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Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Defense: Vincent Ogweno

Fri, November 14, 2025 9:00 AM at GEO, Rm. 105

Vincent OgwenoA doctoral dissertation proposal defense is scheduled for Vincent Ogweno on the following date and time:

Title:

GeoAI for Smallholder Legibility: A Citizen Science Approach to Data Fusion, Field-Scale Mapping, Uncertainty Communication, and Political-Ecological Alignment in Kenya's Agricultural Landscapes

Day and Date:

Friday, November 14, 2025

Time:

9:00 a.m. (ET)

Location:

Room 105 Geography Building

A copy of the dissertation being proposed can be obtained from Vincent by emailing him at ogwenovi@msu.edu. 

The defense will consist of two steps:

First step

Members of the Department (including faculty, students, and staff) are invited to join an uninterrupted presentation by the student summarizing the dissertation proposal, and a subsequent questioning session. The session will be moderated by the advisor.

Second step

The Advisor and Guidance Committee will ask questions in the second stage of this session.

Faculty, graduate students and other non-committee members (e.g., family and friends) CANNOT attend the second questioning stage.

Guidance Committee:

  • Nathan Moore (Chair)
  • Jeffrey Andresen
  • Leo Zulu
  • Chandra Siddharth (Dir. Asian Studies Center and Professor in James Madison College and adjunct in Epidemiology and Biostatistics)