Funds from the Erich W. Zimmermann Professorship in Geography are available on a competitive basis for undergraduate students majoring in geography at the University of Texas who wish to write an honors thesis. The fellowship is named in honor of Professor Emeritus Robert K. Holz and the late Professor Paul Ward English, two important members of the UT geography department for more than 30 years.
One or more grants of up to $500 will be made each year. All topics will be considered, especially resources, the specialty of Professor Zimmermann, an economic geographer for whom the professorship is named.
Applicants must submit a one-page typed proposal outlining: (1) their research plans, (2) the two semesters involved, (3) the name(s) of the supervising professor and other faculty who may be involved in the research, and (4) a budget of anticipated expenses.
A letter from the supervising professor indicating his or her agreement to serve as thesis advisor should be submitted separately.
Successful applicants will be expected to provide the Department of Geography a bound copy of their thesis upon completion.
The deadlines for applying are: 1 May for research beginning in the fall semester, and 1 December for research beginning in the spring semester.
Applications should be submitted, and supervising letters sent,
to: the Undergradute Advisor, GRG 336.
Previous Awards
Year
Recipient
Project
2001
Muhammad T. Rahman Perception
and Societal Response to Hazard Mitigation: Arsenic Contamination of
Drinking Water in Bangladesh
2002 Jason
A. Reed
Development
and
Demographic Relationship of the St. Johns Neighborhood: Socioeconomic
Implications
2003
Kimberly Blancas
Hydraulic and Sedimentary
Controls on Floodplain Styles of the Lower Guadalupe River, Texas
2004 Corrie
Colvin
Spatial
Dimensions of Human Rights in Central America
2005 Rachel
Bergquist
Sacred Landscapes of the American
Southwest
2006 Robert
Stahl
Municipal Zoning,
Land-Use Regulations, and the Creation of Exclusionary Spaces and
Places in Urban Landscapes
2007 Anne Mariah
Tapp
Hydrologic Patterns of the Pastaza River in the Peruvian Amazon
2008 Jacob Hendrickson Human-Environmental Histories of Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, Mexico
2011 Andrew Townsend Geographical Range Dynamics and Conservation Status of Cyclura pinguis