Annika Bowman

Geography (2024 cohort)

Annika’s research focuses on the socio-cultural and ecological impacts of glacial extinction, specifically examining the remains and legacies of recently dead glaciers in Iceland. Drawing on extinction studies and cultural geography, Annika aims to explore the emotional and material afterlives of these glaciers, how their deaths are grieved, and what lingering traces they leave behind in the landscape and collective memory. Her interdisciplinary project bridges environmental humanities and geography, contributing to discussions on extinction, loss, and mourning in the Anthropocene.

Annika holds a MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance from the University of Oxford (distinction), where she was awarded the Examiners’ Prize for Best Dissertation for her investigation of competitive birdwatching in the United States. She graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Geography (minor) where she earned distinctions such as the Donella Meadows Prize, William C. Spengemann Award in Writing, and multiple citations for academic excellence in creative writing.