University of Delaware Geography Department

The Geography Department provides instruction and research in the broad discipline of geography, studying how physical, biological, and cultural processes shape the landscape in which we live and cause regions to differ from each other. We provide six different degree programs, an internationally known research agenda, and a long tradition of service and outreach in education and climatic data services.

2004 SPRING SEMINAR SERIES

DATE:	SPEAKER:	TITLE:
February 13	No Seminar
February 20	Dr. David Schuyler Professor American Studies Franklin & Marshall College	Lancaster Square and Park City: Reflections on Urban Redevelopment and Suburbanization
February 27	Dr. James Glancey Associate Professor Bioresources Engineering University of Delaware	Progress in Spatial and Temporal Surveillance Technology for Agricultural and Environmental Monitoring
March 5	Dr. Ivan Cheung Assistant Professor Department of Geography George Washington University	Spatial Heterogeneity of the Washington DC's Urban Heat Island
March 12	Dr. John Christy Professor and Director Earth System Science Center University of Alabama-Huntsville	From Madera to Microwaves, In Search of Global Warming
March 19	No Seminar
March 26	No Seminar
April 2	Dr. Willett Kempton Associate Professor of Marine Policy Graduate College of Marine Studies University of Delaware	Public Understanding of Climate Change -- Communication Challenges and Opportunities
April 9	No Seminar
April 16	To be announced
April 23	Dr. Johannes Jan Feddema Associate Professor Department of Geography University of Kansas	GCM Simulations of the Impact of Anthropogenic Land Cover Change on Climate
April 30	Dr. Anne Chin Associate Professor Department of Geography Texas A&M University	Fragmentation of Urban Stream Channels: Adjustments, Hazards, and Management Implications
May 7	Mr. Michael Oates Independent Documentary Filmmaker	Geography 467 Environmental Videography Presentations
May 14	Dr. Bruce Hayden Professor and Chair Dept of Environmental Sciences University of Virginia	A Thermodynamic Ordination of North American Vegetation

Seminar Series Coordinator: Legates/ Grad Students