Graduate Students

	Aaron Canter (he/him)   MS Program  Research Interests: Climate adaption & planning, political ecology & economy, critical development, critical theories, decolonizing epistemologies  Hobbies: Hiking/backpacking, cooking, photography, and gardening  Advisor: Dr. Marygold Walsh-Dilley
	Amanda Kennedy (she/her)    MS Program  Research Interests: Remote sensing, vegetation mapping  Hobbies: hiking  Advisor: Dr. Chris Lippitt
	Blair Mirka (she/her)    PhD Program  Research Interests: 3D modeling for Museums and their uses as synthetic training data for AI  Hobbies: Hiking, Backpacking, Rock Climbing, Baking, Plants, Scary Books  Advisor: Dr. Christopher Lippitt
	Cameron Blumhardt (she/her/they/them)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Social and political factors driving development and land use change, Latin America,   qualitative methods, remote sensing, methods integration into interdisciplinary research, critical physical   geography  Hobbies: Backpacking, fishing, skiing/snowboarding, video games  Advisor: Dr. Marygold Walsh-Dilley
	Carter Gibbons (he/him)    MS Program  Research Interests: Transportation, Urban Planning, Sustainable Development, Remote Sensing  Hobbies:  Sailing, boats, and anything to do with water. Camping, and languages! I speak French                 and Japanese.  Advisor: Dr. Liping Yang
	Cassidy Tawse-Garcia (shey/they)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Mutual Aid, Collective Care, Diverse Economies, Local Food Economies,                           Rural Livelihoods, and Community Building in Post-Disaster Landscapes  Hobbies: Writing, renting audio books from the Libby app, travel, gardening, remodeling my house, ice cream  Advisor: Dr. Marygold Walsh-Dilley
	Chris Sylvan    MS Program  Research Interests: Black Geographies, Black Feminist Geographies, Community Policing, Food Systems,   Critical Race Studies, Water Use  Hobbies: Running, Cycling, Hiking, Saturdays at Coffee Shops, Being Wonky about Government Policy  Advisor: Dr. Natasha Howard
	David Jacobs    MS Program  Research Interests:    Hobbies:  Advisor:
	David Lawrence (he/him)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Historical geography of science, museum studies, paleontology  Hobbies: playing the guitar, reading science fiction and Sherlock Holmes mysteries  Advisor: Dr. Maria Lane
	Dayna Dominguez (she/her)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Natural processes modeling (landscapes, soil hydrology, wind, ect.), remote sensing,   applied GIS uses in emergency response management, epidemiology, and natural resource management  Hobbies: Spending time with my dogs, Search and Rescue, trail running, weight lifting, gardening, reading, backpacking, cooking/baking, and cross-country skiing  Advisor: Dr. Chris Lippitt
	Eric Brannen (he/him)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Health disparities, breast cancer, survival analysis, cluster analysis,                               wildlife urban interface (WUI), urban sprawl  Hobbies: gaming, travel, cycling, exercise  Advisor: Dr. Yan Lin
	Eva Gemrich (she/her)    MS Program  Research Interests: Food systems, rurality and rural identities, agrarian change  Hobbies: weaving/sewing/textile-related crafts, exploring outside, ultimate frisbee, baking, reading  Advisor: Dr. Marygold Walsh-Dilley
	Joe Scala (he/him/they)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Historical and contemporary wine production in the US/Mexico borderlands region; the political, economic and ecological dimensions of food traditions; the production of space  Hobbies: Enjoying food and wine, listening to music, being outdoors, community planning for                         Santa Fe County (really more of a job than a hobby though)  Advisor: Dr. Ronda Brulotte
	Katie Slack (they/them)    MS Program  Research Interests: Climate Change adaptation, Nature-based solutions, Geospatial Data, Web Mapping,   Communicating Science, Political Ecology, Critical Physical Geography  Hobbies: spending time outdoors, fiber arts, watercolor, Dungeons and Dragons, hanging with my cats  Advisor: Dr. Liping Yang
	Laura Paskus (she/her)    MS Program  Research Interests: water, climate change, critical geography  Hobbies: I'm a fulltime environmental reporter; my favorite thing is to be outside and away from a computer  Advisor: Dr. K. Maria Lane
	Lindsey Rotche (she/her)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Snow, Natural Hazards, Climate Change, GIS, Cartography  Hobbies: Snowboarding, Biking, River Sports, Rock Climbing, Hiking  Advisor: Dr. Yolanda C. Lin
	Madilynn Nolen (she/they)    MS Program  Research Interests: Resource and environmental management, water rights, food distribution networks,     land management strategies, post humanist theories including more-than-human geographies and               new materialism  Hobbies: Reading, hiking and swimming  Advisor: Dr. Melinda Morgan
	Margaux Clarke    MS Program  Research Interests: Climate change and adaptability, forestry, green space accessibility, sustainable   development  Hobbies: soccer, hiking, anything that gets her outdoors, French language learning, puzzles   Advisor:
	Marisol Meyer-Driovínto (she/her)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Geographies of Hope, Systems Dynamics Modeling, Interdisciplinary research, Resilient Food Systems, Community Engagement.. and so much more  Hobbies: Cooking/baking, Bike rides, Visual Arts, Camping  Advisor: Dr. Yolanda C. Lin
	Meirah Williamson (she/her)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Natural hazards, disasters, vulnerability, critical cartography, spatial analysis  Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, playing piano, going to art/farmer's markets, watching roadrunners  Advisor: Dr. Yolanda C. Lin
	Miguel Martinez (he/him)    MS Program  Research Interests: Settlement pattern theory and landscape archaeology in Mesoamerica. Expanding my interests and experience in small UAV survey and its applications in Landscape Archaeology with a focus in settlement pattern theory.  Hobbies: Crafts and machines, fixing and making things  Advisor: Dr. Chris Lippitt
	Muniwara Nurudeen (she/her)   MS Program  Research Interests: Geospatial Analysis, Remote Sensing, Geovisualization, Environmental Management  Hobbies: Cooking, watching crime documentaries, going on excursions, sightseeing  Advisor: Dr. Benjamin P. Warner
	Olivia Kelly (she/her)   MS Program  Research Interests: Hydrogeochemistry, Critical Physical Geography, Stream Ecology, Fire Ecology,             Ecological Disturbance, Biomonitoring, Watershed Management, Water Politics,                                           Political Ecology, Environmental Justice  Hobbies: spending time with my daughter, hiking, swimming, reading, and just being outside.  Advisor: Dr. Maria Lane
	Rae Bennu (she/her)    MS Program  Research Interests: Regenerative Agriculture, Food Systems, Community Gardens  Hobbies: Gardening, native planting, wildlife refuge (I made my hobbies my career!)   Advisor: Dr. Marygold Walsh-Dilley
	Rae French (they/them)    MS Program  Research Interests: Political ecology, historic fermentation methodologies, autonomy and land stewardship, biopiracy and data sovereignty   Hobbies: Walking and talking, surfing the radio, cooking, midnight bike rides & midnight snacks,         roughhousing with dogs  Advisor: Dr. Ronda Brulotte
	Ramona Malczynski (she/they)    PhD Program  Research Interests: urban geography, critical physical geography, political ecology, U.S. Southwest and Latin America  Hobbies: community organizing, soccer, art, being outdoors  Advisor: Dr. Maria Lane
	Ria Mukerji (she/her)    PhD Program  Research Interests: political ecology of hazards, community engagement, participation, flooding, wildfires  Hobbies: Exploring NM, birding, college football (geaux tigahs!) and hockey (anaheim ducks!), brewery patio hopping, walking in the bosque looking for porcupines  Advisor: Dr. Ben Warner
	Roald Kern   MS Program  Research Interests:  Spatial Analysis, Internet Mapping, Population Response to Events, Remote Sensing  Hobbies: Photography, Traveling, Swimming in Nature  Advisor:
	Rowan Converse (she/her)    PhD Program  Research Interests: drones/UAS, climate change, wildlife management, artificial intelligence,                 landscape ecology  Hobbies: Cycling, running, creative writing, Tunisian crochet  Advisor: Dr. Chris Lippitt
	Sarigai (Rose) she/her    PhD Program  Research Interests: GIScience, Geovisualization, Web Mapping, GeoAI  Hobbies: Rock climbing, Hiking, Walking  Advisor: Dr. Liping Yang
	Teddy Woldeyohannes (he/him)    PhD Program  Research Interests: GIS and GIScience  Hobbies: Skiing, hiking, travel, video games  Advisor: Dr. Yan Lin
	Westin Guthrie (he/him)    PhD Program  Research Interests: Ecological and urban change modeling, plant physiology, embolism recharge and         drivers of loss of hydaulic conductivity in old sapwood, wildland-urban interface and wildfire relationships  Hobbies: Hiking/backpacking, Magic the Gathering, CK3, making jam  Advisor: Dr. Chris Lippitt
	William Tatman (he/him)    MS Program  Research Interests: decentralized community planning, urban ecology, and the intersection of critical theory and the burgeoning degrowth movement  Hobbies: vintage mountain bikes, learning Japanese, and landscape photography  Advisor: Dr. Yan Lin
	Yahong Huang (Alice) she/her    PhD Program  Research Interests: GIS, spatial analysis, and environmental health  Hobbies: Running, reading, movies  Advisor: Dr. Xi Gong
	Yujian Lu (he/him/his)    PhD Program    Research Interests: GIScience, social media data, and U.S. housing segregation  Hobbies: Hiking, swimming, and running  Advisor: Dr. Xi Gong