2022 West Lakes-East Lakes AAG Divisional Conference. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. October 20-22, 2022.
AAG Council Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Presentation:
Owen Bomba - Zombies and Ghosts: The critique of modern urban development with apparitional language
Undergraduate Research Paper Presentation:
First Place, Nils Berglund - Private promotion on public space: Examining public-private partnerships in existing Chicago parks
Owen Bomba (left) and Nils Berglund
2021 West Lakes-East Lakes AAG Divisional Conference. University of Toledo (online conference)
AAG Council Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Presentation:
Jenni Nguyen - Chronic Illness & Energy Negotiation: Revisiting Cultural Ecology in Exploring New Avenues for Disabled Geographies
Undergraduate Research Paper Presentation:
First Place, Sammy Curley - Dog Parks and Gentrification on Chicago’s south side
Second Place, Jennifer Ovist - “Fantasy Landscapes”: Rural Cemeteries as Placemaking and Social Reform
Third Place, Luigi Cutolo - La città della Monnezza: The story of waste, mafias, politics, and environmental justice in Naples, Italy
2020 West Lakes AAG Divisional Conference (online)
AAG Council Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student
Michael Cullen - Skateboarding, Urban Public Space, and Identity
Undergraduate oral presentation
3rd place, Annalise Sedlacek - COVID-19 and Gentrification in New York City
Undergraduate poster
2nd place, Kevin Stock - Monitoring Nauset-Monomoy Barrier Islands and Sediment Processes along Chatham, Massachusetts using Remote Sensing Techniques
3rd place, Evan Breedlove - Wealth Creation in Redlined Lincoln Park