APCG Student Paper Awards

The awards committee, under the leadership of Jim Keese, presented the following student paper awards at the 71st annual meeting held in Fairbanks, Alaska, in October 2008.

the tom mcknight and joan clemons award for outstanding student paper

Jennifer Kusler, California State University, Sacramento

“A Millennial-Length Reconstruction of Environmental Change at Diamond Lake in California’s Klamath Mountains”

the president’s award for outstanding paper by a ph.d. student

Ted Eckmann, University of California, Santa Barbara

“Measuring Fire Sizes and Temperatures Globally at Subpixel Resolutions Using Multiple Endmember Spectral Mixture Analysis”

the president’s award for outstanding paper by a master's student

Brian Pompeii, Arizona State University

“Mapping Future Water Supplies in Phoenix, AZ”

the committee award in regional geography

Jimmy Klepek, University of Arizona

“Against the Grain: The Politics of Expertise and the Regulation of Biotechnology in Guatemala and Honduras”

the harry and shirley bailey award for outstanding paper in physical geography

Caitlin Chason, San Diego State University

“Examining the Influence of Short-Interval Fire Occurrence on Post-Fire Recovery of Chamise Chaparral”

the president’s award for outstanding student poster presentation

Heather Downing, Cosumnes River College

“Friends, Foes, and Fables: An Examination of Cultural Entomology Across Space”

The Association congratulates each of these recipients and applauds their fine efforts.