Joshua Sbicca and Ph.D. student Becca Clark-Hargreaves present at annual American Association of Geographers Meeting

Joshua Sbicca and Ph.D. student Becca Clark-Hargreaves organized and participated in a virtual session in April for the annual American Association of Geographers Meeting. The session was titled “Food and Carceral Intersections: From Geographies of Confinement to Enactments of Abolition.” There were over forty participants who attended this session.

Kellie Alexander and Tara Opsal publish chapter on fracking in Routledge handbook

“Fracking the Rockies: The production of harm” by Ph.D. student Kellie Alexander, Tara O’Connor Shelley (Tarleton State University) and Associate Professor Tara Opsal is chapter 19 in the Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology. Find out more about the book here.

Routledge publishes KuoRay Mao’s and Ph.D. student Yan Shan’s chapter on green criminology

KuoRay Mao, Yiliang Zhu, Zhong Zhao, and Ph.D. student Yan Shan’s work “Authoritarian environmentalism and environmental regulation enforcement: A case study of medical waste crime in Northwestern China” is chapter 21 in the Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology. Find out more about the book here.

M.A. Student Severin Mangold publishes research in Social Sciences

Social Sciences published research by M.A. student Severin Mangold and co-authors Chelsey Willoughby and Toralf Zschau (both University of North Georgia). Their paper is titled “Small Houses, Big Community: Tiny Housers’ Desire for More Cohesive and Collaborative Communities.” ABSTRACT Past research on the tiny house movement has primarily focused on understanding the individual motivations behind […]

NSF grants funding to Ph.D. student Azmal Hossan

Azmal Hossan’s interdisciplinary Graduate Pursuit team’s proposal “Pushed to the Edge: A Socio-Environmental Analysis of Climate Gentrification along the East Coast of the United States” has been selected for National Science Foundation (NSF) funding. This 18-month research project is comprised of seven Ph.D. students from seven different universities. Joshua Sbicca is one of two mentors […]

Ph.D. student Kelsea MacIlroy interviewed by Time and others after The Nature Conservancy releases her report on Western Slope water conservation

Ph.D. student Kelsea MacIlroy’s work looks at social and cultural perceptions of Demand Management on the Western Slope – something that has not been previously studied. The Nature Conservancy funded her research, and in December they released her report “Exploring Perceptions of a Voluntary Agricultural Water Conservation Program on the Western Slope of Colorado.” She […]

Ph.D. student Kellie Alexander presents research for hazing prevention

Ph.D. student Kellie Alexander presented her research at CSU’s “Research & Assessment Dialogues – Using multi-level assessment to gain understanding, educate, and transform: End Hazing @ CSU” event held in November on campus. The meeting was hosted by Dave McKelfresh in CSU Student Affairs. Kellie presented three research initiatives she has taken part in to assess […]

Azmal Hossan accepted for CSU’s InTERFEWS program

Azmal Hossan has been accepted for CSU’s Interdisciplinary Training, Education, and Research in Food-Energy-Water Systems (InTERFEWS) program. Dr. Stephanie Malin worked to secure National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for CSU (scroll this article), and will be his program mentor. Azmal is one of only eight CSU Ph.D. students selected. His four-year training begins this fall.

Carolyn Conant’s paper accepted in CSU Anthro’s Graduate Student Society journal

Carolyn Conant’s paper, “The Legacy of Classical Sociological Theory: Androcentrism and Universalism In the Tradition of the Canon,” has been accepted for inclusion in the CSU Anthropology Graduate Student Society’s 9th edition of the online journal Furthering Perspectives. “The paper displays great rigor, sophistication, and engagement with sociological theory and the canon in particular.” – excerpt from the reviewer

Ph.D. student Alex Walker keynote speaker for 41st Annual Judge Conrad L. Ball Banquet

Alexandra Walker (right) was the invited speaker at the Judge Conrad L. Ball Banquet held April 26 at CSU’s Canvas Stadium. The annual event honors a recipient who has significantly contributed toward improving the quality of criminal justice in Larimer County. Laurie Stolen (left) was recognized this year for increasing connections between mental health and criminal justice. Alex is Vice Chairperson the Colorado […]