Second Floor, Jackson Campus Center Hosted by the Department of Geography, Gustavus Adolphus College
Schedule at-a-Glance
Time Activity Location
9:00am – 9:20am Check-in Heritage Room Meet and greet / refreshments
9:30am – 10:30am Session I Presentations Heritage Room St. Peter Room Board Room
10:35am - 10:55am Poster Session Heritage Room
11:00am – 12:00pm Session II Presentations Heritage Room St. Peter Room Board Room
12:00pm – 12:30pm Lunch (continues through keynote Three Crowns Room
12:30pm – 1:30pm Welcome Three Crowns Room Keynote Presentation
Session I Presentations (9:30am – 10:30am)
Heritage Room Landscapes of Renewable Energy Session Moderator: Jeff La Frenierre, Gustavus Adolphus College 9:30am Nathaniel Bettin, University of St. Thomas “Assessing Minnesota’s Wind Power Potential”
9:50am Josh Greenwell, University of St Thomas “Low Input and High Diversity: Restoring Minnesota Grasslands with Energy Landscapes”
10:10am Megan Lauzon, University of St. Thomas “Analyzing a square kilometer of hybrid energy landscape in Minnesota”
St. Peter Room Issues in Land Use Session Moderator: Bob Douglas, Gustavus Adolphus College 9:30am Alysha Alloway, Macalester College “Coldwater Spring: The Question of Sacred Space”
9:50am Spencer Nelson, Macalester College "The Modern Lake District: A Cartographic History of Urban Development and Reinvestment in the Calhoun-Isles Community from 1980-2015"
10:10am Ryan Grow, University of St. Thomas Erik Sathe, University of St. Thomas “Using GIS to Optimize Energy Landscapes: Siting Solar and Wind to Conserve Pollinators”
Board Room Urban Studies Session Moderator: Joaquín Villanueva, Gustavus Adolphus College 9:30am Tommy Schlundt, University of St. Thomas and also authored by Alex Plunkett, University of St. Thomas “Analyzing the Relationship Between Developed Lands, Solar Energy, and Public Transportation Needs in Minnesota”
9:50am Brianna Furey, Gustavus Adolphus College Brendan Maloney, Gustavus Adolphus College Talia Moorman, Gustavus Adolphus College “Examining Urban Change in Mankato’s Lincoln Park Neighborhood”
10:10am Aileen Clarke, Macalester College "The Ethnoburb: A New Ethnic Social Form in Midwestern America?"
Page 2 Poster Session (10:35am – 10:55am)
Heritage Room
Claire Norman, Macalester College “An Inventory of the Minneheha Creek Watershed’s Aquatic Invasive Species”
Zoey Perse, Macalester College “A Closer Look at the Eleven Sub-Watersheds in Minnehaha Creek Watershed”
Stephanie Shimota, Macalester College “Asset-Based Mapping of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed”
Danielle Yaste, Gustavus Adolphus College Hazards of Being Human: GIS Analysis of Human Trafficking in Uganda
Page 3 Session II Presentations (11:00am – 12:00pm)
Heritage Room Human Impacts on National Systems Session Moderator: Joaquín Villanueva, Gustavus Adolphus College 11:00am Dan Pastika, University of St. Thomas “Low-Input High-Diversity Biofuel and the Conservation of Grassland Bird Species Habitat”
11:20am Austen Hilding, Gustavus Adolphus College “Benthic Macroinvertebrate Food Webs and Tropical Montane Stream Contamination in Monteverde, Costa Rica”
11:40am Britta Dornfeld, Macalester College “Healing and Wilderness: Minnehaha Creek Methodist Hospital Re-meander”
St. Peter Room Food and Consumption Session Moderator: Bob Douglas, Gustavus Adolphus College 11:00am Joe Huber, Macalester College “Consumer Expenditure and Gentrification: Minneapolis, A Case Study”
11:20am Mitchell Schaps, University of St. Thomas "Finding the Food Deserts of Minneapolis and Saint Paul."
11:40am Katie Feterl, Gustavus Adolphus College “Local Food Innovation Center Feasibility Study in Pine River, MN”
Board Room GIS Applications Session Moderator: David Kelley, University of St. Thomas 11:00am Danielle Yaste, Gustavus Adolphus College “Hazards of Being Human: GIS Analysis of Human Trafficking in Uganda”
11:20am Gabrielle Anderson, Macalester College “Wayward as the Minnehaha: A Mapped History of Human-Environment Interaction in the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District”
11:40am Ryan Merry, University of St. Thomas “Supplying Renewable Energy for Electric Vehicles through Rooftop Solar in Minnesota”
Page 4 Lunch (12:00pm) Three Crowns Room
Soup and Sandwich Buffet Gluten Free Vegan Vegetarian Soup Fresh Fruit Sliced meats and cheeses Hummus Tomato slices & lettuce Rolls, croissants and artisan breads Cookies and bars Beverage
Keynote Presentation (12:30pm – 1:30pm) Three Crowns Room
Welcome Introduction by: Anna Versluis, Chair, Department of Geography, Gustavus Adolphus College Darrin Good, Associate Provost & Dean of Sciences and Education, Gustavus Adolphus College
Keynote Address Introduction by: Jeff La Frenierre, Department of Geography, Gustavus Adolphus College
Phillip Larson, Assistant Professor, Director of Earth Sciences Programs, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“A River Runs Through It: Creating Rivers in the Basin and Range.”
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