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Timothy Assal, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography, was awarded a grant as a co-principal investigator on a multi-institutional project, “Vulnerability of lower-ecotone aspen forests to altered fire regimes and climate dynamics in the northern Great Basin…
The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ College of Arts and Sciences congratulates James A. Tyner, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography and Director of the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, who is a 2021 recipient of ‘Distinguished Scholarship Honors’ from the…
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Climate change can now be measured on a global scale using multiple weather variables, according to new research published by Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ.
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They remember the sights and sounds of helicopters and trucks as the Ohio National Guard moved into their small college town. They remember the smell of tear gas. They remember the chants of the protesters against the Vietnam War and invasion of Cambodia. They remember the panic…
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David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United…
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Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., professor and chairperson of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Department of Geography, recently conducted a study on abnormal weather patterns published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, a publication of the American Geophysical Union.
More Extremes In A Changing Climate: An Interview With Cameron Lee Ph.D.
Cameron Lee, Ph.D., discusses with local NPR station, WKSU, the effects of a changing climate. In the ten minute interview Dr. Lee explains how we should expect to see greater extremes in light of a…
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![David Kaplan (Center), professor in the Department of Geography, is one of three educators honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching award a tenured or tenure-track professor can receive. David Kaplan (center), professor in the Department of Geography, is one of three educators honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching award a tenured or tenure-track professor can receive.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/PROFILE%20Kaplan.jpg?VersionId=c0K2O_0upg8TwRZJizhawJbf.2TkSzqr)
Many professors have certain influences that inspire them to teach. For David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Department of Geography, that inspiration comes from his father.
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Their remarkable work takes place in studios, classrooms, laboratories and outdoors. They have been published in prestigious journals, authored books and received significant research grants. Now, they add a new honor to their list of notable achievements.
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Dr. David Kaplan has been elected Vice President of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) for 2018-2019. Dr. Kaplan will automatically be elected as President for the 2019-2020 term, to be followed by another term as Past President in 2020-2021. Dr. Kaplan will succeed…