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Ph.D. Students

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Talia Anderson

Ph.D. Student

Graduate Research Assistant

  • Climate variability & change
  • Dendrochronology
taliaanderson@email.arizona.edu

Yesenia Andrade

Ph.D. Student

andradey@email.arizona.edu

Elise Arellano-Thompson

Ph.D. Student

  • Climate change and hazards
  • Human-environmental interactions
  • Central America
arellanothompson@arizona.edu
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Lucas Belury

Ph.D. Student

lbelury@arizona.edu
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Michael Brasher

Ph.D. Candidate

Graduate Assistant

brasher@email.arizona.edu
ENR2 S570-AA

Warren Bristol

Ph.D. Student

wbristol@email.arizona.edu

Linda Choi

Ph.D. Student

lchoi@email.arizona.edu
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Nick Chun

Ph.D. Student

  • Population geography
  • GIS
  • Social justice
nickchun@email.arizona.edu
ENR2 S595-FF
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Julia Davies

Ph.D. Candidate

  • Climate change adaptation
  • Agriculture
  • Urban food security
juliadavies@email.arizona.edu
ENR2 - S443
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Julie Edwards

Ph.D. Student

julieedwards@email.arizona.edu
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Alison Elder

Ph.D. Student

Graduate Research Assistant

alielde@email.arizona.edu

Hannah Friedrich

Ph.D. Student

hfriedrich@email.arizona.edu
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Lauren Fritzsche

Ph.D. Student

  • Refugee resettlement
  • Place and place-making
  • Identity and belonging
fritzsche@email.arizona.edu

Kira Harris

Ph.D. Student

kiraharris@email.arizona.edu

Julian Hartman

Ph.D. Student

jbhartman@email.arizona.edu
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Robert Hibberd

Ph.D. Student

Graduate Research Assistant

  • Urban geography and planning
  • GIS
  • Regional and economic development
rhibberd@email.arizona.edu
ENR2 S595-DD

Ariful Islam

Ph.D. Student

ariful@arizona.edu

Philana Jeremiah

Ph.D. Student

paj@email.arizona.edu
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Sonia Kaufman

Ph.D. Candidate

sonia@email.arizona.edu
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Eden Kinkaid

Ph.D. Student

  • Political ecology; agriculture and food systems
  • Socio-spatial theory
  • Human geography
ekinkaid@email.arizona.edu

Emma Lawlor

Ph.D. Student

  • political ecology of health
  • Critical agrarian studies
  • Central America
ejlawlor@email.arizona.edu
ENR2 S595-CC

Kang San Lee

Ph.D. Student

  • Remote sensing
  • Wildfire
kangsan@email.arizona.edu
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Kai Lepley

Ph.D. Student

  • Regenerative agriculture
  • Equitable clean energy
  • International development
bangfour@email.arizona.edu

Majerle Lister

Ph.D. Student

majerlelister@email.arizona.edu
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Elena Louder

Ph.D. Candidate

  • Political ecology
  • Energy transitions
  • Biodiversity conservation
elouder@email.arizona.edu
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Annita Sophia Lucchesi

Ph.D. Student

alucchesi@email.arizona.edu
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Dugan Meyer

Ph.D. Student

Research Assistant

  • Political geography
  • Cultural geography
  • Urban geography
duganmeyer@email.arizona.edu
ENR2, S570-AA

Sayanangshu Modak

Ph.D. Student

sayanangshu@arizona.edu

Anna Murveit

Ph.D. Student

murveit@email.arizona.edu

Tali Neesham-McTiernan

Ph.D. Student

talimctiernan@arizona.edu
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Enrique Olivares-Pelayo

Ph.D. Student

olivarespelayo@arizona.edu

Elise Otto

Ph.D. Student

eliseotto@arizona.edu
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Sofia Rodriguez McGoffin

Ph.D. Candidate

  • Political ecologies of water and hydrosocial natures
  • Social and environmental justice
msr2@email.arizona.edu

Alex Saunders

Ph.D. Student

alexsaunders@arizona.edu
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Cassidy Schoenfelder

Ph.D. Student

cschoenfelder@arizona.edu

Prashanti Sharma

Ph.D. Student

psharma29@arizona.edu
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Padmendra Shrestha

Ph.D. Student

  • Water and energy policy
  • Adaptation and resilience
  • Environmental governance
padmendra@email.arizona.edu
ENR2 S595-BB
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Elisa Sperandio

Ph.D. Student

Teaching Assistant

  • Migration
  • Borders
  • Citizenship and belonging
sperandioe@email.arizona.edu
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Joshua Steele

Ph.D. Student

  • Cultural geography
  • Historical Geography
  • Borderlands Geography
jbsteele@email.arizona.edu

Thomas Sullivan

Ph.D. Student

Senior Coordinator

tmsulliv@email.arizona.edu
Honors Village 1074
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Lara Tarantini

Ph.D. Student

laratarantini@email.arizona.edu
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Timothy M. Thomure, PE

Ph.D. Student

City of Tucson Interim Assistant City Manager

  • Water resources planning and policy
  • Colorado River management and negotiation
  • Climate change adaptation in the water sector
tmt48@email.arizona.edu

Yinan Zhang

Ph.D. Student

zhangyn@email.arizona.edu
ENR2 S595-EE
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Andrew Zimmer

Ph.D. Candidate

Graduate Research Assistant

azimmer@email.arizona.edu