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Liesch, Matthew

Professor

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Awards

  • 2021 College of Science & Engineering Award for Outstanding Professional Service
  • 2009-10: Whitbeck Graduate Dissertator Fellowship, UW Geography Department
  • 2008: Trewartha Graduate Research Award, UW Geography Department
  • 2006: Association of American Geographers, Historical Geography Specialty Group Student Research Award, Master’s Level
  • 2006: Michigan Technological University Copper Country Archives Travel Award
  • Ph.D., Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
  • Land use management
  • Human and natural systems thinking
  • Placemaking
  • Rural economic development and post-industrial restructuring
  • Human dimensions of natural resource issues
  • Community-engaged research
  • Community resilience and sustainability
  • American Geographical Society
  • Association of American Geographers
  • Michigan Association of Planning, American Planning Association

Courses Taught

  • ENV 312, Adapting to Our Changing Climate
  • ENV 350, Foundations of Environmental Thought
  • GEO 121, Human Geography and Globalization
  • GEO 317, Economic Geography
  • GEO 350, United States and Canada
  • GEO 300, Research Methods in Geography
  • GEO 431, Urban Planning Capstone
  • GEO 515, Environmental Management and Policy