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Dr. Norman Thrower Gave an Invited Talk
- Dr. Norman Thrower, Professor Emeritus at UCLA and a
pioneering scholar in cartography and the history of geographic thought,
gave an invited guest lecture on "Samuel Pepys and Cartography" to Dr.
Judith Tyner's "Maps and Civilization" course.
Samuel Pepys, who lived from 1633 to 1703, is famous for the often very
frank diary he maintained during the critical Restoration period of English
history, including such events as the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the
ravages of the Plague in the 1660s.
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"Jobs in Geography" Guest Lecture by Mr. Glenn LaJoie
- Mr. Glenn LaJoie, Vice President of Planning and Environmental
Studies
at RBF Consulting (and an alumnus) discussed the transition, "From a
Geography Major to a Career in Community Planning." The talk was on Monday, 29
April, as part of the "Jobs in Geography" colloquium series. The colloquium
is part of the Department Internship Program, which is directed by Dr.
Suzanne Wechsler, who would be
delighted to tell you more about the opportunities available.
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"Jobs in Geography" Guest Lecture by Mr. Brian Sims
- Mr. Brian Sims of Integrated Spatial Solutions, Inc. (and a
returning graduate student here at CSULB is giving a guest presentation on
Monday, the 8th
of April, from 5-6 pm, in LA4-100. His presentation addresses "GIS at
Southern California Edison." Specific subjects will include Utility AM/FM
management, electric vehicles, telecommunications, emergency preparedness, and
environmental issues. This talk is sponsored by the Internships in Applied Geography
program run by Dr. Suzanne Wechsler,
who can be reached at (562) 985-2356.
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"Jobs in Geography" Guest Lecture by Mr. Glenn Lajoie
- Mr. Glenn Lajoie, Vice President of Planning and Environmental
Studies at RBF Consulting (and a past lecturer in urban geography here at
CSULB is giving a guest presentation on Monday, the 29th
of April, from 5-6 pm, in LA4-100. His talk will explore the transition "From
a Geography Major to a Career in Community Planning." This talk is sponsored
by the Internships in Applied
Geography program run by Dr. Suzanne Wechsler, who can be reached at (562)
985-2356.
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Guest Lecture on Global Climate Change and Local Urban Policy
- Dr. Rachel Slocum gave a guest presentation Monday, the 18th
of March. Her dissertation research explored the debate over global warming
as it played out in several cities' local politics concerning environmental
issues.
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Guest Lecture on the Representation of the US/Mexico Border and Immigrant
Identities
- Dr. Susan Mains gave a guest presentation Wednesday, the 27th
of February. Her work focusses on contested borders and how various aspects
of identity are shaped and constrained by the existence of the border and the
agencies enforcing it or organizing around it.
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Guest Lecture on National Monumentalization and the Politics of Scale
- Dr. Dmitrii Sidorov gave a guest presentation Monday, the 25th
of February, on the resurrections of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in
Moscow. He traced the ties between national monumentalization (the cathedral
historically in Russia, the Palace of the Soviets, the municipal pool, and the
Ostankino TV Tower, and the virtually instant reincarnation of the cathedral
amid mayoral election politics), the different meanings of monumental space in
the history of Russia, and the civic-scale politics of Moscow.
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Guest Lecture on Environmental Globalization
- Mr. Nate Currit gave a guest presentation on Wednesday, the
20th of February, on environmental globalization, focussing on land use and
land cover changes in the northern Sierra Madre of Chihuahua, Mexico, driven
by maquiladoras. His theme was local environmental changes induced by global
economic restructuring.
- Guest Lecture on Vegetation Firing in West Africa
- Dr. Paul Laris gave a guest presentation on Monday, the
18th of February, on savanna and woodland firing practices in West Africa,
examining their seasonal timing and the reasons people set fires. His work
coupled the qualitative methods of one-on-one interviews of farmers, herders,
and hunters in Mali with remote sensing imagery.
- Guest Lecture on Environmental Change in Mesoamerica
- Dr. Robert Dull gave a guest talk on Monday, the
11th of February, on environmental change over the last 8,000 years in
Mesoamerica and social response.
- Guest Lecture on Political Change in Rostock, Germany
- Ms. Joan Haeckeling presented her work on political change in
Rostock, Germany, in the period leading up to the fall of the Soviet Union.
her talk was given on Wednesday, 13 February.
- Los Angeles Geographical Society
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The Los Angeles Geographical Society is a half century old geographical
outreach society, which hosts free public lectures, generally on the first
Friday of every month during the academic year (from September through May).
The talks are held at L.A. City College, 855 N. Vermont Ave., in Los Angeles
just north of the 101 Freeway. They always begin at 8 pm and usually end at 9
pm, after which free refreshments are served and the audience has a chance to
meet with the speaker socially. The organization is also famous for
organizing some spectacular field trips, both locally and to exotic locales
abroad. Our own Kris Jones
has just been elected president! There are three lectures remaining in this
year's program:
- "Outward Bound Adventures, Inc.," by Chuck Thomas of the Wildlands
Conservancy (1 March)
- "US-Australia Connections," by Ray Sumner from Long Beach City College
(5 April)
- "West Africa," by Matt Ebiner from El Camino City College (10 May)
- Dr. Glen Norcliffe
- The Department was pleased to host Dr.
Glen Norcliffe on the 6th of December. He graciously agreed to
make a presentation on
his research on industrial restructuring and the cultural production industry
of such importance to Southern California. His talk was entitled, "New
Geographies of Cultural Production: The Case of the Comic Book Industry," and
was given on the 6th of December in Prof. Doug Behrens's Geography of
California class). This event was sponsored by the Department of Geography
and the Geography Internship
Program's "Jobs in Geography" colloquium series.
- Ms. Jennifer Price
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On the 1st of December, Ms. Jennifer Price led a field trip with the
theme, "Greening the Lower Los Angeles River." This talk was organized by
Dr. Terence Young and sponsored by the Geography Department
Internship Program.
- National Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day Events!
- The Department of Geography ran a full schedule to celebrate National
Geography Awareness Day and GIS Awareness Day:
- Tuesday, 13 November, 10:30-11:30 am, Flume demonstration with
Prof. Noel Ludwig (and a big welcome to Ms. Jamie Vallianos-Healy's
fourth-graders from Tincher Preparatory School!)
- Tuesday, 13 November, 2-3:15 pm, LA4-107, Student poster presentations
on rivers and environmental issues (organized by Dr. Unna Lassiter)
- Wednesday, 14 November, 1-2:30 pm, Faculty Development Gallery, GIS
Day speaker, Mr. Mike Ridland, ESRI (and CSULB Geography alumnus)
- Wednesday, 14 November, 2:30-4 pm, GIS and remote sensing open house
and demonstration, LA4-207 and LA4-205, hosted by GSA (Geography
Student Association and the Remote Sensing Center
- Wednesday, 14 November, 4-5:30 pm, FREE pizza party mixer in front
of LA4-205-207, hosted by GSA (Geography Student Association
- Thursday, 15 November, 11:15 am - 12:45 pm, chartroom,
Emeritus/Faculty luncheon (everyone was delighted to see Dr. Sheldon
Ericksen, who had helped develop the program in the very beginning -- in
the early 1950s!)
- Thursday, 15 November, 1-2:30 pm, Faculty Development Gallery, keynote
talk on rivers of Latin America, Dr. Yonni Schwartz
- Friday, 16 November -- Drs. Terence Young and Chrys
Rodrigue visited Tincher
Preparatory School as the guest of Ms. Vallianos-Healy's very well-prepared
fourth-grade class
Many thanks to Dr. Unna Lassiter, who chaired the Awareness
Week and GIS committee, and the other members of the committe
(Dr.
Terence Young, Mr. James Woods, and the GSA) for their
weeks of hard work putting this program together.
- The Return to Charmlee Park
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On the 3rd of November, Dr. Chrys Rodrigue took her Geography 442
(Biogeography) students out to Charmlee Park in the Santa Monica Mountains
overlooking Malibu for an all-day working field trip. The students viewed
four distinctive vegetation associations there and did several field projects,
including transect sampling of vegetation, lichen field mapping, and using a
floristic key to identify species.
- Dr. Paul Von Blum
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Dr. Paul Von Blum, Lecturer, Department of History at UCLA, spoke to
the Geography Internship
Program's about "Mexican and Chicano Murals: Public Space and Political
Art?" on Monday, 12 November, 2001.
- Ms. Camille Kirk
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Camille Kirk, who is a researcher and principal in Context Research and
Mapping, spoke on "Bringing the Geographer's Perspective to Practice and
Policy" at the "Jobs in Geography" symposium. Ms. Kirk's talk was sponsored
by the Geography Internship
Program, about which you can learn more from Dr. Suzanne Wechsler.
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Dr. Stephanie Pincetl
- The Department of Geography and its Internship Program were delighted to
sponsor a lecture on "Democracy and Local Control -- How Cities Are Governed!"
by Dr. Stephanie Pincetl. Dr. Pincetl is Research Associate Professor
of Geography; Adjunct Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Policy,
Planning, and Development; and Program Coördinator for the Sustainable
Cities Program at USC. Her presentation was held on Monday, 22 October 2001.
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Dr. Robin T. Lee and Ms. Veronica Lopez
- The Internship Program of
the Department of Geography was proud to sponsor another lecture in the "Jobs
in Geography" series. Dr. Robin T. Lee (Coördinator,
Coöperative Education) and Ms. Veronica Lopez (Graduate Assistant)
will present "Résumé Review, Interview Techniques, and How to
Make the Most of Your Internship!" The presentation was held on Monday, 22
October 2001.
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Understanding September 11
- Dr. Vinnie Del Casino, together with several colleagues in
several departments, put together a teach-in on the horrifying events of the
11th of September. The teach-in took place Wednesday, 10 October, 1-4
p.m. at the Speakers' Platform and was heavily attended (at least
1800 people took questionnaires with them). Dr. Del Casino led off as the
first of the the featured speakers.
This event was organized by an ad hoc committee of the College of
Liberal Arts Faculty Council, with thanks to Dr. Dee Abrahamse, Dean of
CLA. Extra thanks to the Women's Studies Student Association and "the
Clothesline Project" for sharing the speakers' platform space for this event.
Co-sponsors include the History Students Association and the Spanish Club.
Ian Hanigan of the Long Beach Press-Telegram wrote a story entitled,
"CSULB Holds Terror Forum," which ran in the Thursday, 11 October 2001
edition, on p. A4. The story reported on this three hour teach-in on the
events of 11 September 2001, and our own Dr. Vincent Del Casino is
quoted in the report! For more information, please click here.
