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Hilary

Hilary Hungerford

Office: 201 Lindley
Phone: (785) 864-4291
Email: hilaryh@ku.edu


  • B.A. Geography, University of Northern Colorado, 2001
  • M.A. Geography, University of Kansas, 2007

Vita


Publications/Presentations

 

Research Interests

Presentations:

A collection of neighborhoods we call Niamey: an interrogation or urban fragmentation discourse
Paper to be presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual meeting, February 2012

Urban Water in the Drylands: The case of Niamey, Niger
Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, April 2011

Les différences spatiales dans l'accès à l'eau à Niamey: premiers résultats et réflexions
Paper presented at the American Cultural Center, Niamey, Niger, May 2009.

Privatization and the Changing Waterscapes of Niamey, Niger
Paper presented at the Mid-America Alliance for African Studies Conference, October 2008.

African Refugees in Kansas City: Perception Through Photography
Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, April 2008.

Kongo Ancestral Forests as Place
Paper presented at the African Studies Association, Annual Meeting, October 2007

African Art Exhibits and Constructions of Race in the United States
Paper presented at the Mid-America Alliance for African Studies conference, September 2007.

 

African cities, gendered urbanisms, urban and feminist political ecology, the Right to the City, climate change and urbanization in the Sahel, uranium in Niger, Transatlantic West African culture.

Awards

Hall Center for the Humanities Summer Dissertation Fellowship, The University of Kansas, 2011

Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, Niger, 2009-10

Howard Baumgartel Peace and Justice Award 2008, The University of Kansas

Outstanding Thesis Award 2008, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The University of Kansas

Title VI National Resource Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (African Studies, Hausa Language), The University of Kansas, 2007-09

Women’s Club Scholarship, The University of Kansas, 2007

George Jenks Scholarship, The University of Kansas, 2005


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