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Spring 2011 Alumni News:

Sheridan L. Dodge '72 (M.A. in Geography, Boston University; Ph.D. in Geography, Michigan State University; Post Ph.D studies in Geography, The University of Kansas) - Still contentedly teaching grade 8 Earth Science after all these 11 years (Timberlane Regional Middle School, Plaistow, NH). In fact, more rewarding than being a tenured Geography professor and anointed chair at a NJ university. :)

Dave L. Huntoon '76 is currently a Principal with Intalytics, a retail location research firm headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI. Intalytics specializes in working with retailers, restaurants, health care providers and financial institutions to help develop sales forecasting systems and optimal real estate deployment plans. Dave's geography and math background continues to serve him well - thanks, Bob Huke!

Winter 2011 Alumni News:

Jack Burnett '71 was a Geography and English major. He recently wrote to the department letting us know he is the Executive Director, Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce as well as the editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac.

Alison Mountz '95 recent book "Seeking Asylum: Human Smuggling and Bureaucracy at the Border", published by the University of Minnesota Press was selected to receive the 2010 AAG Meridian Book Award for the Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography. "This distinction recognizes one book published last year that makes an unusually important contribution to advancing the science and art of geography."

Serin Houston '00 received a 3 year teaching post doctoral position at Mount Holyoke College; South Hadley, Massachusetts.

Spring 2010 Alumni News:

Bruce Hulbert '60 has been concentrated in support for our US Navy. As an active duty Surface Warfare Officer he retired as a Captain, USN in 1987 having commanded two destroyers and served on the Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations managing aspects of the Fleet Modernization Program. Hulbert followed this with 17 years as an executive in Corporations providing support to the Navy in modernization and maintenance of Surface Combatant ships; he has been retired since 2004.

Wyatt Oswald '94 Assistant Professor of Science at Emerson College recently received the Helaine and Stanley Miller award, Emerson's annual award for outstanding teaching. He credited the excellent examples and mentors he's had along the way, especially Laura Conkey and Frank Magilligan.

Caitlin Crowe '08 is working in Boston at Silicon Valley Bank. The bank provides commercial loans and other financial services to start-up and later stage technology companies, as well as the life science, venture capital and premium wine markets. She is also helping to manage an educational non-profit called "World Partners in Education" that she founded with a few other Dartmouth students during her senior year. The nonprofit currently has partner schools in Ghana and Kenya. She would like to pursue grad school for an MBA or MBA/MPH in a few years.

David Alexandre Gros '95 reports after nearly 3 years and even announcing 5 transactions in 2009 before leaving, I ultimately resigned from Merrill Lynch to help launch the healthcare investment banking practice at Centerview Partners.

Alison Mountz '95 received tenure and promotion in Geography at Syracuse University. Kudos Alison!  She was also awarded the inaugural William Lyon Mackenzie King Research Fellowship at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Among other things, this Fellowship will allow her new book manuscript; Archipelago of Exclusion: The Shrinking Space of Asylum.  Last but not least, she also was recently granted a prestigious NSF CAREER award.

Christina Terada '07 will be traveling to South America this spring (Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil) before entering law school. She still hasn't finalized what school she's attending but her travels should help her decide.

Louisa McCarthy '08 was accepted to Simmons for the Library Science program. Great Job Louisa!

Natalie Koch '07 received a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Congrat's Natalie!

Sara Gilbert '07 received a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Sara will be attending the University of Washington in September to pursue a degree in Geography. Congrat's Sara!

Jennifer Lopez '08 was accepted into the Stanford Design Program. Stanford's Design program dates from 1958 when Professor John Arnold, formerly of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, first proposed the radical concept that design engineering should be human-centered. The Joint Program in Design (JPD) carries this concept forward and is a collaborative offering of the Design Group of the Mechanical Engineering Department in the School of Engineering and the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Humanities and Sciences. Over the years, it has graduated many creative designers, engineers, and others who have gone on to practice this unique perspective on design and design thinking. Design at Stanford concerns itself with conceiving and designing products, services and experiences for the benefit of society. This process requires the balanced resolution of constraints arising from aesthetic, human, technical, and business concerns. A designer uses his or her creativity, imagination, and technical knowledge to satisfy these requirements and create products that satisfy human needs. KUDOS JENNIFER!!

Tim Foster '87 (MA Geography UNC) is Dean of Student Affairs at Bowdoin College ME

Zack Lehman '95 (JD Harvard) is Assistant Head of School at Gould Academy ME.

Sarah Ives '03 (MA in Geography from UW) is in the PhD program in Anthropology at Stanford U.

Tina Catania '03 is in the MA program in Geography at Syracuse.

Anna Rudberg '01 completed a master's at the Divinity School in 2008 and is now doing a year of residency as a chaplain at Brigham and Women's Hospital with the hope of one day being ordained in the Lutheran Church.

Darlene Hilburn '03 (MA in Geography from Syracuse) now works for USAID Disaster Assistance as an Information Specialist

Julia Martiesian 01' has been accepted to the Masters in Social Work program at the University of Vermont for next fall. She's currently working for the Health Care and Rehabilitation Services of SE Vermont in their Hartford office, as a case manager in the children's division for children with mental health issues and their families.

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 now enrolled at Northwestern’s Law School

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.

Anna McCall-Taylor '00 completed her masters at Washington.

Rebecca Manners '04 completed her master's program at University of North Carolina in Geography and is now a Ph D student at Oregon State University.

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

Tracy Fung '06 is enrolled at Georgetown Law School.

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