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Meredith Deboom Awarded AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship

July 5, 2017

Meredith is one of forty recipients of a 2017-2018 American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Dissertation Fellowship. Recipients are selected on the basis of scholarly excellence, quality and originality of project design, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of...

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GEOG 4712 Political Geography

This course focuses on the international and cross-national perspectives of political geography. It deals with political, economic and social aspects of international relations from a geographical perspective and examines the post Cold War and post 9-11 world. As such, the course has an integrative character and requires basic knowledge about...

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James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Student Award

May 16, 2017

The Department of Geography is pleased to announce that Angela Cunningham and Meredith DeBoom have received the James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award for Spring 2017.

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James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Student Award

May 10, 2017

The Department of Geography is pleased to announce that Angela Cunningham and Meredith DeBoom have received the James A. and Jeanne B. DeSana Graduate Research Award for Spring 2017. This award assists Geography graduate students with funding for their research projects.

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Meredith DeBoom Receives 2017-2018 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship

March 27, 2017

Meredith DeBoom has been selected to receive a 2017-2018 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship. This fellowship provides one semester of full support during the 2017-18 academic year

Meredith DeBoom awarded NSF DDRI

Aug. 11, 2015

Meredith was awarded a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) grant by the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program. The award will support her dissertation research project titled "Geopolitical Shifts in the Geographies of Extractive Economies." For more information, see the NSF award page

Meredith DeBoom has been named a P.E.O. Evelyn K. Aitken Named Scholar

April 1, 2015

Meredith has been named a Philanthropic Education Organization (P.E.O.) Evelyn K. Aitken Named Scholar. The P.E.O. Scholar Awards (PSA) were established in 1991 to provide substantial merit-based awards for women pursuing doctoral degrees in the U.S. and Canada. Of the 85 doctoral students selected as P.E.O. Scholars in 2015, the...

2013-2014 Annual Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

April 2, 2014

The 2013-2014 recipients of Geography's Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching have been awarded to: Meredith DeBoom for the Teaching Assistant Award Julia Hicks for the Graduate Part Time Instructor (GPTI) Award Both awards carry a $1,000 fellowship.

Meredith DeBoom wins ASG Student Paper Competition

April 1, 2014

The Africa Specialty Group notified Meredith that she is the winner of the 2014 Student Paper Competition. Her award will be presented at the upcoming AAG meeting in Tampa, Florida.

Beverly Sears Grants awarded to 3 Geography Â鶹ÒùÔº

March 12, 2014

Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grants for 2014-2015 have been awarded to Meredith DeBoom, Aaron Malone and Galen Murton. These grants are competitive awards sponsored by the Graduate School that support the research, scholarship and creative work of graduate students from all departments. All funding is provided by private donations.

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