2026 Geography Spring Awards Lunch
On Friday, April 24th, the Geography Department celebrated the 2026 Spring Awards Lunch in the British and Irish Studies Room on the 5th Floor of the Norlin Library. This has been our 4th annual awards lunch. We celebrated the following awards:Ìý
- Gilbert F. White Doctoral Summer Writing Award
- John Pitlick Field Research Award
- James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award
- Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award
- Adam Kolff Memorial Research Award
- Excellence in Graduate Teaching – Graduate Part-time Instructor Award
- Arctic Studies Certificate
- GIS and Computational Science Certificate
- Hydrology Certificate
- A. David Hill Scholarship Award
- DigitalGlobe Foundation Scott Smith Memorial Undergraduate Award
- Mable B. Duncan Scholarship Award
- Theodore C Myers Memorial Scholarship Award
- 2026 Mapathon winners
Our recipients were:
- Emma Loizeaux (Gilbert F. White Doctoral Summer Writing Award)
- Ethan Carr (The John Pitlick Field Research Award)
- Hayes Hart-Thompson (The John Pitlick Field Research Award)
- Emily Nagamoto (The John Pitlick Field Research Award)
- Laine Sullivan (The John Pitlick Field Research Award)
- Lauren Thomas (The John Pitlick Field Research Award)
- Emma Tyrrell (The John Pitlick Field Research Award)
- Josie Welsh (The John Pitlick Field Research Award)
- Alek Berg (James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award)
- (James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award)
- Lauren Herwehe (James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award)
- (James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award)
- (James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award)
- Michela Savignano (James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award)
- Nic Tarasewicz (James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award, the Excellence in Graduate Teaching – Graduate Part-time Instructor Award)
- (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Taylor Johaneman (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award, the Excellence in Graduate Teaching – Graduate Part-time Instructor Award)
- Guiye Li (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Zhe Lin (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Sherrie Liu (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Esmee Mulder (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Yuying Ren (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Mallory Sagehorn (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Neda Shaban (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Anshul Rai Sharma (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Em Wright (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- (Jennifer Dinaburg Memorial Research Award)
- Saad Hakim (Adam Kolff Memorial Research Award)
- Lauren Palermo (Adam Kolff Memorial Research Award)
- Anthony Pirolli (Adam Kolff Memorial Research Award)
- Emelina Catterson (Arctic Studies Certificate)
- Parker Jacobik (Arctic Studies Certificate)
- Lucy Sutcliffe (Arctic Studies Certificate)
- Matthew Akin (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- William Beach (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Benjamin Booker (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Bell Braitberg (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Emily Brown (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Clementine Clyker (GIS and Computational Science Certificate, Hydrology Certificate)
- Alex Davis (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Tessa Dempster (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Stefan Ferla (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Sammy Fitterman (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Alex Frechetti (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Eric Gosnell (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Tahn Jandai (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Reidar Johnston (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Addison Klocker (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Ian Messa (GIS and Computational Science Certificate, Theodore C Myers Memorial Scholarship Award)
- Ruth Mills (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Kalpana Murugan (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Asa Paonaskar (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Jordan Sanders (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Larry Scherer (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Carly Schwab (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Ash Tribble (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Rachel Underhill (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Abby Verneuille (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Stefan Wagner (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Erik Weniger (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Charlie Wrede (GIS and Computational Science Certificate)
- Kian Oaklief (Hydrology Certificate)
- Congyuan Zheng (A. David Hill Endowed Scholarship in Geography, DigitalGlobe Foundation Scott Smith Memorial Undergraduate Award)
- Kale Potter (Mable B. Duncan Scholarship Award)
- Ellie Shandro (Mable B. Duncan Scholarship Award)
- Lyndsay Veerkamp (Mable B. Duncan Scholarship Award)
- Syd Stevens (2026 Mapathon Winner, Life Affirming Geographies Category)
- Benedict McCullough (2026 Mapathon Winner, Geographies of Care Category)
- Zosia Kirkland (2026 Mapathon Winner, Geographies of Resistance & Repair Category)
- Samara Lo (2026 Mapathon Winner, Geographies of Sustainability & Environmental Justice Category)
- Zach Steiner (2026 Mapathon Winner, Best Overall Map, People's Choice Map)
- Darian Chavez-Matsunaga (2026 Mapathon Winner, Honorable Mention)
