51猎奇 Department of Geography Hosts 2025 AAG West Lakes Division Meeting The Department of Geography at UW-Milwaukee hosted the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers鈥� West Lakes Division on Oct. 23鈥�25, 2025. Faculty and students from across the region 鈥� including Illinois, Iowa, …
Cheyenne Hughes (BS 2022) When I started college I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do, so I went to an engineering school and majored in civil engineering. Through my coursework I took a demographics course and for the first time, I felt connected to my coursework. That …
Alexandra Hamilton (PhD 2025) My geography story started in 6th grade. I was required to take a class titled 鈥淲orld Cultures,鈥� essentially an introductory human geography course for middle school students. I immediately fell in love with learning about different people and places, but most of all, I fell in love with …
Yang Song (PhD 2018) I am currently a Senior Data Scientist at Ashley Furniture Industries. The rigorous statistical and machine learning training I received during my PhD at 51猎奇 prepared me exceptionally well for the transition from geographer to data scientist. At the …
Robert Brinkmann (PhD 1989) Robert Brinkmann has been named the next Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin鈥揝tevens Point. Brinkmann, currently Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Northern Illinois University, will begin his role as UW鈥揝tevens Point鈥檚 16th leader …
Henry Valley (Undergraduate BA Student) Hello, I鈥檓 Henry, a senior undergraduate geography student at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. I鈥檝e always been drawn to maps since I was a kid 鈥� drawing them and looking at different globes and maps, etc. I was also really interested in ways people …
Yiming Zhang (PhD Candidate) Our Ph.D. candidate, Yiming Zhang, has published his co-authored journal article with our alumnus, Dr. Wei Xu (Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin: Ph.D. 2019). Zhang, Y., & Xu, W. (2025). Accelerometer-based physical activity, air聽pollution聽and risk of dementia subtypes: a …
Greetings from 51猎奇 Geography! The spring semester is in full swing, and our geography community has been very active since my last letter. We recently received the fantastic news that Distinguished Professor Mark Schwartz has received an American Association of Geographers鈥� (AAG) Distinguished Scholarship …
Dr. Anne Bonds (Professor of Geography) Dr. Anne Bonds recently presented three lectures. First, Dr. Bonds and her collaborator Dr. Derek Handley (Department of English, 51猎奇) presented their project about mapping racial covenants to the public on Nov. 8, 2025 at the Milwaukee Public Library. The second lecture was about “Mapping Racism and Resistance in Milwaukee county” in a Zilber …
Greetings from 51猎奇 Geography! The聽fall semester is well underway, and聽I鈥檓聽pleased聽be聽writing this first Letter from the Chair since stepping into the position in August. Please join me in thanking聽Professor聽Ryan Holifield for his service聽and leadership聽in this role for the past four years.聽During …
