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Isaac Rivera is a doctoral candidate and Researcher in the Department of Geography at the University of Washington, with affiliations to the Relational Poverty Network (RPN), the American Indian and Indigenous Studies (AIIS) program, the Comparative History of Ideas program, Simpson Center for the Humanities, and the Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies.
- Ph.D. in Geography (expected completion), University of Washington
- M.A. in Geography & Applied Geospatial Science, University of Colorado
- B.A. in Geography, University of Colorado
- Graduate Certificate in Development Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
- GIS Certificate, University of Colorado Denver
His research bridges Digital Geographies, Settler Colonialism, and Anticolonialism, focusing on GIS ethics, liberation geographies, and Indigenous self-determination. He has taught courses on digital geographies, abolition ecologies, and critical knowledge production.
Recent publications analyze decolonial methodologies and settler colonialism in digital knowledge practices. Key findings explore how visual and digital tools reinforce or resist settler imaginaries.
- 2023 College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Medalist
- Simpson Center's Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship (2019)
- CLIP Fellow (2021-2022), Comparative History of Ideas program
