2019 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Corbin Hodges PhD, Fall 2020 Chair: Sweeney	TBA
Angela Marcela Suarez PhD, Fall 2020 Chair: Clarke	TBA
David Millerz PhD, Fall 2020 Chair: McFadden	TBA
Daniel Phillips PhD, Fall 2020 Chair: Montello	TBA
Rui Zhu PhD, Fall 2020 Chair: Janowicz & Kyriakidis	TBA
Crystal Bae PhD, Summer 2020 Chair: Montello	TBA
Javier Rubio-Velazquez PhD, Summer 2020 Chair: Loaiciga	TBA
Sara Lafia PhD, Summer 2020 Chair: Kuhn	TBA
Ryan Avery MA, Spring 2020 Chair: Caylor	TBA
Brandi Gamelin MA, Spring 2020 Chair: Carvalho	TBA
Blake Regalia MA, Spring 2020 Chair: Janowicz	TBA
Behzad Vahedi MA, Winter 2020 Chair: Kuhn	TBA
2019 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Sarah (Sari) Blakeley PhD, Fall 2019 Chair: Sweeney	TBA
Emanuel Storey PhD, Summer 2019	TBA
Rafael Guimareas Ramos PhD, Summer 2019 Chair: Clarke	TBA
Kevin Konty PhD, Summer 2019 Chair: Sweeney	TBA
Xin Feng PhD, Summer 2019 Chair: Murray	TBA
You Cheng MA, Summer 2019	Went on to UC Irvine
Jacqueline Banks PhD, Summer 2019 Chair: Sweeney	TBA
Gabriel Antunes Daldegan PhD, Summer 2019 Chair: Roberts	TBA
Bo Yan PhD, Spring 2019 Chair: Janowicz	TBA
Katalyn Voss PhD, Spring 2019 Chair: Chadwick	TBA
Boleslo Romero PhD, Spring 2019 Chair: Clarke	TBA
Dan Meltzer MA, Spring 2019 Chair: Cassels	TBA
Adam Davis Wilkinson PhD, Spring 2019 Chair: Goulias	TBA
Nina Bingham PhD, Spring 2019 Chair: Chadwick	TBA
Sarah Shivers PhD, Winter 2019 Chair: Roberts	TBA
Erin Wetherley PhD, Fall 2018 Chair: McFadden	TBA
2018 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Britta Schumacher MA, Fall 2018 Chair: Cassels	TBA
Lumari Pardo-Rodriguez PhD, Fall 2018 Chair: Montello	TBA
Susan Meerdink PhD, Fall 2018 Chair: Roberts	TBA
Michael Beland PhD, Summer 2018 Chair: Biggs	TBA
Kevin Mwenda PhD, Summer 2018 Chair: Lopez-Carr	TBA
Michelle Oyewole PhD, Summer 2018 Chair: Sweeney
Yu-Hsin (Cindy) Tsai PhD, Summer 2018 Chair: Clarke/Stow
Ying-Jung (Helen) Chen PhD, Winter 2018 Chair: Melack	TBA
Zachary Tane PhD, Winter 2018 Chair: Roberts	TBA
Jing Xu MA, Winter 2018 Chair: Murray	TBA
2017 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Jorge Chen PhD, Fall 2017 Chair: Clarke	TBA
Katharine "Kitty" Currier PhD, Fall 2017 Chair: Clarke	TBA
Heather N.-B. Frazier PhD, Fall 2017 Chair: Loaiciga / Melack	TBA
Sarah Harris PhD, Fall 2017 Chair: Carvalho	TBA
Yiting Ju MA, Fall 2017 Chair: Janowicz	TBA
Shithi Kamal-Heikman PhD, Fall 2017 Chair: Dunne	TBA
Jian (Frank) Wang MA, Fall 2017 Chair: King	TBA
Marcia Zilli PhD, Summer 2017 Chair: Carvalho	TBA
Daniel Ervin PhD, Summer 2017 Chair: Lopez-Carr	Post-Doctoral Researcher Public Health UC San Diego Department of Medicine
Chen Zhang MA, Summer 2017 Chair: Ding	TBA
Song Gao PhD, Spring 2017 Chair: Janowicz	TBA
Mingquan Chen MA, Winter 2017 Chair: Roberts	Web: Home Page
2016 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Thomas Bell PhD, Fall, 2016 Chair: Siegel	Currently working 2 postdocs, one at UCLA and the other U of Alaska SE.
Forest Cannon PhD, Fall, 2016 Chair: Carvalho	Postdoc in the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Jae Hyun Lee PhD, Fall, 2016 Chair: Goulias	Web: home page
Nathanael (Nate) Isbell Alumni, Fall 2016 Chair: Goulias	TBA
Tim Niblett PhD, Fall, 2016 Chair: Church	TBA
Su Yeon Han PhD, Summer, 2016 Chair: Ming-Hsiang Tsou	TBA
Tammy Elwell PhD, Summer, 2016 Chair: Lopez-Carr	TBA
Yingjie Hu PhD, Spring, 2016 Chair: Janowicz	Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Home Page
Ian Irmischer PhD, Spring, 2016 Chair: Clarke	Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
Andy Newkirk MA, Winter 2016 Chair: Couclelis	Senior Planner City of Goleta
2015 | Chair:(s)	Current Occupation
Fernanda Henderikx-Freitas PhD Fall, 2015 Chair: Siegel	Research Assistant, Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
Olaf Menzer Fall, 2015 Chair: McFadden	Predictive Analyst, Ingram Micro
Michael Alonzo Summer 2015 Chair: Roberts	Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at American University, Washington, D.C.
Rebecca Barron Chair: Siegel
Bonnie Bounds MA, Winter 2015 Chair: Couclelis
Jeong Hyun Kim MA, Summer 2015 Chair: Clarke	Senior Analyst, South Korea Ministry of National Defense
Yang Lin Chair: King	Assistant Professor,Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Grant McKenzie Chairs: Raubal / Janowicz	Assistant Professor in the Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park
John Potapenko MA, Winter 2015 Chair: Frew
K. Majid Sadeghi Summer 2015 Chair: Loaiciga
Andrew Thorpe Spring 2015 Chair: Roberts
2014 | Chair:(s)	Current Occupation
Eli Aghassi MS, Winter 2014 Chair: Siegel	Graduate Student Researcher: UCSB Marine Science Institute
Sara Baguskas Summer 2014 Chair: Still	USDA Postdoctoral Fellow at UC-Santa Cruz, Depart. of Environmental Studies
Cheryl Chen Winter 2014 Chair: Lopez-Carr	Project Manager at Future of Fish
Elizabeth Garcia Fall 2014 Chair: Tague	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Washington (Department of Geography)
Shane Grigsby Summer 2014 Chair: Roberts	Graduate Student Researcher: UCSB Earth Research Institute
Laura Harrison Fall 2014 Chair: Michaelsen	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara (Department of Geography)
Brett Hartman Summer 2014 Chairs: Chadwick/Cleveland	Lecturer; Independent Consultant, California State University, Channel Islands (Environmental Resource Management); Restoration Ecology
Antonio Medrano Fall 2014 Chair: Church
Matthew Niblett Summer 2014 Chair: Church	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara (Department of Geography)
Keely Roth Winter 2014 Chair: Roberts	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Davis (Department of Land, Air and Water Resources)
Taylor Smith Summer 2014 Chair: Bookhagen
Ann Tan Spring 2014 Chair: Chadwick	Soil Conservation Technician at USDA-NRCS
2013 | Chair:(s)	Current Occupation
Reginald Archer Summer 2013 Chair: Clarke	Assistant Professor College of Agriculture, Human and Environmental Sciences Tennessee State University
Rodrigo Bombardi Summer 2013 Chair: Carvalho	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, George Mason University (Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences)
Eliza Bradley Spring 2013 Chair: Roberts	U.S. Government Scientist, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
Edward Collins Withdrew 2013 Chair: Roberts	Lecturer, Geography, San Jose State University
Pamela Dalal Summer 2013 Chair: Goulias	Business Analyst, Big Fish Games
Kathleen Deutsch-Burgner Summer 2013 Chair: Goulias	Freelance Consultant, Owner, & Principal, Data Perspectives Consulting (Santa Barbara, CA)
Candida Dewes Summer 2013 Chair: Gautier	Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Virginia (Department of Environmental Sciences)
Alan Glennon Winter 2013 Chair: Goodchild	Director of Arogi, Inc. -- a private geospatial technology research laboratory
Maiana Hanshaw Winter 2013 Chairs: Bookhagen/Roberts
Thomas Jensen Summer 2013 Chair: Church
Timothy Kershaw Summer 2013 Chair: Loaiciga
Amy McNally Fall 2013 Chairs: Michaelsen/Gautier	Research Associate at Hydrological Science Laboratory, NASA Goddard and UMD ESSIC.
Sam Prentice MA summer 2013 Chair: Chadwick
Bharat Rastogi Fall 2013 Chair: Still
Srinath Ravulaparthy Fall 2013 Chair: Goulias	Travel Demand Modeler, Cambridge Systematics Inc. (Oakland, CA)
Matthew Vitale MA, Winter 2013 Chair: Church	Hydrogeologist at Fuss & O'Neill.
Danqing Xiao Summer 2013 Chair: Montello	Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of New Mexico
Yihong Yuan Fall 2013 Chair: Raubal	Visiting Researcher (Academic Guest), Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, ETH Zurich
2012 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Bree Belyea Summer 2012 Chairs: Still/Sweeney
Sean Benison Withdrew Fall 2012 Chair: Goodchild
Micah Brachman Fall 2012 Chair: Church	Systems Engineer at Reinventing Geospatial, Inc (RGi)
Leah Bremer Summer 2012 Chair: n/a	Post-Doc/Ecologist with the Natural Capital Project (NatCap), Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Timothy Chaffey 2012 Chair: Siegel
Samuel Cortez 2012 Chair: Lopez-Carr
Nicole-Marie Cotton 2012 Chair: Lopez-Carr
Sean Crotty Fall 2012 Chair: n/a	Instructor, Texas Christian University (Department of Geography)
Nicholas Dellaripa 2012 Chair: Washburn
Geoffrey Fouad 2012 Chair: Loaiciga
Burke Greer Summer 2012 Chair: Still	Working on PhD at Oregon State University with Chris Still
Indy Hurt Winter 2012 Chair: Goodchild	Geodata Research Coordinator at Apple
Ick-Hoi Kim Summer 2012 Chair: n/a	Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore
Alex Messina 2012 Chair: Bookhagen
Mary Pyott Freeman Summer 2012 Chair: n/a	HR Manager at Cisco Systems
Dayna Quick Winter 2012 Chair: Chadwick	Instructor, Life and Earth Sciences, College of Marin, Kentfield Campus
Ernest Reith Fall 2012 Chair: Roberts	Deputy Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (InnoVision Directorate, Springfield, VA)
Jaime Rossiter 2012 Chair: Lopez-Carr
Nate Royal Winter 2012 Chair: Goodchild	Portfolio Risk Analyst at M&T Bank
Natalie Senyk 2012 Chair: Siegel
Justin Stoler Winter 2012 Chair: n/a	Assistant Professor, University of Miami (Department of Geography and Regional Studies)
Laurel Suter Fall 2012 Chair: Lopez-Carr	Newlywed, Currently Unemployed
Martin Swobodzinski Fall 2012 Chair: n/a	Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota (Department of Geography, Environment and Society)
Kellie Uyeda Fall 2012 Chair: Roberts
2011 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Josh Bader MA, Fall 2011 Chair: Goodchild	GIS analyst, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities
Guofeng Cao Spring 2011 Chairs: Kyriakidis/Goodchild	Assistant Professor Department of Geosciences Texas Tech University
Kyle Cavanaugh Fall 2011 Chair: Siegel	Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (Department of Geography)
Gargi Chaudhuri Fall 2011 Chair: Clarke	Assistant Professor of GIScience, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Drew Dara-Abrams Summer 2011 Chairs: Montello/Raubal	CEO, Chief Technology Officer, and co-founder of Strategic Spatial Solutions, Inc. in Berkeley, California
Kriste Henson Winter 2011 Chair: Goulias	Engineer, Decision Applications Division Risk Analysis and Decision Support Systems (D-6), Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kristopher Kuzera Spring 2011 Chair: Getis	Visiting Faculty, Department of Geography, Clark University
Amy Lerner Spring 2011 Chairs: Sweeney/Eakin	Postdoctoral Research Associate; Adjunct Faculty, Princeton University (Wilson School); Hunter College (NYC)
Shishi Liu Spring 2011 Chair: Chadwick	Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Felipe Murtinho Summer 2011 Chair: Lopez-Carr	Visiting Assistant Professor, Institute of Public Service, Seattle University
Seth Peterson Spring 2011 Chair: Roberts	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
Edward Pultar Summer 2011 Chair: Raubal	Geographer, GIS Engineer, Industrial IoT Sensors, and Remote Monitoring Systems like Flood Warnings and Water Levels - Tools.Valarm.net
Stacy Rebich Hespanha Summer 2011 Chair: Montello	Postdoctoral Scholar, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael Toomey Fall 2011 Chair: Roberts	Imagery and Remote Sensing Analyst, Sr. at ASRC Federal
2010 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Jason Davis Winter 2010 Chair: Lopez-Carr	Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
Karl Grossner Fall 2010 Chair: Goodchild	Independent researcher, Technical Director, World-Historical Gazetteer
Yuki Hamada Spring 2010 Chair: Stow	Remote Sensing Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
William Kuhn Spring 2010 Chair: Davis	Landscape Ecologist/GIS Specialist, Division of Resources Management and Science, Yosemite National Park
Ting Lei Fall 2010 Chair: Church	Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Arizona (School of Geography and Development)
Linna Li Summer 2010 Chair: Goodchild	Assistant Professor at CSU, Long Beach
Michael Marshall Fall 2010 Chair: Michaelsen	Climate Change Scientist with the World Agroforestry Centre, (Nairobi, Kenya)
Michael McDaniel MA, Spring 2010 Chairs: Montello/Raubal	Systems Engineer, Sandia National Laboratories
Christopher Moreno Winter 2010 Chair: Aitken	Adjunct Professor, San Diego City College (Department of Geography)
Francesco Nencioli Spring 2010 Chair: Dickey	Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Marseille, France
Thomas Pingel Winter 2010 Chair: Clarke	Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University (Department of Geography)
Xinyue Ye Winter 2010 Chair: Rey	Department of Geography and School of Digital Sciences, Kent State University Associate Professor
Seo Youn Yoon Fall 2010 Chair: Goulias	Associate Research Fellow, National Infrastructure Research Division Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
2009 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Ted Eckmann Summer 2009 Chair: Roberts	(PhD 2009): Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Portland
Jordan Hastings Summer 2009 Chair: Goodchild	Lecturer, Spatial Sciences Institute, University of Southern California; and Chief Cartographer & GIS Manager, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno
Nina Kilham Summer 2009 Chair: Chadwick	Research Fellow, Department of Geography and Global Studies, Sonoma State University
Anna Carla Lopez Summer 2009 Chair: Weeks	Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Geography, San Diego State University
Meredith Marsh Fall 2009 Chair: Sweeney	Assistant Professor of Geography, Lindenwood University
Mary Nishimoto Winter 2009 Chair: Washburn	Staff Research Associate, University of California, Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute
Ryan Perroy Summer 2009 Chair: Chadwick	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, U. of Wisconsin
Michael Robinson Winter 2009 Chair: Siegel	Instructor of Geography, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Barbara City College
Matthew Thomas Fall 2009 Chair: Gautier	Project Chief Engineer, Raytheon Vision Systems, Goleta, CA
Park Williams Summer 2009 Chair: Still	Assistant Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
2008 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Julie Dillemuth Fall 2008 Chairs: Clarke / Montello	Center for Nanotechnology in Science Education Director, University of California, Santa Barbara
Carl Legleiter Fall 2008 Chair: Dunne	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Wyoming
Maurizio Antoninetti Summer 2008 Chair: Ford	Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs, San Diego State University
John Ballantine Summer 2008 Chair: Dunne	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Connecticut
Kathryn Grace Summer 2008 Chair: Sweeney	Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
Jeff Howarth Summer 2008 Chair: Couclelis	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, Middlebury College
Andrea Nuernberger Summer 2008 Chair: Golledge	Postdoctoral Scholar, Dept. of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
Philipp Schneider Summer 2008 Chair: Roberts	Norwegian Institute for Air Research. philipp.schneider@nilu.no
Shaunna Burbidge Spring 2008 Chair: Goulias	Research Assistant Professor, Departments of City & Metropolitan Planning and Health Promotion & Education, University of Utah
Debbie Fugate Spring 2008 Chair: Weeks	Adjunct Professor of Geography, Dept. of Geography, San Diego State University
Qingfeng Guan Spring 2008 Chair: Clarke	Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lodevicus Claessens Winter 2008 Chair: Tague	Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, University of Delaware
Arika Ligmann-Zielinska Winter 2008 Chair: Jankowski	Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University
Alex Messina Winter 2008	Wood Environment and Infrastructure Solutions, Water Resources Division, Senior Scientist
2007 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Douglas Fischer Winter 2007 Chair: Still	Project Scientist at Arcadis, a multinational consulting, designing, and environmental consulting firm
John Gallo Winter 2007 Chair: Goodchild	Landscape Ecologist, California/Nevada Office of the Wilderness Society
Kirk Goldsberry Summer 2007 Chair: Clarke	Assistant Professor of Geography, Michigan State University
Kerry Halligan Summer 2007 Chair: Roberts	Senior Scientist with Sanborn Map Company
Erin Middleton Spring 2007 Chair: Sweeney	Was Postdoctoral Researcher, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; now "staying home, looking after the three monsters (way more stressful than working)"
Jeffrey Onsted PhD, Summer 2007 Chair: Clarke	Chief Science Adviser, CA Dept. of Conservation
James Rumbley MA, Fall 2007 Chair: Montello	Code Enforcement Officer, Creeks Division of the City of Santa Barbara
Benjamin Turner MA, Fall 2007 chair: Montello	California State Assembly Aide
Tong Zhang Fall 2007 Chair: Tsou	Transportation Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping, and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, China
2006 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Sarah Battersby Spring 2006 Chairs: Golledge / Montello	Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina
James Craine Summer 2006 Chair: Aitkin	Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, California State University, Northridge
Eric Davila MA, Summer 2006	Information coming soon
Mark Janikas Fall 2006 Chair: Rey	Research Scientist, Environmental Systems Research Institute
Brenda Kayzar Fall 2006 Chair: Couclelis	Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota
David Lulka Winter 2006 Chair: Aitkin	Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography, San Diego City College
Richard Middleton Winter 2006 Chair: Church	Research Scientist, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Izaya Numata Spring 2006 Chair: Roberts	Postdoctoral Fellow, Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence, South Dakota State University
Rebecca Powell Winter 2006 Chair: Roberts	Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Denver
John Ryan Spring 2006 Chair: Jankowski	Associate Professor of Geography and Geographical Information Science, University of San Diego
Eun-Hye Yoo Fall 2006 Chair: Kyriakidis	Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo
Jianyu Zhou Summer 2006 Chair: Golledge	Researcher, J2 Global Communication Inc.
2005 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Noah Goldstein Fall 2005 Chair: Clarke	Research Director at Navigant Research.
Matt Rice PhD. 2005 Chair: Goodchild	Associate Professor, Department of Geography and GeoInformation Science, George Mason University
Jorge Sifuentes PhD. 2005 Chair: Goodchild	Geographer with the U.S. Census Bureau
2004 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Christine McMichael Spring 2004 Chair: Hope	Associate Professor of Geography in the School of Public Affairs, as well as the Coordinator for our Regional Analysis and Public Policy Program, Morehead State University
2003 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Philip Dennison MA, 2003 Chair: n/a	Professor The University of Utah Website
2000 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Peter Alagona MA, 2000 Chair: n/a	Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Scott Bell Fall 2000 Chair: Golledge	Professor, Geography and Planning; Director, The Spatial Initiative; University of Saskatchewan
1999 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Tom Cova 1999 Chair: n/a	Professor, Geography Department, University of Utah
Paul Sutton Summer 1999 Chair: Roberts	Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Denver
1998 Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Dylan Parenti Spring 1998 Chair: n/a	IT Director, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
1988 | Chair(s)	Current Occupation
Janet Franklin Fall 1988 Chair: Simonett	Professor in Arizona State University’s School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
1985 | Chair(s)
C. Michael Costanzo MA 1981 Ph.D. Fall 1985 Chair: Golledge	UCSB Computer Science, Lecturer
1972 | Chair(s)
Stephen Oliva Geography and Environmental Studies 1972	California Department of Water Resources Attorney III (Retired Annuitant)