Current Grad Students

Here is a collection of documents indended to guide UC Geography Graduate Students through their graduate program careers:

Helpful links

Opportunities

Graduate students in the Geography Department have number of research and participation opportunities

Geography Graduate Student Association

The GGSA is the Geography branch of the official Graduate Student Government. GGSA meets a few times a semester to discuss important departmental and grad school updates as well as foster professional development. We get together for fun social events such as trivia nights, Halloween parties or football games. We are also involved in the undergrad Geography Club and the planning of GIS Day.

  • President: Sarah Goodrich
  • Vice President: Hannah Dahlke
  • Treasurer: Taylor O’Rourke
  • Secretary: Tuhin Chowdhury

Graduate Students

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Jake Evan Berghaus

Instructor - Adj, Geography

Braunstein Hall

513-556-3421

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Benjamin Jay Britton

Associate Professor, Geography

(513) 872-9920

Benjamin Britton; MFA from San Francisco Art Institute (1991), MA from Goddard Graduate Program, Vermont College (1983: has exhibited his work widely, including; the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston), Contemporary Art Center (Cincinnati), Ars Electronica Museum (Linz, Austria), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), The Getty Museum, American Film Institute and Epcot Center in Florida. Britton conducts sponsored research centered on using computer media as a tool for the creation of art from institutions such as the Ohio Board of Regents, Ohio Arts Council and The National Endowment for the Arts. He has served as Director the Game Art program at the School of Art, College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning at University of Cincinnati, and is currently a Doctoral candidate in the Geography/GIS in the UC College of Arts & Sciences. He served as a Faculty Advisor for the UC Video Games Graphics Group and is a co-founder of the Center for Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites (CERHAS) at University of Cincinnati. He is a certified Unity Game Developer, familiar with 3D modeling and animation, currently exploring new tools for networked mutiuser collaborative environments. He is currently examing methods for integrating digitally geospatialized data tools with game design tools, networked collaborative environments, haptic interfces, and digital display methods, for the purpose of developing cultural heritage projects in the arts and sciences.
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Debao Chen

Graduate Assistant, Geography

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MD Tuhin Chowdhury

Graduate Assistant, Geography

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Hannah Dahlke

Graduate Assistant, Geography

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Chayanika Devi

Geography

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Santiago Escobar Piedrahita

Geography

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Sarah Grace Goodrich

Graduate Assistant, Geography

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Ruijia Hu

Instructor - Adj, Geography

CC Student Services Build

513-558-8400

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Jack Alexander Humason

Instructor - Adj, Geography

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Kyle Mathias McGill

Geography

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Taylor Marie O'Rourke

Graduate Assistant, Geography

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Joseph Okebugwu

Graduate Assistant, Geography

My Academic research interests revolves, but are not limited to Health Geography, Spatial Epidemiology and Community Health as an Early Career Researcher. I have been an experienced educator with a reflective and resilient commitment to providing equal educational opportunities, proven organizational skills, and thorough knowledge of classroom management. I am passionate about learning tech and data analytics. 

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Zihan Su

Graduate Assistant, Geography

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Whitney Sunkwah Yeboah

Graduate Assistant, Geography

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