright students who are passionate about applying
their education in a rewarding career. At ESRI you’ll find interesting challenges and
the opportunity to learn from smart, innovative colleagues.
ESRI offers internship and career opportunities in
• Software Development/Engineering
• GIS Services
• Software Product Development
• Educational Services
• Information Technology
• Solutions Engineering
• Technical Support
• Marketing and Sales
Visit ESRI staff at the Engineering Career Expo
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
French Field House
Stop by our booth to learn how your education and skills
can be applied to a rewarding career with ESRI.
On-Campus Interviews
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Interested students: please submit your resumé
and available times to university@esri.com.
Presentation: Dr. Steven Fiorino October 9, 2009 3:00 p.m. Derby Hall Room 0070
This presentation surveys atmospheric effects can be quantified and characterized for engineering and weapons systems modeling and simulation. Some of the applications require input from numerical weather prediction models, and some are more generalized for battlefield engagement scenarios using climatology. Emphasis is placed on distributions in the vertical and the impacts this has on modeling and radiative transfer. Impacts on high energy laser and high power microwave systems, nuclear fallout prediction, cloud formation, numerical weather prediction, and possible climate change impacts are discussed. Recent AFIT research on new optical properties and index of refraction effects are also presented.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 12:30 - 2:18PM (call number 27691)
East Lakes Division of the AAG (ELDAAG) Annual Meeting
ELDAAG will be holding its annual meeting on Oct 23-24, in Dayton, OH (organized by Wright State University). ELDAG Conference
Department of Geography Welcome Event, Oct. 2, 2009
Faculty, Staff, Grads, Undergrads... Everyone is Welcome to Join us for the Department Welcome Event Friday October 2, 2009
11:30AM For GeoCashing in front of Derby Hall, Please sign up for geocashing event by emailing merry.19@osu.edu, (limit is 30 people)
12:00PM For Delicious lunch inside the Derby Hall Atrium.
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
