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" |
