Browsing Student Research Day by Author "Kaldjian, Paul J."
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Becoming Locals : Place-Making and the Hmong in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Kruse, Sarah; Thao, Sandy; Lilek, Nicholas A.; Schleicher, Brandon (2011-05)Since they first began arriving in the United States in the late 1970s, Hmong refugees have established numerous communities across Wisconsin and Minnesota. Though immigration from Southeast Asia continues, the Hmong ... -
Clean commuting and college campuses : network analysis to identify car-free travel routes in Eau Claire, WI.
Wichlacz, Amy E.; Hupy, Christina M. (2008-09-29)The purpose of this research is to identify safe and efficient routes by bike and bus to and from the UW-Eau Claire (UWEC) campus for students, faculty, and staff in order to reduce automobile use in favor of alternative, ... -
Dynamics in Social Space and Placemaking : the Case of Integration of Somalis in Barron, Wisconsin
Russell, Miriam C.; Janssen, Erik; Anderson, Tyler J.; Hanson, Laurel (2011-05)Immigration to Western Wisconsin is dynamic and challenging for the immigrant and non-immigrant communities alike. Somali refugees, who settled in Western Wisconsin, settled particularly in the Barron, Wisconsin area. ... -
Eau Claire, Wisconsin's Local Food System as an Alternative Food Network
Johnson, Hillary (2012-04)This study explored the local food possibilities and the constraints to local food participation experienced by citizens in Eau Claire, WI. Eau Claire's local food system is examined as an Alternative Food Network (AFN) ... -
Food Insecurity and Northwest Wisconsin
Wiedenfeld, Noah (2010-04)This project explores the food system of northwest Wisconsin. Specifically, the food systems in the eight counties in the Eau Claire Region were analyzed to understand food security, its spatial patterns, and how it works ... -
Food Insecurity in Northwest Wisconsin : Lessons from Eau Claire
Wiedenfeld, Noah (2012-04)There is an ongoing and increasingly divisive fight over food stamps in the United States. When it comes down to it, the "fight over food stamps" isn't solely about whether to help those with less financial means, but also ... -
The Geography of Community : Understanding the Role of Geography in Building & Sustaining Healthy Communities
Berg, Katrina; brandt, Liam; Grunzke, Savanna; Jefferies, Hailee; Becker, Lauren; Mills, Aidan; Pasowicz, Stephanie; Rau, Zachary; Rausch, Melanie; Rauscher, Maddy; Shimoda, Dustin; Smilowski, Richard; Tyznik, Lyndsey; Walker, Nathan; Kaldjian, Paul J. (2021-04)With the rapidly changing and culturally shifting socio-economies and technologies of the last few decades, much attention has been given to the concept of community, its demise and fragmentation, and what can be done to ... -
The Geography of Mental Health : Wisconsin’s Uneven Landscape and Why it Matters for the UW-Eau Claire Community
Larson, Molly; Francis, John; Arneberg, Simon P.; Buchli, Allison; Carpentier, India; Escher, Matt; Georgeson, Kelsey; High, Austin; Kopke, Lea; Kuipers, Emily; Schroeder, Alura; Soetebier, Kacey; Xiong, Xupeng; Kaldjian, Paul J. (2019-05)This research project represents the efforts of Dr. Paul Kaldjian’s Fall 2018 GEOG 111: Human Geography honors section. Students chose this topic based on a collective interest in mental health and how we might examine it ... -
Hmong and the Market : Cultivating Place and Belonging in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Schlegelmilch, Kelli (2011-05)The Eau Claire Downtown Farmers Market, in existence for nearly three decades, is Eau Claire, Wisconsin's most prominent and vibrant sources of seasonal produce. As roughly 90 percent of the farmers market's vegetable ... -
Is Tolerant Good Enough? : Eau Claire and the Practice of Welcomingness
Dowden, Carissa; Donahue, Caryn; Graaskamp, Anna; Honnold, Megan; Kaiser, Paige; Naze, Jessica; Ziskovsky, Morgan; Kaldjian, Paul J. (2018-02-21)Immigrants are a vital part of community success, and many groups, such as Welcoming America, are advocates of inclusive communities. While the concept of sanctuary cities for immigrants was introduced in the 1980s and ... -
Libraries and Censorship : The Accessibility to Information in Wisconsin Public Library Systems
Alt, Annalyn; Anderson-Lind, Seth; Fritz, Derek; Kassner, Austin; Knapp, Karin; McCarty, Clare; Smith, Hillary; Wacholz, Blake; Kaldjian, Paul J. (2017-11-08)Public libraries are centers for accessing ideas and information, some of which is perceived as controversial by members of their communities. As such, libraries often receive challenges from community members over books ... -
Peoples of the Middle East and North Africa...40 Years On
Bowen, Jon; Johnson, Hillary; Jenson, Lindsay (2012-04)In 1972, National Geographic Magazine published ?Peoples of the Middle East,? an insert map that it distributed to all subscribers. As in all regions of our dynamic world, much has changed. The purpose of this study was ... -
Representation and Realities : Investigating Roadside Bias in Coded Civil War Data
Christian, Jenna (2010-04)This project builds on prior disaggregated studies of civil conflict by discussing the utility of news media as a source for coded conflict data, with Liberia serving as a case study. The Armed Conflict Location Event ... -
Rural Outmigration & Community Sustainability : UWEC Students and Their Plans to Return (Or Not) to Buffalo & Trempealeau Counties, WI
Kaldjian, Paul J.; Zuelsdorff, Katelyn (2018-02-26)According to USDA’s Economic Research Service, over 1,300 non-metro counties in the United States lost population between 2010-15. The permanent departure of young people, a primary factor in this population decline and ... -
Street Sign Namescapes : An Analysis Of Eau Claire, WI Street Names
Tohulka, Peyton; Aleson, Laurel; Alix, Twyla; Ash, Cadie; Babcock, Amanda; Pham, Alexis; Rohloff, Brendan; Kaldjian, Paul J. (2021-04)There is little in our daily lives that seems more ordinary than streets and their names. We encounter and refer to them daily as we travel the landscape and repeat our addresses. Our addresses are part of who we are. We ...