J. Michael Athay
mathay@clarku.edu
M.Sc. Environmental Policy and Regulation, The London School of Economics and Political Science (UK)
B.A. French Studies, Brigham Young University
Research Interests: human-environment and nature-society relationships; economic and development geographies; sustainability; political and industrial ecologies; global-south perspectives; critical theories; environmental philosophies, ethics, and justice.
Adviser: Yuko Aoyama
Arman Bajracharya
abajracharya@clarku.edu
B.S. Ecology and Field Biology, St. Cloud State University
Research Interests: Studying the impacts of urbanization on the fragmentation of vegetative land.
Adviser: Rinku Roy Chowdhury
Thomas Bilintoh
tbilintoh@clarku.edu
M.Sc. In Geography, Michigan State University
B.Sc. in Engineering, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana.
Research interests: GIS, Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis, Spatial Cognition and Uncertainty in spatial data.
Adviser: Robert Pontius
Melissa Bollman
mbollman@clarku.edu
M.A. Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware
B.A. Philosophy and Environmental Policy/Science, McDaniel College, Maryland
Research Interests: Nature-Society relationships, political ecology, energy and environmental policy, renewable energy.
Adviser: James McCarthy
Andrea Cabrera Roa
acabreraroa@clarku.edu
M.Sc. Environmental Science and Policy, Clark University
B.A. Anthropology, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru
Research interests: Human-Nature relationships, political ecology, environmental governance, socio-environmental conflicts, socio-ecological vulnerability, indigeneity in the Peruvian amazon.
Adviser(s): Anthony Bebbington and Yuko Aoyama
Michael Cecil
mcecil@clarku.edu
M.S. Geographic Information Science for Development and Environment (GISDE), Clark University
M.S. Mathematics, University of Washington
B.A. Mathematics and International Relations, Brown University
Research Interests: Applications of GIS and land change modeling to climate change science and climate change policy, risk analysis and vulnerability analysis, participatory GIS.
Adviser: Lyndon Estes
Mwangi Chege
mchege@clarku.edu
M.A., International Relations and Economics, Johns Hopkins University – School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC
B.A., Geography, University of South Africa, Pretoria
Research Interests: Urban geography, Southern Urbanism, Agrarian studies, Rural-Urban linkages and relations.
Adviser: James Murphy
William Cruice
wcruice@clarku.edu
MSc. Urban and Economic Geography, Utrecht University
B.A. Economics and Geography, Utrecht University
Research Interests: political economy, science and technology studies, historical materialism, critical realism, state theory, industrial policy, housing, infrastructure, energy, utopia, crisis.
Adviser: James McCarthy
Maria del Pilar Delpino Marimon
pdelpinomarimon@clarku.edu
Master in Regional Planning (MRP), Cornell University
B.A. in Geography, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Research Interests: Informality, devolution, marginalization, regionalization processes, cross-border governance, social coalitions, rural development, environmental governance, Latin America.
Adviser: Anthony Bebbington
Amy Dundon
adundon@clarku.edu
M.A. Urban Affairs, University of San Francisco
B.S. Philosophy, Northeastern University
Research Interests: urban geography; race and racism; work and labor; social movements; access, belonging, and citizenship; higher education.
Adviser: Asha Best
Benjamin Fash
bfash@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
B.A. Studio Art, Wesleyan University
Research Interests: Environmental governance, social movements, decolonial thought, social theory, socio-ecological transitions, (post-)development, (post-)extractivism, water, Participatory Action Research, socially engaged art, Honduras.
Adviser: Anthony Bebbington
Clare Gaffey
cgaffey@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, University at Albany
B.S. Environmental Science, University at Albany
Research Interests: Remote sensing, unmanned aerial vehicles, arctic systems, cryosphere, climate, phenology.
Adviser: Karen Frey
Patrick Geiger
pgeiger@clarku.edu
M.Sc. Geography, George Washington University
B.A. Geography and International Relations, George Washington University
Research Interests: Researching homelessness and public space.
Adviser: Asha Best
Nicholas Geron
ngeron@clarku.edu
M.S. Ed Education, Leham College CUNY, NY
B.A. Environmental Policy and Analysis and French Literature, Boston University
Research Interests: Use of GIS and Remote Sensing for monitoring land use change and natural resources due to climate change, Urban Ecology and Citizen Science, engaging local communities in Environmental Justice issues.
Adviser: John Rogan
María José Guillén Araya
mguillnaraya@clarku.edu
Bachelor and Licentiate in Political Science, University of Costa Rica
Research Interests: tourism, feminist political economy, feminist geopolitics, decolonial thought, race and racism, Central America.”
Adviser: Asha Best
Jackie Guz
jguz@clarku.edu
B. A. Environmental Studies, Texas A&M University
Research Interests: Forest dynamics, GIS, remote sensing biogeography.
Adviser: Dominik Kulakowski
Marc Healy
mhealy@clarku.edu
B.A. Geography, University of Utah
Research Interests: Urban Forestry Dynamics and Legacies, Urban Heat Island, Applied GIS and Remote Sensing, Sustainable, Proactive Urban Tree Management Policies.
Adviser: John Rogan
Ashley Hoffman
ashoffman@clarku.edu
B.S. in Natural Resource Conservation at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Interests: Forest Ecology, Forest Disturbances, Forest Health.
Adviser: Dominik Kulakowski
Emily Holloway
emholloway@clarku.edu
M.S. Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
B.A. Government, Smith College
Research Interests: history and politics of urban industrialization; economic geography; industrial land use policy; neighborhood change.
Adviser(s): Mark Davidson and Asha Best
Karen Hudlet Vazquez
khudletvazquez@clarku.edu
M.S. International Development Studies, Utrecht University, Netherlands
B.S. International Relations, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico
Research Interests: Business and human rights, development theory, environmental governance, land use change, access to lands, participatory action research, social-environmental conflicts, social movements, Latin America, especially Mexico and Central America.
Adviser(s): Anthony Bebbington and James McCarthy
Guy Hydrick
ghydrick@clarku.edu
M.Sc. Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Central European University/University of Manchester/Lund University
B.A. Geography and International Studies, Millersville University
Research Interests: Urban Forestry; Water quality/hydrology; Spatial optimization; Political ecology; Environmental Justice; Sustainability; Human dimensions of GIS; Mixed Methods.
Adviser(s): Deborah Martin and John Rogan
Wenjing Jiang
wjiang@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
BEng Urban Planning, Peking University, China
M.A. Urban Planning, University of Illinois
Research Interests: political economy of nature; theory of social change; with special emphasis on property relations, agrarian transformation, urban and regional development, post-socialist/post-communist transitions, and post-disaster recovery planning.
Adviser: James McCarthy
Sam Khallaghi
skhallaghi@clarku.edu
M.S. Geomatics Lund University, Sweden
M.S. GIS and RS with focus on land and water resources Tabriz University, Iran
B.S. Forestry Agriculture and Natural Resource University of Gorgan, Iran
Research interests: Spatial databases, Web Mapping, Spatial Ontology, Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing.
Adviser: Lyndon Estes
Roopa Krithivasan
rkrithivasan@clarku.edu
M.E.Sc. Environmental Science, Yale University
B.A. Biology, University of Chicago
Research Interests: Land use change, applications of GIS and remote sensing, natural resource management and conflicts, human-wildlife interactions, environmental governance.
Adviser(s): John Rogan and Rinku Roy Chowdhury
Madeline Kroot
mkroot@clarku.edu
B.A. Geography and Linguistics, Dartmouth College
Research Interests: Energy geographies with a particular focus on the political ecology of energy transmission projects in the US North-East, and their implications for just energy transitions.
Adviser: James McCarthy
Richard Kruger
rkruger@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Rutgers University
B.A. Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University
Research Interests: Urban political ecology of infrastructure; innovations in urban infrastructures through frameworks of sustainability, resilience, and adaptation and the impacts for urban space and place-making; the politics of urban infrastructures; digital technologies and urban space; comparative urbanism; social theory and new / speculative materialisms.
Adviser: Deborah Martin
Sarah Lerman-Sinkoff
slermansinkoff@clarku.edu
B.A. Geography, Georgia College and State University
B.A. Environmental Science , Georgia College and State University
Research Interests: the social, economic, and ecological legacy of industrial contamination in urban waterways.
Adviser: John Rogan
Vanchy Weizhi Li
vali@clarku.edu
M.S. Environmental Science and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
B.S. GIS, Fujian Normal University
Research Interests: GIS and Remote sensing, Environmental change on health, and land cover/land use on biodiversity.
Advisor: Mark Davidson
Jacob Mitchell
jacmitchell@clarku.edu
M.L.A (Landscape Architecture), University of Toronto
B.E.S (Environmental Studies), York University
Research Interests: Urban infrastructure and climate change adaptation. Urban forestry. Caribbean and Gulf Coast urbanism. Landscape visualization, cartography, and environmental rhetoric.
Advisor: Mark Davidson
Spandan Pandey
sppandey@clarku.edu
MSc Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
BTech Information Technology, West Bengal University of Technology
Research Interests: Political ecology of climate change, vulnerability and adaptation, urban spaces, climate ethics, and environmental governance.
Advisor: Mark Davidson
Inge Salo
isalo@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
B.A. Anthropology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Research Interests: South African urbanism, place-making, urban displacement, urban resistance.
Adviser: Asha Best
Sarah SanGiovanni
ssangiovanni@clarku.edu
M.U.P. Urban Planning, The State University of New York at Buffalo
B.A. English, The State University of New York at Binghamton
B.A. Environmental Studies, The State University of New York at Binghamton
Research Interests: Nature-society relationships, political ecology, urban geography.
Adviser(s): Deborah Martin and James Murphy
Surendra Shrestha
surshrestha@clarku.edu
M.S. Forestry, University of Georgia
B.A. Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Research Interests: Land use change modeling, Hydrologic process modeling, Ecohydrologic impacts of land use change, Land-Atmosphere interaction.
Adviser: Christopher Williams
Lei Song
lsong@clarku.edu
M.S. 3S, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
B.S. GIS, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Research Interests: Remote Sensing and GIS, Land-cover/land-use change, Human-Environment interactions, Ecological modeling, Machine learning.
Adviser: Lyndon Estes
Eunyeong Song
esong@clarku.edu
M.A Geography Education, Seoul National University
B.A. Social Studies Education (Geography Education), Jeju National University
Research Interests: Export Crops, Spices, Food Chains, Agricultural Commodities Change, International Food Trade, Agrarian Change, Regional Development, Global Production Networks, Commodity Chains and Networks, Development Studies, East and Southeast Asia.
Advisor: Mark Davidson
Nathaniel Strosberg
nstrosberg@clarku.edu
M.R.P. (Regional Planning), State University of New York at Albany
M.L.A. (Landscape Architecture), Rhode Island School of Design
B.S. Political Science, Union College
Research Interests: Spatial theory, urban geography, musical geography, municipal governance, landscape design.
Adviser: Mark Davidson
Shiqi Tao
shtao@clarku.edu
M.S. Geography, Michigan State University
B.S. Geography, Chengdu University of Technology, China
Research Interests: Forest change monitoring, as well as traits that affect forest responses to climate change.
Adviser(s): John Rogan and Florencia Sangermano
Mara van den Bold
mvandenbold@clarku.edu
MSc. Anthropology and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK
B.A. Anthropology and Latin American Studies, Union College, USA
Research interests: political ecology, development theory, natural resource conflicts, indigenous social movements, agrarian change, food sovereignty and nutrition, Latin America, West Africa.
Adviser: James McCarthy
Gisselle Vila-Benites
gvilabenites@clarku.edu
M.A. Environmental Development, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
B.A. Sociology, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Research Interests: The comparative governance of artisanal and small-scale mining in Colombia and Peru.
Adviser: Anthony Bebbington
Julia Wagner
juwagner@clarku.edu
B.A. in International Affairs, The George Washington University
Research Interests: civic data, political economy, property, commons, urban planning.
Adviser: James McCarthy
Brittany Lauren Wheeler
bwheeler@clarku.edu
M.A. Forced Migration Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
M.A. International Museum Studies, University of Gothenburg
B.A. English, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: legal geography, moral geography, environmental migration, spatial justice, reparation/restitution, historical justice and anticipatory futures, geographies of care, death and dying, museum geographies.
Adviser: Deborah Martin
Li Xi
lxi@clarku.edu
M.A., Geography, Binghamton University
B.A., Geography, Binghamton University
Research Interests: Describing long-term forest transitions with time series Landsat imagery; Estimating urbanization at subpixel level with time series models; Mapping continuous forest disturbance and recovery activities to assess carbon dynamics in the ecosystem.
Adviser: Christopher Williams
Sitian Xiong
sxiong@clarku.edu
M.S. GIS, Clark University
B.S. in Geography, University of Wyoming
B.E. Land Resource Management, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China
Research Interests: Remote sensing, Agriculture, Machine Learning.
Adviser: Lyndon Estes
Luisa Young
lyoung@clarku.edu
M.Sc. Geographic Information Science for Development and Environment (GISDE), Clark University
B.Sc. Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM), University of Hawaii at Manoa
Research Interests: Remote Sensing and GIS, Ecological Modeling, Global Environmental Change, Water Resources, Pacific Islands, Ethnobotany.
Adviser(s): Karen Frey and John Rogan
Aiyin Zhang
aizhang@clarku.edu
M.S. Hong Kong Polytechnic University
B.S. Beijing Forestry University
Research Interests: The applications of multi-temporal remote sensing for the study of land-use change, forest disturbances, agriculture expansion and urbanization.
Adviser: Robert Pontius
Anna Zhu
annzhu@clarku.edu
M.S. Geography, The George Washington University
B.A. Geography, The George Washington University
B.S. Economics, The George Washington University
Research Interests: Arctic systems, climate change, cryosphere, and GIS/Remote Sensing.
Advisor: Mark Davidson