Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies

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Wednesday Forum events

Forum events are held on selected Wednesdays in HSS 290 at 5:00 pm, and are open to all. Sponsored by the department, these talks help to connect scholars, professionals, activists, and other experts in fields related to geography with members of the campus community. Please direct questions or comments to maplibrary@sfsu.edu.

 

Spring 2012

 

Michael Pretes
University of Northern Alabama, Florence
February 1 "Passports and Postage Stamps: Sovereignty Resources in Oceania"
Dustin White
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)
February 22 "Emerging Trends in Bicycle Planning"
Megan Wier
San Francisco Department of Public Health
March 14 "Potential Health Effects of Road Pricing in San Francisco"
Gerard Salem
University of Paris, Ouest
March 28 "Urbanization and Health in North and South : a comparative perspective"
Alan Kwok
Red Cross Ready Neighborhoods Program
April 4 "Building Disaster Resiliance in the Bay Area's Vulnerable Communities"
Jasper Rubin
SFSU Department of Urban Studies and Planning
April 18 "A Negotiated Landscape: The Transformation of San Francisco's Waterfront since 1950"
Jason Gurdak
SFSU Department of Geosciences
April 25 "Climate change goes underground: How vulnerable are groundwater resources?"

 

After April 25, please consult the thesis defense and thesis proposal presentation schedule; talks are open to the public and everyone is encouraged to attend.

 

Fall 2011

 

Tim Janssen
SFSU Department of Geosciences
September 14 "Wave-Coherent Structures and Riddles of the San Francisco Bay"
Courtney Donovan
SFSU Department of Geography
September 21 "Graphic Geopathologies? Graphic Novels and Health Geography"
Tendai Chitewere
SFSU Department of Liberal Studies
October 19 "Eating the Front Yard: exploring community and civic engagement in the San Francisco Bay Area"
Mary Lata
United States Forest Service
November 9 "Wildland Fire Modeling for Large Scale Land Planning"
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