Graduate Advising & Prospective Students
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I work with graduate students who are thinking with abolition geographies, migrations and/or environmental justice. An important part of my mentorship is helping students navigate academia, including seeking funding, getting published and learning networks. (I support students on all paths, but most of my work experience is as an academic.) While we read, think and write together, MA/PhD students develop their own dissertation projects. Graduate Seminars (500 level)
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Prospective graduate students should have at least two years relevant experience – for example, organizing for climate justice, working as a language interpreter for immigrants and mixed status families, or personal experience. Graduate students should have demonstrated capabilities to collaborate with the communities where they plan to conduct research, including language proficiencies. I am most interested in working with students who are planning research in the US, Mexico, Central America or the Caribbean (not South America).
UW Geography is a PhD-oriented program, so we usually admit students as MA with six years of funding (2+4 years for MA+PhD) or as post-MA students (4 years of funding for PhD). If you are planning to apply to the Geography MA/PhD and I might be a potential committee member, you should write me an email, from September to December (UW summer break is June-August). I recommend writing a short email, maybe 2-3 paragraphs, that explains: a possible research project you'd like to work on, why you are qualified to do so, and what research/theoretical perspectives we might share. It's a good idea to reach out to 2-3 faculty in the Geography Department, as one of our criteria for admission + funding is making sure that you have multiple faculty who are excited to work with you as a colleague. If you start your email subject line with "Prospective student: ...", it will help me keep track of your message.
PS If you are applying as a pre-MA student, please check out and consider applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! Applications are usually due for geographers in mid-October each year for a 3-year fellowship.
UW Geography is a PhD-oriented program, so we usually admit students as MA with six years of funding (2+4 years for MA+PhD) or as post-MA students (4 years of funding for PhD). If you are planning to apply to the Geography MA/PhD and I might be a potential committee member, you should write me an email, from September to December (UW summer break is June-August). I recommend writing a short email, maybe 2-3 paragraphs, that explains: a possible research project you'd like to work on, why you are qualified to do so, and what research/theoretical perspectives we might share. It's a good idea to reach out to 2-3 faculty in the Geography Department, as one of our criteria for admission + funding is making sure that you have multiple faculty who are excited to work with you as a colleague. If you start your email subject line with "Prospective student: ...", it will help me keep track of your message.
PS If you are applying as a pre-MA student, please check out and consider applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship! Applications are usually due for geographers in mid-October each year for a 3-year fellowship.