The first blog entry in our Summer Research Spotlight by newly-minted PhD Dr. Ariel Rawson.

Student News: 

Sher Ali Khan (PhD student, Geog) has received fieldwork funding through the Mershon Center for International Security Studies for his PhD research.  Sher Ali’s project is titled Negotiating the Hyper-Securitized Urban Landscape: Pashtun Migrant Lives and Mobilizations and Pakistan’s War on Terror. Sher Ali’s advisor is Mat Coleman.

Anisa Kline (PhD student, Geog) received the Society of Woman Geographers Evelyn L. Pruitt National Fellowship for Dissertation Research ($9,000) and the Conference of Latin American Geographers Field Study Award ($1500).

Anisa also successfully passed her PhD candidacy exam. Kendra McSweeney, Madhumita Dutta, and Reanne Frank (Sociology) were on the committee, with Elisabeth Root as advisor.

Zhiying Li (PhD candidate, ASP) won first place in the Hayes Graduate Research Forum (Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division).

Jenny McGibbon (Geography) successfully defended her dissertation, titled SESTA/FOSTA, Sex Work, and the State. Jenny’s committee consisted of Madhumita Dutta, Joel Wainwright, Jenny Suchland (Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies) and Mat Coleman (advisor).

Ariel Rawson successfully defended her dissertation: “Black fungibility and the PosthuMan: Becoming microbial geographies.” Her committee members include Mat Coleman, Shannon Winnubst (WGSS), Noah Tamarkin (Cornell, Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies), and Becky Mansfield as advisor. The Graduate School representative was Kisha Radliff (Educational Studies).

Upcoming Events: 

Today is our Awards and Graduation Ceremony to celebrate our graduates. We have 80 undergraduates and 4 graduate students graduating in Spring 2021 - Go Buckeyes!

Geography Blog: 

This summer we will be running a Research Spotlight featuring the work of our graduate students. Every two weeks, one student will author a short description of their research project, and the public is encouraged to write questions or comments on the blog. The author will then respond to those questions and comments.

The goal is to foster scholarly dialog over research, providing feedback and interactive discussion.

Our first blog for the summer is Diversity, Complexity, and Development of the Microbiome by Ariel Rawson.

Darla Munroe
Professor and Chair