Estudios en geografía de montaña en la Universidad de Georgia

El Departamento de Geografía de la Universidad de Georgia (UGA) invita a estudiantes aplicar a estudios de grado en geografía de montañas con especial énfasis en estudios comparativos de montaña con Latinoamérica. Se ofrece mucha asistencia educativa y alguna en investigación. Además seguros de salud y costos de matrícula, así como un estipendio mensual competitivo. Ofrecen, además, una sólida investigación en ecología política, interacciones de naturaleza-ambiente, conservación naturaleza-sociedad que pueden complementarse con estudios de geomorfología e investigación climatológica.

Los estudiantes podrán tener acceso y encontrar nuevos recursos en el nuevo Centro para la Investigación en Conservación Integrada (CICR), el programa de ética ambiental, el Instituto de Estudios de América Latina y el Caribe, y nuevas iniciativas relacionadas con la agricultura y salud pública aplicada, así como la Academia del Ambiente.

Agradecemos al Dr. Fausto Sarmiento, Profesor Adjunto de Ciencia de Montaña del Departamento, quién hace extensiva esta invitación a todos los miembros de esta red. Los invitamos a leer su nota completa (en inglés) y si desean postular ir directamente a la página web de la UGA.

The  UGA - Department of Geography  encourages students to apply for graduate study in mountain geography with special emphasis on comparative mountain studies with Latin American focus.  We offer many teaching assistantships and a few research assistantships that carry health insurance benefits and tuition waivers in addition to a competitive monthly stipend.  Strong research in political ecology, nature-environment interactions, nature-society conservation can be rounded with geomorphology, chronosequences and paleoclimatological research to train montologists and conservation practitioners.  There are active, funded research programs in several parts of the U.S.A. as well as Costa Rica, Ecuador, Argentina, southern Africa, China and the Middle East. In addition, the UGA has vibrant ecological anthropology, sociology, plant science, geology, hydrology, soils, and ecology departments that actively participate with geographers.  New resources on campus can be also found at the new Center for Integrated Conservation Research (CICR), the environmental ethics program, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute, and new initiatives relating to applied agriculture and public health as well as an Academy of the Environment.

The UGA Geography Department has one of the best-equipped facilities in the world, including: luminescence dating laboratory in the Geography Department; accelerator and conventional radiocarbon lab on the UGA campus; geomorphology laboratory with gamma ray spectrometer pollen laboratory; tree ring laboratory; many GIS/computer laboratories; three 4-wheel drive field vehicles; boats; Giddings drill rig; electronic total station; submeter GPS units; electromagnetic flow meters; and other field instruments too numerous to mention.  In our department, the Center for Remote Sensing and Mapping Sciences provides hand-ons opportunities for graduate students pursuing GIS related applications.  In addition to the state-of-the-art research facilities, the UGA offers intramural funding opportunities for students field research in Latin America.

The University of Georgia is a 1785 Land Grant institution with a world-class reputation and a fantastic campus located in Athens, Georgia, which has a rich music and pub scene.  Athens is in a subtropical climate (mild winters) and situated on the Piedmont only 1.5 hours from the splendor of the Blue Ridge Mountains and 4 hours from the Atlantic Coast.  Please inquire at our web site:   http://www.ggy.uga.edu, and consider applying.

Dr. Fausto Sarmiento

Associate Professor of Mountain Science

Internship
Coordinator

Department of Geography

The University of Georgia

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