Welcome to our newest graduate student cohort! Please find their biographies below.
Maro Denton
B.A., Politics, Oberlin College. Pronouns: they/them. My research interests: Revolutionary Ecology; Food Sovereignty; Agriculture; Decolonization; Queer Studies; Insurgent Infrastructure; Dual Power; Counterinsurgency; Revolutionary Marxisms; Insurrectionary Anarchism; Praxis. In my personal time, I enjoy community organizing, talking and reading practical theory, gardening, foraging, vegetarian/vegan cooking, martial arts, buddhism and meditation.
Alex Kirchmeier
B.A., Geography: Data Science, University of Washington. Pronouns: he/him. Research interests: creative, critical, and humanistic GIS; GIS epistemologies; urban GIS; urban geographies; urban design and planning. I am particularly intrigued by the representation of place and the incorporation of care (of all forms) in GIS practice. My hobbies include brewing tea, watching movies, reading, and pondering.