Geography colloquia
The Department of Geography hosts colloquia each semester, which feature a variety of presentations from industry professionals, graduate students and University faculty members alike.
Spring 2024 colloquium schedule
All seminars are on Wednesday at 4-5 p.m. and will be conducted in-person in MS 321.
| Date | Topic | Presenter(s) | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/24/2024 | Organizational meeting | N/A | N/A |
| 1/31/2024 | Faculty lightning talks | Scott Kelley, Jia Feng, Ken Nussear, Adam Csank, Julie Loisel | ÍƼöÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ (Geography) |
| 2/7/2024 | Robots Take over Museums? Robot Rhetoric, Perceived Social Intelligence, and the Design Environment Constraining Paleoclimate Estimates Using a Combination of Paleo Glacial and Terminal Lake Shoreline Evidence |
Betta Manalo Alexander Audet |
ÍƼöÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ (Geography Graduate Students) |
| 2/14/2024 | New Initiatives at the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency | Dr. Jeremy Smith | Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency |
| 2/21/2024 | Water and its Infrastructures | Dr. Yaffa Truelove | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 2/28/2024 | Renewable Energy Injustice of Rural South Korea and the United States | Inhwan Ko | ÍƼöÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ (Political Science) |
| 3/6/2024 | Sharing Territories | Cara Nine | ÍƼöÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ (Philosophy) |
| 3/13/2024 | Remote Sensing and Art | Kelly Chorpening | ÍƼöÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ (Art) |
| 3/20/2024 | Mapping Gay Communities in Reno and Honolulu 1970-2000 | Dr. J. Jeff Auer | ÍƼöÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ (Core Humanities) |
| 4/3/2024 | Dark Secrets: What Caves can Tell about Water and Climate | Dr. Laura Rosales LaGarde | Nevada State University |
| 4/24/2024 | Land and Water Use associated with Solar Energy Development | Dr. Dustin Mulvaney | San Jose State University (Environmental Studies) |
| 5/1/2024 | Organizational meeting | N/A | N/A |