Graduate Students
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Cameron Blumhardt
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: 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
Hayley Boyd
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Applied GIS in social/policy contexts, community and cultural geography, health and equity, human-environment interaction, hazards/disasters, and water resources Hobbies: Dancing, skiing, scuba diving, exploring countries/cultures, volleyball, and spending quality time with my family, friends, and dogs <3
Eric Brannen
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Health disparities, breast cancer, survival analysis, cluster analysis, wildlife urban interface (WUI), urban sprawl Hobbies: gaming, travel, cycling, exercise
Bianca Camacho
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Water management, fire particulates, public health, redlining Hobbies: Skiing, salsa, playing drums, hiking, iNaturalist
Erin Cassidy
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Cartography, climate change, GIS in archaeology, remote sensing Hobbies: I love to travel, read, hike, and watch movies and F1!
Dayna Dominguez
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: 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 skiin
Erin Elder
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: How creative research methods and expressions can explore the ways that people and places change one another. How to recognize overlooked, overworked, intermittent, and marginalized waterways. Changing landscapes created by data centers. Rights of nature. Hobbies: Drawing, hiking, camping, travel, dogs, live music, dinner parties
Tyler Eshelman
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: GIScience and remote sensing, spatial database design and management, spatial analysis and modeling, geospatial big data, transportation geography, programming and application development. Hobbies: Gaming, Cooking, Crochet, Travel
Augustus Guikema
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Political economy, water resources, and wildlife conservation in New Mexico Hobbies: Hiking/backpacking, fly fishing, banjo, cooking
Westin Guthrie
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: 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
David Jacobs
MS Student
Juna Keehn
MS Student
Jacqueline Kelley-Cogdell
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Sustainable Food Systems & Incarceration Hobbies: Ultimate Frisbee, Reading, Hiking, Beach Volleyball, Knitting
Olivia Kelly
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Critical physical geography, legal geographies, fire ecology and management environmental justice, stream ecology, hydrogeochemistry Hobbies: spending time with my daughter, hiking, swimming, reading, and just being outside.
Roald Kern
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Spatial analysis, internet mapping, population response to events, remote sensing Hobbies: Photography, Traveling, Swimming in Nature
David Lawrence
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Historical geography of science, museum studies, paleontology Hobbies: playing the guitar, reading science fiction and Sherlock Holmes mysteries
Desiree Loggins
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Community-engaged mapping. Memory as a tool for self-determination under capitalism. The political ecology of land use, colonial infrastructure, and how historic, dominant, and community narratives interact with land and water policy/planning in the arid West. Hobbies: Finding high alpine lakes and wildflower blooms, gardening, hide-tanning, sewing, making playlists and organizing picnics
Monico Lucero
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Public lands and natural resource policy, cultural landscapes, land grants, Indigenous land issues, environmental change, and the ways communities respond and adapt to changing social and environmental conditions. Hobbies: Hunting, gardening, camping and spending time outdoors, traveling, and spending time with my family. I also enjoy learning about New Mexico history, culture, and landscapes.
Ramona Malczynski
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: urban geography, critical physical geography, political ecology, U.S. Southwest and Latin America Hobbies: community organizing, soccer, art, being outdoors
Lucy Malmud-Roam
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Agroecology and agrarian change, restoration ecology, botany, political ecology, historical ecology, climate adaptation, native plants, soil ecology, and Indigenous stewardship. Hobbies: Running, walking dogs, hiking, camping, reading, gardening, travel.
Miguel Martinez
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: 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
Rae French Rae French
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: 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
Carl Sanfilipo
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Wildlife ecology, remote sensing, digital heritage preservation Hobbies: Travel, horsemanship, fencing
Saghi Sarafi
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: GIScience, geovisualization, web mapping, GeoAI Hobbies: Rock climbing, Hiking, Walking
Joe Scala
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: 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)
Katie Slack
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: 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
Chris Sylvan
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: 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
Cassidy Tawse-Garcia
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: 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
Davian Thompson
MS Student
Cheryn Vigil
MS Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Water systems, forest ecology, tribal lands, sports analytics Hobbies: I enjoy watching sports, collecting stickers, drawing, and painting. As well as shopping, drinking matcha, and getting my nails done.
Meirah Williamson
PhD Student
Area and Thematic Fields/Interests: Research Interests: Natural hazards, disasters, vulnerability, critical cartography, spatial analysis Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, playing piano, going to art/farmer's markets, watching roadrunners
