East Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers In 2025, we will see each other at the University of Cincinnati! Please see the details here.
The 2024 Joint East Lakes-West Lakes meeting was successfully held at Kalamazoo, MI! Thanks to Western Michigan University for organizing this fantastic joint meeting for both East Lakes and West Lakes Divisions. Special thanks to Dr. Lisa DeChano-Cook and her colleagues who helped with various aspects of this meeting!
Congratulations to the winners of the poster and paper competitions (see below)!
Outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate Paper Presentations
- Undergraduate: Elizabeth White
- Graduate: Zihan Su
| Award | Place | Name |
| Undergraduate Presentation | 1st | Elizabeth White |
| 2nd | Katelyn Younglove | |
| 3rd | Lester Dominguez | |
| Master’s Presentation | 1st | Abigail Antwi |
| 2nd (tie) | Devon Hudson | |
| 2nd (tie) | Fariha Mustafa | |
| 2nd (tie) | Skyler Wolverton | |
| Doctoral Presentation | 1st | Zihan Su |
| 2nd | Pramila Paudyal | |
| 3rd | Oluwaseun Ibukun | |
| Undergraduate Poster | 1st | Griffin Thompson |
| 2nd | Lily Bechina | |
| 3rd | Max Gavazzi | |
| Graduate Poster | 1st | Adam Tjoelker |
| 2nd | Abhijeet Mishra | |
| 3rd (tie) | Emily Tingler | |
| 3rd (tie) | JAM Mostahidul Alam | |
| 3rd (tie) | Tshui Mum Ha |
The 2023 East Lakes Conference was a success! Thank you to the University of Toledo, Lakeland Community College, and Owens Community College for collaborating to organize a wonderful conference for our region.
Congratulations to the winners of the poster and paper competitions (below).
Undergraduate Poster
1st place: Ana Murray
2nd place: Jacob Foll
3rd place: Addison Sorenson
Graduate Poster
1st place: Juthi Mitra
2nd place: Joshua Pepper
3rd place: Hannah Dahlke
Undergraduate Paper
1st place: Sandra Johnson
2nd place: Jacob Davinson
Master’s Paper
1st place: Christine Calleja
2nd place: Lingyu Ouyang
3rd place: Santiago Escobar
Doctoral Paper
1st place: James Kaemmerer
2nd place (tie): Esther Amoako and Xin Gu
Kudos to the East Lakes Geobowl Team for competing in the National Geography Bowl Competition at AAG in Denver. The team took fourth place out of six teams, but had a great time answering geography trivia questions. Team members were: Amanda Willhite (Saginaw Valley State University), Joseph Walker (Western Michigan University), John Layman (Ohio State), Alberto Villarreal (Michigan State University), Jacob Berghaus (University of Cincinnati), Md Saiful Alam (University of Toledo).
In addition, team member Jacob Berghaus (University of Cincinnati) received the award for the top highest individual score in the competition, and team member Alberto Villarreal (Michigan State University) scored 14th in the individual competition.
Congratulations to Sinclair Community College – Geography/Geospatial Technology Department, winner of the 2023 AAG Program Excellence Award!
Honorable Mention: Grand Rapids Community College – Geography Program
Honorable Mention: Muskegon Community College – Geography Program
The 2022 annual meeting of the East Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers hosted by Muskegon Community College, October 27-28, 2022, was a success!
Congratulations to the winners of the student presentations and posters:
Undergraduate Posters:
First place: Colton Bragg
Second place (tie): Haley Mueller and Evan Hodson
Third place (tie): Benjamin Honeyford and Abigail Lanham
Graduate Posters:
First place: Kingsley Kanjin
Second place (tie): Eric Carballido and Kimberly Panozzo
Third place: Seth Rainey
Undergraduate Presentations:
First place: Connor O’Loughlin
Second place: Pamela Madaha
Masters Presentations:
First place: Santiago Escobar Piedrahita
Second place: Md. Tuhin Chowdhury
Third place: Nusrat Jahan Tabassum
Doctoral Presentations:
First place: Ruijia Hu
Second place: Md. Ishfaq Ur Rahman
Third place (tie): Sarah Goodrich and Yue Lin