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KEVIN J. PATRICK, Ph.D KEVIN J. PATRICK, Ph.D. ADDRESS: 1193 Philadelphia Street Geography and Regional Planning Department Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701 Indiana University of Pennsylvania (724) 467-0789 Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705 [email protected] (724) 357-2500 EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 1996. Master of Arts in Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 1985. Bachelor of Arts in Geography, Glassboro State College, New Jersey, June 1983. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: FULL PROFESSOR: Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705 August, 1993 - present. Graduate/Dual Level Courses Taught: Thought and Philosophy of Geography, Spatial Structure of the Economy, Urban Geography, Social Geography, Map and Air Photo Interpretation, Geography of Tourism. Courses Taught: Cartography I, Geography of the Non-Western World, Geography of East Asia, Geography of the United States and Canada, Economic Geography, Geography of Pennsylvania, Geography of Wine, Great Lakes Senior Synthesis, Great Lakes Gateway Senior Synthesis, Place Identity and Landscape Meaning Graduate Seminar. NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSULTANT FOR THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY: National Park Service Contact for Phase I: Beth Savage National Register Program, National Park Service 1201 Eye Street NW, MS 2280, 8th Floor, Room #8 Washington, DC 20005, (202) 354-2220 June 1999 – November 2001 Specific Responsibilities: Research and electronically map at 1:24,000 scale all known routings for the 3,500 mile historic Lincoln Highway, laid out in 1913 from New York City to San Francisco. Produce The Lincoln Highway Resource Guide, a state-by-state summary of the Lincoln Highway’s historic significance and cultural resources. National Park Service Contact for Phase II: Sandra Washington National Park Service, Midwest Region, 1709 Jackson Street Omaha, NE 68102, (402) 221-3351 November 2001 - June 2003 Specific Responsibilities: Assist in developing and implementing a strategy for training and deploying a Reconnaissance Team to conduct an historic and cultural resource survey of the Lincoln Highway during the Summer of 2002. Build a Lincoln Highway geographic information system using field data from the Reconnaissance Team to analyze and summarize the results of the survey. Write The Lincoln Highway Landscape Interpretation Manual and conduct a seminar to train the Reconnaissance Team. Contribute to the development of policy alternatives for preserving the historic Lincoln Highway to be presented to the House of Representatives. EDITOR: The Lincoln Highway Forum January 1997 – January 1999 Specific Responsibilities: Produce a copy-ready, fully-illustrated, 32-48 page quarterly journal for the national Lincoln Highway Association. Subscription: 700-1,000. GEOGRAPHY INSTRUCTOR: History Department, Elon College, Elon College, N.C. January 1991 - July 1993. Courses Taught: World Regional Geography, Geography of U.S. and Canada, Physical Geography GEOGRAPHY TEACHING FELLOW: Geography Department, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, January 1990 - May 1993. Courses Taught: World Regional Geography, Physical Geography GEOGRAPHY INSTRUCTOR: History/Political Science Department, York College of Pennsylvania, York, Pa. January 1988 - December 1989. Courses Taught: Introduction to Geography, Economic Geography, Urban Geography, Geography of North America GEOGRAPHY INSTRUCTOR: History Department, Muhlenberg University, Allentown, Pennsylvania, June 1989 - December 1989. Courses Taught: Introduction to Geography. TRANSPORTATION PLANNER: Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority, Dayton, Ohio, November 1985 - August 1987. Specific Responsibilities: Develop and manage transit projects related to passenger amenities, service development, and ridership data collection and reporting. Supervise data collection clerks. TRANSIT PLANNING INTERN: Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, Urbana, Illinois, May 1985 - November 1985. Specific Responsibilities: Perform various duties related to transit operations, including; radio dispatch, and on-street supervision. SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Present-2014 Indiana Planning Commission, Vice President 2018-2012 Society for Commercial Archeology Board of Directors. 2017 Society for Commercial Archeology Conference Organization Committee, Cincinnati, Ohio. 2013 Indiana Planning Commissioner, Indiana, Pennsylvania 2012 Society for Commercial Archeology Conference Organization Committee, Wildwood, New Jersey. 2007 Vetted Mike Engle’s and Mario Monti’s book, Diners of New York for Stackpole Books (Mechanicsburg), published in 2008. 1999-2003 National Park Service Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study: Worked as a consultant for the National Park Service to build a geographic information system for the 3,500 mile long Lincoln Highway, research its historical significance and cultural resources, develop and implement a strategy for conducting a transcontinental reconnaissance survey of the Lincoln Highway, and analyze and summarize the results. This resulted in three National Park Service documents: The Lincoln Highway Resource Guide, Lincoln Highway Landscape Interpretation Manual, and The Lincoln Highway Special Resource Study. 2002-2003 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Senate Fellowship Grant: “Pennsylvania Caves and Other Rocky Roadside Wonders:” Received a $3,500 grant to research the commercial show caves of Pennsylvania for a book to be published by Stackpole Books in 2004. 2002 Atlas Media Corporation’s Highway Hangouts II: Worked as an on-call consultant for the History Channel’s Highway Hangouts II, produced by Atlas Media Corporation, Spring 2002. 2001 Political Geography Peer Reviewer: Reviewed the article, “Right-Wing Resistance to the Process of American Hegemony: The Changing Political Geography of Nativism in Pennsylvania, 1920-1998,” for Political Geography, January 2001. 2000 Local Arrangements Committee for Association of American Geographers Pittsburgh Conference: Assisted in planning for the national Association of American Geographers annual conference in Pittsburgh, March 2000. Specific responsibilities included co-editing and writing articles for the A.A.G. publication, A Geographic Perspective of Pittsburgh and the Alleghenies from Precambrain to Post-Industrial. I also planned and led two geography field trips. 1999 Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor (LHHC) Interpretive Plan: Worked as a consultant for John Milner Associates/Watson Heritage Group on developing an Interpretive Plan for Pennsylvania’s Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor. Historic American Building Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER) Preliminary Survey of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania: Worked as a consultant for the National Park Service to research, field inspect, and map roadway and roadside structures along 350 miles of Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania. 1997 LHHC Sign Project: Produced the recommendation report for the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor's Signage Project. 1996 City of Altoona Policy Plan: Worked as a consultant in a CDBG program to implement a city- wide citizens participation plan for the "Altoona Visioning Project" component of the City of Altoona's Comprehensive Plan. 1995 Perry County G.I.S.: Constructed a parcel base map using ARC-INFO to be used for the development of a geographic information system for Perry County, Pennsylvania. 1987 MVRTA Sign Program: Designed and implemented a county-wide bus stop signage program for the Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority in Dayton, Ohio. 1986 MVRTA Passenger Amenities: Designed passenger shelters and on-street site specifications, and supervised the fabrication and implementation of passenger amenities for bus stops throughout the county-wide Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority system. PUBLICATIONS: 2018 1. Review for Philadelphia: Finding the Hidden City in Pennsylvania Heritage, Summer 2018. 2. “Pennsylvania Blobfest Roadtrip,” Society for Commercial Archeology Wildwood, New Jersey Conference field trip monograph, July, 2018. 2017 Route 6 in Pennsylvania, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC. Book co-authored with Elizabeth Roseman & Curtis Roseman. 2016 “Pennsylvania Power: Energy Fuels Change,” Western Pennsylvania History, Summer 2016, co- authored with Rick Hock, Chris Schaney, and Brian Okey. 2015 1. “North Jersey Diner Tour and More,” Society for Commercial Archeology field trip monograph, 2015. 2. “Modernizing Center City; Philadelphia’s Penn Center,” Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine, Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Fall 2015. 3. “North Jersey Diner Tour and More: Soprano-Land Diners,” Society for Commercial Archeology Road Notes, Fall 2015. 2012 “Wildwood Daze,” Society for Commercial Archeology Wildwood, New Jersey Conference field trip monograph, September 2012. 2011 “South Jersey Diner Tour and More,” Society for Commercial Archeology field trip monograph, September 2011. 2009 1. “The Spirit of the Passage: Where Past and Future Meet,” in An Uncommon Passage: Traveling through History on the Great Allegheny Passage, Edward K. Muller (editor), Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009. 2. “Iron and Steel” chapter for Michigan Geography and Geology, Randall Schaetzl chief editor, New York: Custom Publishing, 2009. 2007 1. “Landscapes of Steel” entry in The American Midwest; An Interpretive Encyclopedia, Richard Sisson, Christian Zacher, Andrew Cayton (editors), Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2007.
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