2022 Geography Faculty Awards and Recognitions
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Awards
- E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Professorship in Geography: Andrew Carleton
- E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Faculty Fellow: Manzhu Yu
- EMS Sustainability Fund Seed Grant: Guido Cervone
External Awards
- NSF CAREER Award: Jenn Baka
- American Geophysical Union Local Science Partner: Guido Cervone
- AAG Media Achievement Award: Joshua Inwood
- Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions 2022-2023 Research Fellowship, France: Karl Zimmerer
- Faculty Affiliate, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy: Guido Cervone
2019 Geography Faculty Awards and Recognition
Department of Geography
- E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Professorship in Geography (physical) 2018–2021: Erica Smithwick
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Awards
- John T. Ryan Faculty Fellowship: Lorraine Dowler
University Awards
- Graduate Faculty Teaching Award: Alan MacEachren
- Fellow in the Engagement Faculty Academy: Beth King
- Social Science Research Institute, Institute for CyberScience and College of Information Sciences and Technology Seed Grant: Clio Andris
External Awards
- American Association of Geographers Wilbanks Prize for Transformational Research in Geography: Alan MacEachren
- American Association of Geographers Susan Hardwick Excellence in Mentoring Award: Lorraine Dowler
- National Science Foundation NRT-INFEWS, Landscape-U Program: Erica Smithwick
- Draw the Lines PA Contest, 1st place in Higher Ed Division: Christopher Fowler and his fall 2018 GEOG 421 class
- University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Carolyn Merry Mentoring Award: Guido Cervone
- UCGIS Training and Retaining Leaders in STEM (TRELIS) Geospatial Science Fellow, 2019 Cohort: Clio Andris
- Association of State Wetland Managers, Distinguished Service Award: Rob Brooks
- American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Lifetime Achievement Award: Qassim Abdullah
- Lidar Leader Award: Outstanding Personal Achievement: Karen Schuckman, finalist
- AAG Urban Geography Specialty Group Poster Competition Winner: Clio Andris and Xi Liu
2018 Geography Faculty Awards and Recognition
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Awards
- George H. Deike, Jr. Research Grant Award: Guido Cervone
- Ryan Faculty Fellowship: Jennifer Baka
University Awards
- Humanities Institute at Penn State Resident Fellow: Lise Nelson
- Teaching and Learning with Technology Fellow: Alexander Klippel
- Institutes of Energy and the Environment Seed Grant: Guido Cervone
- Office for General Education Integrative Studies Seed Grants: Jennifer Baka, Lorraine Dowler, Chris Fowler, Joshua Inwood, Karl Zimmerer
- University Strategic Inititative Seed Grant: Alexander Klippel
External Awards
- American Meteorological Society Fellow: William Easterling
- Society of Wetland Scientists Fellow: Robert Brooks
- National Academy of Sciences Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow: Brian King
- American Association of Geographers (AAG) Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, Emerging Scholar Award: Clio Andris
- AAG Urban Geography Specialty Group Best Dissertation Award: Emily Rosenman
- National Academy of Sciences Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences: Guido Cervone
- TRELIS project, Inaugural Cohort Member: Justine Blanford
2017 Geography Faculty Awards and Recognition
College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' Awards
- Faculty Mentoring Award: Andrew Carleton
- Wilson Award for Excellence in Research: Alan Taylor
- Wilson Research Initiation Grant: Bronwen Powell
University Awards
- Institute for CyberScience (ICS) Seed Grant: Jennifer Baka, Alan MacEachren
- Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) Seed Grant: Jennifer Baka
American Association of Geographers (AAG)
- AAG 2017 Presidential Achievement Award: Roger Downs
- AAG Harold M. Rose Award for Anti-Racism in Research and Practice: Melissa Wright
- AAG National Councilor: Lorraine Dowler
- AAG Biogeography Specialty Group Henry C. Cowles Award for Best Publication: Alan Taylor