APCG Student Paper Awards

The awards committee, under the leadership of Jim Keese, presented the following student paper awards at the 73^rd annual meeting held in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in September, 2010.

the tom mcknight and joan clemons award

for outstanding student paper

Bin (Owen) Mo, California State University, Los Angeles

"GIS Network Analysis for Finding the Potential Metro Rail Ridership by Access Modes in Los Angeles County"

the president's award

for outstanding paper by a ph.d. student

Martin Swobodzinski, San Diego State University

"Sequence Alignment and Regression Analysis for the Exploration of Human-Computer Interaction"

the president's award

for outstanding paper by a master's student

Gretchen L. Hill, University of Oregon

"Hidden in Plain Sight: The Boise Basques"

the committee award

in regional geography

Innisfree McKinnon, University of Oregon

"Regional Identities in American Politics: The Oregon-California Borderlands as the Last American Frontier"

the harry and shirley bailey award

for outstanding paper in physical geography

Alexis H. Arizpe and Jesse Minor, University of Arizona

"Cryptoclimatology: Contextualizing Recent Sightings of Gigantopithecus Canadensis"

the president's award

for outstanding student poster presentation

Aquila Flower, University of Oregon

"Western Spruce Budworm Outbreak, Climate, and Wildfire Interactions in the Interior Pacific Northwest"

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