Gianna's personal interests are mostly in the intersection of human health and geography, and in particular communicable diseases. The spatial component of geography gives her a unique lens with which to see and interpret the world. She also been very excited by her opportunities to work with GIS and use it to answer questions to problems such as where one should locate a nuclear power plant in New Hampshire or Vermont, based on 5-6 factors.
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Jaclyn Hatala Matthes studies the duality of greenhouse gases during wetland restoration, their causes, effects, and potential solutions.
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Jaclyn Hatala Matthes is a new assistant professor in the Department of Geography and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Biology.
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Research, says Celeste Winston ’14, is a freeing form of scholarship. “Undergraduate research has given me the ability to explore my interests with the assistance of Dartmouth faculty and with the inspiration of some of my fellow Dartmouth students.”
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Paul Jackson is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography. He investigates how scientists and experts grapple with the interaction between humans and the urban environment.
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Daniel Bornstein ’14 spent months doing research in the Gambia for his senior thesis on the relationship between the West African country and the European countries that consume its exports.
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When a farmer and a climate scientist talk about the weather, they’re not just passing time—it’s serious business.
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Celeste Winston ’14 has been named one of 20 Beinecke Scholars for 2013.
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In an opinion piece published by Al Jazeera, Dartmouth’s Sharlene Mollett writes that Venezuelans saw the late President Hugo Chavez as a “living victory for the indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples of Venezuela and the region as a whole.”
Read more about Who Will Take Chavez’s Place? (Al Jazeera)
With support from a National Science Foundation grant, two Dartmouth researchers are studying the long-term effects of Tropical Storm Irene in Vermont.
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