Western Illinois University Department of Geography

Posted April 8, 2009

The following members of the Department of Geography presented research March 15-21 at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Faculty

Jongnam Choi “The Climate of North Korea and Inter-Annual Climate Change: 1978-2007”
Fuyuan Liang and George A. Brook. “Stalagmite evidence from Panigarh cave of a wetter Little Ice Age in the Himalayan foothills of India”
Siyoung Park "The State of Health of Geography in Schools" Panelist
Christopher Sutton “3D Reconstructions of the Now and the Past: Integrating Google SketchUp into McDonough County, IL Mapping Projects”
Samuel Thompson “Small Towns and Immigrant Population: What are the challenges for planners?”
Samuel Thompson “A Date with Social Geography: Celebrating Dr. Allen G. Noble's Distinguished Scholarship and Career” Panelist
Thomas Williams and Jongnam Choi “The Great Midwest Floods of 1993 and 2008: A Tale of Two Summers”

Student Presentation

Scott Robidoux (undergraduate student) and Yongxin Deng “Remapping population using building location data: A comparison with census data”