The first joint retreat of University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and San Diego State University (SDSU) geography departments was held on November 16 at the Sedgwick Reserve – a research, conservation, and education facility located north of Santa Barbara in the Santa Ynez Valley. The retreat, hosted by UCSB Geography Department and attended by 26 participants from both departments, including faculty members, graduate coordinators, and doctoral student representatives, was organized in response to a recommendation from the 2012 review of the joint SDSU-UCSB doctoral program (JDP).
