PhD Students Receive Awards at the Association for Pacific Coast Geographers at the Annual APCG 2024 Conference

PhD Candidate Marisa Raya and PhD Student Chevon Holmes received multiple awards at the APCG 2024 conference held at Cal Poly Humboldt in October.  

Marisa received the Margaret Trussell Scholarship which honors the past President of Pacific Coast Geographers who broke into an all-male organization and established their Women's Network.  Marisa also won a Student Travel Award to attend the conference and the APCG Award for Best Poster - PhD level, for her ArcGIS StoryMap, Reparative Geographies of California. 

Chevon won a Student Travel Award and the African Descent Student Travel Award. Chevon is also the co-chair of the APCG Women's Network.