People | Department of Geography | University of Washington

Caitlin Alcorn

Ph.D. Alum

Class, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Labor, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification/Inequality, Urban Studies

Rob Anderson

Ph.D. Alum

Critical Human Geography, ecological restoration, Environment, Geographic Information Systems, Mapping, Nature-society relations, Political Ecology, Politics, Public Scholarship, Science and Technology, Sustainability, the politics of the environment, wildlife and biodiversity conservation

Mike Babb

Ph.D. Alum

Steven Bao

Graduate Student

bxq98@uw.edu

Big Data, Geographic Information Systems, Geovisualization

Isaiah Berg

BA, Geography, Class of 2013

Megan Brown

Graduate Student

meb5@uw.edu

Estelle Broyer

Graduate Student

ebroyer@uw.edu

Cities, Class, Critical Theory, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Global, Poverty, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Social Stratification/Inequality, Urban Studies

Andrew Childs

Graduate Student

agc4@uw.edu

Christopher R. Cox

Ph.D. Alum

Class, critical extinction studies, Critical Theory, Environment, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Global, History, Indigenous, Science and Technology, Social Movements, social movements., Social Stratification/Inequality, society-forest relations, world-ecology

Austin Crane

Ph.D. Alum

Borders, Citizenship, European Union and Ukraine, Feminist Geopolitics, Humanitarianism, Law, Migration, Political Geography, Poverty

Ross Doll

Graduate Student

rossdoll@uw.edu

Mateo Espinosa

Ph.D. Alum

Agriculture, Critical Theory, Disease, Environment, Food, Health, Indigenous, Medicine, Research Methods, Science and Technology

Luis Esquivel

BA, Geography, Class of 2016

Jiaxin Feng

Ph.D. Alum

Cognitive neuroscience, Crime, Emotion, Environmental psychology, Geographic Information Systems, Health, Migration, Poverty, Science and Technology, Social Stratification/Inequality, Urban Studies

Emma Gause

Graduate Student

egause@uw.edu

Disease, Geographic Information Systems, Health, Mapping, Medicine, resilience, Vulnerability

Elyse Gordon

Graduate Student

egordon4@uw.edu

SMITH 430

Civic Engagement, Community, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Poverty, Public Scholarship, Social Stratification/Inequality, Urban Studies

Tiffany Grobelski

Graduate Student

tlg6@uw.edu

Olivia Hollenhorst

Graduate Student

ohollen@uw.edu

SMI 417

Disease, Geographic Information Systems, Geovisualization, Global, Health, Mapping, Medicine, Migration, Population, Science and Technology

Adam Kowalski

Graduate Student

akowalsk@uw.edu

Chris Lizotte

Graduate Student

clizotte@uw.edu

Office Hours: Monday 1 - 2:30 PM, Friday 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM, or by appointment

SMI 415

Citizenship, Education, Geopolitics, Migration, Nationalism, Politics

Ayanda Masilela

Ph.D. Alum

Census, Culture, Geographic Information Systems, Health, Mapping, Martial Arts, Medicine, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods

Jesse McClelland

Ph.D., Geography, Class of 2018

jmcclell@uw.edu

Tyler McCrea

M.A. Alum

Critical Data Studies, Data Ecologies, Geovisualization, Mapping, Political Economy, Science and Technology

Arianna Muirow

Graduate Student

annathom@uw.edu

Phillip Neel

Ph.D. Alum

pneel@uw.edu

Rod Palmquist

Graduate Student

wroderic@uw.edu

Alexander Ramiller

Graduate Student

aramille@uw.edu

Smith 417

Cities, Housing, Neoliberalism, Poverty, Social Stratification/Inequality, Sustainability, Urban Studies

Margaret (Magie) Ramírez

Graduate Student

mmrez@uw.edu

Office Hours: Based in Oakland, CA

Art-Activism, Cities, Critical Geographies of Race, Culture, Decolonial Geographies, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Food, Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Social Stratification/Inequality, Transnational, Urban Studies, Women of Color Feminism

Isaac Rivera

Ph.D. Alum

Counter-Mapping, Decolonial Digital Geographies, Environmental Justice, Feminist Political Geography, Indigenous Studies, Law, Public Scholarship, Race and Ethnicity, Science and Technology, Social Movements

Edgar Sandoval

Ph.D. Alum

Culture, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Immigration, Politics, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Transnational, Urban Studies

Mike Schechter

BA, Geography, Class of 2000

Amelia Schwartz

Graduate Student

aschwa@uw.edu

Environment, Geographic Information Systems, Indigenous, Mapping, Politics, Poverty, Science and Technology, Sustainability, Water and Sanitation

Elizabeth Shoffner

Graduate Student

esho@uw.edu

Office Hours: Fridays 10:30am-12:30pm, Smith 422;

Smith 430

Agriculture, Community, Critical Theory, Decoloniality, Environment, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Latin America, Poverty, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Social Movements, Social Stratification/Inequality, Subjectivity

Aja Sutton

Ph.D. Alum

amsutton@uw.edu

Big Data, Disease, Environment, Health, Health policy, Medicine, Migration, Politics, Population, quantitative social science, Research Methods, Social Ecology, Social Stratification/Inequality, spatial statistics

Samantha Thompson

Ph.D. Alum

Care Work, Cities, Critical Human Geography, Critical Theory, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Housing, Politics, Public Scholarship, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Social Inequalities, Tenants' Experiences of Housing, Urban Studies

Han Vale

Graduate Student

Jess Wallach

BA, Geography, Class of 2013

Margaret Wilson

Graduate Student

mmw36@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Smith 428

Culture, Development, Global, Health, History, Medicine, Mental Health, Migration, Politics, Science and Technology, Security

Kenneth Wolkin

Graduate Student

kwolkin@uw.edu

Office Hours: M & W, 11:30-12:30 || By appointment

Smith 430

Immigration, Indigenous Studies, Justice, Law, Territory & Territoriality

Xiaxia Yang

Ph.D. Alum

Jason C. Young

Graduate Student

youngjc2@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

BLD 089C

Area Studies, Big Data, Critical Theory, Culture, Environment, Geographic Information Systems, Indigenous, Research Methods, Science and Technology

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