Undergraduate Geography Colloquium Presentations

 

 

 

 

 

180 Science Hall

Thursday, 2 May

Livestream:  https://go.wisc.edu/l880yf

 

Session I

 

4:00     Introductory Remarks

William Gustav Gartner

 

4:05     Drought or Deceit: Does Environmental Uncertainty Provoke Conspiracy Theories with Real World

Consequences

Charles Byron & Marek Higley

 

4:25     Optimal Routes for Madison Marathon and IronMan

Sam Hagedorn, Nicholas Sapp, and Dane Bach

 

4:45     The Betweenness of Place: How Different Gender and Sexual Identities of Undergraduate Students Define

“Third Places” on the UW-Madison Campus and in Downtown Madison, Wisconsin

Kaari Hostler & Quinn Boerger

 

5:05     A Cookbook for Geography: Madison’s Locally Grown Food Sources

Lily Shayegan & Taylor Wild

 

5:25     How Filipino Foodways Persist in the Upper Midwest Diaspora

Keegan Trevillian, Ndemazea Fonkem, Michael Grosspiestch

 

5:45     Grocery Shopping Patterns and Food Insecurity Among University of Wisconsin-Madison Students

Caleb McKinley, Claire Pederson, Nicole Giuliani

 

6:05     Urban Community Gardens: A GIS Based Site Selection in Dane County, WI

Drake Baker, Julia Halstead, Simone Schneider

 

** 6:25 to 7:00: Break **

 

Session II

 

7:00     Introductory Remarks

William Gustav Gartner

 

7:05     The Effects of Urban Redevelopment on Community Identity in Madison’s Triangle Neighborhood

Ben Cramer, Mei Mei Keohane, Eric Cox

 

 7:25    Transmission Lines: Issues of Siting and Building a Gridline for a Sustainable Future

Addison Atkin, Evan Burnside, Ryan Mayoh

 

 7:45    Assessing Solar Farm Implementation in Rural Wisconsin: Exploring Kenosha County Communities’

Perspectives on Emerging Developments

Paige Wysiatko, Grace Anderson, Kenz Carlton

 

 8:05    Evaluating the Natural Wildfire Vulnerability Index in California: A Case Study On 2018 Paradise Campfire

Yutong Jiang, Easton Zhou, Pinche Chen

 

 8:25    Analysis of the UW-Madison Campus Accessibility for Individuals with Physical Limitations or Challenges

Leah Bulbula, Morgan Jensema, Megan Brokmeier

 

 8:45    Access to Nature in the Madison Area

JJ Brand, Sophia Whitehead, Jack Sagers

 

 9:05    The Improvement of Madison’s Public Transit

Jadyn Schulke, Ethan Tsvayg

 

 9:25    The Future of Rapid Transit in Milwaukee

Ben Dimenstein, Ethan Brenes