Dr. Anne Bonds recently presented three lectures. First, Dr. Bonds and her collaborator Dr. Derek Handley (Department of English, 51����) presented their project about  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 College of Public Health seminar at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Feb. 5, 2026. In this seminar, Dr. Bonds discussed a crowdsourced, community-engaged mapping project documenting all racial covenants in Milwaukee County and Black resistance to those covenants. Recently, Dr. Bonds also delivered a presentation and discussion about  on Feb. 28,2026 at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society with Dr. Handley. In addition, their project was featured on  on Feb. 25, 2026 and also on The 411 Live podcast in . Congratulations on your big achievement!   

Dr. Woonsup Choi (Professor of Geography)  

Dr. Woonsup Choi published the following articles with alumni Chris Archuleta (MS, 2024) and Dr. Dean Maraldo (PhD, 2025).  

Maraldo, D., W. Choi, A. Beyers, J. Maraldo, and M. Zorn. (2026). “Earlier Lake Ice Breakup in Response to Warming in the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Russian High Arctic: Evidence from MODIS Data (2000-2024),” Polar Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2026.101365 

Archuleta, C. and W. Choi. (2025). “Improved Flood Risk Communication Using National Flood Hazard Layer and Community Resilience Estimates Data in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin,” The Wisconsin Geographer. 

He also was elected Vice Chair of the American Association of Geographers West Lakes Division, a position he will hold through the summer of 2028, and served a panel for the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Geosciences. 

Dr. Ryan Holifield (Professor of Geography) 

Dr. Ryan Holifield published his coauthored article in Local Environment: International Journal of Justice and Sustainability.  

Kocisky, K., & Holifield, R. (2025). How equitable are urban rail-trails? A review of 11 development plans. Local Environment, 1–23.  

Dr. Anna Mansson McGinty (Associate Professor of Geography and Women’s and Gender Studies)  

Dr. Anna Mansson McGinty published an article in Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life.  

Mansson McGinty, A. (2026). “I’m Muslim, What Are You?”: Reflections on Positionalities, Knowledge Production, and Alliances in Scholarship on Muslim Identities and Minorities. Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life.  

Dr. Mark D.  Schwartz (Distinguished Professor of Geography) 

Congratulations to Distinguished Professor Mark D. Schwartz, honored with the prestigious Awards. A global leader in phenoclimatology, Dr. Schwartz’s visionary work—from founding the field to creating the widely used “Spring Indices”—has reshaped how scientists understand seasonal change and climate. His pioneering research, mentorship, and leadership continue to elevate geography and inspire environmental science worldwide. 

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Dr. Anne Bonds recently delivered the Gould Memorial Lecture on “ at Colgate University on April 10 in 2025. Dr. Anne Bonds also published a co-authored article: Markley, S., & Bonds, A. (2025). . Urban Geography, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2025.2492218  

Dr. Woonsup Choi (Professor of Geography) 

Dr. Woonsup Choi accepted an invitation to serve an NSF program panel on 17-20 November, 2025. In addition to this, Dr. Woonsup Choi published the following article: “.” (PDF) Journal of Climate Research 20.2 (2025): 63-76. 

Dr. Alison Donnelly (Professor of Geography)  

Professor Alison Donnelly supervised a SURF (Support for Undergraduate Research Fund) project presented by 51���� Conservative Environmental Science major Hannah Pfaff at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on 25 April in 2025. The research explored the timing of leaf-out in native and non-native shrubs in Downer Woods. 

Dr. Donelly attended the , conference in Sao Pedro, Brazil which ran from 28 July to 1 August. This is the first time the conference was held in the Global South and was attended by presenters from around the world including from Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. She gave a talk on work she carried out in Downer Woods with a graduate student in architecture, Elisabet Jatmiko. The title of the talk was “The last ones standing: how leaf senescence and chlorophyll degradation in native and non-native shrubs shape autumn phenology dynamics in a temperate deciduous woodland”.   

Dr. Anna Mansson McGinty (Associate Professor of Geography and Women’s and Gender Studies)  

Dr. Anna Mansson McGinty recently delivered her invited talk, ,” at the Grand Rounds Forum, hosted by the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Wisconsin–Madison on October 15, 2025.    

Dr. Mark D.  Schwartz (Distinguished Professor of Geography) 

Dr. Mark D. Schwartz was recognized as a .��In addition to this, his coauthored research article was recently published in the Journal of Ecology. Gallinat, A. S.,��Schwartz, M. D.,��Donnelly, A., Li, X., & Crimmins, T. M. (2025). Combined volunteer and ecological network observations show broad‐scale temperature‐sensitivity patterns for deciduous plant flowering and leaf‐out times across the eastern USA.��Journal of Ecology.��

Dr. Schwartz also attended the , conference in Sao Pedro, Brazil which ran from 28 July to 1 August. He gave a talk, “Changes in the Lower 48 USA Spring Onset since 1900”, and the research was applying the new Spring Development Indices.  

Dr. Kristin Sziarto (Associate Professor of Geography)  

Dr. Kristin Sziarto, Dr. Anna Mansson McGinty (Associate Professor of Geography and Women and Genders Studies), and Caroline Seymour Jorn (Professor of Global Studies) has received a Collaboratory award for 2025-2026 for their research project, The Muslim Milwaukee Project: Community and Care in Solidarity. This C21 Collaboratory will hold a community-oriented book talk-back in response to the group’s completed manuscript, Muslims in Milwaukee: Placemaking, Belonging and Activism. 

Dr. Changshan Wu (Professor of Geography) 

Dr. Changshan Wu published his coauthored article with Ph.D. Dissertator, Lulu Liu, in Remote Sensing Letters.  

Liu, L., & Wu, C. (2025). Evaluating the influence of urban form on air temperature: a GIS-based local climate zone classification and urban heat island analysis in Milwaukee. Remote Sensing Letters, 16(7), 687–694.  

Congratulations on Dr. Wu and Lulu on their publication! 

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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Choi has been invited to give a short introduction about the DaeDong Yeojido (대동여지도), or “Map of the Great East,” at Korea Day on October 4, 2024, at the Zelazo Center, 51����. This event promises to be an enriching experience, offering insights into one of Korea’s most significant historical maps. Congratulations to Dr. Choi on this prestigious invitation!  

Dr. Mark D.  Schwartz (Distinguished Professor of Geography) 

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Schwartz has recently published the third edition of his edited book, , with Springer. This comprehensive volume continues to explore the intricate relationships between climate, ecosystems, and phenological events, offering valuable insights for researchers and students alike. Congratulations to Dr. Schwartz on this significant achievement!  

In addition, his co-authored article, “Building spring development indices for woody species in the conterminous United States,” with Dr. Alison Donnelly (Professor of Geography), has been published in the journal . This study introduces a novel suite of phenological indices to better characterize the timing of plant activity throughout the spring season. 

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