Melvin G. Marcus Scholarship Award
The Scholarship Committee of the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning invites applications for the Melvin G. Marcus Scholarship Award. The Melvin G. Marcus Scholarship Fund supports graduate students in their field work endeavors.
A world-renowed physical geographer and student favorite, Dr. Marcus served as faculty in ASU's Geography Department from 1974 until his death in 1997. The scholarship is a fitting tribute to a man who thrived on fieldwork, and contributed so much to geographic research and to his students' learning.
Award(s) will be made to graduate students in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University to support research that will culminate in an M.A. or Ph.D. degree in Geography at Arizona State University.
Applicants must submit the following:
- Letter of recommendation from the chair of the student's supervisory committee.
- Written proposal not to exceed two pages, including a project title, rationale and methodology, brief context of the research, and anticipated significance of the research.
- An estimated budget outlining how the funds of up to $2,000 will be spent. Funds may be used to support travel, lodging and expendable field supplies related to the proposed research.
Within nine months of receiving the award, the student must submit a 1000 word summary of findings to the Scholarship Committee.
Recipients must acknowledge the award in publications arising from the research, and are encouraged to present findings at the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning Banquet.
Submit two paper copies of the application to:
School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning (Attn: Netra Chhetri)
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-5302
Applications must be received in School's main office no later than January 8, 2010.
Announcements of award(s) will be made circa February 29, 2010.
Past Award Recipients
| 2008-2009 | Melinda Alexander, "Conception of Home in Refugee Art" Elizabeth Ridder, "An Analysis of the Formation of the Modern Cypriot Landscape" |
| 2007-2008 | Ann Fletchall, "The Real Orange County: Place-Making in a Mediated World" Liz Ridder, "The Effects of Political Division on Land Use/Land Cover and Biodiversity in Cyprus" Mariela Soto-Berelov, "Determining Bronze Age Human – Environmental Interaction through Vegetation Modeling in the Southern Levant (3600 – 1200 BC)" |
| 2006-2007 | Lindsey Sutton, “Place Identity and Globalization on the Border: a study of U.S. and Mexican Small Border Towns” Gabriel Judkins, “Variations of Soil Salinity in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico” Jason Kelley, “Optimization of Transportation of Products from Ecuadorian Amazon: A field Research Project” |
| 2005-2006 | Casey Allen, “Is a Threshold Involved in the Incipient Recovery of Biological Soil Crusts (BCSs) in Human Disturbances: Towards Modeling Controls on the Spatial Dynamics of BCSs” |
| 2004-2005 | Yolonda Youngs, “From Rim to River: Evolving Cultural Landscapes of Grand Canyon National Park 1908-2007” |
| 2003-2004 | Shouraseni Sen Roy, “Spatial patterns of diurnal variations in the intensity and frequency of precipitation in India” Wendy Bigler, “Geomorphic dynamism and human/environment interactions along the Middle Gila River” David Brommer, “Spatial and temporal patterns in precipitation duration across the contiguous US” |
| 2002-2003 | Daniel Gilewitch, “Tank track scars on desert pavement: An analysis of soil compaction, moisture infiltration, and desert pavement regenerative processes” Tim Hawkins, “Factors controlling snow pack evolution in Arizona” |
| 2001-2002 | Rebecca Beard, “Potential for Stream Corridor Restoration as a Response to Livestock Grazing” Alex Oberle, “Se venden acquí: Hispanic businesses as indicators of ethnic settlement in Phoenix” Kevin Romig, “New Suburbanisms: Studying the historical succession of outer Postmetropolis” |
| 2000-2001 | Neel Bhattacharjee, “The Bosnian Refugee Community of Metropolitan Phoenix” Sharolyn Anderson, “Synthesizing Spatio-Temporal Data for Detecting and Analyzing Geographic Change: A Case Study on Urban Change” |
| 1999-2000 | Mike Applegarth Paul Mannion |