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May 5, 2010
Biweekly News
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A roundup of recent successes and plans
As an interdisciplinary research and outreach unit at the
University of Arizona, we are privileged to have a staff that comprises graduate and undergraduate
students from diverse fields of study.
During the past year, we were able to support from our
research grants and other sources 20 graduate research assistants and
associates seeking degrees in academic units across the university.
The principal sources of support for these students were the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, Archibald Bush Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, WateReuse Foundation, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. Geological Survey.
The Center also supports three undergraduate students and
seven staff members who are seeking degrees.
We salute here the many achievements and contributions of
our degree-seeking colleagues (listed by academic discipline or home unit):
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American Indian StudiesTARISSA SPOONHUNTER, a doctoral student in American
Indian studies, is working under the supervision of Ian Record to develop the "Rebuilding Native Nations" distance-learning
course. Spoonhunter, a recipient of a UA Excellence Graduate Fellowship in the
Social Sciences, is completing her dissertation, "The Blackfoot Confederacy:
Keepers of the Rocky Mountains."___________________________________________________________________ Arid Lands Resource SciencesARIN HAVERLAND, a doctoral student in arid lands resource
sciences, completed her preliminary examinations this year and is collaborating with
Robert Varady and Andrea Gerlak to prepare and submit for publication a research article on "hydrosolidarity." ___________________________________________________________________ Atmospheric SciencesJULIAN BILLY, NNI office specialist, is continuing studies
toward completion of a bachelor's degree in applied sciences in meteorology.JASON CRISCIO, a master's degree student in atmospheric
sciences, helps produce the binational, bilingual Border Climate
Summary (Resumen del Clima de la Frontera) under the supervision of Gregg
Garfin of the UA Institute of the Environment with support from a NOAA-funded
project based at the Udall Center.
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Business Administration (Pima Community College)NORMA MONTANO, NNI administrative assistant, is completing
an associate's degree in business administration at Pima Community College,
with plans to continue studies toward a bachelor's degree at the UA.___________________________________________________________________ Computer ScienceBEN DICKEN, a student assistant on the Udall Center's
information technology team, is continuing studies toward completion of a
bachelor's degree in computer science.___________________________________________________________________ Creative WritingDENISE LUM, senior receptionist for the Udall Center, is working toward completion of a bachelor's degree in creative
writing.
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Economics
KARINA CORDOVA-GONZALEZ, a doctoral student in economics specializing in applied micro-econometrics and the economics
of immigration, recently passed her written comprehensive examinations and soon
will begin work on her dissertation, a collection of three essays on
development economics. Cordova-Gonzalez has worked at the Udall Center on
immigration policy under the supervision of Judith Gans.
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Geography and Development
ASHLEY COLES, a doctoral student in geography and
development who completed work last summer with Christopher Scott on a project
funded by the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, is co-author
with Scott and others of an article that appeared last fall in Natural
Resources Forum.
MAJED AKHTER, a doctoral student in geography and
development, received a Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal
Development Fellowship and will visit Pakistan and London to conduct research
this summer. Akhter, who has worked with Christopher Scott on a project funded by the
International Water Management Institute, is co-author with Scott and others of
an article submitted to Critical Planning.
JOSEPH HOOVER, who completed his master's degree in
geography and development in August 2009 and is presently a doctoral student at the
University of Denver, is co-author of articles submitted to the Annals of the
Association of American Geographers and to the Journal of Environmental Management
based on research he and his supervisor, Christopher Scott, and others
conducted on the water-energy nexus in Arizona.
JASON JURJEVICH, a doctoral student in geography and
development, recently successfully defended his dissertation, "Compositional and
Contextual Effects: Case Studies of Migration and Same-Sex Marriage,"
and has accepted a position at Portland State University as an assistant
professor in the College of Urban Studies and Planning. Jurjevich worked under
the supervision of Judith Gans on U.S. immigration policy with support from the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
JEN McCORMACK, an NNI research analyst and doctoral
student in geography and development, will present a paper, "'Flipping the
Script' or Changing Legal-Spatial Discourse in Indigenous Court Cases," at
the upcoming Native American and Indigenous Studies Association conference.
McCormack also presented a paper, "The 'Right of Discovery': Using Spectacle
to Map Contests in Federal Indian Law," at the Association of American
Geographers conference in April.
JAMIE McEVOY, a doctoral student in geography and
development, recently received a Water Sustainability Program Fellowship from
the UA Technology and Research Initiative Fund and a UA Social and Behavioral
Sciences Graduate Summer Research Grant Development Award for research on
desalination in Mexico. McEvoy is co-author, with her supervisor, Margaret
Wilder, and others, of a forthcoming article in the Annals of the Association
of American Geographers.
KERRI JEAN ORMEROD, a master's degree student (and soon-to-be doctoral student) in geography
and development, recently defended her thesis, "Drinking Highly Treated
Wastewater: Public Trust in the Next Water Frontier," based on research she has
conducted under the supervision of Christopher Scott and funded by the
WateReuse Foundation. Ormerod is co-author of articles submitted to the
Journal of Environmental Planning and Policy and to Critical Planning.
ANDREA PRICHARD, a master's degree student in geography
and development, will be in Paris, France, for a six-week exchange with the
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), funded by the Partner
University Fund, to study urban sprawl and water. Then, with support from the
Tinker Foundation, Prichard will spend the remainder of the summer in
Nogales, Sonora, conducting fieldwork for her master's thesis, supervised by
Christopher Scott, on flood detention features.
JEREMY SLACK, admitted recently into the doctoral program
in geography and development, worked this past year under the supervision of
Margaret Wilder on NOAA-funded research to assess the vulnerability of access
to water in colonias of Nogales, Sonora.
TABITHA SPENCE, a master's degree student in geography and
development, will spend the summer in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to study ways that
farmers mitigate health risks from highly polluted water they use to irrigate
crops. Spence's work, supervised by Christopher Scott, is supported by a grant
from the International Water Management Institute.
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Government and Public Policy
ANNE CAMPBELL, a master's degree student in government and
public policy with a concentration in natural resources management, is conducting research under the supervision of Christopher
Scott on the perceptions of existing users of reclaimed water in selected
neighborhoods in Tucson. Campbell also is completing a graduate certificate in water policy, concentrating on Tucson residential exterior water use and reclaimed water.
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Graphic Information Technology (Arizona State University)
CHRYS GAKOPOULOS, Udall Center graphic designer, is
continuing studies toward completion of a master's degree in graphic
information technology, with a focus on commercial photography, at Arizona
State University.
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Information Resources and Library Science
EMILY McGOVERN, environmental policy research analyst and
editorial associate at the Udall Center, is continuing work toward a master's
degree in information resources and library science. McGovern is co-editor of
the recently published University of Arizona Press book, Conservation of Shared Environments: Learning from
the United States and Mexico.
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Journalism
ZOHRA YAQUB, a dual-degree master's student in
journalism and Near Eastern studies, recently presented a paper on the opium
trade in Afghanistan at the Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle East
Studies. Yaqub is continuing work under the supervision of Judith Gans on U.S.
immigration policy with support from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Latin American Studies
AARON BANAS, a master's degree student in Latin American
studies, assists in the production of the binational, bilingual Border Climate
Summary (Resumen del Clima de la Frontera) under the supervision of Gregg
Garfin of the UA Institute of the Environment supported by a NOAA-funded
project based at the Udall Center.
OSCAR LAI, a dual-degree master's student in Latin
American studies and public administration, will be a summer intern
with the U.S. State Department Bureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science, in
Washington, DC. Lai has worked under the supervision of Margaret Wilder on a
NOAA-funded project looking at urban water use and climate change in Ambos Nogales in the
Arizona-Sonora border region.
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Molecular and Cellular Biology
JOHN DICKEN, a student assistant on the Udall Center's
information technology team, is continuing studies toward completion of a
bachelor's degree in molecular and cellular biology, with an eye toward attending medical school.
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Natural Resources and the Environment
KIMBERLY BAEZA, a master's degree student in natural
resources and the environment supervised by Laura Lopez-Hoffman, is conducting
research on the Cienega de Santa Clara in Sonora, Mexico, the
largest remaining wetland in the Colorado River delta system, and will help
develop decision-support models to simulate the vegetation responses to various
amounts of water inflow and salinity.
CARRIE PRESNALL, a master's degree student in natural
resources and the environment, is the lead co-author with her advisor, Laura
Lopez-Hoffman, and others of an article invited for submission to Conservation
Biology on sustaining working landscapes of the West with diversified revenue
streams from ecosystem services.
MATT SKROCH, a master's degree student in natural resources
and the environment, has received a three-year Graduate Research Fellowship from the
National Science Foundation to integrate ecosystem service
conservation with smart-growth urban planning. Skroch and his supervisor, Laura
Lopez-Hoffman, are authors of a recent comment published in Conservation
Biology.
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Public Health
STEPHANIE CARROLL RAINIE, senior researcher for NNI,
operations manager at the Udall Center, and a doctoral student in public
health, will present the paper, "Tribal Community Management of Health Care:
What Are the Lessons?" at the Native American and Indigenous Studies
Association conference in May. The research is based on findings Rainie and her colleagues have gathered from work supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
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Speech, Language, and Hearing Science
LINDSEY ROTHE, an office and logistics assistant at the
Udall Center, is continuing her studies for a bachelor's degree in speech,
language, and hearing science with a minor in family studies and human
development.
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UDALL CENTER PUBLICATIONS
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Robert Merideth
Editor in Chief
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Chrys Gakopoulos
Graphic Designer (Udall Center)
chrysg@u.arizona.edu
Ariel Mack
Graphic Designer (NNI)
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Editorial Associate and Research Analyst
emcgove@u.arizona.edu
UDALL CENTER
Established in 1987, the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy sponsors
policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research and forums that link scholarship
and education with decision-making. The Center specializes in issues
concerning: (1) environmental policy, primarily in the Southwest and
U.S.-Mexico border region; (2) immigration policy of the United States; and (3) Indigenous nations policy.
NATIVE NATIONS INSTITUTE
The
Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI), founded in 2001 by the Morris K. Udall Foundation (now Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation) and The
University of Arizona and housed at the Udall Center, serves as a
self-determination, governance, and development resource for Indigenous nations
in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere.
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