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The University of Arizona
School of Geography and Development
P.O. Box 210076
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: (520) 621-5096
Fax: (520) 621-2889
Interim School Director
Dr. Carl Bauer
453E Harvill Building, Box #2
Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: (520) 626-7062
Fax: (520) 621-2889
Feminicido, Narcoviolence, Gentrification: The Feminist Fight on Mexico’s Border Presented by Dr. Melissa W. Wright Department of Geography and Department of Women Studies Pennsylvania State University The fight against impunity continues along the Mexico border, especially in the industrial hub of Ciudad Juarez. In the 1990s, feminists brought this fight to international attention launching a transnational justice movement against feminicidio, the killing of women with impunity.... read more
Speaker Series Spring 2013 Friday Colloquia meet from 3:30 to 4:45 in Harvill Room 404. The series brings prominent scholars and professionals from across a range of perspectives, including human geography, spatial analytic methods, regional science, physical geography, and human-environment research. Coffee, tea, and snacks are served from 3PM. For PDF version... read more
POSTION ANNOUNCEMENT Director, School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arizona, invites applications for the position of Director of the School of Geography and Development (SGD). The position will begin August 2013 (negotiable). The Director is expected to advance the School’s mission by attracting, mentoring, and retaining the highest quality faculty, expanding and broadening the School’s... read more
SGD Majors We encourage everyone to apply for this years' George H. Amos Scholarship. Several scholarships in the amount of $2,500 will be awarded for Academic Year 2012-2013, with the award divided between Fall 2012 and Spring 2013. Instructions on how to apply are on the application form. Application packets are due Fri Mar 30. Scholarship Description: Mr. George H. Amos Sr. served Tucson Realty and Trust Company (TRT) for over 60 years including a term as president... read more
Welcome to the School of Geography and Development(SGD) at the University of Arizona
Welcome to the School of Geography and Development (SGD) at the University of Arizona, USA. SGD is part of a top-ranked; Research One, land-grant university and we cover the entire range of contemporary geography. Faculty and graduate student research interests range broadly, including the sustainability of cities; social theory and culture; climatology and environmental impacts in the American Southwest; economic development; landscape ecology and forest restoration; human impacts of global climate change; geographic epidemiology; international development and environmental sustainability; conflict over the public presentation of ethnic identity; local government restructuring; spatial interaction modeling; American migration; European fertility; GIS/visualization; environmental policy; and remote sensing of fire-induced vegetation change.
Department News
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Matt Berube, Masters of Science in Geographic Information Systems Technology 2011 alumni, has been hired by the City of Tucson as a GIS Planner. He will be working with the Planning and Community Development Division's Planning Section. Under general direction of a Principal Planner, Matt is responsible for creating GIS data from source documents; creating and maintaining GIS information using...
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The Masters of Science in Geographic Information Systems Technology program, Dr. Chris Lukinbeal, was asked recently to make a video explaining how the MS-GIST program compares to more traditional U.S. master’s programs. The video produced is part of work Dr. Lukinbeal and Dr. Janice Monk are doing with the Associatoin of American Geographers' EDGE project and was submitted as a case study for...



