Northern Illinois University
Department of Geography Spring 2017
Colloquium Schedule
All Colloquium
sessions will be held in Davis Hall 121 from 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Friday, February 17– Dr. Alec Brownlow – DePaul
University
“Policing and Urban Development”
Friday, February 24 – Dr. Courtney Gallaher – Northern
Illinois University
“The contributions of urban agriculture to
food security and adaptive capacity in the context of climate change and
urbanization in Lilongwe, Malawi”
Friday, March
3 – Dr. Jeff Frame – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Observations of a Nontornadic Supercell during VORTEX2”
Friday, March 10 – Dr. Ryan James – Northern Illinois
University
“Understanding Changes in Appalachian
Transfer Payment Reliance”
Friday, March 24 – Dr. Lee Brice – Western Illinois
University
“Long Distance Military Geography in
Fifth Century BCE Greece”
Friday, March
31 – Dr. Zachary Handlos – Northern Illinois University
“Composite
and Case Study Analyses of the Large-Scale Environments Associated with West
Pacific Polar and Subtropical Vertical Jet Superposition Events”
Friday, April
7 – Dr. Sunita George – Western Illinois University
“Alternative Food Networks and their
Potential in Aiding
Rural Development in the Global
South”
Friday, April 14 – Dr. Beth Hall –Midwestern Regional
Climate Center/UIUC
“Current Research at the Midwestern Regional Climate Center”
Co-Sponsored by the Graduate School
