Western Illinois University Department of Geography

Posted May 1, 2006

The following faculty members and graduate students presented research April 29 at the Annual Meeting of the Illinois Geographical Society held at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL.

Faculty

Yongxin Deng. Development of a Continent-Wide Landform Reference System for Environmental Modeling.
Jongnam Choi, Darrel Barker (alumnus), and Su-Yeul Chung. Public Knowledge and Perceptions of Wetlands and Wetlands Mitigation Policy: A Study of Four Illinois Counties.
Siyoung Park and Su-Yeul Chung. School Districts and Residential Choices of Korean Americans in Chicago.
Christopher Sutton and Brock Terry (Student). Constructing a 3D Map of Western Illinois University.

Students

Paras Acharya. Rural Development Problems in Nepal.
Mouhama Bourai and Stephane Leblond. African Migration in Western Illinois.
Ahmed Elsheikh. Hispanic Communities in the Rural Midwest.
Jared Reed. Effects of Prisons on Rural Development in Western Illinois Communities.