We are proud to announce the Spring 2018 Graduate Student Awards!
This list includes national awards, University of Wisconsin awards, American Association of Geographers awards, and departmental awards received by UW-Madison Geography Department graduate students this spring. Congratulations to all award recipients!
*If we missed any awards, please send an email to cgriffith5@wisc.edu and we will add it to the list!
National Awards
Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Elsa Noterman
Winterthur Dissertation Fellowship, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Rachel Boothby
University of Wisconsin Awards
2018-2019 Dana-Allen Dissertation Fellowship, UW Institute for Research in the Humanities
Elsa Noterman
2018-2019 Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship – UW Center for the Humanities
Charles Carlin
UW 2018 L&S Teaching Fellow Award
Meghan Kelly
UW 2018 Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowship (Dissertation)
Becca Summer
Mohammed Rafi Arefin
Rachel Boothby
Heather Rosenfeld
Daniel Grant
UW Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) Nave Field Research Grant, Summer 2018
Clare Sullivan
UW Graduate School 2018 conference travel award
Karen Russ
AAG Awards
AAG 2018 Florence Margai Student Paper Award – Africa Specialty Group, AAG
Michael Eggen
AAG Master’s Thesis Grant award – Cartography Specialty Group (announced December 2017)
Ross Thorn — Can Cartography Create Better Video Games (And Learn a Thing or Two in the Process)?
AAG 2018, 2nd place paper competition – Animal Geography Specialty Group
Heather Rosenfeld
Department Awards
Trewartha Confernece – Spring 2018
Mohammed Rafi Arefin
Rachel Boothby
Charlie Carlin
Kelly Wanjing Chen
Kramer Gillin
Danya Al-Saleh
Nathan Green
Carly Griffith
Nick Lally
Heather Rosenfeld
Will Shattuck
Trewartha Research – Spring 2018
Danya Al-Saleh
Molly Teague
Kallista Bley
Allie Jensen
Kevin Inks
Meghan Kelly
Omlstead – Spring 2018
Teaching: Heather Rosenfeld
Citizenship: Danya Al-Saleh & Elsa Noterman (joint)
Publication: Charlie Carlin; Kelly Wanjing Chen (each)
Whitbeck – Spring 2018 (for 2018-19)
Becca Summer
Rachel Boothby
Petchenik Graduate Award (Cartographic Design)
1st place: Alicia Iverson Map Title: Indian Cartography
2nd place: Xinyi Liu, Chris Sheele, Beichen Tuan Map Title: Historic U.S. Flight Delays
