  Master's
Degree Graduate Students, 1997-2009 
|
| Year |
Name |
Thesis
/ Non-Thesis Paper title (advisor) |
Current
position |
| 1997 |
Carla
Mary Koford |
Non-Thesis
option (Karan) |
Portland, Oregon |
| 1997 |
Victoria
Louise Liardet |
The
Recruitment and Intergration of Foreign Physicians
in Eastern Kentucky: The Case of Filipino Doctors (Ulack) |
|
| 1998 |
Christopher
Ralph Jasparro |
Geopolitics
and Environmental Security: A Case Study of Japanese
Environmental Aid to Southeast Asia (Karan) |
|
| 1998 |
Lauri
Jill Jones |
Women's
Status and Fertility: Experiences in Perry County,
Kentucky (Watkins) |
GIS
Specialist, Glennallen Field Office, Bureau of Land
Management |
| 1999 |
Jim
Hanlon |
An
Invisible Landscape: Urban Reform and Racial Formation
In Lexington, Kentucky (Schein) |
Doctoral
Student, University of Kentucky |
| 1999 |
Esther
Long |
Religious
Policy in Post-Soviet Russia: The Reconstruction of
Russia's Geographical Imagination (Brunn) |
Department of Geography, Government, and History
Morehead State University |
| 1999 |
Paul
Kingsbury |
The
Aesthetics of Apollonian and Dionysian Space: Keeneland
Race Course a Case Study (Jones) |
Department
of Geography, Simon Fraser University (Canada) |
| 1999 |
Maureen
McDorman |
The
Institutional Structuring of International Trade Relations:
A Case Study of Section 301 (Jones) |
Doctoral
Student, University of Kentucky |
| 1999 |
Boyd
Shearer |
The
Daily Aesthetic: A Multimedia Exploration of
Leisure and Recreation In Lexington's Segregated
Urban Park System (Schein) |
CEO, OutrageGIS
Mapping |
| 2000 |
Timothy
J. Fargo |
Deep
Greening Geography for the Twenty-First Century Through
Zoism, A Holistic Philosophy of Nature: A Synthesis
of Geography, Neopagan Pantheism, Veganism, and Systems
Theory (Brunn) |
Doctoral
Student, UCLA |
| 2000 |
Matt
McCourt |
Selling
Subjects: The Retail Practices of J. Peterman Co. (Jones) |
Department
of Geography,
University of Maine, Farmington |
| 2001 |
Marianne
Brennan |
Geographic
Openings: Psychiatric Closings, Phychiatric Fixations,
and the Identity Politics of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (Jones) |
|
| 2000 |
Sarah
Moore |
Non-Thesis
Option (Pickles) |
Department
of Geography and Regional Development,
University of Arizona |
| 2002 |
Frank
Fillebeck, III |
The
Production of Seamless Space: A Case Study of the American
Railroad Industry (Roberts) |
Doctoral
Student, Louisiana State University |
| 2002 |
Lisa
Rainey |
Community
by Design: Spaces of Community in American Megachurches
(Raitz) |
Doctoral
Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2002 |
Jayme
Walenta |
The
Concept And Materiality of Civil Society: Theorizing
the Construction of the Third Sector in 'European'
Expansion (Roberts) |
Doctoral
Student, University of British Columbia |
| 2003 |
Jamie
Gillen |
Selling
Cincinnati: Tourism, Images, and Representation after
the Riots (Schein) |
Dept of Geography, Visiting Faculty, Miami University (Ohio) |
| 2003 |
Julien
Mercille |
Linking
Representations and Destination Image: The Case of
Tibet (Karan) |
Doctoral
Student, UCLA |
| 2003 |
Ben
Smith |
If
There Were No Tourists in Oaxaca, Then We Could "Really" Learn
on our Field Trips (Schein) |
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Relations, Florida International University |
| 2003 |
Jason
Strange |
Garden
Paths: Portrait of an Unseen Economy (Roberts) |
Doctoral
Student, UC-Berkeley |
| 2003 |
Rachel
Titus |
The
Production of Reservation Spaces: Henri Lefebvre, Sherman
Alexie, and 20th Century United States Reservation
Policy (Jones) |
|
| 2003 |
William
Jefferson West, II |
Economic
Disparity, Political Identity, and the Challenges of
Democracy in Turkey: The 1999 National Elections (Secor) |
Doctoral
Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2004 |
Ellen
Hostetter |
The
Emotions of Landscape: Anxiety and Roadside Strips
in Lexington, Kentucky (Secor) |
American Culture Program,
Randolph Macon College |
| 2004 |
Shannon
Hensley |
Contesting
the Public: Space and Art in Lexington, Kentucky (Schein) |
Doctoral
Student, Open University (UK) |
| 2004 |
Kristin
Adams |
The
Polygenetic Nature of Texture Contrast Soil Formation
in the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas (Philips) |
Mississippi |
| 2005 |
Christine Metzo |
Phenomenological Reflections on Spatiality and the Enterprise of Human Geography |
|
| 2005 |
Stephanie
Simon |
Public
Space and the Place of the Crowd: The Possibilities
of Disruption and Visibility (Schein) |
Doctoral
Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2005 |
Priyanka
Jain |
Challenging
the 'Public' in Public Space: Encountering the State
in Central Vista (Secor) |
Doctoral
Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2005 |
Chris
Blackden |
Cotton
Nation: Scale, Sovereignty, and the World Trade Organization
(WTO) (Roberts) |
Doctoral
Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2005 |
Lauren Martin |
Valuing the Family: The Spatiality of Security, Citizenship, Law, and Imprisonment in Family Detention Policy and Practice in the United States (Secor) |
Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2005 |
Abigail
Foulds |
Harbingers
of Modernization: Entrepreneurial Expatriates in (Tourism)
Development in Granada, Nicaragua (Roberts) |
Doctoral
Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2005 |
Ariel
Terranova-Webb |
"We're a small town that moves everyday": Performing the Nation in the American Circus (Secor) |
Doctoral Student, The Open University (Great Brittain) |
| 2006 |
Kristin Seery |
"Geographies of Learning in the Blackfeet Nation" (Secor) |
|
| 2006 |
Mike Walls |
Trailing the Wilderness Trace: The Use of GIS Technology to Document Mutiple Representations of the History of a Transportation Corridor (Schein) |
Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2006 |
Sya Kedzior |
A Political Ecology of the Chipko Movement (Karan) |
Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2007 |
Donna Gilbreath |
"Protecting the results of state smoking ban initiatives using cartographic analysis" (Brunn) |
Internal Medicine,
University of Kentucky |
| 2007 |
Jason Speck |
"Flexible mormonism: Or the Post-Fordist Restructuring of Latter-Day Saint Religiousity" (Raitz) |
Doctoral Student, University of Arizona |
| 2007 |
Oliver Belcher |
An Archaeology of the Exception: Executive Power, Sovereignty, and the Production of 'Enemy Combatants'(Secor) |
Doctoral Student, University of British Columbia |
| 2007 |
Tommy Wilson |
"Making Mountains: Between Landscape, Law, and Power" (Schein) |
Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2007 |
Stephanie Blessing |
"Appalachian Ingenuity" in Action: Activists Reach Beyond Traditional Economic Development in Kentucky (Roberts) |
|
| 2007 |
Benjamin Blandford |
"Push one for English, push two to get deported":
Cardinal Valley and the 'Threat' of Illegal Immigration (Schein) |
Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2008 |
Mitch Snider |
Being a Man in Kentucky: Perspectives of Rural Migrant Workers (Ehrkamp) |
Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2008 |
Melissa Moorer |
Re-conceiving Information Space: The Fix is In! (Zook) |
Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2009 |
Karen Kinslow |
The Law vs. the Stranger: Language Interpretation and Legal Space in Lexington, Kentucky (Ehrkamp) |
|
| 2009 |
Andrew Boulton |
Education for Development, CD for Peace: producing the “globally competitive” child (Roberts) |
Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky |
| 2009 |
Patrick Bigger |
Finding Neoliberalism in London, Kentucky (Mutersbaugh) |
Doctoral Student, University of Kentucky |
Ph.D Degree
Graduate Students, 1995-2009
|
| Year |
Name |
Dissertation
title (advisor) |
Current
position |
| 1995 |
Mike
Kukral |
Prague
1989: Theater of Revolution, a Study in Humanistic Political Geography
(Brunn) |
Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology |
| 1997 |
Stephen
P. Hanna |
Representing
Appalachia: Appalshop Films and the Politics of Regional Identity (Jones/Raitz) |
Department Chair, Department of Geography, University of Mary Washington |
| 1998 |
Carolyn
Ann Gallaher |
America's
New Patriots: Livelihood and the Politics of Identity (Jones) |
School of International Service, American University |
| 1998 |
Eugene
McCann |
Planning
Futures: The Restructuring of Space, Economy, and Institutions in Lexington,
Kentucky (Pickles) |
Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| 1999 |
Martin
Bosman |
Space,
Power and Representation Of Economic Change: The Case Of "Team Toyota" And
The State Of Kentucky (Pickles) |
Department of Geography, University of South Florida |
| 1999 |
Theodore
H. Grossardt |
Harvesting
Hoboes: The 800 Mile Picket Line (Raitz) |
Kentucky
Transportation Center, University of Kentucky |
| 1999 |
Jeff
Popke |
Deconstructing
Apartheid Space: Negotiating Alterity and History in Durban's Cato Manor
(Pickles) |
Department
of Geography, East Carolina University |
| 2000 |
Raymond
Baruffalo |
Local
Politics/Outside Interests: An Analysis of Gambling Proposals, Referendums,
and Economic Development in Three Mississippi Counties (Jones) |
Transylvania
University |
| 2000 |
Vincent
Del Casino, Jr. |
HIV/AIDS
and the Spaces of Health Care in Thailand (Jones) |
Department
of Geography and Liberal Studies,
CSU, Long Beach |
| 2000 |
Owen
Dwyer |
Memorial
Landscapes dedicated to the Civil Rights Movement (Jones) |
Department
of Geography,
Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis |
| 2000 |
Susan
Mains |
Contested
Spaces: Representing Borders and Immigrant Identities between the U.
S. And Mexico (Jones) |
Department
of Geography,
University of West Indies, Jamaica |
| 2001 |
Carl
Thor Dahlman |
Iraqi
Kurdish Refugee Migration to Britain and the United States: Globalization,
Governance, and Geopolitics (Roberts) |
Department
of Geography,
Miami University (OH) |
| 2001 |
Mary
Gilmartin |
Education
and Change in South Africa and Northern Ireland (Jones) |
Department
of Geography,
University College Dublin, Ireland |
| 2001 |
Jeff
Jones |
Hidden
Histories, Proud Communities: Multiple Narratives in the Queer Geographies
of Lexington, Kentucky, 1930-1999 (Raitz) |
School
of Public Health, Prevention Research Center, University of Kentucky |
| 2001 |
Jonathan
Taylor |
Environmental
Change in Okinawa: A Geographic Assessment of the Role of the US Military
(Karan) |
Department
of Geography,
CSU, Fullerton |
| 2002 |
Keiron
Bailey |
Living
in the Eikaiwa Wonderland: English Language Learning, Socioeconomic
Transformation, and Gender Alterities in Modern Japan (Pickles) |
Department
of Geography, University of Arizona |
| 2002 |
Mary
Curran |
Pigs
in Space: Ghosts, Gender and Sexuality in a Debate About Regulating Industrial
Hog Farms in Kentucky (Roberts) |
Department of History, Political Science, Philosophy, and Geography
Eastern
Connecticut State University |
| 2002 |
Michael
Dorn |
Climate,
Alcohol and the American Body Politic: The Medical and Moral Geographies
of Daniel Drake (1785-1852) (Pickles) |
Coordinator of Disability Studies, Institute on Disabilities
Temple
University |
| 2002 |
Edward
Carr |
Human
Ecological Security in Coastal Ghana, West Africa: The Social Implications
of Economic and Environmental Change in Development Contexts (Schein) |
Department
of Geography,
University of South Carolina |
| 2003 |
Katherine
Jones |
Envisioning
the East End: Planning, Representation, and the Production of Urban Space
in Lexington, Kentucky (Jones) |
Department
of Geography,
East Carolina University |
| 2003 |
Paul
Kingsbury |
Transforming
Corporate Mass Tourism: Sandals Resorts International in Jamaica and
the Politics of Enjoyment (Jones) |
Department
of Geography,
Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| 2003 |
Jean
Lavigne |
Constructing
Yellowstone: Nature and Environmental Politics in the Rocky Mountain
West (Jones) |
Environmental Studies Program,
College of Saint Benedict/ Saint John's University |
| 2003 |
Gary
O'Dell |
Eco-efficiency
and Lean Production: Environmental Performance of Japanese Transplants
in the United States (Pickles) |
Department
of Geography, Government, and History, Morehead State University |
| 2003 |
Rebecca
Glasscock |
The
Long Road to Kentucky: A Geography of Fresh Vegetable Production and
Consumption (Raitz) |
Department
of Geography,
Bluegrass Community and Technical College |
| 2003 |
Gareth
John |
Yellowstone
and the 'National Park Idea': Tracing the Contours of a Landscape Idea
(Schein) |
Department
of Geography,
St. Cloud State University, Minnesota |
| 2004 |
Jamie
Winders |
(Re)working
the US South: Latino Migration and the Politics of Race and Work in Nashville,
Tennessee. (Schein) |
Department
of Geography,
Syracuse University |
| 2004 |
Matt
McCourt |
(Jones/Natter) |
Department
of Geography,
University of Maine, Farmington |
| 2004 |
Matthew
Kurtz |
Inscribing
a Rural Economy in Alaska, 1938-1972 (Roberts) |
Geography Discipline,
The Open University |
| 2004 |
Margo
Kleinfeld |
Depoliticizing
Space in Sri Lanka: The Discursive Utility of the Child During Times
of War (Roberts) |
Department
of Geography and Geology,
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater |
| 2005 |
Esther
Long |
Identity
in Evangelical Ukraine: Negotiating Regionalism, Nationalism, and Transnationalism
(Jones) |
Department of Geography, Government, and History
Morehead State University |
| 2005 |
Laurel Smith |
Mediating
Indigenous Identity: Video, Advocacy, and Knowledge in Oaxaca, Mexico
(Jones) |
Honors College and Department of Geography,
University of Oklahoma |
| 2005 |
Josh
Lepawsky |
Digital
Aspirations: The Multimedia Super Corridor and Malaysian National Development
(Roberts) |
Department
of Geography,
Memorial University of New Foundland |
| 2005 |
John
Hintz |
Pragmatism
and the Politics of Rewilding Nature: The Case of Grizzly Bear Reintroduction
in Idaho (Roberts) |
Department
of Geography and Geosciences,
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania |
| 2005 |
Jennifer Kopf |
Spaces of Hegemony and Resistance in German East Africa |
|
| 2005 |
Kyonghwan "Kenny" Park |
Transnational
Urbanism in Diaspora Space: Multi-Scaled Urban Redevelopment of Los Angeles
Koreatown (Roberts) |
Department of Geography,
Chon-Nam National University, South Korea |
| 2005 |
Sarah
Moore |
The
Politics of Garbage: Municipal Solid Waste in Oaxaca, Mexico (Jones,
Roberts) |
Department
of Geography and Regional Development,
University of Arizona |
| 2006 |
Marcia England |
Citizens
on Patrol: Community Policing and the Territorialization of Public Space
in Seattle, Washington (Secor) |
Department of Geography,
Miami University (OH) |
| 2006 |
Maureen McDorman |
Constructing Landscapes of Unfair Trade: An Examination of Section 301 (Jones) |
|
| 2006 |
Linda Martin |
Fluvikarst Landscape Whole-System
Sensitivity to Land Use Changes, Kentucky River,
Kentucky (Phillips) |
Department of Geography,
Kutztown University |
| 2006 |
David Correia |
Land Grants and Lumber Barons: A Political Ecology of Rural Restructuring in Northern New Mexico (Mutersbaugh) |
Department of Geography,
University of Maine-Farmington |
| 2006 |
Zachary Musselman |
Tributary Response to the Lake Livingston Impoundment - Lower Trinity River, Texas (Phillips) |
Department of Geology,
Millsaps College, Mississippi |
| 2006 |
Mike Begin |
"Virtual" brides in the post-Soviet context (Natter) |
Division of Liberal Arts and Science,
Mokpo National Maritime University |
| 2006 |
Viva Nordberg Reynolds |
Life Cycles, Systems, and Chaos: the Adoption and Application of Metaphors in Geomorphology (Phillips) |
Department of Geography,
East Carolina University |
| 2007 |
Ellen Hostetter |
The Emotions of Public Housing Policy: A Critical Humanist Exploration of HOPE VI (Schein) |
American Culture Program,
Randolph Macon College |
| 2007 |
Taro Futamura |
Toward the Construction of "Kentucky Food" in the Twenty-First Century: Food Localism and Commodification of Place Identity Under Post-Tobacco Agricultural Restructuring, 1990-2006 (Raitz) |
|
| 2008 |
Ben Smith |
Dubai, Landscape and the Production of Attractive Markets (Secor) |
Florida International University |
| 2008 |
James Hanlon |
Distressed Public Housing and HOPEVI Revitalization: An Analysis of Park DuValle in Louisville, Kentucky (Schein) |
Department of Geography, Bowling Green State University |
| 2008 |
John Davenport |
Evaluating the
Pragmatism of Pre-European Settlement Benchmarks (Phillips) |
|
| 2008 |
Jeff West |
We Are Obligated To
Think That the State Is Just:' The AKP's Geographies of Islam and the State In Turkey (Secor) |
|
| 2008 |
Mark Graham |
Promises and Perils
of the Internet in the Thai Silk Industries (Zook) |
Oxford Internet Institute |
| 2008 |
David Walker |
Gentrification moves to the Global South: An Analysis of the Programa De Rescate, A Neoliberal Urban Policy in Mexico City's Historico (Roberts) |
Ohio Wesleyan University |
| 2009 |
Maggie Walker |
La frontera esta de moda: cultural production, national identity and urban change on the U.S.-Mexico border (Roberts) |
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