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UH GEO recent PhD alum Henryk Szadziewski (@henrykszad) has a new chapter "Melanesian Self-Reliance Discourses and Chinese Investment: The Ramu Nickel Mine in Papua New Guinea" in an edited volume titled China in the Global South: Impact and Perceptions. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-1344-0_7
UH GEO Professor Marina Karides (@marina_karides) is serving as one of the co-editors for a special issue on Island Activisms in the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies (OJIS). Submission deadline is June 30th. For details on the Call for Papers, go to https://riis.skr.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/publication/ojis/ojiscall.
UH GEO PhD candidate Foley Pfalzgraf (@FoleyPfalzgraf) has a new article entitled, "From colonial science to climate capacity building: Analyzing uneven access to climate knowledge in Vanuatu," published in Geoforum, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.05.020.
Congratulations to UH GEO PhD students Meagan Harden (@meaganharden_) and Tatsuki Kohatsu for passing their comprehensive exams earlier this month!
UH GEO Professor Marina Karides is the co-editor of a themed section, "Island Feminisms: Place, Justice, Movement" in the journal Shima, https://shimajournal.org/article/10.21463/shima.153. Deep insights from authors: Davennes,Trinidad, and Ahia and Johnson and places: Guadeloupe, Philippines, and Hawai'i.
Congratulations to UH GEO 2022 Graduate Symposium Winners!
Olivia Meyer - Best PhD symposium presentation;
Jocelyn Grandinetti - Best MA symposium presentation;
Foley Pfalzgraf - Oustanding publication;
Hannah von Hammerstein and Renee Setter - Outstanding publication
UH Geography and Environment held our annual symposium in-person and virtually on Friday, May 6th. At this special event, graduate students presented their work, recent MA and PhD graduates were recognized, and grad departmental awards were given. Well done to everyone!
UH GEO Associate Professor Mary Mostafanezhad was awarded the '21 Board of Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching at the 2022 UH Mānoa Awards Ceremony on May 2nd. Congrats @GeogProfMary! https://manoa.hawaii.edu/president/awards/; https://manoa.hawaii.edu/president/awards/2021-recipients/
Congratulations to our Spring 2022 MA and PhD graduates!
*Jocelyn Grandinetti, MA
*Sasha Hefner, MA
*Liat Portner, MA
*Dylan Beatty, PhD
*Desiree Simandjuntak, PhD
*Henryk Szadziewski, PhD
