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Election to the Society of Woman Geographers

The Department of Geography is pleased to announce that three of our students, who have shown excellence at their various stages of education, have been elected to the Society of Women Geographers www.iswg.org. Rong Zheng is a doctoral candidate researching water governance in China. Shkulla Khpal is a 2nd year BSc student, originally from Afghanistan, who is interested in Afghan political geography. Lisa Howell was a 2008 Nuffield Busary student who researched the public perception of Konik horses at Wildwood (Kent) with Dr Mary Dengler and plans to join the incoming first year class in September 2009. As a result of the election of these three students to membership, Royal Holloway's Department of Geography now has the largest number of Society of Women Geographers' student members within an individual department outside of the United States. Dr. Mary Dengler is an active member of the organization and has been a member of Society of Women Geographers since 1996 when she was elected as the first student member ever of the Society.