G. Donald Richardson became the first recipient of a PhD in the UCSB Department of Geography in the summer of 1982 upon successfully defending his dissertation on “Spatial Cognition.” At that time, Reg Golledge was the Chair of the Department and the Chair of Don’s PhD Committee (other members included Tobler, T. Smith, Hubert, and Pellegrino), and Reg recalls that the race to become the first PhD was a close affair. Thomas Logan...
Read More“Money makes the world go round” has taken on new meaning for our grad students combining their geographic studies with UCSB’s Graduate Program in Management Practice (GPMP). The GPMP is a cutting-edge certificate program that provides advanced degree students “with a sound and essential introduction to the fundamentals of business management in preparation for successful careers using their graduate training beyond the University” )....
Read MoreTo quote our Chair, Oliver Chadwick, “it’s healthy to poke fun at the boss.” With that in mind, a caption contest is now underway for the attached photograph. Submissions will be posted on October 31 (the timing is pure coincidence). Please send your prospective captions to billn@geog.ucsb.edu–we’ll let Oliver pick the winner. If it helps, remember that “a diagnostic characteristic of Rapa Nui sculpture, including rock art, is a...
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