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Austin was among four CU Boulder students who were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Languages Scholarships (CLS) for summer 2014. Read more See Critical Language Scholarship Program for more information.

Galen won these awards at the 2014 Association of American Geographers annual meeting in Tampa, Florida, April 8-12, 2014 Political Geography Speciality Group: Dissertation Research Enhancement Award Cultural and Political Ecology Speciality Group: Field Study Award

Galen is the recipient of a 2014 Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) Program, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation the the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) . Galen is among only eighty awardees, selected from a total of 1,081 submitted applications from graduate students at 131 universities. The...

Ian Rowen's "Tourism as a territorial strategy: The case of China and Taiwan" paper has been published in the Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 46, May 2014, Pages 62–74 Abstract: This paper examines the cultural and territorial politics of the rapid post-2008 growth in tourism from the People’s Republic of...

The Ray Hauser Award is offered through the Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant program. Ray Hauser was the first Chair of the Graduate School Advisory Council and held that position through the committee’s formative years. Only the highest ranked proposals are considered for the small number of named awards. Aaron...

Sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, the Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) program supports graduate students in formulating effective doctoral dissertation research proposals that contribute to the development of interdisciplinary fields of study in the humanities and social sciences. The fellowship cycle includes spring and fall workshops designed and...

Suzanne interviewed on KGNU Independent Community radio Listen to interview

Ian was quoted in The Guardian about the historic Taiwan protests. Read article Taiwan protesters to end occupation of legislature

Ian's paper on China-Taiwan tourism received 1st place in the Association of American Geographers' Political Geography Specialty Group PhD Student Paper Award competition.

The American Educational Research Association Dissertation Grant (AERA) Dissertation Grants are available for advanced doctoral students and are intended to support the student while writing the doctoral dissertation. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AERA Grants Program seeks to stimulate research on U.S. education issues using data...