Our Chair, Dan Montello, broke the following news on April 1, 2015: “The news is official. Please join me in a warm Earthly welcome to our newest Affiliate Professor, Assistant Professor Jeffrey Hoelle of Anthropology. (Yes, the web page can be updated). Welcome, Jeff!” Dr. Hoelle received his PhD from the University of Florida in 2011, and his research interests include human-environment interactions, space and place, conservation...
Read MoreThe following is an email which Greg Mohr (BA 1976) sent to the editor on April 8, 2015: I taught Environmental Studies 165B again last quarter with a record number of students (37, compared to the usual 20 ±5), and it was a real challenge. My teaching “guest” David Stone and I offer it as a practicum follow-on to his 165A lecture class, with seven written assignments that come together at the end as a Final...
Read MoreThe UCSB Geography Newsletter is a biannual production, and electronic mailings occur in spring and fall each year. And, yes, both publication dates are calculated to “brand” the Department and to encourage donations (just before Christmas and just before tax filing). You can download a PDF of the spring edition here. The content of each Newsletter revolves around major Departmental news items since the last mailing and...
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