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Student Awards 2026<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Award Recipients<\/h2>

This year’s students were celebrated at a blow-out Spring Awards Banquet at Brock’s Riverside Grill, where we also celebrated Dr. Joe Nicholas’s retirement. Read on to learn about our awardees:<\/p>

Richard P. Palmieri Award for Excellence in Geography<\/h3>

Given to a non-senior Geography major who demonstrates excellence in his or her introductory and upper-level courses<\/em>.<\/p>

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Charlie Barbaro<\/strong> has taken ten courses in the major, ranging from World Regional to Weather & Climate, Qualitative Methods to Remote Sensing, and Race & Place to GIS Applications in Public Health, earning As in each of these classes. Starting in spring 2026, he’s been interning with the John Dos Passos Institute which has a small property in Westmoreland County; he is compiling GIS layers and figuring out geodatabase management as he goes. The variety of courses that this student has taken exemplifies Dick Palmieri’s embrace of knowing something about a lot of different subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marshall E. Bowen Award<\/h3>

Presented to the student who has an enthusiasm for and commitment to Geography.<\/em><\/p>

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This award is given to one of our seniors who is enthusiastic about being a major and works to share a passion for Geography with other students. Our winner this year is Mason Newton<\/strong>, who is truly excited about a lot of things. He is curious and interested in learning beyond the classroom. He is currently cleaning and standardizing the geodatabases created by several different mobile GIS students for facilities projects, making sure that there is no extraneous data, and standardizing assessments. According to his faculty mentor, “he’s really into it!” He also compiled a playlist dedicated to Dr. Nicholas for our 2026 Banquet!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

Harold Thompson Straw Award<\/h3>

Presented to the student who exhibits the most professional potential for scholarly contribution in Geography.<\/em><\/p>

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This year’s winner is Allison Parrish<\/strong>. Allison has had a variety of experiences in the department. She was part of Dr. Finlayson’s Eurovision project and specifically took the lead on analyzing the winners’ song catalogs, seeking to understand whether English or their native language was more dominant. Last year, she interned with Healthy Generations Agency on Aging, creating transportation reference guides for elderly populations. Allison is currently working as the Community Outreach and Impact intern at Hazel Hill for the National Housing Trust, which is dedicated to creating affordable housing. Her GIS capstone used the current FXBGO! bus system to recommend updates to stops for the FXBGO! Bus station and included a story map with images and explanations of routes, which will also teach people how to ride the bus! Allison is clearly passionate about transportation, community and equity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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James B. Gouger III Award<\/h3>

Presented to the student who excels in geographic techniques.<\/em><\/p>

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Key Tyler<\/strong> is our winner this year! Her exemplary record of accomplishment in GIS and other methods courses is matched by her contributions in the community. She has examined earthquake risk and evacuation routes near the Lake Anna nuclear station, producing a story map and presenting her work publicly last October. She digitized and produced cartographic products from the participatory maps collected during Dr. Millones’s field work with indigenous peoples in Peru, automating part of the process using a python code that she wrote herself. She compiled, geocoded and organized a dataset of publicly funded projects that promoted alternative crops of cacao and coffee in Peru in lieu of coca cultivation. During her senior year, Key served as the American Association of Geographers’ Assistant Cartography Editor. She also completed her GIS capstone, which explores how including indicators of the built environment might lead to a better model for explaining the distribution of violent crime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

Geospatial Technologies Award<\/h3>

In recognition of the GISc Certificate student who has excelled in all certificate courses and who has contributed to the success of others in the program.<\/em><\/p>

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The award this year goes to Lillianne Fish<\/strong>, who is majoring in Environmental Science, minoring in Urban Studies, and earned her GISC certificate. Lillianne was the primary geospatial research assistant for the Mattaponi Project, organizing GIS data, creating maps for presentations and publications, and collected field data to map debris and sample locations. Most significantly, she transformed the mental maps collected during the oral history interviews into geospatial data – specifically into areas where, according to members of the tribe, hazardous materials had been dumped. These areas determined where the team sampled sediments and water for pollutants ensuring that they incorporated local, Indigenous knowledge into the project. For her GIS capstone project, Lillianne used Esri’s Experience Builder to create a web map for our Mattaponi partners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Award<\/h3>

Given to the graduating Geography Major with the highest grade point average in Geography courses.<\/em><\/p>

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This is the easiest award for the department to give because it simply goes to the graduating senior with the highest GPA. This year’s winner has a GPA of 3.81 earned in a variety of courses from GIS to Qualitative Methods to Biogeography. She is finishing her career as a Geography major exploring Geographies of the Future with Dr. Finlayson. She expects to study library science in graduate school next year. Outside of geography, she’s active as a clarinet player in the UMW concert band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lewis & Clark Award goes to Hannah Kaiser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Outstanding Student in Master of Science in Geospatial Analysis Award<\/h3>

Presented to a graduating MSGA student who demonstrates excellence in his or her master’s level courses.<\/em><\/p>

Mark Kellam <\/strong>is our winner this year. Mark had a perfect GPA in his master’s courses. His capstone project used multispectral satellite imagery for the challenging task of detecting an invasive aquatic plant in Virginia, DC, and Maryland. He tested different sophisticated approaches for classifying the imagery, including Convolution Neural Networks and Random Forests, and created his own training data to assess their accuracy. He found that while all models successfully identified the plant, they performed poorly overall. The study served as a proof of concept, demonstrating that combining remote sensing with Convolution Neural Network techniques is possible but requires more data and higher resolution to be effective.<\/p>

While working on his masters, Mark worked as a technician at Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve in Stafford County. In addition to doing the GIS and mapping work, he also pulled invasives, interacted with the public, and served on the state burn team for wildfires.<\/p>

Explore Geography Scholarships<\/h3>

Presented to two students who recently declared as Geography or Geospatial Analysis majors and who have completed 2-4 courses in the department. This is the first year that we are awarding these scholarships. The intent is to recognize and encourage young majors. This year, we awarded two $1,000 scholarships for aspiring geographers.<\/em><\/p>

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The first is awarded to Victoria VanDevender<\/strong>, who is a recent arrival on campus and is pursuing a double major in Geospatial Analysis and Psychology. Victoria is interested in the fields of urban planning and GIS; specifically, how they can help her understand behavior and crime. Her long-term goal is to work in federal law enforcement. She has already impressed us with her level of engagement in her coursework. We look forward to getting to know her better and see her develop her skill set in Geospatial Analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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The second is awarded to Maggie Alt<\/strong>, a sophomore who has chosen to major in both Geospatial Analysis and Historic Preservation. Maggie has been working with faculty members and other students on a project involving racially restrictive covenants. She has done excellent work building an ArcGIS online map showing both Black-owned parcels and parcels with racially restrictive covenants in mid 20th<\/sup> century Fredericksburg. Maggie and another student presented this research at various venues across the state in Spring 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

Marshall Bowen Scholarship<\/h3>

This award was endowed in 2024 by a 1971 Mary Wash graduate, Susan Liebenow, in honor of the phenomenal teacher and mentor, late Professor Marshall E. Bowen. Dr. Bowen taught at Mary Washington from 1965 to 2001. He took students on field trips to western states, he was the men’s basketball coach, and he was beloved.<\/em><\/p>

Charlie Barbaro<\/strong> is the winner of this scholarship for 2026. To quote from Charlie’s application letter: “Through my coursework, research, and internship experience, I have developed a deeper understanding of what it means to be a geographer. One of the biggest takeaways I have from my classes is [that] geography as an integrative science… It can be hard to imagine that classes as diverse as Remote Sensing, Dynamic Climatology, and Race and Place in America could all be taught under the same department, but this variety is precisely what makes this discipline unique. Seemingly disparate areas of knowledge are connected by the importance of space and place.”   We love that Charlie understands what our discipline is all about!<\/p>

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Last summer, Charlie participated in the Summer Science Institute working under the mentorship of Dr. Yin, when had the opportunity to execute a research project from conceptualization to the presentation of results. His project explored the spatiotemporal patterns of multi-vehicle crashes in Fairfax County. He presented the results of this project at the Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia Conference earlier this year, where undergraduate students from across Virginia shared their research. This experience allowed him to apply GIS skills that he had learned in the classroom to a real-world problem, and develop a thorough understanding of the research process as it applies to GIS. So far, Charlie has completed 36 credits in GIS and Geography, while maintaining a 4.0 major GPA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Geography Alumni Scholarship<\/h3>

Granted to a rising junior or senior Geography major in recognition of their achievement and contributions to the department. This is the most valuable award that the department confers. This award is named in honor of those alumni who are passionate about their experiences here at Mary Washington and who have provided financial support to make this scholarship possible. Consequently, the recipients of the scholarship are always those students who exhibit a similar passion.<\/em><\/p>

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This year, the scholarship goes to Sarala Kennedy<\/strong>. To paraphrase Sarala’s application letter: Dr. Bowen’s Eastern and Western courses made the theoretical concepts real in connection to the phenomena they help explain. Daily exploration of specific places opened my eyes to the tangible interactions between the physical environment, economy, history, and culture and their impact on the landscape. Learning about the history of surveying and the physics involved in historic and contemporary geospatial satellite systems in Dr. Gallagher’s Mobile GIS class helped me connect such efforts to the places involved. My class project collecting point data of public art in Fredericksburg has remained relevant to planning and urban studies classes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

Sarala’s experience traveling to Guatemala with Dr. Bowen connected agriculture, environment, history, social issues, and language, demonstrating an interconnectedness that drew her to geography in the first place. Sarala has completed 36 credits in Geography and GIS, and has maintained a 4.0 major GPA.<\/p>

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He has a particular interest in urbanism, which studies how all of the different areas of planning interrelate to understand quality of life in the built environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-courses-taught\">Courses Taught<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>GEOG 231 – Introduction to Planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GEOG 333 – Planning Seminar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/02\/headshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"39144\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/headshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/02\/headshot.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"Michael Stapor\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/02\/headshot.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/02\/headshot.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/02\/headshot.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Stapor\" class=\"wp-image-39144\" srcset=\"\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/02\/headshot.jpg 300w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/02\/headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/02\/headshot-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/02\/headshot-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-contact\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mstapor@umw.edu\">mstapor@umw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div><p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adjunct Professor of GeographyEducationBiographyMichael works as a Planner for Summit Design & Engineering Services, Inc. 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Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology from the University of Maryland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S. Geospatial Analysis from the University of Mary Washington<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlos is the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Coordinator for Essex County, Virginia, where he uses GIS to make property and environmental information available to the public, as well as creates maps and compiles research to aid in policy decisions. Before that, he taught high school Chemistry, Marine Biology, and Earth Science at the Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School for Marine and Environmental Science. 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Information Systems (GIS) Analyst for John Snow Inc.  In his 25+ year career in geospatial analysis, he has worked in city and regional planning and public health. His health systems related focus is on the analysis and methods for provider accessibility and assisting federal support programs to define physician shortage areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Courses Taught<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>GISC 351 Spatial Analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GISC 471H Applications in Public Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/sschaffer-150x150-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"39076\" 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Yin"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Geography Faculty<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Dr. Ping Yin<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"3a94a5f5ac99f0c5642cb0af3ba9a028\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Professor of Geography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D., University of Georgia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.E., Tsinghua University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.E., Tsinghua University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ping Yin specializes in Geographic Information Science as applied to health geographies, web-mapping, and spatio- temporal modeling.  He teaches both undergraduate courses in GIS and several courses in the Masters of Science in Geospatial Analysis (MSGA) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Courses taught<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>GISC200 Geographic Information Systems<br>GISC351\/GEOG351 Spatial Analysis with GIS<br>GISC482 Web GIS: Concepts & Application<br>MSGA510 Spatial Thinking (Co-taught with other faculty members)<br>MSGA570 Geospatial Intelligence<br>MSGA571A GIS in Public Health<br>MSGA580 Web GIS and Programming<br>IDIS300P COVID-19 in Context<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Wanna learn more?<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Check out Dr. Yin’s CV <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2022\/05\/PYin-GEOG-CV-2021.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><a 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Rouhani"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p><\/p><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Geography Faculty<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Dr. Farhang Rouhani<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-intro-text alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content__copy\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-intro-text umw-intro-text\"><div class=\"umw-intro-text__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left umw-intro-content\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"3a94a5f5ac99f0c5642cb0af3ba9a028\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Professor of Geography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D., Geography, University of Arizona<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A., Geography, University of Arizona<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A., Geography and English Literature, University of California, Berkeley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Rouhani earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona and joined UMW immediately thereafter in 2001. His courses include Introduction to Human Geography, Geography of the Middle East, Geopolitics, Global Migration Politics, Qualitative Research Methods, and Queer Space. His areas of scholarly research include the cultural and political dimensions of global migration; nationalism, transnationalism, and state formation in the Middle East; and queer Iranian and Middle Eastern diasporic politics and identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Courses Taught<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>FSEM 100:       Politics, Culture, and the Global Media; Queer Space: Geographies of Sexualities<br>IDIS 205:               Perspectives in Sexualities (team-taught)<br>GEOG 102:       Introduction to Human Geography (in person and virtual asynchronous)<br>GEOG 200:       Geographies of Beer, Wine, and Spririts<br>GEOG 299:       Geographic Research Methods<br>GEOG 304:       Geography of the Middle East<br>GEOG 332:       Migration Politics in a Globalizing World<br>GEOG 338:       Geopolitics<br>GEOG 339:       Geography and Development<br>GEOG 360:       Study Abroad: Australia and New Zealand, Morocco<br>GEOG 363:       Qualitative Methods in Geography<br>GEOG 410:       Islam and the West<br>GEOG 490:       Geography and Social Justice; Politics of Public Space; Globalization; Global Protest                   Movements<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Publications<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Seitz, D., McKeithen, W. & Rouhani, F. (2023). Radical Geographies and the Neoliberal University: Contradictions and Possibilities. <em>Society and Space. <\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.societyandspace.org\/forums\/radical-geographies-and-the-neoliberal-university-contradictions-and-possibilities\">https:\/\/www.societyandspace.org\/forums\/radical-geographies-and-the-neoliberal-university-contradictions-and-possibilities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdelhady, D., & Aly, R. (Eds.). (2022). Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas (1st ed.). Routledge. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9780429266102\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9780429266102<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rouhani, F. (2019). Belonging, desire, and queer Iranian diasporic politics. <em>Emotion, Space and Society.<\/em> <em>31<\/em>, 126-132. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.emospa.2018.07.003\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.emospa.2018.07.003<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rouhani, F. (2015). Queering the ‘Iranian’ and the ‘Diaspora’ of the Iranian Diaspora. <em>Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Cultures<\/em>, Routledge, 2015, pp. 371–86, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com\/chapters\/edit\/10.4324\/9781315583945-27\/queering-iranian-diaspora-iranian-diaspora-farhang-rouhani\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781315583945-27.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haworth, R., & Elmore, J. (Eds.). (2017). Out of the Ruins: The Emergence of Radical Informal Learning Spaces. <em>PM Press.<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pmpress.org\/index.php?l=product_detail&p=815\">https:\/\/pmpress.org\/index.php?l=product_detail&p=815<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown, G., & Browne, K. (Eds.). (2016). The Routledge Research Companion to Geographies of Sex and Sexualities (1st ed.). <em>Routledge<\/em>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781315613000\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4324\/9781315613000<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Wanna know more?<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Check out Dr. Rouhani’s CV <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2026\/01\/CURRICULUM-VITAE-Rouhani-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"39053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/dr_rouhani-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"Dr_Rouhani\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.Rouhani\" class=\"wp-image-39053\" style=\"width:229px;height:auto\" srcset=\"\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited.jpg 720w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/Dr_Rouhani-edited-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Monroe 323<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:frouhani@umw.edu\">frouhani@umw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rouhani earned his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona and joined UMW immediately thereafter in 2001. 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Patterson"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Geography Faculty<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Dr. Melina Patterson<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-intro-text alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content__copy\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-intro-text umw-intro-text\"><div class=\"umw-intro-text__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left umw-intro-content\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"3a94a5f5ac99f0c5642cb0af3ba9a028\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Associate Professor of Geography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D., Geography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October 2002\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dissertation: “Community Schools in Community Development: Democracy, Education, and Social Change”<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dissertation Director: Robert W. Lake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A., Geography, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1997\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis: “Schools and the Construction of the Local: Place, Race, and Politics in Bergen County”<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thesis Director: Robert W. Lake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A., Literature, Pitzer College, With Honors, Claremont, CA, 1992\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thesis: “Beloved and Abused: Violence and Community in American Narratives”<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thesis Director: Ruth Wilson Gilmore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Melina Patterson’s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melinapatterson.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">research <\/a>and teaching interests in urban and political geography include the patterns and persistence of racial and economic inequality and struggles for social justice, the intersections of urban and natural processes and spaces, public space, and theories of the modern world economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Courses Taught<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>The Suburbs, Geography 490 (Senior Seminar)<br>Globalizing Nature, Geography 490 (Senior Seminar)<br>Policing the Planet, Geography 490 (Senior Seminar)<br>Geographies of Children, Geography 410 (Special Topics)<br>Revanchist City\/Rebel City Geography 410\/IDIS 400 (Special Topics\/Urban Studies Capstone)<br>3.3<br>The City, Geography 410\/IDIS 400 (Special Topics\/Urban Studies Capstone)<br>Field Methods in Geography, Geography 365\/IDIS 400<br>Political Geography\/Geopolitics, Geography 338<br>The Nature of Cities, Geography 337<br>Race and Place in America, Geography 331<br>Geographic Methods, Geography 299<br>Cities, Geography 237<br>Geography and Civilization, Geography 205<br>Regional Geography, Geography 101<br>Race and Revolution: James Farmer and the Civil Rights Movement, FSEM 100G4<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Publications<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Patterson, Melina. 2016. Review of the book Urban Geography: A Critical Introduction by Andrew, E.G.,<br>Jonas Eugene McCann, and Mary Thomas. The Pennsylvania Geographer 54(2): 92-97.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooperman, Rosalyn, Melina Patterson, and Jess Rigelhaupt. 2016. Teaching Race and Revolution:<br>Doing justice to women’s role in the struggle for civil rights. Political Science and Politics 49(3): 558-561. <strong>https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/ps-political-science-and-politics\/article\/teaching-race-and-revolution-doing-justice-to-womens-roles-in-the-struggle-for-civil-rights\/5C06F01BC2CAC489713386685F2E1633<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rallis, Donald and Melina Patterson. 2011. “Regional Geography and World History” in World History<br>Encyclopedia, Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc: 111-172.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melina Patterson. Community-Based Education in West Philadelphia: The Promise and Limits of Social<br>Capital Building in Social Capital in the City: Community and Civic Life in Philadelphia. Richardson<br>Dilworth, Ed. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2006)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David M. Frankford, Melina Patterson, and Thomas R. Konrad. 2000. Transforming Practice<br>Organizations to Foster Lifelong Learning and Commitment to Medical Professionalism.<br>Academic Medicine, 75(7): 708-717. <strong>https:\/\/journals.lww.com\/academicmedicine\/abstract\/2000\/07000\/transforming_practice_organizations_to_foster.12.aspx<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Wanna learn more?<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Check out Dr. Patterson’s CV <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2022\/05\/MPatterson-GEOG-CV-2021.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"39098\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/pxl_20250620_145442293-raw-01-mp-cover-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"2.2\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"Pixel 8 Pro\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1750416882\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"2.74\",\"iso\":\"281\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0.016596\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP.COVER\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Patterson\" class=\"wp-image-39098\" style=\"width:277px;height:auto\" srcset=\"\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/10\/PXL_20250620_145442293.RAW-01.MP_.COVER_-edited-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Monroe 324<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mpatters@umw.edu\">mpatters@umw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melina Patterson’s research and teaching interests in urban and political geography include the patterns and persistence of racial and economic inequality and struggles for social justice, the intersections of urban and natural processes and spaces, public space, and theories of the modern world economy.Monroe 324mpatters@umw.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29287,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-39060","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Geography faculty<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Dr. Joseph W. Nicholas<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-intro-text alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__content__copy\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-intro-text umw-intro-text\"><div class=\"umw-intro-text__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading umw-intro-title\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left umw-intro-content\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"3a94a5f5ac99f0c5642cb0af3ba9a028\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Associate Professor of Geography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D., University of Georgia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S., University of North Dakota<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A., Bemidji State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Biography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Nicholas’s teaching and research interests include Alpine Periglacial Geomorphology, Quaternary Environments, Climatology, and Biogeography. His principal research area has been the La Sal Mountains of southeastern Utah, where he has studied rock glaciers and other talus landforms for clues to Holocene climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-accordion-container umw-custom-block\" data-only-one=\"true\">\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Courses taught<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>GEOG 111 Landform Processes w\/ Lab<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GEOG 326 Glacial Processes and Landscapes<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Publications<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Geiger, S. T.. J. M. Daniels, S. N. Miller, and J. W. Nicholas. 2014. Influence of rock glaciers on stream hydrology in the La Sal Mountains, Utah. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 46(3):645-658.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Nicholas, J. W. and J. E. Garcia. 1997. Origin of a fossil rock glacier: La Sal Mountains, Utah. Physical Geography 18(2):160-175.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Nicholas, J. W. and D. R. Butler. 1996. Application of relative-age dating techniques on rock glaciers of<br>the La Sal Mountains, Utah: An interpretation of Holocene paleoclimates. Geografiska Annaler 78A(1):1-18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicholas, J. W. 1994. Fabric analysis of rock glacier debris mantles, La Sal Mountains, Utah. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 5(1):53-66.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Nicholas, J. W. 1992. Talus landforms as indicators of climate: Preliminary results of field investigations on rock glaciers. In Boletin de la Sociedad Geografica de Lima: Segundo Congreso Internacional de Geografia de las Americas, 105:479-488<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"umw-collapsible-section umw-custom-block\"><div class=\"accordion__question\" data-js-question=\"true\"><button class=\"accordion__question__trigger\" data-js-trigger=\"true\">Wanna learn more?<\/button><div class=\"accordion__question__answer\">\n<p>Check out Dr. Nicholas’ CV <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2022\/05\/JNicholas-GEOG-CV-2021.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" data-attachment-id=\"39108\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/thumbnail_joe-at-66-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"thumbnail_Joe at 66\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Nicholas\" class=\"wp-image-39108\" style=\"width:277px;height:auto\" srcset=\"\/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited.jpg 1200w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited-50x50.jpg 50w, \/\/cas.umw.edu\/geography\/files\/2025\/11\/thumbnail_Joe-at-66-edited-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"tb-heading\" data-toolset-blocks-heading=\"c8c64c23083cf5552c415f615498b2aa\" data-last-update=\"1.4\">Contacts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Monroe 314<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jnichola@umw.edu\">jnichola@umw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Nicholas’s teaching and research interests include Alpine Periglacial Geomorphology, Quaternary Environments, Climatology, and Biogeography. 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