Research

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A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images
(May 11, 2021)
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Why ‘deepfake geography’ presents significant risks — and how researchers are detecting it
(April 27, 2021)
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Deepfake tech takes on satellite maps
(April 25, 2021)
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A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images
(April 21, 2021)
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New Publications from Geography Faculty and Graduate Students!
(March 15, 2021)
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A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic
(March 8, 2021)
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A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic
(March 4, 2021)
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Seattle Channel Video "Essential Stories of Frontline Workers"
(February 5, 2021)
GIS Day 2020 Poster
First Annual GIS Day at UW Is a Resounding, Remote Success!
(December 1, 2020)
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Dr. Lawson (Honors Director and Geography Faculty) Interview with Talia Kertsmann
(November 12, 2020)
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2020-2021 Labor Studies Scholarships and Prizes: Including Two New Geography Graduate Students!
(November 5, 2020)
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UW awarded NIH grant for training in advanced data analytics for behavioral and social sciences
(October 20, 2020)
Sunrise at Mount Rainier National Park
UW Department of Geography and the Washington State Input-Output Model
(October 9, 2020)
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Applied Research Fellows develop tool to explore population changes in King County
(September 21, 2020)
Forest Coverage Change in Bach Ma National Park
GIS Workshop Students Prepare for "Real Life" in Collaboration with Employers like MEDRIX
(August 10, 2020)
Tyson meat processing plant in Wallula
UW experts on challenges to worker safety in meat processing industry
(May 28, 2020)
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COVID-19 mental health crunch puts impetus on psychedelic drug innovation, doctor says
(April 30, 2020)
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Interactive map shows worldwide spread of coronavirus
(February 7, 2020)
Assistant Professor Carrie Freshour.
Introducing New Faculty in the Department of Geography
(October 24, 2019)
Front cover of report "The Union Effect: Raising Standards for Workers Across Washington," featuring three people packing boxes in a warehouse.
Report Co-Written by Presidential Dissertation Fellow Lee Fiorio Featured in "The Stand"
(October 16, 2019)
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With New Course About Genealogical Geographies, Faculty and Students Find "Joy" in Collaboration
(September 12, 2019)
Geography Graduate Student Emma Gause, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, and others sitting around a conference table.
First-Year Graduate Student Emma Gause Meets with U.S. Surgeon General
(August 13, 2019)
Geography Graduate Student Soohyung Hur presenting a PowerPoint presentation.
"Taking Care" Conference Features Interdisciplinary Scholarship Touched by Care Theory and Ethics
(July 26, 2019)
Nathaniel Aune, Matt Seungju, Gordon DeLap and Hayden Hong.
Undergraduates Present Compelling Research in the 2019 Research Symposium
(June 18, 2019)
Yolanda Valencia.
Inside the Immigrant Experience
(June 17, 2019)
View of the Puget Sound and Discovery Park Lighthouse in Seattle
M.A. Student Amelia Schwartz Receives Award from UW Center for Human Rights for Work on Indigenous Water Rights
(May 16, 2019)
Professor Megan Ybarra Holding Her Book, Green Wars.
Professor Megan Ybarra's Green Wars Wins Award at the 2019 American Association of Geographers Conference
(April 8, 2019)
Lee Fiorio and Connor Gilroy
Social Media Data as Research Tool
(March 18, 2019)
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Geography Graduate Student Lee Fiorio Featured in Perspectives!
(March 18, 2019)
DAPL in geographical and historical context - Author: Isaac Rivera
First Year Ph.D. Student Isaac Rivera Receives Simpson Center's Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship!
(March 12, 2019)
Map of Evictions in Pierce County from 2017
Geography Graduate Student Alex Ramiller Collaborates with an Interdisciplinary Team Researching Evictions in Washington State
(March 5, 2019)
Melissa Espinoza
Alum Profile: From Yakima to Edinburgh, UW Geography Alum Melissa Espinoza Pursues a Career Researching Housing and Homelessness
(February 7, 2019)
Man hunched over with rope around his body indicating lower back pain.
Reflecting on Personal Experience of Pain, Professor Jonathan Mayer Finds Academic and Professional Opportunities to Affect Change
(January 11, 2019)
Professor Kim England.
Congratulations to Professor Kim England, Named As the New Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies
(November 1, 2018)
Maggie Wilson
Ph.D. student Maggie Wilson receives European Union research grant
(April 16, 2018)
Yurika Harada.
Yurika Harada Receives Mary Gates Research Scholarship
(January 22, 2018)
David Abernathy
Geography alum publishes new book on geodata, geolocation, and mapping
(November 21, 2017)
Judie with her partner and three dogs in Los Angeles.
What the bond between homeless people and their pets demonstrates about compassion 
(July 16, 2017)
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Lee Fiorio's research featured in UW Today
(June 29, 2017)
Honor Students
Honor Students Presenting at UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
(May 10, 2017)
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Register to present at the Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium!
(May 3, 2017)
Ghosts of Seattle Past
Geography Alum Anisa Jackson Published in Ghosts of Seattle Past
(April 13, 2017)
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Two Geography faculty receive Royalty Research Fund Grants
(April 5, 2017)
Andre Ortega
Ph.D. alum Andre Ortega receives award for excellence in research
(March 28, 2017)
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Fallen sequoia tree provides research opportunities for students
(November 15, 2016)
Sean Wang
Geography alum helps unearth wealth of ORCA card data
(August 23, 2016)
Geography Honors Students Kristen Hiatt, Stella Jones, and David Urbina
Geography Honors Students Stella Jones, David Urbina, and Kristen Hiatt received Mary Gates Research Scholarships!
(January 20, 2016)
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Katharyne Mitchell and Matt Sparke Receive Residency Fellowships to Study Biological Citizenship and Evolving Biosecurity Technologies
(January 19, 2016)
Bill Beyers
Bill Beyers retires from teaching but continues his research and service
(June 29, 2015)
Christine Biermann
How do you save the chestnut? Our newest faculty member is trying to find out
(June 29, 2015)