24 Dr. Hamed Gholizadeh Dr. Hamed Gholizadeh started two new projects as the lead PI within the past year. The first is an NSF-funded project titled “MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of an Advanced Low-altitude Earth Observing System (ALEOS) with Hyperspectral and LiDAR Capabilities to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Training.” The second is a USGS-funded project, “Optimizing Invasive Plant Management in Grasslands: Integrating Remote Sensing and Climate Sciences,” with Geography co-PI Dr. Saber Brasher. Additionally, Dr. Gholizadeh is leading a NASA-funded project aimed at using remotely-sensed data to monitor plant diversity. Dr. Rory Hil Dr Rory Hill was appointed Assistant Professor in the department and started work in August 2023. He is a cultural and historical geographer with research interests in wine, food, tourism and sense of place. Since arriving in Oklahoma, Rory has taught the Regions and Nations in Global Context and Global Studies Senior Capstone courses, as well as developing a new course for Fall 2024 entitled Global Geographies of Food and Drink. In December 2023, he published a chapter on wine in New Zealand's Waipara Valley in the Elgar Companion to Valleys, along with Dr Joanna Fountain. In early 2024, he was awarded the CAS Summer Research Award as well as a Millennium History Grant from the Société Jersiaise, to undertake a new project on the Red Cross delivery of wartime food aid to the Channel Islands. In June 2024, Rory got married to Madeleine in the Seattle and Snoqualmie area of Washington. Dr. Dani Dempsey Dr. Dani Dempsey completed their first year in the Geography Department, and very much enjoyed getting to know their colleagues and teach in the Religious Studies and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies programs. In November 2023, Dani presented their research in a talk entitled “Interrogating Pope Francis: On Gender Ideology and Anti-Coloniality.” Dani is currently turning this research into a manuscript. In 2024, Dani introduced a new course, Gender and Religion Across Cultures, which will run as a cross-listed course in Geography, Religious Studies, and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies in future semesters.
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