Time: Thursday 3:15-5, Room Lefrak Hall
 
September  4– Introduction

September 11
Dr. Matthias Ruth, School of Public Affairs, UMD
 “Zero Net Carbon Initiative UMD”

September 18
Dr. Timothy Beach, Georgetown University
“Maya Adaption to Environmental Change

September 25
Dr. Marie Price, Maxwell School, George Washington University
“Reconsidering Cities and Immigrants in a Global Age”

October 2
Tim Heleniak , ABD, UMD
Human Dimensions of the International Polar Year

OCTOBER 9 NO SEMINAR YOM KIPPUR

October 16
Richard Russo, ABD,  UMD
Commensal Landscapes and Preservation of Agriculture
October 23
Dr. John Cromartie, USDA
Return Migration to Rural Geographical Disadvantaged Areas

OCTOBER 30  NO CLASS – FACULTY RETREAT

November 6
Dr. Nancy Torrieri, Special Assistant to the Division Chief
American Community Survey Office at the U.S. Census Bureau.

November 13
Dr. Fatimah Jackson, Dept. of Anthropology
"The importance of geography in ethnogenetic layering (EL)"
Jackson, FLC 2008 Ancestral links of Chesapeake Bay region African Americans to specific Bight of Bonny (West Africa) microethnic groups and increased frequency of aggressive breast cancer in both regions. American Journal of Human Biology 20:165-173.

November 20
Dr. Judy Oglethorpe
Community Conservation Director, World Wildlife Foundation

December 4
Dr. Mark Krikonian
Center for Immigration Studies
The New Case Against Immigration, Both Legal and Illegal

December 11
Dr. Ken Conca
UMD Dept of Government and Politics