Yang Bao

Education: China Agricultural University

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Dulce Bueno

Education: Binghamton University

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Vanessa Cruz Inoa

Education: University of Puerto Rico
BA in Secondary Education, Social Studies

MA Track: General Geography

Research Interests:
1) Culture
2) Immigration
3) Technology

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Expected Year of MA Completion: 2009

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Nicole Damiano

Education: SUNY Cortland, BA in Social Studies/History

MA Track: General Geography

Research Interests:
1) Ethnic Geography
2) Settlement Patterns
3) Population Geography
4) Latino Migrants

Thesis/Research Area of Study: Latino Migrants and Settlement Patterns of Orange County with an Emphasis on Middletown, New York

Expected Year of MA Completion: Spring 2009

Honors/Awards: Vice President of Geography Graduate Student Organization

Professional Memberships/Associations: AAG

Other: UNAC Age Group Assistant Swim Coach

Nathaniel Dede-Bamfo

Education: University of Ghana, Legon-Accra

MA Track: Cartography and GIS

Research Interests:
1) Landuse Management
2) Sustainable Development
3) Rural Development

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Expected Year of MA Completion: 2010

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Rina Desai

Education: Binghamton University

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Neil Greenler

Education: University of Maine at Farmington, BA in Geography

MA Track: Physical/Environmental Geography

Research Interests:
1) Climate Change
2) Rock Formations
3) Glacial Geology
4) Transportation Geography

Thesis/Research Area of Study: Migrating Fall Line of the Niagara River

Expected Year of MA Completion: 2009

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Michael Herr

Education: Binghamton University, BA in Geography

MA Track: Environmental Geography

Research Interests:
1) Water Resources Management
2) Land Use Management and Planning

Thesis/Research Area of Study: Residential site determination and analysis

Expected Year of MA Completion: Fall 2008

Internships: Town of Union Planning Department

Jennifer Hinojosa

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1) Retail Planning
2) Development

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Yenal Kucuker

Education: SUNY Geneseo

MA Track: General Geography

Research Interests:
1) Middle East
2) Geopolitics
3) Energy and Environment
4) Physical Geography

Thesis/Research Area of Study: Middle East River Geopolitics

Expected Year of MA Completion: May, 2009

Professional Memberships/Associations: Association of American Geographers, Turkish Coalition of America

Naomi Lazarus

Education: Binghamton University
BA in Geography (with honors)

MA Track: Environmental and Resource Management

Research Interests:
1) Development Policy and Planning
2) Vulnerability and Risk Management
3) Hazards

Thesis/Research Area of Study: Assessing and Managing Risk of Vulnerable Populations in Developing Countries

Expected Year of MA Completion: 2009

Professional Memberships/Associations: Gamma Theta Upsilon

Duncan Martin

Education: B.A. in Urban and Regional Planning, Binghamton University

MA Track: General Geography

Research Interests:
1) Urban Planning
2) GIS

Thesis/Research Area of Study: Urban Planning and how we view space

Expected Year of MA Completion: 2009

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Adam Mathews

Education: B.S. in GIS, SUNY Cortland

MA Track: Cartography and GIS

Research Interests:
1) Cultural Geography
2) GIS
3) Sports Geography
4) Cartography

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Expected Year of MA Completion: 2010

Professional Memberships/Associations: Association of American Geographers

Brendan McGovern

Education: B.S. in Geography, SUNY Cortland

MA Track: Cartography and Geography Information Systems

Research Interests:
1) GIS
2) Human Geography
3) Economic Geography

Thesis/Research Area of Study: The Geography of Pedatory Lending

Expected Year of MA Completion: 2008

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Vanessa (Wing-Chi) Pak

Education: Binghamton University
BA in Anthropology and Geography

MA Track: Urban Planning and Retail Analysis

Research Interests:
1) Retail Planning
2) Development

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Matt Panfel

Education: B.A. in Urban and Regional Planning, Binghamton University

MA Track: Urban and Regional Planning

Research Interests:
1) Retail Geography
2) Site Location Analysis
3) Shopping Center Formats/Development

Thesis/Research Area of Study: Understanding the role of a Lifestyle Center in Queens, N Y

Expected Year of MA Completion: May 2009

Professional Memberships/Associations: Gamma Theta Upsilon

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Patricia S. Pomeroy

Education: B.A., SUNY Oneonta

MA Track: Environmental & Resource Management

Research Interests:
1) Floodplain Restoration as a means of flood mitigation
2) Floodplain Management
3) Zoning and Mapping
4) Municipal Planning

Thesis/Research Area of Study: Benefits of floodplain restoration and buy-outs--economic, social, public health/safety, environmental and municipal.

Expected Year of MA Completion: May, 2009

Professional Memberships/Associations: NYS Floodplain and Stormwater Managers Association, Association of Floodplain Managers, NYS Planning Federation

Other: Cetified Floodplain Manager (CFM)

Niurka Ramos

Education: Binghamton University

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Javier Rodriguez Benitez

Education: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedros Campus
Education in History to Secondary Level

MA Track: General Geography

Research Interests:
1) Globalization
2) Technology
3) Human Behavior

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Expected Year of MA Completion: 2009

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Matt Ryan

Education: Binghamton University

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Sean Walsh-Haehle

Education: William Paterson University
BA double major in Geography and Anthropology

MA Track: GIS

Research Interests:
1) GIS
2) Cartography
3) Geomorphology

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Katie Lynn Wilmer

Education: Binghamton University, BA in Environmental Resource Management

MA Track: Environmental / Resource Management

Research Interests:
1) Coastal Research
2) Land Use
3) Watershed Management
4) Conservation

Thesis/Research Area of Study: Watershed Landuse

Expected Year of MA Completion: 2009

Internships: Village of North Syracuse--GIS Stormdrain Mapping

Professional Memberships / Associations: AAG

Other: 3/2 student and varsity track alumni