Contributor Bios
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Ralph Allen is an independent writer and researcher who enjoys fly-fishing when not consulting in long-term care administration.
Helen Cox is an associate professor of geography at California State University, Northridge, and although she possesses five degrees, she must confess that she does not hold one in geography. Her specialty is in the atmospheric sciences, where she has published widely on such issues as atmospheric remote sensing, aerosols, ozone depletion, and global warming. She teaches meteorology, atmospheric science, remote sensing, and anything mathematical that she can get her hands on in the geography department.
Giorgio Hadi Curti is a second-year Ph.D. geography student in the San Diego State-University of California, Santa Barbara joint doctoral program. Though he was born and raised in Hollywood, California, his life really isn’t all that glamorous.
John Davenport is a doctoral student in geography at the University of Kentucky. His interest in cultural landscape and a keen appreciation of glamour contributed to this study.
Ed Jackiewicz is an associate professor of geography at California State University, Northridge, interested in many aspects of human/cultural geography.
Guy King is a physical geographer who has taught at California State University, Chico, for 18 years. His research interests include Quaternary lake histories, vernal pool geomorphology, and desert environments. His favorite anonymous quote that applies to both life and climate research: “There is nothing permanent except change.”
Chris Lukinbeal is an assistant professor at Arizona State University in the School of Geographical Sciences. His research focuses on film, visual media, cultural-urban geography, and GIScience.
Chris Moreno is a Ph.D. student in geography at SDSU/UCSB. His interests are in issues tied to global tourism as anchored to places, geographies of drug addiction and recovery, and the spatialities of media and the visual. He also enjoys employing ethnography and other qualitative methods as a creative and political device in his work.
Gary Peters received his Ph.D. from Penn State then spent most of his career as a geography professor at CSU Long Beach, where he taught economic, physical, and population geography along with sundry other courses when needed. In 1999 he moved to CSU Chico, where he taught for a couple of years, then retired. He is the author or co-author of 10 books, including California and American Winescapes.
Marissa Smith is a Ph.D. student in the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University. Her research centers on urbanization and political ecology in Mexico. Upon graduation, she hopes to find a job that will allow her the freedom to pursue these interests as well as pay off her student loans for the rest of her life.
