2026 Grad Student Proposal Presentations

Celebrating the incredible work of our 2026 Geography graduate students! Your research showcases innovation, dedication, and a deep commitment to understanding and improving our world. Congratulations on your outstanding proposals presentations, we are excited to see where your work leads next!

  • Emmie Muschek - Tracking Dispersal Mechanisms and Tree Range Shifts in a Warming Western U.S.
  • Mariah Sainz - Coexistence within a Bat Community: Multiple Dimensions of Niche Partitioning within a Fine Scale Landscape
  • Tomas Piedad - Philippine Transnational Regional Identity, Labor Pathways, and Belonging in Long Beach, CA
  • Joe Caxton Odawa - Shade Equity and Distribution, and its Effects on the People of Long Beach, California
  • Edward Kaszyński - The Hidden Problem in Oak Woodlands
  • Flora Huang - A Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning and Machine Learning for Fine-Scale Invasive Plant Mapping Using UAV/ Satellite Imagery
  • Lucas South - The Dark and Quiet Sky: Local Impacts of Satellite Interference on Ground Based Astronomy
  • Sam Flexo - How does an Overall Social Vulnerability Score relate to establishing a Firewise Community?

 

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2026 Grad Student Proposal Presentations, Geography​
2026 Grad Student Proposal Presentations
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2026 Grad Student Proposal Presentations, Geography​
2026 Grad Student Proposal Presentations
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2026 Grad Student Proposal Presentations, Geography​
2026 Grad Student Proposal Presentations