Bernadette Arakwiye
barakwiye@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
M.S. Environmental Science, Antioch University
B.S. Biology National University of Huye, Rwanda
Research Interests: Application of GIS and Remote Sensing to ecology and conservation biology in tropical landscapes.
Adviser(s): J. Ronald Eastman and John Rogan
Elisa Arond
earond@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
M.Sc. Science and Technology for Sustainability, University of Sussex, UK
B.Sc. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst/Commonwealth College
Research Interests: Science, technology and innovation policy; grassroots innovation and rural livelihoods; the role of scientific evidence and evaluation of risk in social-environmental conflict and policy decisions; Latin America, especially Colombia.
Adviser: Anthony Bebbington
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
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: Karen Frey
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: Karen Frey
Yifan Cai
ycai@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
M.Sc. Geography, Peking University
B.S. Geography, Peking University
Research Interests: Industrial geography, political-industrial ecology, political economy, work and labour, technology and innovation, cyberspace, China.
Adviser: 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
Jacob Chamberlain
jchamberlain@clarku.edu
M.A. Postcolonial Culture and Global Policy, Goldsmiths College, University of London
B.A. Philosophy, University of Southern Maine
Research Interests: Migration and border studies, political theory, critical theory, continental philosophy, post/decolonial studies, urban-economic geography.
Adviser: Mark Davidson
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; economic development in developing countries; environmental sustainability; urbanization, health and wellbeing; African cities.
Adviser: James Murphy
William M. Collier
wcollier@clarku.edu
M.E.Sc. Social Ecology, Yale University
B.S. Ecology, University of Georgia
Research Interests: Agroforestry, development theory, environmental history, forest ecology, global production networks, governance, land-use change, political ecology, post-colonial theory.
Adviser: Dianne Rocheleau
Jessica Craigg
jcraigg@clarku.edu
B.A. Geography, Georgia College & State University
B.S. Environmental Science, Georgia College & State University
Research Interests: Renewable energy, (feminist) political ecology, enclosure, discourse analysis, political economy of African development.
Adviser: Youjin Chung
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: Karen Frey
Janae Davis
jadavis@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, University of South Carolina
B.A. Sociology (Anthropology Concentration), North Carolina State University
Research Interests: Natural resources and disadvantaged groups, linking political ecology and environmental justice frameworks, applications of Global South issues and natural resource management strategies to the Global North, participatory management, participatory action research, ethnographic methods.
Adviser: Edward Carr
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: Karen Frey
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
Hillol Dutta
hdutta@clarku.edu
M.Sc. in Forestry, Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
B.Sc. in Forestry, Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Research Interests: Human-environment interaction, Vulnerability Science, Urban vulnerability, Climate Change, GIS.
Adviser: Karen Frey
Azadeh H. Esfahani
ahadizadeh@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
M.A. Urban Studies, Simon Fraser University, Canada
M.B.A. Sharif University, Iran
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University, Iran
Research Interests: Place-making and identity building, Social learning and social change processes, Sustainable community and neighborhood development, Community-based urban planning and development, Citizen empowerment and capacity-building.
Adviser: Deborah Martin
Alireza F. Farahani
afarahani@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
M.A. Urban Studies, Simon Fraser University, Canada
M.B.A. Sharif University, Iran
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University, Iran
Research Interests: Socio-economic development, Development policy and practice, Developing countries, Middle-east, Economic geography, Learning regions Community development, Social Learning, Pragmatism Philosophy, Realist social theory, Phronetic research, Qualitative methods, action research.
Adviser: Yuko Aoyama
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
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: neoliberal conservation, tourism, extractivism, neo-colonialism, political economy.
Adviser: Karen Frey
Jackie Guz
jguz@clarku.edu
B. A. Environmental Studies, Texas A&M University
Research Interests: Forest dynamics, GIS, remote sensing biogeography.
Adviser: Dominik Kulakowski
Dylan Harris
dyharris@clarku.edu
M.Sc. Environment and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
B.A. Political Science and Religion, University of Southern Mississippi
Research Interests: cultural/political ecology; climate change narratives; alternative ecological knowledge in high mountain communities; re-imagining climate change policy; GIS and storytelling.
Adviser: James McCarthy
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: Karen Frey
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: Karen Frey
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: 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
Catherine Jampel
cjampel@clarku.edu
M.S. Geography and Women’s Studies, Pennsylvania State University
B.A. History and Literature, Harvard University
Research Interests: Disability, inclusion, labor and livelihoods, political economy, development, feminist theory, the Americas (especially Ecuador, U.S.).
Adviser: Anthony Bebbington
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
Tong Jiao
tjiao@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
B.S. Geography, Beijing Forest University, China
M.S. Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Research Interests: terrestrial ecosystems energy, carbon and water cycles, leaf canopy and carbon absorption over forest areas.
Adviser: Christopher Williams
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: J. Ronald Eastman
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: John Rogan
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
Son Ca Lam
slam@clarku.edu
M.A. Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts, Boston
B.A. Comparative Ethnic Studies and Environment, Earth, and Ocean Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Research Interests: Displacement, Forced Migration, Place-making, Language, Ethnic Studies, Community Building and Development, Grassroots Movement.
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
Mario Machado
mmachado@clarku.edu
M.S. Geography, Penn State University
B.S. Biological Anthropology, Penn State University
Research Interests: Political ecology, small-scale agriculture, social justice, and development.
Adviser: Edward Carr
Alex Moulton
amoulton@clarku.edu
M.S. Geography, East Carolina University
B.Sc. Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
Research Interests: tropical agriculture, rural livelihoods, sustainable development, fisheries management, climate change, social justice, water resources.
Adviser: James McCarthy
Patrick Mutegeki
pmutegeki@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
M.Phil. Development Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
B.A. Tourism, Makerere University, Uganda
Fulbright PhD Fellow, USA
Research Interests: Livelihood Studies: With specific interest on effects of livelihood strategies on household poverty; Place-based household livelihood analysis in the Global South.
Adviser: Yuko Aoyama
Haruka Nagano
hnagano@clarku.edu
M.A. in Geography, Meiji University (Tokyo)
B.A. in American Studies, Japan Women’s University (Tokyo)
Research interests: gentrification, place making, place identity, (critical) sustainability, community development.
Adviser: Karen Frey
Scott Odell
sodell@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
B.S.F.S. Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA), Georgetown University
Research Interests: Rural livelihoods, development geography, indigenous social movements, Latin America, Andean region, climate change.
Adviser: Anthony Bebbington
Helen Rosko
hrosko@clarku.edu
M.S. Geography, University of Tennessee – Knoxville
B.A. Political Science, College of Charleston
Research Interests: rural livelihoods, development geography, climate services, aid and adaptation, vulnerability and resilience, vulnerable populations, information flows, gender and identity.
Adviser: Edward Carr
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: Deborah Martin and James McCarthy
Melishia Santiago
msantiago@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
B.S. Biology and M.S. Geography, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research Interests: Impacts of sea ice cover and the biogeochemistry in the Pacific Arctic Region using field data and remote sensing.
Adviser: Karen Frey
Dan Santos
dansantos@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
B.A. (Honours), Geography and English Literature, University of Melbourne, Australia
B.Sc. Environmental Science and Genetics, University of Melbourne, Australia
Research interests: science and technology studies; biotechnologies and genetics; nature-society relations; innovation; science and democracy; materiality.
Adviser: 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
Nathaniel Strosberg
nstrosberg@clarku.edu
B.S. Political Science, Union College
M.R.P. (Regional Planning), State University of New York at Albany
M.L.A. (Landscape Architecture), Rhode Island School of Design
Research Interests: Spatial theory, urban geography, musical geography, municipal governance, landscape design.
Adviser: Mark Davidson
Kaner Turker
kturker@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
B.A. and M.A. Dept. of Economics, Bogazici University, Turkey
Research Interests: Economic geography and development, emphasis on income distribution, poverty, well-being and economically excluded groups and regional disparities.
Adviser: James Murphy
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
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: Karen Frey
Michelle Wenderlich
mwenderlich@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
M.A. Public Policy, Hertie School of Governance, Germany
B.A. Music, SUNY Stony Brook
Research Interests: State theory and political philosophy, political ecology, political economy, commons, energy, climate justice, alternatives to privatization, participatory democracy.
Adviser: Mark Davidson
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
Leslie Wyrtzen
lwyrtzen@clarku.edu
B.A., M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Research Interests: Political ecology, green governmentality, transnational migration, Middle East/North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Adviser(s): Deborah Martin and Jody Emel
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: Karen Frey
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: Karen Frey
Su Ye
sye@clarku.edu
M.S. Environmental Studies, Queen’s University, Canada
B.A. Forestry Science, Beijing Forestry University, China
Research Interests: Remote sensing, Land-cover change detection, Image processing, Machine Learning.
Adviser(s): John Rogan and J. Ronald Eastman
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: Karen Frey and John Rogan
Yu Zhou
yuzhou2@clarku.edu
M.A. Geography, Clark University
M.S. Cartography and GIS, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
B.E. Remote Sensing Science and Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
Research Interests: ecological modeling; global change; ecosystem carbon and water cycling; human-environment interactions.
Adviser: Christopher Williams