Current MA and PhD Students
The following are select graduate degree candidates.
![Angela-Amantite Angela Amantite Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Angela-Amantite.jpg)
Angela Amantite
Email: amantite@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Behavioral Geography, Sustainable Food Systems, Mental Health, Human Nature Connectedness, Ecotherapy, Integrated Wellness, Experiential Learning
Advisor: Krisna Suryanata
![carter-beale Carter Beale, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/carter-beale.jpg)
Carter Beale
Email: carter45@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Flood Risk Management, Biocultural Resilience, Political Ecology, Hawaiʻi, California
Advisor: Krisna Suryanata
![Aron-A-Boettcher2 Aron Boettcher, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Aron-A-Boettcher2.jpg)
Aron Boettcher
Email: aronab@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Forests, Carbon, Biomass, Lidar, Imagery, Satellite, Photosynthesis, Machine Learning
Advisor: Qi Chen
![Shannon-Chambers Shannon Chambers, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Shannon-Chambers.jpg)
Shannon Chambers
Email: smchamb@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Human-Environment Relations, Political Ecology, Agriculture, Food Security, Sustainability, Indonesia
Advisor: Krisna Suryanata
![Ashley-Clark Ashley Clark, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Ashley-Clark.jpg)
Ashley Clark
Email: anclark@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Tea Agriculture, Sustainable Farming, Multispecies Interfaces, Ethnography, Taiwan, China
Advisor: Hong Jiang
![Anna-Duerr Anna Duerr, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Anna-Duerr.jpg)
Anna Duerr
Email: aduerr@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Food Access and Security, Hunan-Environment Interactions, Sustainability, Agriculture
Advisor: Krisna Suryanata
![geog-phd-gollan-geronimo PhD, Gollan Geronimo, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/geog-phd-gollan-geronimo.jpg)
Rollan C. Geronimo
Email: rollan@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management, Climate and Ocean Change Impacts on Marine Resources, GIS, Remote Sensing, Data Visualization, Spatial Pattern Analyses
Advisor: Camilo Mora
![Dakota-Hafalia-Yackel Dakota Hafalia Yackel](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Dakota-Hafalia-Yackel.jpg)
Dakota Hafalia Yackel
Email: dhafalia@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Agroecology, Sustainable Food Systems, Filipino Foodways, Decolonization, Identity Building, Sense of Belonging
Advisor: Krisna Suryanata
![Michelle-Harangody Michelle Harangody, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Michelle-Harangody.jpg)
Michelle Harangody
Email: msharan@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Political Ecology, STS, Marine Policy and Conservation, Corals, Tourism, Thailand, Hawaiʻi
Advisor: Mary Mostafanezhad
![Meagan-Harden Meagan Harden](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Meagan-Harden.jpg)
Meagan Harden
Email: mharden@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Political Geography, Imperialism, Island Studies, Territoriality, Oceans, Archives
Advisor: Reece Jones
![geog-phd-hunter-heaivilin PhD, Hunter Heaivilin, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/geog-phd-hunter-heaivilin.jpg)
Hunter Heaivilin
Email: huntersh@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Political Ecology, Agro-food Systems, Land Use Change and Planning, Climate Change, Pacific Islands
Advisor: Krisna Suryanata
![Justin-Kellum Justin Kellum](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Justin-Kellum.jpg)
Justin Kellum
Email: jkellum@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, LiDAR, GIS, Spatial Statistics, Agroforestry, Macadamia Nuts
Advisor: Qi Chen
![Tatsuki-Kohatsu Tatsuki Kohatsu, MA, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Tatsuki-Kohatsu.jpg)
Tatsuki Kohatsu
Email: kohatsut@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Geopolitics, Militarization, Tourism, Islands, Okinawa
Advisor: Mary Mostafanezhad
![Dalilah-Laidin PhD, Dalilah Laidin, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Dalilah-Laidin.jpg)
Dalilah Laidin
Email: dalilahn@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Cultural Geography, Heritage Landscapes, Critical Tourism Studies, Southeast Asia
Advisor: Krisna Suryanata
![Andrew-Lewis Andrew J Lewis](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Andrew-Lewis.jpg)
Andrew Lewis
Email: ajl2@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Hydrogeology, Springs, Water Policy, Citizen Science, Polycentric Governance of Natural Resources, Indigenous Cultural Significance of Springs
Advisor: Aurora Kagawa-Viviani
![Amiti-Maloy Amiti Maloy, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Amiti-Maloy.jpg)
Amiti Maloy
Email: amiti@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Blue Economy, Tourism, Feminist Geographies, Ocean and Coastal Studies, Geopolitics, Political Ecology, Marine Conservation, Social Change
Advisor: Marina Karides
![Olivia-Meyer Olivia Meyer, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Olivia-Meyer.jpg)
Olivia Meyer
Email: oliviacm@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Political Ecology, Feminist Geographies, Southeast Asia, Plastic Waste, Climate Justice, Feminist Theory, Social Movements, Thailand
Advisor: Mary Mostafanezhad
![geog-ma-heidi-needham MA, Heidi Needham, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/geog-ma-heidi-needham.jpg)
Heidi Needham
Email: hneedham@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Ecological Climatology, Climate Change, Climate Models, Natural Resource Management, Science Education, Outreach Activities with Underrepresented Groups
Advisor: Tom Giambelluca
![John-Nightingale John Nightingale](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/John-Nightingale.jpg)
John Nightingale
Email: john4225@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Critical Border Theory, Externalisation of Borders, Lived Experience of Migration, Critical Cartography
Advisor: Reece Jones
![joan-pan PhD, Joan Pan, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/joan-pan.jpg)
Joan Pan
Email: jpan@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Cultural Geography, Tea, Health, Well-Being, Social Media
Advisor: Hong Jiang
![Marcus-Peng Marcus Peng, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Marcus-Peng.jpg)
Marcus Peng
Email: marcuspe@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Coastal Management, Ecosystem Service Valuation, Outdoor Recreation, Experimental Methods, Causal Inference
Advisor: Brian Szuster
![Foley-Pfalzgraf Foley Pfalzgraf, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Foley-Pfalzgraf.jpg)
Foley Pfalzgraf
Email: foleycp@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Political Ecology, Resilience and Adaptation, Nature Based Solutions, Forestry, South Pacific, Vanuatu
Advisor: Mary Mostafanezhad
![LiEllen-Rhame LiEllen Rhame, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/LiEllen-Rhame.jpg)
LiEllen Rhame
Email: lrhame@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Human and Nonhuman Animal Interaction, China, Cultural Geography, Terror Management Theory, Environment
Advisor: Hong Jiang
![Leif-Salveson Leif Salveson, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Leif-Salveson.jpg)
Leif Salveson
Email: leifsalv@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Political Economy, Community Supported Fisheries
Advisor: Krisna Suryanata
![Kristen-Sanfilippo Kristen Sanfilippor, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Kristen-Sanfilippo.jpg)
Kristen Sanfilippo
Email: ksanfili@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Climate Change, Climate Modeling, Statistical Downscaling, Rainfall, Hawaiʻi Climate
Advisor: Tom Giambelluca
![Renee-Setter Renee Setter, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Renee-Setter.jpg)
Renee Setter
Email: rsetter@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Marine Ecology, Climate Change, Climate Models, GIS, Big Data Analysis
Advisor: Camilo Mora
![Sophia-Somerscales Sophia Somerscales](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Sophia-Somerscales.jpg)
Sophia Somerscales
Email: ssomersc@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, GIS, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Land Classification, Object Detection
Advisor: Qi Chen
![geog-phd-yuko-stender PhD, Yuko Stender, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/geog-phd-yuko-stender.jpg)
Yuko Stender
Email: ystender@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Responses of Coral Communities to Human-Induced Environmental Changes, Coral Reef Recovery from Impacts of Land-Derived Material, Landscape Ecology, Spatial Statistics, GIS
Advisor: Ross Sutherland
![Tara-Sutton Tara Sutton](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Tara-Sutton.jpg)
Tara Sutton
Email: thsutton@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Trust between the Military & Host Communities, Community Recovery from Military-Induced Environmental Contamination
Advisor: Aurora Kagawa-Viviani
![Hannah-von-Hammerstein Hannah von Hammerstein, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Hannah-von-Hammerstein.jpg)
Hannah von Hammerstein
Email: hfvh@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Coastal & Marine Ecosystems, Effects of Climate Change on Organisms, Climate-driven Species Range Shifts and Their Ecological & Societal Consequences, Eastern Tropical Pacific
Advisor: Camilo Mora
![Kira-Webster Kira Webster, Graduate Student, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Kira-Webster.jpg)
Kira Webster
Email: kiramw@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Climate Change Effects, Native Hawaiian Plant Populations, Reforestation, Island Biodiversity Conservation
Advisor: Camilo Mora
![Korey-Wetherell Korey Wetherell](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Korey-Wetherell.jpg)
Korey Wetherell
Email: kwethere@hawaii.edu
Program: MA
Research Interests: Pollinators, Climate Change, Extinction, Cartography, Indigenous Systems, More-than-Human Geographies
Advisor: Marina Karides
![geog-phd-laura-williams PhD, Laura Williams, Department of Geography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](https://geography.manoa.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/geog-phd-laura-williams.jpg)
Laura Williams
Email: lauralw@hawaii.edu
Program: PhD
Research Interests: Political Ecology, Rural Studies, Tourism, Islands, Political Economy, Development
Advisor: Mary Mostafanezhad