Welcome to the Department of Geography at UConn
Geography Curriculum Info
Studying Geography at UConn
Major or Minor in Geographic Information Science
Courses being offered in the Fall 2024 semester which count towards the GISc major and minor include:
- Geog 2500: Intro to GIS
- Geog 2505: Applications of GIS
- Geog 3530: Intro to GeoComputing
- Geog 4516: Fundamentals of Spatial Database Systems (online course)
- Geog ????: Intro to GeoAI (more info to come about this course)
Upcoming Events
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Apr
4
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Edward Carr 3:30pm
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Edward Carr
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
AUST
Dr. Edward Carr
Clark University
Professor, Sustainability and Social Justice
https://www.clarku.edu/faculty/profiles/edward-carr
more info to come
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Apr
12
Graduate Student AAG Presentations 12:15pm
Graduate Student AAG Presentations
Friday, April 12th, 2024
12:15 PM
Austin Building
AAG Posters and Presentations from the Geography Graduate students.
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Apr
25
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Barry Zellen 4:00pm
Geography Colloquium - Dr. Barry Zellen
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
04:00 PM
Austin Building
More info to come
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Apr
26
End of Semester Geographic Celebration and Awards Ceremony 11:30am
End of Semester Geographic Celebration and Awards Ceremony
Friday, April 26th, 2024
11:30 AM - 01:30 PM
Student Union
It’s the annual End of Semester Geographic Celebration and Awards Ceremony.
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Notable Geography News
- Big news for Geography: CLAS adds two new departmentsPosted on March 21, 2024
- Congcong Miao awarded AAG specialty group travel awardPosted on March 19, 2024
- Debs Ghosh: Invited Speaker for the Great Decision Lecture SeriesPosted on March 19, 2024
- Anji Seth on UConn Panel Discussing Climate Change Effects on CTPosted on March 8, 2024
Alumni Spotlight
Recent Graduate Student Publications
BenBella, Diane & Ghosh, D. 2021. Combining Geospatial Analysis with HIV Care Continuum to Identify Differential HIV/AIDS Treatment Indicators in Uganda. The Professional Geographer.
Barocci, Antonio. 2020. Political arrests of women under fascism: gender and the special tribunal in Italy 1926–1928. GeoJournal.
Adams, Aaron., Li, W., Zhang, C., & Chen, X. 2020. The disguised pandemic: the importance of data normalization in COVID-19 web mapping. Public Health.
Terbeck, Fabian. 2020. Defining Suburbs: An Evaluation and Comparison of Four Methods. The Professional Geographer.
Other Outstanding Alumni
Caroline Mazo, class of 2018, is a Physical Scientist at the US Geological Survey.
Tara Schwenzfeier, class of 2018, is a GIS Analyst at ForeFlight, a Boeing company.
Nick Lacafta, class of 2016, is a Technical Records Coordinator at the University of Connecticut.
Stefanie Walker, MA class of 2015, is a Senior Catastrophe Risk Consultant at Travelers Insurance.
Amy DellaGuistina, class of 2014, is an Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability Senior Associate at Amgen.
Keep in touch with UConn Geography!
UConn Geography Alumni Award Recipients
2023: Jeanne Thibeault, PhD '10, Climate scientist, adjunct professor (retired).
2022: Julie Annino, PhD '02, Senior Transportation Engineer, CT Dept of Transportation
2021: Patrick Heidkamp, MA '03, PhD '07, Professor, Southern CT State University
2019: Todd Dumais, BA '03, Town Planner, City of West Hartford
2018: Richard Annitto, BA '85, Vice President, GIS and Survey Division, LiRo Group
2017: Ben Spaulding, PhD '10, Catastrophe Risk Manager, Homesite Group
2016: Patrice Carson, BA '82, Consulting Director of Community Development, Town of Bolton
2015: Tyler Kleykamp, BA '00, Chief Data Officer, Connecticut State Office of Policy and Management