Funded Graduate Students
Daria Andrievskikh
Ph.D. Student
Binghamton University, Master of Arts, Environmental and Resource Management, 2017
Office: ELA 349
Phone: 245-8998
Email: d_a292@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Sustainable development, human environmental interactions, cultural landscape, gis, remote sensing
Dane Atkins
Ph.D. Student
University of Northern Iowa, Master of Arts, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 397
Phone: 512.245.0329
Email: dma122@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Human-environmental relations, transportation, urban growth
Lorenzo Carrillo
Master's Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 2018
Office: Meadows Center
Email: lwc27@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Environmental policy, parks and protected areas
Colin Copler
Master's Student
Bellarmine University, Bachelor of Science, Environmental Studies, 2017
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: cbc113@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Anthropologic geography
Walter Furness
Ph.D. Student
Northern Illinois University, Master of Science, Urban Agriculture, 2015
Office: ELA 397
Phone: 512.245.0329
Email: wwf8@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Geography of fermented beverages, urban agriculture, water resources
Alisa Hartsell
PhD Student
Office: ELA 394
Phone: 512.245.0326A
Email: arh160@txstate.edu
Research Interest:
Joshua Hodge
Ph.D. Student
University of North Texas, Master of Science, Applied Geography, 2016
Office: ELA 399
Phone: 512.245.0341
Email: jbh113@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Coastal geomorphology, sedimentation processes, hurricane impacts on coastal wetlands, geomorphology, climatology, mountain geography, zoogeomorphology, physical geography
Mogahid Hussein
Ph.D. Student
Sudan University of Science and Technology, Master of Science, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 389
Phone: 512.245.1935
Email: m_h308@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Resource and environmental studies
Raihan Jamil
Ph.D. Student
Louisiana State University, Master of Science, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 391
Phone: 512.245.1937
Email: r_j179@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Land use change, Human-environmental interaction, GIS, remote sensing
Andrei Kushkin
Ph.D. Student
St. Petersburg State University, Master of Arts, Geography, 2014
Office: ELA 395
Phone: 512.245.0327
Email: a_k257@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Cartography and data visualization
Mayowa Lasode
Ph.D. Student
Obafemi Awolowo University, Bachelor of Science, Geography, 2015
Office: ELA 391
Phone: 512.245.1937
Email: mkl60@txstate.edu
Research Interests: GIScience, Environmental & Emergency Management, Natural Hazards & Mitigation, Transportation Geography.
Alexa Lopez
Master's Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Science, Resource and Environmental Studies, 2019
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: apl23@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Lidar, geomorphology
Shadi Maleki
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Science, General Geography, 2016
Office: ELA 355
Phone: 512.245.7809
Email: s_m413@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Children's perception of hazards, sustainability
Jeremy Medina
Master's Student
Texas A&M Galveston, Bachelor of Science, Ocean and Coastal Resources, 2016
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: jqm4@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Coastal environmental geography and coastal geologic processes
Milad Mohammadalizadehkorde
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Science, Sustainability, 2017
Office: ELA 391
Phone: 512.245.1937
Email: m_m785@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Environmental degradation, data mining
Shayne O'Brien
Ph.D. Student
Fort Hays State University, Master of Science, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 362
Phone: 512.245.1937
Email: sro41@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Atmospheric drivers of arctic change
Andrea "Andy" Pinon
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Science, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 393
Phone: 512.245.0325
Email: a_p306@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Gorilla zoogeomorphology in Africa
Kaleigh Schuler
Master's Student
University of Texas at San Antonio, Bachelor of Arts, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 386
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: kns153@txstate.edu
Research Interests: GIS, urban planning, urban sustainability
Chayanika Singh
Ph.D. Student
University of Delhi, Master, Urban Planning, 2006
Office: ELA 355
Phone: 512.245.7809
Email: c_s618@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Urban planning, housing, transportation, GIS
David Szpakowski
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Science, Geography, 2016
Office: ELA 391
Phone: 512.245.1937
Email: ds1428@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Vegetation, wildfire, remote sensing, & GIS
Tasnuva Udita
Ph.D. Student
University of Dhaka, Master of Science, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 397
Phone: 512.245.0329
Email: tsu2@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Geographic Information System, Geomorphology
Ben Wang
Master's Student
Wuhan University, Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science, 2019
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: b_w228@txstate.edu
Research Interests: GIS, economy geography, human behavior geography
Chad Williams
Master's Student
University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts Honors, 2017
Office: ELA 386
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: cdw157@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Urbanism, cooperatives, transportation
Mei Yang
Ph.D. Student
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Master of Science, GIS, 2019
Office: ELA 397
Phone: 512.245.0329
Email: m_y71@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Medical geography, GIS
Chijioke Anyanwu
Ph.D. Student
Ohio University, Master of Arts, Geography, 2019
Office: ELA 395
Phone: 512.245.0327
Email: cia21@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Applications of gis in environment management, gis in asset management, human-environmental interactions
Khan Bin Asad
Ph.D. Student
Auburn University, Master of Science, Geography & social vulnerability, 2019
Office: ELA 395
Phone: 512.245.0327
Email: k_b501@txstate.edu
Research Interests: GIScience, data mining, human mobility and travel behavior
Yusik Choi
Ph.D. Student
Korea University, Master of Arts, Geography, 2017
Office: ELA 355
Phone: 512.245.7976
Email: y_c155@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Historical GIS, cartography, nationalism
Tyler Frost
Master's Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Science, GIS, 2019
Office: ELA 386
Email: t_f128@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Environmental management and policy, air quality, water resources
Zahra Ghaffari
Ph.D. Student
Azad University, Master of Science, Geography, 2013
Office: ELA 393
Phone: 512.245.0325
Email: z_g20@txstate.edu
Research Interests: GIS, remote sensing
Chris Hinojosa
Master's Student
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Bachelor of Business Administration, Economics, 2016
Office: ELA 386
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: csh124@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Water resources
Sojung Huh
Ph.D. Student
Ewha Womans University, Master of Arts, Geographic Education, 2018
Office: ELA 392
Phone: 512.245.1934
Email: s_h540@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Geographic education
Ayodeji Iyanda
Ph.D. Student
University of North Texas, Master in Applied Geography , 2017
Office: ELA 320
Phone: 512.245.1475
Email: aei11@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Human health
Carolyn Kauth
Master's Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Science, Resources and Environmental Studies, 2017
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: c_k84@txstate.edu
Research Interests: GIS, water conservation, agriculture, biogeomorphology, geovisualization
Kate Landers
Master's Student
University of North Texas, Bachelor of Science, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 386
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: k_l326@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Hydrology, physical geography
Christina Lopez
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Science, Geography, 2016
Office: ELA 398
Phone: 512.245.0340
Email: cwr41@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Human-environment interactions, ecological intentional communities, resource conservation
Aspen Manning
Ph.D. Student
University of Texas at San Antonio, Master of Science, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 355
Phone: 512.245.7976
Email: abj1@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Biogeography, riparian restoration
David Mills
Ph.D. Student
Texas State University, Master of Science, GIS, 2018
Office: ELA 317A
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: dam203@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Health geography, cultural geography, quantitative methods
Molly Miranker
Ph.D. Student
New York University, Master of Arts, Anthropology, 2015
Office: ELA 392
Phone: 512.245.1934
Email: m_m1307@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Human rights, migration crisis at U.S.-Mexico border, forensic anthropology
Sara Moya
Master's Student
Texas State University, BS - Resources and Environmental Studies, BA - International Studies, 2018
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: ssm62@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Political ecology, economic geography, biogeography, human-environmental relations, latin american studies
Christopher Pierce
Ph.D. Student
University of Northern Iowa, Master of Arts, Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 391
Phone: 512.245.1937
Email: cpp26@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Immigration/migration
John Ponstingel
Ph.D. Student
Binghamton University, Master of Arts, Geography, 2017
Office: ELA 324
Phone: 512.245.6567
Email: jmp22@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Ethnic/Race policy, sustainability
Cody Silveira
Master's Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Arts, History & Geography, 2018
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: cjs172@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Latin america, parks and envirnonmental preservation, political geography
Heather Swienton
Master's Student
Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Science, GIST, 2018
Office: ELA 386
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: has41@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Cartography, geovisualization, geology
Mandy Truman
Master's Student
Sam Houston State University, Bachelor of Science, Geography, 2019
Office: ELA 386
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: m_t448@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Human, environment
Dalton Wade
Master's Student
Texas State University, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science/History, 2018
Office: ELA 386
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: dlw154@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Water quality and conservation
Delorean Wiley
Ph.D. Student
Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Science, Agribusiness, 2007
Office: ELA 386
Phone: 512.245.8642
Email: dsw76@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Fermented landscapes
Elena Shabalina
Master’s Student
Saint-Petersburg State University, Bachelor of Science, Cartography and GIS, 2018
Office: ELA 379
Phone: 512.245.5586
Email: e_s599@txstate.edu
Research Interests: Remote sensing and GIS
