Congratulations to M.S. student Joshua Hodge, who recently received two grants from the UNT Toulouse Graduate School and Raupe Travel fund to present his research at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Meeting in Chicago last April. Joshua presented his master's thesis research "Assessing Post-Hurricane Rita & Ike sedimentation on the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, Texas: Implications for coastal marsh aggradation". Working under the supervision of Dr. Harry Williams, this research aims to improve our understanding of hurricane impacts on our nation's coastlines.

Photos: Joshua Hodge uses a sledgehammer to drive 10 cm diameter PVC tubes into the marsh at 13 sites along a transect at the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.