Geography Colloquia
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY FALL 2024 COLLOQUIA
FRIDAYS, 3:00 P.M. TO 4:15 P.M. (Central)
Armstrong Hall 15
Questions: Dr. Donald Friend, 507-389-2618, donald.friend@mnsu.edu
The Geography Colloquium is the longest running speaker series at Minnesota State University
September 20: Minnesota GIS/LIS Student Competition presentations
"Unpacking the Impacts of Short-Term Rentals: Spatial Analysis of Neighborhood Crime and Regulatory Ordinances in Rochester, Minnesota "
Mr. Ethan Smith -- Minnesota State University Geography Undergraduate Student
"Analysis of Water Use in Minnesota from 1985 to 2022 "
Mr. Elias Watson -- Minnesota State University Geography Undergraduate Student
September 27: The Value Proposition of Weather Data
Mr. Daryl Rithchinson
Director, North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN, State Climatologist for North Dakota, North Dakota State University
October 11:Plow Better Salt Less - 15 Years of Winter Roadway Research: Improving Safety & Protecting the Environment
Dr. Stephen J. Druschel
Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Professor of Civil Engineering, Minnesota State University
October 18: The Emergence and Persistence of 'Terrorism:' A Dialectical Model
Dr. Marc Sageman
Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Terrorism, Foreign Policy Research Institute
October 25: Island Biogeography: Driver of Fish Species Richness in Streams
Dr. Susan A. R. Colvin
Associate Professor of Biologyy, Minnesota State University
November 1: US National Parks
Dr. Martin Mitchell
Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Professor of Geography, Minnesota State University
November 8: North Mankato City Planning
Mr. Matthew Lassonde
Planner, City of North Mankato, Minnesota
November 17: A Geographer's Reflections on Collaborating Toward Environmental and Climate Justice
Dr. Alyssa Nelson
Director, Rural Environmental Justice Project, John Muir Institute, University of California, Davis
November 22: Glaciers, Prairies, and Plows –Soils as Environmental Barometers of Southern Minnesota
Dr. Mark Bowen
Associate Professor of Geography, Minnesota State University
December 1: Minnesota’s Demographic Trends
Dr. Susan Brower, Minnesota State Demographer
