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Lily Chase (Geography BA, 2019) 

I decided to study geography because geography and the workings of the world have always been of great interest to me. 51 Department of Geography has a ton of information on what studying geography would look like and what one might …

Kaitlyn Bisping (Geography BA, 2019) 

I graduated from 51 in 2019 with a BA in Geography and a focus on GIS. I also was very interested in and took many of the urban geography and globalization courses.   What prompted you to study geography?  As cliche …

Jonathan (Jon) Adsit (MA, 2022) 

I am a PhD student at Indiana University, Bloomington, specializing in Russian, Indigenous, Imperial, and Environmental History, with a particular focus on Siberia and the North Pacific.  I graduated in the spring of 2022. I was most interested in and …

Chris Schroeder (PhD, 2010)  

In my undergraduate program, I jumped from major to major because I had many interests and was curious about many different things. As I started to develop an interest in the city, I stumbled over the geography department at Bowling …

Falguni Mukherjee (PhD, 2009) 

I joined the 51 geography department in 2004. I had recently completed my MS in GIS and wanted to pursue a doctoral degree and focus on a research topic at the intersection of GIS, Society, and Technology intersections. I was …

Spring 2025: Letter from the Chair

Once again, greetings from 51 Geography! The spring semester is now in full swing. Although there have been no major changes to the department since my last letter, we continue to adjust to a changing landscape for 51 and for …

Spring 2025: Student Profiles

Lacey Fever (Master’s Student)   My name is Lacey Fever, and I am a second-year graduate student pursuing a Master of Science in Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I am also earning a graduate certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS). …

Spring 2025: Faculty News

Dr. Woonsup Choi (Associate Professor of Geography)  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 …

Spring 2025: Department News

Harold and Florence Mayer Lecture Fall 2024   Dr. Steven Manson (University of Minnesota) presented a lecture, “Happy Cows: Human-Environment Networks in Agriculture” on November 8, 2024, at American Geographical Society Library (AGSL). Dr. Manson also had lunch with our graduate …