2013 APCG Student Paper Awards

the tom mcknight and joan clemons award
for outstanding student paper

Ling Zhang, University of Utah
“Foreign Retailers in China: The Case of Hypermarket Retailing”

christopherson geosystems award
for excellence in applied geography/earth systems
(graduate)

Cassandra Hansen, University of Nevada, Reno

“‘The Storm of a Lifetime’: Diagnosing the Role Atmospheric Rivers in Snowfall Events on Mt. Shasta, California”

christopherson geosystems award
for excellence in applied geography/earth systems
(undergraduate)

Kelly J. Acridge, California State University, Sacramento

“The Effect of Campus Impaction on New Student Distribution, Spring 2008 to Spring 2013”

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

Anna Moore, University of Oregon

“‘We’re Looking for Mass. Ave.’: Site Selection for U.S. Diplomatic Infrastructure in the Design Excellence Era”

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

Stephen Przybylinski, Portland State University

“Right to Dream: A Portland, Oregon Case Study of a Homeless Rest Space”

the president’s award
for outstanding paper by an undergraduate student

Julianna Aguilar, California State University, Stanislaus

“Investigating Hydrological Anomalies in the Ka‘a‘awa Valley”

the committee award
for excellence in area studies

Zia Salim, San Diego State University/UC Santa Barbara

“‘We are Homeless in the States’: Gated Communities in Bahrain as Spaces for Transnationals”

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

Giancarlo Sadoti, University of Nevada, Reno

“Beyond the Patch Paradigm: Utilizing Variograms to Elucidate Animal-Habitat Relationships”

the president’s award
for outstanding poster presentation

Sheri Bethoney, California State University, Sacramento

“Should Your Food Have A Passport”

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