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L-R Sage Katwala, Lily Baird, and Chris Impellizeri
Congratulations to GEO Seniors Lily Baird, Chris Impellizeri, and Sage Katwala for their award-winning presentations at the 2023 Annual Conference of the West Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers, hosted by the DePaul Department of Geography & GIS in October. Respectively:
· Lily Baird was awarded the AAG Council Award for Outstanding Presentation by an Undergraduate Student at the 2023 West Lakes Divisional Conference of the American Association of Geographers (Hosted by the Department of Geography & GIS from October 19-21st at the Loop Conference Center). Lily’s presentation was entitled: ‘Beyond Barbie: Feminist Geography and the Evolution of American Dollhouses’. The award will pay Lily’s travel and registration expenses to attend and present her paper at the 2024 national conference of the AAG, to be held in April in Honolulu, HI.
· Christopher Impellizeri was awarded second place Undergraduate Student Paper Presentation at the West Lakes Meeting described above. Chris’s presentation was entitled: ‘Trash to Treasure: An Exploration of Class, Culture, and Modernization through the History and Reoccupation of Chicago’s Alleyways’
· Sage Katwala was awarded third place Undergraduate Student Paper Presentation at the West Lakes Meeting described above. Sage’s presentation was entitled: ‘Microgeographies of Hindu Nationalism: Violence and Placemaking in a Post-Partitioned Landscape of India’
Congratulations to Sage, Chris, and Lily and to all of the Department’s student presenters!
DePaul GEO senior, Owen Bomba, accepting the 2023 Outstanding Senior award at the Illinois Geographical Society awards banquet in Springfield, IL
Congratulations to GEO Senior, Owen Bomba, Recipient of the Illinois Geographical Society's Outstanding Senior Geography Major Award.
Congratulations to Lily Baird, Nils Berglund, and Alexey Chekanov, Recipients of the 2022-23 Betty Leahy Travel Scholarship
With the scholarship, Lily, Nils, and Alexey will travel to the Denver, CO for the annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers in March 2023.
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