Geography News and Events
- Mammoth Study by Graduate Student Jacquelyn Gill and Team Attracts Global News Coverage
- GIS Day Expo, November 20th
- MadGeogNews – Issue 69, 2008-2009
- Prof. Bill Cronon Stars in PBS Special The National Parks
- UW Geography Alumni to Give Talks on Campus
- Hmong Studies Faculty Vacancy at UW-Madison
Graduate Student Research
Abby Neely – Reconfiguring Pholela: Local People and Government Bureaucrats from 1936 to 2010
This dissertation argues that three distinct periods of state intervention in Pholela catalyzed changes in agriculture and in health. The transformations that occurred – in households, in communities, and in practice and ideas – were often unexpected and were the result of the interaction between local, on-the-ground government bureaucrats and local, rural people. Read more.

