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Spring 2008 Alumni News:

Joe Leeper '68 wrote to say hi and sorry he's missing his 40th reunion this year. Joe's been busy in geography with the following; MA 1971 and PhD 1974 Department of Geography, University of Oregon Ochoco Scholar University of Oregon 1968-1970 Ford Foundation Fellowship, Latin American Studies, 1969, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, Humboldt State College, 1971-1972 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography, Humboldt State College, 1972-1977 Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, Humboldt State University, 1978-1982 Professor, Dept. of Geography, Humboldt State University, 1982-2004 Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Geography, Humboldt State University, 2004-2009.

Joe is currently Department Chair, Dept. of Geography, Humboldt State University. His main Research and Professional Venues: Geographic Education, Latin America, Urban/Economic, Agricultural Geography, Humboldt County, California Marijuana Production

Christine A. Terada '07 is working as the Program Assistant for the Overbrook Foundation's Environment Program. Congrats Christine!

Darlene Hilburn '03 completed her MA in geography with "distinction".

Gregory Nemet '95 is assistant professor of public affairs and environmental studies. He is also a member of the Energy Sources and Policy Cluster and an assistant professor at the Nelson Institute for the Environment. His research and teaching focus on improving understanding of the social, technical, political and economic dynamics of the global energy system. He also conducts research on the ways in which science and technology policy affect the rate and direction of technological change. His work is motivated by a more general interest in issues related to energy and the environment, including how government actions can enhance energy availability and environmental outcomes. He has authored or co-authored articles in Energy Policy, Issues in Science and Technology, and Social Science and Medicine, in addition to two forthcoming book chapters on energy policy and climate change. His recent paper on U.S. energy research and development policy won a best paper award from the U.S. Association for Energy Economics.

Steve Finksko '92 announced a big move from Moscow, ID to Sun Valley, ID to attend law school at University of Idaho. His wife and 3-year old daughter are looking forward to the change. He's not sure what type of law he will end up practicing but water law might be a good bet.

Nick Taranto '06 was accepted at the Kennedy School for Government at Harvard to pursue a Masters in Public Policy. He is in the process of trying to defer for a year in order to pursue some other interests first.

Grant Calhoun '04 is working in Fort Collins, Colorado, for Technigraphics, Inc., conducting geopolitical research on SE Asian mapping policy for Microsoft.

Justin Gilstrap '01 is in an MA program in international affairs at Columbia

After 4 years, David-Alexandre Gros '95 left McKinsey where he had been a junior partner and switched from growth strategy consulting to investment banking. This allowed him to move back to San Francisco where he joined Merrill Lynch's healthcare team.

Karin (Chesebro) Field '97 lives in Toronto, Ontario, and married Dartmouth alum Tony Field '97. After graduating, Karin completed two cartography internships and then worked as a store location research analyst for Talbots in Hingham, MA. A few years ago Karin switched fields and took the AMI primary training course to become a Montessori teacher for 3-6 year olds, and also got her MEd in Montessori Education. She taught for a year, and is now at home with her daughter, Vanessa (20 months old). The Fields' travel to the US frequently for business or to visit family, and this past spring they also went to Paris for 6 weeks.

Erin Myers '00 Erin is currently pursuing a Masters of Environmental Science and Management at the Bren School at UCSB.

Clara Veniard '01 is currently living in Chile after traveling around Asia all summer. Clara reports no better place to live with snow-capped peaks to the beaches just an hour away; with endless quantities of avocados, seafood, sushi and wine.

Adeline Yong '06 is at London School of Economics obtaining a masters in management.

Alice C. Hartley '00 is currently working at a firm called Cook & Fox which involves communications, writing and research. She may move onto grad school in a year or two, possibly in product design, industrial ecology or materials science.

Sarah Ives '03 recently completed her MA in Geography at UW

Serin Houston '00 completed her MA at U Washington in May 2006 and started her PhD in Syracuse's Geography PhD program in fall 2006. Additionally, Serin is one of five Geographers in 2006 to be awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Dave Weiss '02 started law school at Michigan this fall.

Peter Nelson '93 recently received tenure from Middlebury College in the geography department. Congrat's Pete!!

Tina Catania '03 won a Waterhouse Grant allowing her to conduct research in Sicily for the next few months.

Darlene Hilburn '03 has completed her masters at Syracuse.

Anna McCall-Taylor '00 is completing her masters at Washington.

Rebecca Manners '04 is in her second year of the master's program at University of North Carolina.

Anna Rudberg '01 is conducting graduate work at Harvard on theology.

David Lindahl '86 recently moved to Hanover, NH.

Jennifer Thompson '06 is working at a law firm in New York City.

Tracy Fung '06 is working at a law firm in New York City.

Brendan Doherty, D '96 filed his dissertation from Berkeley in June, 2006. This fall he will be serving as a Congressional Fellow (through the American Political Science Association's program) before starting as an assistant professor of political science at the Naval Academy in 2007.

Kim Booker Schmid '85 received a masters in accounting after her Geography undergraduate degree, and has been working in that field ever since. She is an accounting manager at Partners Healthcare. She is married with 3 kids under the age of 8! Kim and her family live outside of Boston. Kim can be reached at kbooker@partners.org

We encourage Geography Department alumni to contact us with news. Please contact us at: geography@dartmouth.edu