Current Graduate Students
Adair, Ashley
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 441
ajadair@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: Masters/Fredlund
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Environmental Geography, GIS, Invasive Species
Bayse, Jamey
Program/Advisor: Masters/TBD
Bernhardt, Jesse
Program/Advisor: Masters/Ghose
Burkham, Jonathan
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 462
(414) 229-4872
burkham@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/McCarthy
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Politics and Economics of Immigration, Development in Latin America, Urban Political Economy
Chen, Lu
Program/Advisor: PhD/McCarthy
Day, Patti
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 424
(414) 229-4861
p8d@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/Ghose
Teaching Assistant
Handley, James
Program/Advisor: PhD/McCarthy
Halfen, Alan
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 444
(414) 229-4866
afhalfen@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/~afhalfen/
Program/Advisor: PhD/Fredlund
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: The arrangement and form of the Earth's crust and the relationship between these physical features and the geologic structures beneath; Geomorphology
Hanes, Jonathan
Program/Advisor: Doctoral/Schwartz
Hittman, Elizabeth
Program/Advisor: Masters/DeSousa
Johnson, Terry
Contact Info: Center for Urban Initiatives and Research
tgj2@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/Fredlund
Research Interests: Water Policy Issues - Great Lakes (particularly Waukesha County), Landscape Ecology, Spatial Statistics
Kowal, Jean
Contact Info: kowal@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/Fredlund
Research Interests: Ecological conservation and restoration, impacts of climate change, human environmental impact
Kueny, Jeff
Program/Advisor: PhD/Day
Lancelle, Julie
Program/Advisor: Masters/DeSousa
Research Interests: Smart Growth, cartographic data and cartographic data management, riparian environments
Liang, Liang
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 445
(414) 229-2426
lliang@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/Schwartz
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Integrative phenology combined with in-situ and remote sensing observations to detect global environmental change
Lin, I-Hui
Program/Advisor: PhD/Wu
Lin, Wen
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 426
(414) 229-3942
wenlin@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/~wenlin/
Program/Advisor: PhD/Ghose
Fellowship
Research Interests: Geographic Information Science, GIS and society, Urban geography and East Asia
Mauel, Stephen
Program/Advisor: Masters/Day and Wu
Meyer, Sherry
Program/Advisor: PhD/TBD
Michalek, Brentt
Program/Advisor: PhD/DeSousa
Mohapatra, Rama
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 444
(414) 229-5818
rama@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/~rama/
Program/Advisor: PhD/Wu
Project Assistant
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, GIS, and Artificial Intelligence (Neural Networks and Cellular Automata)
Mukherjee, Falguni
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 444
(414) 229-5818
falguni@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/Ghose
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: GIS and Society, Critical Social Theory, South Asia
Njeru, Jeremia
Contact Info: jnjeru@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/Kenny
Compton Fellowship
Research Interests: Urban Environmental Management/Problems, Urban Political Ecology/Economy
Park, Kyuwon
Program/Advisor: PhD/McCarthy
Platt, Lorne
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 430
(414) 229-2429
laplatt@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/DeSousa
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Nature and society, Parks (access to nature), Environmental Justice
Roy, Parama
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 442
(414) 229-5818
proy@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/Kenny
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Urban political ecology, Urban Inequality and Social/Environmental Justice, Social production of uneven urban forests and the built environment
Rybarczyk, Greg
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 441
(414) 229-5818
gar2@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/~gar2/
Program/Advisor: PhD/Wu
Project Assistant
Research Interests: GIS, Remote Sensing, Alternative Transportation Analysis, Sustainable Planning
Schmidt, Deanna
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 440
(414) 229-3943
deannas@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/~deannas/
Program/Advisor: PhD/Kenny
AOP Fellowship
Research Interests: Urban planning and community economic development, Community organizations, Social production of space, race, gender, and class; Homeownership and housing policy
Schroeder, Chris
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 430
(414) 229-2429
cgs@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/Kenny
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Critical social theory, Gender and sexuality, Urban experience, Urban design/public space and place
Schultz, Leah
Program/Advisor: Masters/TBD
Shaker, Rich
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 441
(414) 861-7419
rrshaker@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: Ph.D./DeSousa
Project Assistant
Research Interests: Biogeography, Ecosystem Dynamics, GIS, Landscape Design, Landscape Ecology, New Urbanism, Urban Design
Sharma, Rashi
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 442
(414) 229-5818
rsharma@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/Wu
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Social and Cultural impacts on Housing, Quantitative models in Urban Geography, Geographic Information Science
Soukhaphon, Akarath
Program/Advisor: Masters/TBD
Subanthore, Aswin
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 464
(414) 229-2429
aswin@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: Ph.D./Kenny
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Cultural geography, Urban geography, Transnationalism, Immigration, South Asia, Post-colonial India
Thayer, Brian
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 444
(414) 229-5818
bpthayer@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: Masters/Ghose
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Public Participation GIS, Urban Geography, Social Justice
Vierk, Brendan
Program/Advisor: Masters/Day and Wu
Williams, Kathleen
Program/Advisor: Masters/DeSousa
Weinstein-Breunig, Geri
Program/Advisor: PhD/Kenny
Yu, Rong
Program/Advisor: PhD/Schwartz
Zhang, Yixuan
Program/Advisor: PhD/McCarthy
Zupan, Sandra
Contact Info: Bolton Hall 438
(414) 229-5818
szupan@uwm.edu
Program/Advisor: PhD/DeSousa
Teaching Assistant
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Brownfields, Urban Planning Policy,
Public Participation
Non-Degree Candidates
Clemens, Travis
Leisner, Eric A.
Rauch, Steven J.
Simon, Phillip
