Ph.D Student in Geography
Advisor: Renee McPherson
E-mail: aparna@ou.edu
Degrees: M.S. Environmental Management, Duke University. B.S. Statistics and Mathematics, Virginia Tech.
Area of Research: Evaluation of co-produced climate adaptation research
Graduate Students
M.S Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Jeff Widener
E-mail: afborunda@ou.edu
Degrees: B.A. Geography and Mathematics minor, California State University, Fullerton (2018)
Area of Research: GIS, Smart Cities, Weather
M.S. Student in Geography
Advisor: Kirsten de Beurs
Email: iain.a.bennett-1@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Geography, University of Oklahoma
Areas of Research: GIS, Remote Sensing
Ph.D Student in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Advisor: Rebecca Loraamm
Email: burchcm@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Zoology/Environmental Science and Geography minor, Miami University (2016), M.S. Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma (2020)
Areas of Research: Human-environment interactions, renewable energy, human dimensions of natural resource management
Ph.D Student in Geography
Advisor: Travis Gliedt
Email: lburkett@ou.edu
Degrees: M.S. Geography, The University of North Dakota. B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, The University of North Dakota.
Area of Research: Aeroecology
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Renee McPherson
E-mail: paulina.cwik-1@ou.edu
Degrees: M.S. Geography, University of Oklahoma; M.S Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Areas of Research: Climate Variability and Change, Natural Hazards
M.S.Student in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Research Assistant
Advisor: Renee McPherson
E-mail: tdewinter@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Areas of Research: Decision making responses to hazardous weather, risk communication, natural hazards
M.S. Student in Environmental Sustainability
Advisor: Jadwiga Ziolkowska
E-mail: rachel.francks@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Geography.
Area of Research: Economic Impact of Superfund Cleanups
M.A. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Anthony Levenda
E-mail: jag@ou.edu
Degrees: B.A. Environmental Studies , Temple
Area of Research: Urban studies, new fare payment technology, mobility, critical transportation studies
M.S. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Kirsten de Beurs
E-mail: filogm@ou.edu
Degree: B.A. in Geography, 2016
Area of research: remote sensing, GIS, urban green areas, UHI, sustainable urban development and political ecology
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Michael Wimberly
E-mail: andrea.hess@ou.edu
Degrees: M.Sc. Global Change Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Germany; B.Sc. Geography, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Areas of Research: Remote Sensing, Landscape Ecology, Spatial Epidemiology
M.S. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Rebecca Loraamm
E-mail: katherineho@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. in Geographic Information Science, minors in Economics and Geology, University of Oklahoma
Areas of Research: GIS, Natural Resource Management, Merging Environmental Conservation and Socioeconomic Development
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Hernan Moreno
E-mail: zhen.hong-1@ou.edu
Degrees: M.S., University of Oklahoma (2014); B.S. Computer Science and Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (2012)
Areas of Research: Remote Sensing, Hydrology and GIS
M.S. Student in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Advisor: Travis Gliedt
E-mail: ehuls@ou.edu
Degrees: University of Minnesota, B.S.B. Supply Chain and Operations Management & B.S. Ag and Food Business Management (2020)
Areas of Research: Sustainable Supply Chains, Sustainable Food Systems, Food Waste, Environmental Sustainability
M.S. Student in Geography
Advisor: Kirsten de Beurs
E-mail: mjami@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Civil and Surveying Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Areas of Research: Remote Sensing, GIS, Land Change Analysis
M.S. Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Jeff Widener
E-mail: johnsonvictoria@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
Areas of Research: Natural Hazards and Disasters, Behavioral and Cognitive Geography, Environmental Risk Perceptions, GIS
M.A Geography
Advisor: Laurel Smith
E-mail: morganjones@ou.edu
Degrees: B.A. Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
Area of Research: cultural geography, geopolitics, film
M.S. Student in Environmental Sustainability
Advisor: Travis Gliedt
E-mail: samantha.jung@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tulsa
Area of Research: Environmental Sustainability
Ph.D. Student in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Michael Wimberly
E-mail: andrews.korah@ou.edu
Degrees: M.A. Geography, Miami University (2020); B.A. Geography and Rural Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana (2017)
Area of Research: Urban Growth Modelling, Sustainability, Policy Mobility, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, and Mixed-Method Research
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Advisor: Thomas Neeson
E-mail: treylee@ou.edu
Degrees: M.S. Geographic Information Science & Technology, University of Southern California (2018), B.S. Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University (2015)
Areas of Research: Aquatic Conservation, GIS, Remote Sensing, Scientific Diving, XR
PhD Candidate in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Mary Lawhon
E-mail: leneleroux@ou.edu
Degrees: B.Town & Regional Planning; M.Built Environment (Housing)
Research Area: Southern urban theory, 'place' theory, postcolonial urban studies, city planning, urban geography/planning education
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Mary Lawhon
Email: anesumakina@ou.edu
Degrees: B.A. The University of the Witwatersrand, BSocSci. (honors) University of Pretoria, M.A. University of East Anglia.
Areas of interest: Political ecology, Human-Environment Relationships, sub-Saharan Africa
Ph.D. Geography & Environmental Sustainability
Research Assistant
Advisor: Thomas Neeson, Dan Allen (Department of Biology)
Email: megan.malish@ou.edu
Degrees: MS Biology, Central Michigan University (2018); BA Biology, Kalamazoo College (2016)
Areas of Research: Stream Ecology, Conservation Biology
M.S. Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Travis Gliedt
Email: Davis_Manshardt@ou.edu
Degrees: BS Environmental Sustainability, OU
Areas of Research: water systems innovation and resiliency
M.S. Student in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Advisor: Anthony Levenda
Email: carolina.marca@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Bolivia
Areas of Research: Environmental sustainability, Sustainable development, Circular economy
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Advisor: Laurel Smith
E-mail: mmattox@ou.edu
Degrees: M.A. Geography, University of Oklahoma; B.S. Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
Areas of Research: Meteorology, Climatology, Fire Management, Risk Perception and Management, Natural Hazards, Decision-Making, and Organizational Structures
M.A. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Jeff Widener
E-mail: mcthompson@ou.edu
Degrees: B.A. in GIS and Native American Studies, OU May 2019
Area of Research: GIS, Indigenous geographies, digital curation through GIS
M.S. Student in Geography
Advisor: Bruce Hoagland
Email: montalva.jose@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. in Biology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso Chile
Areas of Research: Biogeography, Conservation biology, Invasion Biology
M.A. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Darren Purcell
E-mail: Cayton.t.moore-1@ou.edu
Degrees: B.A. Geography, University of Oklahoma B.A. Arabic Language and Literature, University Of Oklahoma
Area of Research: Critical Geopolitics, Digital Humanities, Middle East focus
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Jadwiga Ziolkowska
E-mail: dolly.na-yemeh1@ou.edu
Degrees: M.S. Geoscience, Western Kentucky University, B.ed. Social Science (Geography), University of Education, Winneba
Areas of Research: Climatology, GIS, Environmental Economics, Emergency Management
M.S. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Jennifer Koch
E-mail: nealkevin@ou.edu
Degree: B.S. Geographic Information Science, University of Oklahoma (2018)
Areas of Research: Environmental Modeling, Urban Green Space, Plant Phenology, Remote Sensing and Socio-Environmental Sustainability
M.S. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Jeff Widener
Email: mperkins@ou.edu
Degree: B.S Geography- Resource and Environmental Studies, & B.A. Anthropology from Texas State University
Areas of Research: GIS, Water Resource Management, Environmental Education
M.S. Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Bruce Hoagland
Email: rochac@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S Natural Resource Management and mathematics minor, Grand Valley State University (2019)
Areas of Research: Biogeography, natural resource management, conservation biology, renewable energy, GIS
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Travis Gliedt
E-mail: kacie.scherler@ou.edu
Degrees: MA Social Entrepreneurship (2016) Pepperdine University; BA Intercultural Communication (2013) Pepperdine University
Areas of Research: Agroecology, Political Ecology, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Supply Chains, Triple Bottom Line Development, Feminist Geographies
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Advisor: Mark Meo
E-mail: virginia.silvis@ou.edu
Degrees: M.S. Meteorology, University of Oklahoma (2011); B.E. Earth System Science & Engineering/Meteorology, University of Michigan (2008)
Areas of Research: Public Policy and Goverence Issues around Atmospheric Natural Hazards
PhD Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Mary Lawhon
E-mail: aditi.singh@ou.edu
Degrees: B.A. Programme (Economics and Political Science), University of Delhi, India (2012), M.A. Environment and Development, Ambedkar University Delhi, India (2015).
Areas of Research: Human-Environment Relationships, Urban Political Ecology, Contested Urban Spaces and Exclusion
M.A. Student in Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Jennifer Koch
E-mail: shelbysnapp@ou.edu
Degrees: BA Environmental Studies - University of Oklahoma
Areas of Research: Urban Geography, Feminist Methodologies, Environmental Modelling, GIS
Ph.D. Student in Geography
Advisor: Kirsten de Beurs and co advisor Mark Shafer
E-mail: dspade@ou.edu
Areas of Research: Drought risk assessments in the United States using GIS and remote sensing
M.S. in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Research Assistant
Advisor: Michael Wimberly
E-mail: ataylor28@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Environmental Science. University of Central Arkansas
Area of Research: Natural Resource Management
M.A Geography
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Jeff Widener
E-mail: Blake.A.Taylor-1@ou.edu
Degrees: BA in Geography, University of Central Oklahoma (2019)
Area of Research: Foodways and Geographical Indications
M.A Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Teaching Assistant
Advisor: Anthony Levenda
E-mail: James.Tichy@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S Anthropology, B.P.A Public Administration
Area of Research: Urban geography, urban political economy, gentrification
M.S in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Research Assistant
Advisor: Renee McPherson
E-mail: oliviavanbuskirk@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. in Meteorology from Central Michigan University
Area of Research: Risk communication, natural hazards
Ph.D Student in Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Advisor: Thomas Neeson
Email: Rebecca.veiga@ou.edu
Degrees: MS in Soil and Water Science, University of California, Riverside (2004), BS in Biology from Texas Christian University (2000)
Areas of Research: Protection and restoration of freshwaters and watershed integrity
Ph.D Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Scott Greene
Email: Joshua.J.Wimhurst-1@ou.edu
Areas of Research: Renewable Energy, Climate Change
M.S. Student in Geography
Advisor: Jeffery Widener
E-mail: tanya.s.woody-1@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Environmental Sustainability - Science and Natural Resources, University of Oklahoma
Areas of Research: GIS, Sustainable Development, Urban Landscape Dialectics
M.S. in Geography: Geospatial Technologies
Research Assistant
Advisor: Kirsten de Beurs
E-mail: james.a.worden-1@ou.edu
Degrees: B.S. Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma (2019)
Area of Research: Remote Sensing, Water detection
PhD Student in Geography
Research Assistant
Advisor: Thomas Neeson
E-mail: Seanwineland@ou.edu
Degrees: M.S. Biology/Ecology, Marshall University (2018), B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, California University of Pennsylvania (2016)
Areas of Research: Conservation Biology, Stream Ecology, Landscape Ecology, GIS
