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The weekly Spatial Thinking seminar offers presentations and discussions of scholarship at the forefront of spatial social science.
2025-26 Schedule
Spring 2026 Schedule
January 26 – Spatial Methods, Clayton Adamson & Danielle Schmidt-Larios
February 9 – Geographic perspectives on boundaries and spatial analysis, Paul McGovern & Alex Mikulas
February 16 – Sociology and Spatial Inequalities discussion, Sara Peters
February 23 – Multi-decade pathogen threat and social ties: Strengthening bonds, weakening bridges, Ocka Jeong / Interactions between active transportation and economic activity for small businesses, Laurel Shanks
March 2 – Early Life Spatial Contexts and Dual Functionality, Michael Topping
March 9 – Child labor violations and migrant children separated from their parents at the southern border, Paul McGovern
March 16 – Homesick: Race and Exclusion in Rural New England, guest speaker Emily Walton from Dartmouth College
March 23 – A Spatial Perspective on Internship Access Channels for First-Generation Students in Higher Education, Hee Song / Spatial variation in sibling complexity, Chloe Patterson
March 30 – SPRING BREAK
April 6 – Bike-Pedestrian safety (sharing the city) or urban fires and heavy metals, Andrea Cristina Ruiz / Dissertation idea, Clayton Adamson
April 13 – PAA practice talks, Emma Dewil and Clayton Adamson
April 20 – PAA practice talks, Sara Peters and Meghann Norden-Bright
April 27 – Wrap up and discussion of summer plans
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