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As part of GEOG 197 (Careers in Geography), Professor Jennifer King organized a panel titled “Careers of Geographers”, which took place on March 25th. Professor King noted the intentionality of calling the panel “Careers of Geographers” not “Geography Careers”. She gave an example about how if you searched on LinkedIn for jobs with the keyword geography, you will get a limited number of results. Not...

Noah Gluschankoff graduated in 2018 with a B.S. in Physical Geography and a minor in Earth Science. After working as a lab technician, he now is a PhD student at Stanford studying Marine Biogeochemistry. Why did you choose the Geography major? Growing up I always knew I wanted to study something in the environmental sciences. From a very young age I always claimed that I would grow up to become a “marine biologist” without necessarily...

Julia Santos is a 2nd year is a double major in the Physical Geography BS with the Ocean Science Emphasis and Environmental Studies BA.     Why did you choose the geography major? What areas of geography interest you?  I chose to major in Physical Geography with an Ocean Science Emphasis because of my love for the ocean and passion for using geographic information systems. As a visual learner, I find GIS extremely...