Spring 2023 GES Seminar Series
Weds., Feb. 8, 12 noon – 1 p.m., WebEx
Dr. Keith Eshleman, Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Detecting and Understanding Hydrologic Change in Developing Watersheds: Role of Environmental Site Design
Friday., Feb. 24, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., WebEx
Dr. Katherine McKittrick, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies, Departments of Gender Studies and Geography, Queen’s University
Black Geographies, Still
Weds., Mar. 8, 12 noon – 1 p.m., Sondheim 001 and WebEx
Cheryl Knott, Research Director, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute (in person and virtual)
Vital Signs: Indicators for Measuring Neighborhood Quality of Life
Weds., Mar. 15, 12 noon – 1 p.m., Sondheim 001 and WebEx
Isabel Dastvan, SEI Climate Corps Sustainability Fellow, UMBC Office of Sustainability
Developing an Invasive Species Management Plan for UMBC’s Campus
Weds., Mar. 29, 12 noon – 1 p.m., WebEx
Dr. Andrea Roberts, Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning and Co-Director, Center for Cultural Landscapes, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, Founder of The Texas Freedom Colonies Project
Co-Creating Counternarratives: Foundations for Just Planning & Preservation
Weds. Apr. 5, 12 noon – 1 p.m., Sondheim 001 and WebEx
Dr. Matthew Baker, Professor, GES, and Associate Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, UMBC
Seeing Forests for the Trees: Distinguishing Patches of Forest Within Urban Tree Canopy
Weds., Apr. 12, 12 noon – 1 p.m., Public Policy 105, WebEx
Ohad Paris, GES PhD defense seminar
Weds., Apr. 19, 12 noon – 1 p.m., WebEx
Dr. Lucy Hutyra, Professor, Department of Earth & Environment and Director, Biogeosciences Program, Boston University
Impacts of Urbanization & Landscape Fragmentation on the Carbon Cycle
Tues., Apr. 25, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Chat w/ Grad Students – Sondheim 210; 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Seminar – Commons 329 and on WebEx
Dr. Thomas Panagopoulos, Professor, Universidade do Algarve in Portugal
Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change
Weds., Apr. 26, 12 noon – 1 p.m. – in person in Sondheim 001 and on WebEx
Dr. Charles Ichoku, Professor, GES and Director, GESTAR II, UMBC
In search of Lake Chad: Africa’s Great Lake
Weds., May 3, 12 noon – 1 p.m., in-person at ILSB 101 and on WebEx
Dr. Kurt Stephenson, Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech, and
Dr. Denice Wardrop, Research Professor, Geography, Penn State University and Director, Chesapeake Research Consortium
Comprehensive Evaluation of Chesapeake Bay Response to Water Quality Efforts: Gaps, Uncertainties, and Policy Implications
Weds., May 10, 12 noon – 1 p.m., WebEx
Dr. Rosemary Knight, Professor of Geophysics of Earth System Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
Harnessing the Power of Geophysical Imaging to Recharge California’s Groundwater
(to see a list of previous Department Seminars click here)