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Recent Speakers - Gould Lecture Series
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The department hosts an annual Gould Lecture series that brings geographers with strong international reputations to Colgate. In recent years, this series brought the following speakers to campus: 

1^st annual

William Denevan, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin (2000-2001)
Title N/A – focused on his internationally renowned work on the environmental history of Central and South America

2^nd annual

Dr. Susan Hanson, Professor of Geography, Clark University (2001-2002)
“Geography, Gender and Entrepreneurship”

3^rd annual

Dr. John Oliver, Emeritus Professor of Geography, Indian State University (2002-2003)
“New Views on Old Ideas: A Climatic Perspective”

4^th annual

Dr. Joni Seager, Professor of Geography, University of Vermont (2003-2004)
“Why Blaming Women is Bad Environmental Policy: The Population Debates”

5^th annual

Dr. Paul Robbins, Professor of Geography, Ohio State University (2004-2005)
“Thinking Geographically About Worlds in Upheaval: Are Forests Expanding or Contracting in India?”

6^th annual

Dr. Randy Schaetzl, Professor of Geography, Michigan State University (2005-2006)
“Rewriting the glacial map in the northern Great Lakes region, based largely on soils data”

7^th annual

Dr. Marie Price, Professor of Geography, George Washington University (2006-2007)
“Reconsidering Cities and Immigrants in a Global Age”

8^th annual

Dr. William Solecki, Professor of Geography, CUNY (2007-2008)
“Climate Change and Urban Environmental Transformation”

9^th annual

Dr. Wei Li, Professor of Geography, Arizona State University (2009-2010)
“New Geographies of Migration?  A Canada-US Comparison of Highly-Skilled Chinese and Indian Migrants”

10^th annual

Professor Francis Magilligan, Dartmouth College (2010-2011)

"Human Impacts on New England Watersheds: Effects of Dams and Land Clearing on Riverine Processes."