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Volume 40, Number 1 • January 2005 In This Issue AP Human Geography: Trickle-Up Effects on Collegiate Geography n 1996, the College Board, a national non- The first APHG exam was administered in 2001, profit association dedicated to facilitating following a five-year period of teacher preparation I the transition from high school to college, and test development. The test has grown steadily added human geography to its Advanced Place- from 3,272 exams in 2001 to 5,286 in 2002, 7,320 From the Meridian...... 2 ment (AP) program. The AP program offers in 2003, and 10,471 in 2004. Now, after four years President’s Column ...... 3 high school students the opportunity to take of administering the exam and eight years of Geographic Centers...... 4 introductory college courses and receive college preparing teachers for and educating the discipline Grants & Awards...... 7 credit if they score well on a national exam about APHG, we have a clearer picture of what this Quarter Century ...... 7 administered each spring. The exam is made exam means for geography and of the challenges AAG Member Profile...... 9 up by a committee consisting of high school that lie ahead as we seek to expand the program. AAG Washington Monitor ..11 teachers and college professors and is designed APHG has increased the cohort of students who Grants & Competitions ...... 14 to capture students’ ability to do college-level arrive at colleges and universities with high-level Specialty Group News ...... 15 academic work. AP Human Geography (APHG) geographic training (Bailey, 2003). For the first Call for Papers...... 16 establishes geography as a core discipline time in several generations, geographers report Necrology...... 16 in American higher education and exposes the existence of incoming majors and incoming New Members ...... 18 some of the best and brightest students in the students who know and can use rudimentary geo- Award Deadlines ...... 20 Books Received ...... 21 nation to geography at an early point in their graphic ideas such as site versus situation, scale, educational careers. Members of Note ...... 21 Continued on page 12 Jobs in Geography...... 22 Events ...... 47 AAG Annual Meeting Field Trips s you make plans for the AAG National Ice Core Laboratory, and the Annual Meeting in Denver, don’t Rock Core Research Center, the nation’s A miss out on the unique opportunity largest single rock core depository, where to explore the region through field trips 1.5 million linear feet of granite, oil shale, and discover the rich historical, cultural, and other rock core are analyzed for earth and physical geography of the U.S. West. processes and energy research. This article describes a few of the incred- A four-day tour exploring Colorado’s ible field trips being offered. Full descrip- Ute Legacy (sponsored by the Indige- tions of each fieldtrip are posted at www. nous Peoples Specialty Group) will take aag.org/annualmeetings/Denver2005/ participants into the stunning southwest spevents.cfm, along with information on corner of Colorado and high into workshops and special events being held the San Juan Mountains, to provide a at the meeting. look at the physical geography, history, Learn about the world’s largest map culture, and current economic and social depository at the USGS Rocky Mountain challenges faced by the Ute Indians. Mapping Center. Over fifty million maps, Included in the tour are guest presenta- books, and CDs are housed in a seventeen- tions by Ute women famous for their tra- Annual Meeting field trip themes include the acre facility. And peek inside the USGS ditional crafts, visits to the Ute Cultural Garden of the Gods, Colorado’s Ute Legacy, Jack Spatial Data Production Facility, the Continued on page 7 Kerouac in Denver, and the Grand Canyon (above). Photo courtesy of the National Park Service AAG Annual Meeting Registration form. See page 6
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January 2005 From the Meridian
AAG Newsletter New Year’s Reflections…and of the Association of American Resolutions Geographers wo thousand four has been a registration and abstract submission system remarkable year for geography and infrastructures at the AAG, and new applica- Tthe AAG. We have celebrated our tions and benefits of these online system Douglas Richardson, Publisher Centennial Anniversary in high style and infrastructures are now being realized across and Managing Editor with scintillating substance all year long, the board, from specialty group listserves to Megan D. Nortrup, headlined by a most memorable centen- our large annual meetings, and from publi- Editor nial gathering of over 5,000 geographers cations to international outreach activities. AAG Voice 202-234-1450 from around the world in Philadelphia. Substantial cost savings and new efficiencies AAG Fax 202-234-2744 There was something for everyone at that have also been achieved with these manage- [email protected] wonderful meeting—which is just the way ment systems. www.aag.org it should be in a discipline as 2004 also saw significant rich and diverse as ours. increase and re-orientation USPS 987-380 ISSN 0275-3995 The centennial meeting of our educational and encompassed so many international outreach The AAG Newsletter ISSN 0275-3995 extraordinary events that it is efforts, through expansion is published monthly with July/August hard to cite any one high- of the “My Community, combined, by the Association of Amer- light, but my own personal Our Earth—Geographic ican Geographers, 1710 16th Street favorite was the experience Learning for Sustainable NW, Washington, DC 20009-3198. of introducing back-to-back Development” project, during the opening session, through continued support The cost of an annual subscription is NSF Director Rita Colwell’s for and participation in the $25.00 The subscription price is Richardson excellent keynote presenta- International Geographical included in the annual dues of the tion, “The New Landscape of Science: A Union meetings and other international Association. Not available to non- Geographic Portal,” followed immediately exchange activities, as well as the AAG’s members. Periodicals postage paid in by the superb world premier performance innovative “Online International Educa- Washington, DC. All news items and by the Rittenhouse String Quartet of the tion” program, and an array of new NSF letters, including job listings, should be classical music piece, “Scenes From A and Department of Education funded sent to the Editor at the address below River” composed especially for the AAG’s projects and proposals, increasingly or to [email protected]. Centennial by David McKee. To me, this focused on higher education as well as All Newsletter materials must union of stellar science and exquisite music secondary education. arrive at the Association office by the encapsulated the dynamic range of our dis- A new AAG Office of Public Policy, 1st of the month preceding the month cipline and the creative and synergistic established this past year, also means that of the publication. This includes job integration that geographers can achieve geography now has eyes, ears and a voice listings. Material will be published on across that range. on Capitol Hill and within the federal a space available basis and at the dis- The year 2004 also marked major steps agencies whose policies can so directly cretion of the editorial staff. forward at the AAG in establishing a solid impact our future. The building and train- When your address changes, please financial and organizational foundation ing of a new AAG core staff with the notify the Association office immediate- needed to meet the challenges1 our disci- professional and technical skills necessary ly. Six weeks notice is necessary to pline faces in the years ahead as we for the 21st century has also progressed insure uninterrupted delivery of AAG work to create a more central place for well during 2004, and internal work flows publications. To assist the AAG office in geography in society and the university. continue to be carefully analyzed and your address change, include the address Financially, the AAG formally retired all defined to increase efficiency and to ensure label with your change of address. its debt in 2004 and posted the second continuity of operations as normal staff Postmaster: Send address changes consecutive year of very strong financial turnover occurs in the future. I am also very to AAG Newsletter, 1710 16th Street performance, while at the same time initi- pleased to report that our programs to ating many new programs. increase AAG membership have produced NW, Washington, DC 20009-3198, or Work has also now been completed on record membership in our association of [email protected]. the new computerized online membership management system and the online meeting Continued on page 5
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President’s Column Volume 40, Number 1
We Are All the AAG have just completed my visits to the the scope of our AAG extends beyond the geography, and also to position us in insti- regional division meetings of the AAG, specific services we often think of, such as tutions and audiences beyond our disci- I which I greatly enjoyed. I have publishing journals and hosting our annual pline. For example, the Race/Ethnicity engaged in many conversations about our meeting. The AAG also continues its long- and Place Conference in September 2004 Association and have heard both your standing emphasis on supporting K-12 brought together over 300 scholars from a overwhelming appreciation for the many education and there are new efforts to range of disciplines to discuss geographies accomplishments of the staff in DC, as well strengthen post-secondary education of race/ethnicity (see Doug Richardson’s as constructive suggestions about what we through initiatives building from the Geog- column, November 2004). At the same can do better. In this column I make two raphy Faculty Development Alliance led by time, this conference showcased points about our Association: first that the Ken Foote and Michael Solem. So for geographical research to faculty and AAG is strong, and second, as Doug example, recent AAG education proposals administrators at Howard University in Richardson recently pointed out, that we are aim to support geography departments in Washington, DC, and brought together all the AAG. I often hear “…the AAG should preparing successful future the AAG Diversity Task do “X”” and while these are often excellent faculty members. In addition Force to learn from col- ideas, we might stop to think how we can to these invaluable services, leagues at Howard about the take advantage of the initiatives and frame- the AAG is deeply involved in role that geography might works for action that the AAG is already representing and advocating play in historically minority providing to help accomplish that “X.” for geography in a range of institutions across the U.S. Let me begin by telling you about the arenas. For example, officers In addition, the AAG has strength and accomplishments of our Asso- and executive staff of the sponsored two Mapping the ciation in this past year. In short, the AAG Association work with admin- News Conferences which is thriving. We now have over 9,000 indi- istrators in our colleges and showcased for journalists the vidual members at the end of 2004, a universities, with other disci- power of geographical Lawson growth of over 2,000 members from our plinary societies, with the analysis and well-executed 1990s average. We have over 3,400 National Science Foundation, National maps for achieving greater depth and abstracts submitted to our annual meeting Research Council, and with countless gov- sophistication in news reporting. These in Denver, which is in line with the strong ernment agencies such as the Departments conferences contribute to Alec Murphy’s registration we had for our centennial of Education and Labor and the USGS. goal of more fully integrating geographi- meeting in Philadelphia. The finances of A great example of this emphasis on cal analysis into public debate. In all these the AAG are robust, thanks both to careful public policy outreach and advocacy is the efforts, the AAG is working to reach out management and to concerted efforts to “AAG Washington Monitor” column in our across the full range of intellectual work in bring in new grants and contracts, and gifts newsletter, which reports on the work of the discipline. Other examples of include for the Advancing Geography Fund. the AAG’s new Office of Public Policy, the AAG collaboration with NCGIA, Indeed, thanks to your generosity, and the headed by John Wertman. This office UCGIS, and AGILE to mount the tireless efforts of our Executive Director informs us of federal legislative activity of GIScience conference; the work of Doug Richardson to reach beyond our importance to geography in the arenas of incoming Vice President Dick Marston to membership, the Advancing Geography science and education policy. This work form a working group to consider how the Fund is nearing $1 million, and we will raises our awareness of federal policy AAG can better serve colleagues in physi- continue to build towards a second million. debates on issues such as funding for the cal geography; and Doug Richardson’s This fund will put our Association on a National Science Foundation and reautho- current efforts to develop and secure strong footing into the future, and will rization of the Higher Education Act so funding for a “Geography and the allow us to provide a broad range of servic- that we are informed and can take an active Humanities” symposium. es to our membership. Primary among role in advocating for our interests. This is When we talk about what the AAG can these is ensuring the health and vitality of just one example of the ways in which our do better, I would argue that in many the full range of work in our discipline. Association is working to both advocate respects we are talking about what we our- How are these resources being used? directly for geography, and also to provide selves can do. I say again, we are all the Part of the answer to this question, is to information and a network through which AAG, literally our Association is as strong note that we have an excellent and dedicat- we, as the embodiment of the AAG, can as we make it. The Association is making ed staff at Meridian Place in DC who are also be actively involved. great strides for geography, and has making a broad range of contributions to Another series of outreach initiatives demonstrated clearly a commitment to geography. Specifically as we begin 2005, serve both to unite constituencies within Continued on page 8
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January 2005 Geographic Centers
The National Centre for The NCG is currently engaged in a GIS Solutions and has received €2.3 million Geocomputation at the National variety of projects which range across the in software and training from eSpatial Solu- University of Ireland, Maynooth theory and practice of geocomputation, tions Ltd. In addition, it is receiving support The National Centre for including the continued devel- from ESRI-Ireland through various projects Geocomputation (NCG) is a opment of Geographically which also involve donations of software. new research center at the Weighted Regression (GWR). The NCG has also been successful in receiv- National University of Ireland, Another project is concerned ing a supplemental equipment grant from Maynooth (NUIM) which with the derivation of small SFI of €141,000 which will help it develop a began operation in September areas for the reporting of census high-end GIS-based graphics and visualisa- 2004. A research fellowship data and as building blocks for tion lab. Additionally, with the National awarded to A. Stewart Fother- the creation of other reporting Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, ingham by Science Foundation areas. Other work in the NCG the NCG has recently received a grant of Fotheringham Ireland (SFI), currently funds covers the development of a €30,000 from the Department of the Envi- nine personnel plus a large number of Web-based user-friendly inter- ronment to undertake a pilot project into affiliates drawn from both within and out- face for the retrieval of Irish census data— the designation of small areas which could side NUIM. this allows researchers to devote the max- act as the atomic units for reporting various Geocomputation is a recent term coined imum time to issues of importance and the spatial data within Ireland. to encompass a set of new and rapidly minimum to data extraction. Other work The NCG has funding for various expanding research areas tied together in the area of spatial modelling includes types of activities such as seminars, by their use of spatial data. It involves the the creation of a number of standard conferences, workshops and for hosting collection, storage, manipulation, visualisa- datasets with known spatial and correla- visitors. It also has funding for PhD tion, and analysis of spatial data and has tion structures for the evaluation of spatial students and postdoctoral fellows. Any- applications in a multitude of areas. The modelling methodologies. There are sev- one interested in receiving further infor- NCG thus provides an academic “meeting eral collaborative projects in the areas of mation about the NCG should contact: ground” for researchers in subjects such as spatial epidemiology, fluvial processes and National Centre for Geocomputation, geography, computer science, statistics, pollution studies as well as work in virtual John Hume Building, National University and a variety of other fields and has strong reality and spatially encoded digital video. of Ireland, Maynooth, Maynooth, Co Kil- links with the National Institute for In addition to funding from SFI, the dare, Ireland. Phone: +353 (0)1 708 6455, Regional and Spatial Analysis, directed by NCG also recently became an eSpatial email: [email protected], or online at www. Rob Kitchin. National Centre of Excellence in Enterprise nuim.ie/ncg. AAG New AAG Employee Specialty/Affinity Gayathri Gopiram Group Listserves he AAG Specialty/Affinity Group ayathri Gopiram joined the hopes to con- Listserves are up and running. As AAG as a Software Intern and tribute to the T described in the Doug Richardson’s Gassumed the title of Software Association column in the October 2004 AAG Newslet- Engineer in October 2004. She com- by improving ter (page 2), numerous improvements of pleted a BE in Electronics and outreach and specialty group organization and commu- Telecommunications (University of increasing the nication are underway. Bombay, India) and an MS in quality of The listserve option is available to all Telecommunications (University of online mem- specialty groups and offers a terrific tool for Maryland, College Park), and is pur- ber benefits. getting information to members quickly and suing a PhD in Operations Research. Outside of easily, and for facilitating interactions She plans to continue her studies the office, she among them. To learn if your SG will take part-time, while working on Web Gopiram enjoys playing part, login to the AAG website www. design and development, software badminton, reading, and spending aag.org and click on “My Communities.” application development, and data- time with her Chesapeake Bay For questions regarding the system, please contact Gayathri Gopiram at base design at the AAG. Gayathri Retriever named Crush. [email protected].
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NRC Assessment of Research Doctoral Programs Delayed he National Research Council envisioned raising 75% of its support from FY 2005. The NRC regrets this delay and (NRC) assessment of research doc- federal agencies and 25% from private asks the forbearance of the nation’s T toral programs, whose original foundations. Although the NRC has suc- research universities, many of which had design specified collecting data from uni- ceeded in raising the anticipated private gone to considerable lengths to prepare to versities beginning in July of 2005, will be funding, the public funding has not yet provide data for the study in 2005. postponed a year due to a delay in fund- been achieved, due in large part to the ing. The funding plan for the project had delay in approval of the federal budget for
New Year’s Reflections from page 2 9,000 individual members in 2004 (see fig- enterprise of which we are an integral and work of our excellent staff at the AAG, ure below), plus another 1,500 institutional essential part.2 Let’s continue to represent and thanking our members for the won- members, primarily libraries. the needs and interests of geographers derful opportunity to work with you all, from all corners of our diverse discipline. however, will be at the top of my list. Oh, Resolutions New efforts are already planned for 2005 there is one other New Year’s resolution: But a new year is not satisfied with for programs to support physical geogra- after two years without one, I intend to reflection on the past year alone, it phy and for a symposium to explore ways take a real vacation sometime in 2005. requires resolutions about the future as of expanding the growing interaction Doug Richardson well. So what are my New Year’s resolu- between geography and the humanities. [email protected] tions? Here are a few of them: Bolstering geographic science and inter- Let’s do more of the same to continue disciplinary geographic research pro- References to strengthen our Association’s member- grams at NSF, USGS, AAAS, and other 1Richardson, Douglas. 2002. Chal- ship, financial foundations, annual meet- leading science institutions will be a lenges facing the AAG. AAG Newsletter 37 ings, and publications, and let’s all work continuing priority, as will nurturing to (8):2-4. together to improve these core programs success our many new AAG initiatives 2Richardson, Douglas and P. Solís. at every opportunity. Let’s find new ways such as the Diversity Task Force, the 2004. Confronted by insurmountable to support geography’s academic pro- Senior Associates program, the Healthy opportunities: Geography in society at grams and to expand its outreach to soci- Departments Workshops, our public the AAG’s centennial. The Professional ety, to other disciplines, to policy makers, policy activities, and many others. Geographer. 56:4-11. and to engage the larger intellectual Remembering to appreciate the hard
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AAG 2005 ANNUAL MEETING REGISTRATION FORM Everyone who attends the AAG Annual Meeting must register. Space is limited for all events, field trips and workshops. AAG reserves the right to cancel any event with insufficient enrollment. All fees are payable in US dollars, by check, money order, Visa, or MasterCard. All cancellation requests must be received in writing by the stated deadlines. Requests received through 26 Jan 2005 will incur a $50 cancellation fee. Requests received after 26 Jan 2005 will incur a $70 cancellation fee. Requests received after 16 March 2005 cannot be processed. Requests received after 11 Feb 2005 for multi-day field trips, excursions and single-day field trips #1 and #2 cannot be processed. FIRST ______M.I. ______LAST ______AFFILIATION ______ADDRESS ______CITY ______STATE ______POSTAL CODE ______COUNTRY ______E-MAIL ADDRESS ______DAYTIME PHONE ______NAME OF COMPANION/SPOUSE WHO IS NOT PRESENTNG A PAPER (if registering for meeting) ______Do you have any disabilities or special needs? Please explain: ______
I. REGISTRATION V. WORKSHOPS Quantity Price Check here if you have already registered 1. GIS for the Classroom (4/5) ____@ $60 $______Before 3/16 After 3/16 2. Spatial Analysis & 3-D with ArcGIS (4/5)____@ $60 $______Regular Member $235 $290 $______3. Write/Publish Early Career Faculty (4/6) ____@ $20 $______Student/Retired Member $125 $150 $______4. NSF1-Reg Science Research Grants (4/6) ____@ $0 $______Nonmember $365 $410 $______5. Effec. Teach. Early Career Faculty (4/6) ____@ $20 $______Nonmember Student $180 $210 $______6. Grid-based Map Analysis Gis Model (4/6) ____@ $35 $______Companion/Spouse $75 $125 $______7. Looking for Data?ASTER&MODIS (4/6)____@ $10 $______One day registration $190 $210 $______8. NSF2-Reg Science Dissert. Grants (4/7) ____@ $0 $______TOTAL REGISTRATION FEE $______9. Educ. Resources Spatial Thinking (4/7) ____@ $5 $______10. NSF3-Reg Science Career Grants (4/7) ____@ $0 $______II. SINGLE-DAY FIELD TRIPS Quantity Price 11. French-Amer Hybrids:Wines-Plains (4/7) ____@ $30 $______1. Urbanization of CO Front Range (4/4) ____@ $80 $______12. NSF4-Reg Science Research Grants (4/8) ____@ $0 $______2. Military Geog. US Air Force Acad. (4/4) ____@ $60 $______13. Internationalizing Geography Educ. (4/8) ____@ $0 $______3. ESRI Office Tour & Geo Frisbee (4/5) ____@ $30 $______14. Wine Geography-Lodi Appellation (4/8) ____@ $30 $______4. Geog. Landscapes Summitt County (4/5) ____@ $80 $______15. Wine Geography-Colorado (4/8) ____@ $30 $______5. Landscape Transect Boulder Valley (4/5) ____@ $75 $______16. Intermediate Image Classification (4/9) ____@ $TBD $______6. Denver International Airport (4/6) ____@ $25 $______7. Denver Metropolitan Region (4/6) ____@ $60 $______TOTAL FEES FOR WORKSHOPS $______8. Jack Kerouac in Denver (4/6) ____@ $5 $______VI. SPECIAL EVENTS Quantity Price 9. Rocky Mountain Nat’l Park (4/7) ____@ $75 $______10. USGS Nat’l Water Quality Lab (4/7) ____@ $15 $______Banquet - individual ticket (4/7) ____@ $55 $______11 USGS Mapping Ctr & Ice Core Lab (4/7) ____@ $15 $______Banquet table - 10 tickets (4/7) ____@ $530 $______Awards Luncheon - individual ticket (4/9) ____@ $40 $______12. Urban Landscape Walking Tour (4/7) ____@ $5 $______Awards Luncheon table - 10 tickets (4/9) ____@ $380 $______13. Fire&Forest Mgmt.CO Front Range (4/8)____@ $70 $______14. Terrestrial Paleoenvi. Front Range (4/8) ____@ $70 $______TOTAL FEES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS $______15. Nat’l Ctr. Atmospheric Research (4/8) ____@ $35 $______16. Urban Landscape Walking Tour (4/8) ____@ $5 $______VII. ABSTRACT BOOK/CD Quantity Price 17. Geology of Garden of the Gods (4/9) ____@ $50 $______(Abstracts are available online to all registrants at no charge. If you also wish to purchase a printed abstract book or an abstract CD, sign up here.) III. MULTI-DAY FIELD TRIPS 2005 Meeting Abstract Book ____@ $25 $______(For multi-day field trips, participants will be contacted by 11 Feb 2005 to 2005 Meeting Abstract CD ____@ $10 $______confirm the trip will take place. AAG does not suggest making travel ar- rangements to Denver until this final confirmation has been received.) VIII. RECAP/PAYMENT 1. Exploring Colorado’s Ute Legacy (4/2: 8am - 4/5: 4pm) ____@ $470 (shared hotel room*) $______Registration Fee $______@ $565 (single hotel room) $______Field Trips & Excursions $______Workshops $______2. Ranching Heritage & Ski Resort Dev. (4/9: 7:30am - 4/10: 5pm) Special Events $______@ $175 (shared hotel room*) $______Abstract Book/CD $______@ $210 (single hotel room) $______GRAND TOTAL (US Dollars Only) US$______3. Grand Canyon Field Trip (4/9: 5pm - 4/10: 11pm) (after return to Denver Airport, attendees are responsible for their own travel and lodging) ____@ $745 (shared hotel room*) $______ Check for $______Attached (Payable to AAG) ____@ $775 (single hotel room) $______ Please charge $______to my VISA/MC (Sorry, no AmEx or Discover) * For shared hotel room selections, list the name of the individual you want to share a room with. If you have no preference, leave blank and you will be Card # ___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___-___ assigned a roommate of the same gender: ______Expiration Date: ______-______Signature______IV. EXCURSIONS Please return completed form with payment to: 1. Ski the Rockies Part I: A-Basin (4/4) ____@ $65 $______AAG 2005 Annual Meeting Registration 2. Ski the Rockies Part II:WinterPark (4/5) ____@ $90 $______1710 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009 Fax (202) 234-2744 TOTAL FEES FOR FIELD TRIPS & EXCURSIONS $______Questions? (202) 234-1450 or [email protected]
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Tickets Available for Annual Meeting Banquet and Awards Luncheon he AAG Annual Meeting Banquet Specialty Group, students, or friends. Indi- If you have not yet paid your regis- will be held on Thursday, April 7, vidual tickets are $55 and tickets for a table tration fee, you may purchase tickets T 2005, and will feature the Past (seats ten) are $530. online at the time you register. If you Presidential address of Alec Murphy on The AAG Awards Luncheon will be have already paid your registration “Enhancing Geography’s Role in Public held on Saturday, April 9, 2005, and will fee, please fax the form on page 6 of Debate.” We invite you to join us and honor recipients of AAG Honors and this issue to 202-234-2744 or mail it to enjoy the event with your colleagues, other awards and prizes for 2005. Single the Association of American Geogra- friends, and family. You may reserve a luncheon tickets are $40 and tickets for a phers, 1710 Sixteenth St. NW, Wash- full table for your department, AAG table of ten are $380. ington, DC 20009-3198.
AAG Field Trips from page 1 Museums in Ignacio and Montrose and Or, see the spectacular display of A Grand Canyon field trip offers the research library and museum at the geology and physical geography at the attendees the opportunity to examine Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Garden of the Gods. Travel along the the geography and geomorphology of Lewis College. The trip also examines Front Range over Monument Hill, into the Grand Canyon on foot and by air. As Ute-operated casinos, and traditional the Arkansas drainage basin, and into part of this two-day trip, participants will Ute ethnobotany. the Pikes Peak area of southern Colorado board a helicopter for a thirty-minute Learn about the National Center for to examine formations from the early narrated air tour that flies over the deep- Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boul- Cenozoic to late Paleozoic. est portion of Grand Canyon, through der, Colorado. Included are a VIP tour of A two-day field trip exploring ranch- the “Dragon Corridor,” and to the North NCAR’s Mesa Laboratory (including the ing heritage and ski resort development and South Rims. supercomputing facilities and 3D Visual- will take participants to Vail Valley and These field trips and many others, ization Lab) and an opportunity to Steamboat Springs to learn about the plus Annual Meeting special events, are explore the Digital Library for Earth Sys- issues and problems of “down valley” listed on the registration form on page 6. tem Education and the GLOBE (Global sprawl in Eagle County and a mountain Field trip capacity is limited, so reserve Learning and Observations to Benefit the town with two distinct legacies: ranching your slot early. Environment) program. community and “Ski Town, USA.” Grants and Awards Jeffrey A. Gritzner, Department of program. The three-year funding will studies program at Macalester College, Geography at the University of Montana, support research on various aspects of was awarded the McColl Family Fellow- received the University’s Distinguished hydroclimatology, hydrology, and water ship (of the American Geographical Soci- Service to International Education Award quality issues at Mammoth Cave National ety) for 2005. The award is in support of for 2003-04. Park and the Upper Green River water- field work for his project "Subaltern shed of Kentucky. Agroecological Knowledge and Environ- Cathleen J. Webb and Rezaul Mah- mental Justice in the New South Africa: mood of Western Kentucky University William Moseley, assistant professor of Farm Worker Insights and Land Reform in received $253,000 from the NSF-REU geography and coordinator of the African the Western Cape Province." Quarter Century he January 1980 AAG Newsletter Newport, Rhode Island, November 10- Johnson, Jr., and Donald J. Zeigler of the reported that professor of geography 11,1979. New officers of the division were Department of Geography, Michigan State T at Pennsylvania State University, C. announced including: Maynard Weston University completed a report on the Three Gregory Knight had been appointed by Dow of Plymouth State College as Presi- Mile Island nuclear accident. The report the AAG Council to edit the Resource dent; Peter M. Enggass of Mount Holyoke was based on the results of a survey of Paper Series for a term of three years— College as Vice President; and Theodore S. 150 residents living within thirty miles of 1981-83…The New England-St. Lawrence Pikora of Salem State College as Secretary- Three Mile Island. Copies were available Valley Division held its annual meeting at Treasurer…Stanley D. Brunn, James H. for $12.00.
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AAG to Hold 2005 Healthy Departments Workshop in Freeport, Maine ou are invited to participate in the workshop for a different part of the aligning department goals with the second AAG Healthy Departments country in the hope of attracting folks broader mission of colleges/universities; Y Workshop, scheduled for the week- who couldn't come last year. The meet- the importance of understanding the cur- end of June 25-26, 2005, near Freeport, ing will be held at a facility known as the rent political and budgetary climate; Maine. As you probably know, one of the “Stone House,” which belongs to the ways of leading departments through initiatives of current AAG President University of Southern Maine (Provost evaluation of their mission and making Vicky Lawson is to strengthen the posi- Joe Wood will be our host). The Stone changes necessary to succeed; and the tion of departments in colleges and uni- House is located at the end of a peninsu- challenge of engaging in outreach to versities. Toward that end, Vicky organ- la on the Maine coast, with the Casco schools, the state, and local communities. ized the first AAG Healthy Departments Bay on one side and the Harraseeket Registration includes workshop pro- Workshop last June in Seattle. Geared River on the other (more information gram and panelists, two receptions, a toward department chairs (or other cur- about the meeting site is available at welcome banquet, breakfast and lunch rent or prospective department leaders), www.usm.maine.edu/stonehouse). during the meetings, and transportation the workshop provides a forum for Panelists will include geographers to and from hotel to the meeting site. exchanging ideas and insights on the with considerable administrative experi- Space is limited to thirty applicants, so challenges that departments are facing. ence at the department, college, as well please register early (registration cost Last year's workshop was a great success, as upper administration levels: Joe Wood $295). If accepted, a formal letter of so we have decided to do it again. This (Provost, University of Southern Maine), selection will be provided to assist you in workshop will generate specific examples Susan Hanson (Clark University), John getting financial support from your of successful strategies and plans, compa- Frazier (Binghamton University), Nancy dean. Please send a note indicating your rable data for different departments, and Wilkinson (San Francisco State Universi- desire to attend to: Richard Marston, templates for annual reports. With an ty), Alec Murphy (AAG Past President), Workshop Organizer, School of Geolo- emphasis on idea-sharing, there will be Rod Erickson (Provost, Pennsylvania gy, 105 NRC, Oklahoma State Universi- both formal work sessions and informal State University), and Vicky Lawson ty, Stillwater, OK 74048-3031. networking sessions. (AAG President). We would simply Alec Murphy and I are taking the be looking for you to come prepared Richard Marston lead this time, and are planning the to share some informal thoughts on [email protected]
We Are All the AAG from page 3 Women in Geographic openness across the full range of the disci- both the directions and effectiveness of pline. It can undoubtedly improve, and it is the Association by working on commit- Education Calendar our responsibility as members to point out tees, by participating in conferences, by he National Council for Geo- the need for improvement. But it is also submitting our research to our journals, graphic Education (NCGE) our responsibility to contribute to the and by using the networks of the Associa- Special Interest Network for work of the Association. As my colleague tion (e.g., chair’s listserves, AAG meetings, T Women in Geographic Education has newsletter, specialty groups, and so on) to Alec Murphy noted a year ago, “The AAG published a "Historic Women in Geogra- achieve our goals for geography. is vital to the health of our discipline, and phy Education 2005 Calendar." The every member who joins or renews makes Victoria A. Lawson 2005 calendar is intended to recognize it possible for the AAG to do more.” To [email protected] the accomplishments of our foremothers this I would add that we can influence and, to inspire young women today to pursue careers in geography and geography education. Proceeds from As you make travel plans, please note that the the sale of the calendar benefit the AAG Denver Annual Meeting begins at 2:00 pm on April 5, NCGE Women in Geographic Educa- tion Scholarship Fund. and concludes at 4:00 pm on April 9. Calendars are $10 each. For more See www.aag.org/annualmeetings/index.cfm for schedule details. information please visit www.personal. psu.edu/jav106/geoedwomen.
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Ronald E. Wilson, Ron: It’s what keeps me grounded as a AAG: Is the influence being felt? currently directing researcher. It’s fine to do all this research and Ron: I can’t really gauge yet, but in crimi- the Mapping & put out this theory but what can it really do nology I think it’s coming around because Analysis for Public for the community and the public at large? of the contributions of key geographers Safety Program AAG: Do you bounce ideas off them? who’ve produced a lot of very sound work. (MAPS) at the In very subtle ways, they see us now and Ron: Lately, I have. I do talk about what I’m National Institute respect us. I take some flack, mostly jok- doing in my research to see if the ideas make of Justice (NIJ) in ing, about being a geographer, but now any sense. They all understand the impor- Washington, DC, they know we’ve been to the table . . . tance of it and provide insight into what explores various Wilson makes sense on the street. Nobody wants to AAG: How are you able to move these aspects of the use do something that really doesn’t work. ideas forward from your position at NIJ? of GIS and spatial data analysis in crimi- Ron: I want to take this position more into nology and public policy. He worked on AAG: For example? the public policy area. Our program development of a Regional Crime Analy- Ron: I was talking with one of these bridges the gap between research and prac- sis GIS toolbox now used in the Baltimore friends, a judge, about mass incarcerations. tice—through our Mapping & Analysis for Metropolitan Region, a software applica- What research is finding is that offenders Public Safety Conference and analytical tion which won Al Gore’s National Part- are being pulled from the same neighbor- work. One of the ways I see that happening nership for Reinventing Government hoods and these problems are becoming is through public policy, whether analyzing award in 2000. He also applies spatial data more concentrated. As they remove mostly it or influencing it. I want to show what can analysis for criminological research proj- young males, violent crime does get be done toward solving some of society’s ects, policy implementation analyses, reduced immediately. But the social struc- problems, with regard to crime. methodology development for the evalua- tures can break down—women have to tion of geographic profiling software, and often get a second job or can’t watch their AAG: How can geography contribute? public policy evaluation. Ron earned a BA kids, plus they cut social ties from the Ron: Not only in applications and tech- in Geology from Thiel College and a MA embarrassment of a partner being incarcer- niques but also in theory. I think people in Geography from Indiana University of ated. So in the long run, there is a second are starting to see that place matters. You Pennsylvania. He is now working on a wave of crime in those neighborhoods, and can’t really argue whether this theory Master of Software Engineering degree at then it’s more difficult for intervention to works or not, but whether it works in this the University of Maryland, College Park. be successful. particular place and context or not. You see geographic principles playing a role. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with AAG: How is your work regarded by his daughter and wife, expecting another other social scientists? AAG: What drew you to join the AAG? child this spring. Ron: The criminology field is really start- Ron: I originally joined for the journals, AAG: What inspired your work combin- ing to understand how crime happens but now I’m really excited about what you ing geography with criminology? somewhere and that areas that surround all do and want to be more involved. As an organization you are doing some very, Ron: Originally I wanted to become a those places are important in regards to spatial effects and crime. But I don’t really very important things to keep geography police officer. I graduated from the police see any of the social sciences looking to moving forward and growing its potential. academy and applied for jobs but when I geography for answers or methods or Like hiring a public policy director, to see got married, I decided I wanted to pursue techniques. I want to try to change that. about policy implications, how public pol- a different course, and so we both went to icy is affecting geography and vice versa. graduate school. I went for geography and AAG: How might that be done? AAG: What else can we do to live up to then wanted to find some way to apply Ron: For one, by geographers publishing in this potential? what I was learning to criminology. academic journals for criminology. I think AAG: I understand that connection runs we need to change the [academic] reward Ron: Most of us came into this discipline because we wanted to do something for in your family. structures to allow geographers to write for the world and society. If we write for Ron: Yes, My stepfather is a Deputy Sher- policymakers or for public consumption and get credit for that. Also, there are ourselves, and don’t get our work out iff and my mother is a prison guard. All of many versions of spatial statistical software there, we aren’t quite doing it. I don’t our family friends are sheriffs, state police that had no input from geographers in its think geography is as bad off as some officers . . . I had a lot of influences grow- development. But we aren’t even close to a other social sciences but we could do ing up in that way. critical mass of geographers working on much more. AAG: Does that help your work? these problems.
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ADVANCING GEOGRAPHY CENTENNIAL FUND Chauncy S. Harris, Jr., 2005 Rhodes Scholar I (we) pledge to contribute______to the Association of American Geographers as part of the hauncy S. Harris, Jr., a Advancing Geography Centennial Campaign. senior at the University of Giving levels include: C Wisconsin-Eau Claire, was $500 to $999 Scholars Circle chosen as a 2005 Rhodes Scholar. $1,000 to $4,999 Millennium Circle Harris, a geography and history $5,000 to $9,999 Century Circle major, is the first Rhodes Scholar $10,000 to $24,999 Explorers Circle to be elected from UW-Eau $25,000 and above Leadership Circle Claire. He will enter University Harris of Oxford in England in October This gift will be made as follows: 2005, where he hopes to study modern Middle Total amount enclosed: $ ______Plus annual payments of: $ ______Eastern studies. Harris’s great uncle, who passed away in December If you intend to fulfill your pledge through a gift other than cash, check, or marketable securities, please check: 2003, was a Rhodes Scholar in 1934-36 and encouraged credit card bequest insurance him to apply. “For the last ten years, he sent me the bios on real estate other all the Rhodes Scholars,” Harris said of his great uncle. “I really wanted to do this to honor him.” Credit Card: Visa MasterCard
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Expiration Date______age limits for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) award proposals are being revised and will affect Signature ______Psubmissions for the February 15, 2005 deadline. When this My (our) gift will be matched by my employer revision is approved and announced on the NSF Geography and Regional Science website (www.nsf.gov/sbe/bcs/geograph/), ______DDRI proposals will be allowed to use two additional pages for I would like my gift to go toward: graphics only (maps, satellite images, graphs, and photos) in Advancing Geography Centennial Endowment Fund addition to the regular ten page text limit. A short sentence cap- AAG Infrastructure Capital Fund tion for each graphic is allowed, but no other text will be allowed Private/Public Membership Development Fund on these two graphic pages, which will be placed after the ten Fund the Fundraising Program pages of text and before the reference pages. Graphics can still be Mel Marcus Fund for Physical Geography placed on the ten-page text pages if desired. Enhancing Diversity Fund Submission deadlines for the Human Social Dynamics (HSD) Area of Greatest Need competition are set for February 9, 2005 for Exploratory Research Other______Proposals ($125,000 limit) and February 23, 2005 for regular research proposals ($750,000 limit). For information on HSD, Name ______visit http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05520. Questions can be referred to Greg Chu, Program Director for Address ______Geography and Regional Science at NSF, at [email protected]. ______Phone ______Sign up now for AAG Annual Meeting field Date ______trips and special events. Full descriptions are posted at www.aag.org/annualmeetings/ Please send this pledge form to: AAG Advancing Geography Centennial Fund Denver2005/spevents.cfm 1710 Sixteenth St. NW, Washington, DC 20009 Registration form is available on page 6.
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AAG Washington Monitor Omnibus Appropriations Bill administration had requested $162 million Censuses and Programs account received Passed for the agency in FY 2005 and the funding $548.7 million, a $116.8 million boost n what some Washington insiders have came in well below that number, NEH over the FY 2004 level. termed the Saturday night massacre, officials can take solace in the fact that I Congress hastily passed the Fiscal Year their budget increased, a trait certainly not United States Geological Survey (USGS) 2005 consolidated appropriations bill on common to many domestic discretionary The USGS received an FY 2005 appro- the evening of November 20, in time to accounts. priation of $935.7 million. This is slightly leave town for Thanksgiving week. The below last year’s figure of $949.7 million, legislation, which had to be corrected in Census Bureau due largely to across the board cuts in the early December because of a controversial The Commerce Department’s Census omnibus to keep the total spending under provision giving certain members of Con- Bureau was one of the few big winners to a set cap. Congress again ignored the gress access to individual tax returns, come out of the omnibus scramble. Over- administration’s annual attempt to keep the incorporates nine of the thirteen regular all, the legislation provides $744.8 million survey below $920 million. The president’s appropriations bills that must be complet- for the bureau in FY 2005. This represents budget for FY 2005 had requested just ed every year. Following are brief capsules a $120.6 million or 19.3 percent increase $919.8 million for the USGS. on how some agencies of interest to the over the FY 2004 funding of $624.2 mil- geographic community fared: lion. Much of this increase is due to the Economic Research Service $79.3 million boost given to the American The Agriculture Department’s Economic National Science Foundation (NSF) Community Survey (ACS), a program Research Service (ERS) received an appro- The omnibus bill was very tough on the designed to replace the census long form priation of $74.2 million for FY 2005. This is NSF. The agency’s research and related by providing year-by-year data on com- a 4.5 percent increase over the FY 2004 level activities (R&RA) account received only munities of all sizes. of $71 million. The ERS conducts social sci- $4.221 billion, $30 million under the FY The ACS has been a major aspect of the ence (including geographic) analysis on 2004 funding level of $4.251 billion and bureau’s Census 2010 plan for several years agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural $231 million below the president’s FY 2005 now. Despite this, the program was facing development. ERS research informs and request of $4.452 billion. This marks only elimination as the Senate’s original version enhances public and private decision mak- the third time in the last twenty years and of the appropriations bill proposed level ing at the federal, state, and local levels on the first time since President Bush took funding of around $65 million for the ACS agricultural and rural programs. office that R&RA funding has been cut. The in FY 2005. Census Director C. Louis Kin- foundation as a whole suffered a $105 mil- cannon had made clear that to keep the Bement Confirmed as NSF lion cut from the FY 2004 appropriation. survey on track for full implementation by Director Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-MI), a senior mem- 2010, an appropriation of at least $140 On November 20, the U.S. Senate con- ber of the House Science Committee and a million would be required. firmed President Bush’s nomination of PhD physicist by training, issued a state- In mid-October, the AAG joined a number of Arden L. Bement, Jr., to serve as Director ment that he is “concerned and astonished” other organizations in encouraging top congressional of the National Science Foundation. Three by Congress’s treatment of the NSF in the appropriators to provide ample funding to the ACS days later, the president signed Bement’s omnibus. Referencing the more than 150 of for FY 2005. In his letter to the members, commission, formally installing the new his colleagues who signed a statement in AAG Executive Director Doug Richardson director. Bement had been leading the support of increased NSF funding, Ehlers noted, “Without the ACS, the ability to sys- foundation in an acting capacity since Feb- said that the budget cut shows “dangerous tematically gauge geographical, social, and ruary. In assuming the directorship, disregard for our nation’s future.” Specific economic conditions in most counties and Bement resigned as head of the National data is not available yet as to how the Geog- metropolitan areas will be severely limited. Institute of Standards and Technology, a raphy and Regional Sciences program fared. This would greatly harm the ability to position he had occupied since late 2001. assess the effectiveness of federal and state For more on Dr. Bement’s background, National Endowment for the Humanities policies in these areas and to conduct please see the November edition of the The news for the National Endowment research to adjust and improve upon these AAG Washington Monitor. for the Humanities (NEH) is a bit more efforts.” John Wertman positive than that for NSF. The NEH I am happy to report that these argu- [email protected] received an appropriation of $138.1 mil- ments prevailed, as Congress provided lion, $2.8 million or 2.1 percent above last $144.1 million for the ACS in FY 2005. year’s funding of $135.3 million. While the Also within the bureau, the Periodic
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AP Human Geography from page 1 region, world systems theory, and the demographic transition. When asked a set of background questions on the 2003 exam, almost 22% of APHG students reported that they had some interest in majoring in geography. If just half of the 22% in the 2003 cohort became geogra- phy majors, the discipline would have 800 additional majors, not a trivial number for a field that typically produces 4,000 bach- elor’s degrees annually. While APHG has grown steadily, the test has not equaled the lofty status of AP World History with 47,558 test takers or U.S. History with 262,906. We face daunting societal and disciplinary chal- lenges as we seek to double or triple the number of test takers. The first obstacle is the absence of geography in many of Figure 1: Colleges that received APHG scores in 2003 America’s elite private colleges. Current- others (see map). Colleges set their own history is strong. Ines Miyares of Hunter ly, Harvard, Princeton, and Georgetown standards for APHG acceptance— College reports that the New York Geo- do not award credit for APHG. Websites whether they will grant credit at all and graphic Alliance has only one teacher of for Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and New at what performance level. Also relevant APHG in the entire metropolitan region. York University are silent about APHG is that geography is more strongly The local history community is loath to credit, leaving interested students to embedded in the curriculum of some relinquish resources or status to geogra- guess whether the course will be accepted states than in others. All Texas high phy. She likens the battle for K-12 geog- or add value to their transcripts. For a school students are required to take raphy in New York City to “trying to program designed for the brightest and world geography, but are allowed to sub- retrofit the USS Constitution to be a most motivated students in high schools, stitute APHG for this requirement. If modern aircraft carrier.” (Miyares, 2004). geography’s low profile at the nation’s top only 5% of the 335,000 students who APHG also is ill served by a discipli- colleges is a problem. take world geography every year nary culture that marginalizes geography A second challenge is increasing com- enrolled in APHG instead, we would education and does not fully embrace its petition for credit from community col- have almost 17,000 new students, and contributions (Bednarz and Bednarz, leges. In 2003, 10.4 million students were the current program would triple in size. 2004). This means that a small number enrolled in 1,132 community colleges, 5.4 The University of Texas at Austin and of geography education practitioners million of them for formal credit. In some Texas A&M University rank first and investigate the cognitive aspects of stu- areas, high school students can opt for dual third respectively on the institutional list dent learning, develop innovative cur- enrollment, and are thereby allowed to of schools to which APHG students sub- riculum to inspire the next generation of take a community college course taught by mitted test scores. A similar, but not geography educators, train teachers, and their high school teacher who is certified identical, situation exists in Colorado, lobby for education reform while a by the community college as a subject spe- where the state’s flagship institution, the majority of geographers remain ignorant cialist. The risk of dual enrollment for University of Colorado (CU), has a of initiatives like APHG. To realize the geography is great because there are no geography admissions requirement. transformative potential of APHG, disci- disciplinary checks on who does and does APHG fulfills that requirement, and CU plinary culture must change to blur the not receive credit, as there is with the AP ranks fourth on the national list of lines between geography education and exam where university geographers set APHG submissions. Texas, Colorado, the rest of the field. Education is the standards and collaborate with high school and Florida account for more than one- process of reproducing the discipline; it teachers to develop and grade the exam. third of all APHG submissions. is the responsibility of all geographers, Significant geographic variation in APHG is less successful in states like from graduate students to members of the submission of APHG scores by col- California where competition from the the National Academy of Science, to lege and university suggests that some community college system is fierce and participate in this process. states are more receptive to APHG than New York where the competition from Continued on page 13
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AP Human Geography from page 12 Also problematic is the separation tive and spatial perspective in understand- as a discipline to organize our work and between K-12 and collegiate geography. ing the patterns, places, and landscapes establish our identity are becoming Many geographers see college geography that make up Earth’s surface. To be fair, this increasingly porous, learn to function suc- as their bailiwick and believe that what is a tall order, and the test development cessfully at the boundary of education and happens in the high school has little rele- committee is learning to balance the need scholarship, and treat geography educa- vance to them. This view is damaging to for a stable national test with the dynamism tion as a K-20 phenomenon. And finally, APHG because the program sits squarely of contemporary geography. we must translate our analytical perspec- on the high school-college fence and tive into questions for a national test. requires participation from those who Seize the Moment Unless we address these challenges, we move can often and easily between the APHG is a once-in-a-lifetime opportu- will remain a small academic discipline two settings. APHG involves the con- nity for geography to rejoin the main- with a limited role in education and socie- struction of a boundary organization and stream of core university subjects and ty. The alternative is to seize the moment the recruitment of boundary players who expand its role in American education. and embrace APHG as a mechanism to can exploit the creative synergy of high The course and exam expose the smartest reintroduce geography in our schools, school and college geography to develop and most motivated students to geogra- work places, and public discourse. new ideas, new learning models, and a phy, produce a more prepared cohort larger and stronger base for the discipline. entering the university, and generate new Patricia Gober, Chair APHG is also challenged with develop- geography majors. APHG teachers gain APHG Test Development Committee ing a national test and articulating stan- professional development opportunities, [email protected] dardized curriculum for a discipline that is enroll in other college courses, mix with more strongly aligned with a spatial point collegiate geographers at the annual sum- References of view than with any particular subject mer reading of APHG exams, and become Bailey, A. (2003) Recruiting and preparing matter. This perspective permeates colle- cheerleaders for geography. Despite the students for university geography: Advanced Place- giate courses and justifies the privileging of formidable barriers to further develop- ment Human Geography. Journal of Geogra- some aspects of the field over others. ment of the course and test, geography phy in Higher Education, 27(1), 7-15. Although this perspective dovetails nicely must find a way to sidestep or overcome Bednarz, R. S., and Bednarz, S. W. with the instructor’s research interests, it these hurdles. There are more potential (2004) Geography education: The glass is half articulates poorly with the course descrip- geography majors in Texas than in schools full and it’s getting fuller. The Professional tion and standardized outline of APHG that feed the Ivy League. We must under- Geographer, 56(1), 22-27. (College Board, 2001). The implication of stand and diffuse the Texas experience. this subject matter-approach debate is that We must make clear the advantages of AP Miyares, I. 2004. Personal communication, the course is inevitably oriented toward over dual enrollment to teachers and stu- April 4, 2004. passing the test, and the test has not yet dents. We must recognize that some of captured the power of geography’s integra- the internal boundaries that we have used
Travelocity Geography Education Award non-profit education organization resources, training, on-site support, and grant from the National Geographic Soci- based in New York City called Reach field work opportunities to make students ety Education Foundation, Reach the World A the World is this year’s recipient of the ready to learn about the world, geography, is also working to quantify the impact of second annual Travelocity Award for and the excitement and value of travel. this “connected learning” on student Excellence in Geography Education. The Established in 1998 by Executive Direc- achievement and teacher preparation. award is sponsored by Travelocity and the tor Heather Halstead, Reach the World has For information about the 2005 award, Geography Education National Implemen- led two online journeys tracing the voy- which will be presented in the spring tation Project (GENIP). ages of Makulu, a forty-three-foot school of 2006 at the AAG Annual Meeting, Reach the World links students and educa- ship, and served seventy educators and please contact GENIP Project coordinator tors in grades three to seven in high-need their 2,000 students at twenty-three Sarah Bednarz ([email protected]) or public schools to the world through online school sites. The website www.reach visit the GENIP website at http:// journeys being taken by real travelers. theworld.org/reaches 5,000 daily users in genip.tamu.edu. Reach the World provides schools with the U.S. and around the world. Through a
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NSF Seeks New Human and Two one-week workshops will be held and to encourage effective map use in the Social Dynamics Proposals at the University of Colorado at Boulder classroom. The National Science Foundation June 4-11, and June 18-25. An NSF grant Successful applicants will receive a announced a new solicitation for proposals includes funds to cover participant travel stipend of $2,400 to help defray travel and in the Human and Social Dynamics (HSD) to Boulder and room and board on cam- housing expenses. Completed applications priority area. There are three categories of pus. Participants will be responsible for must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, proposals: exploratory research proposals purchasing approximately $150 in book March 1, 2005. Additional information and research community development and study materials. and application materials are available at proposals, which are due on February 9, Untenured lecturers, instructors, or www.newberry.org/smith/L3rsmith.html 2005; and full research proposals, which assistant professors at any two- or four- or by contacting Susan Hanf, The Hermon are due on February 23, 2005. year institution of higher education in the Dunlap Smith Center, The Newberry In 2005, an individual may participate U.S. are eligible to participate. ABD doc- Library, 60 W Walton St, Chicago IL in only one HSD proposal. All projects toral students who have taught at least one 60610; email: [email protected], must include three or more senior person- course as primary instructor are also invit- phone: 312-255-3659. nel from at least two different fields. The ed to participate. Enrollment is on a first- maximum amount that may be requested come, first-serve basis. Department of Defense Funding for full research proposals is $750,000; for For further information or to enroll, For Environmental R&D exploratory research or research communi- please contact Kenneth E. Foote, Depart- The Department of Defense, through ty development proposals the maximum is ment of Geography, University of the Strategic Environmental Research $125,000. Indirect costs are included in Colorado, Guggenheim Hall 102-B, and Development Program (SERDP), will Campus Box 260 UCB, Boulder, Colorado, both of these maximum limits. be funding environmental research 80309-0260, Phone: (303) 492-6760, Email: The FY 2005 HSD competition will be and development in five areas: cleanup, [email protected]. Visit www.colorado. limited to three areas of emphasis for con- compliance, conservation, pollution pre- edu/geography/gfda/gfda.html. sideration: agents of change; dynamics of vention, and unexploded ordnance. The human behavior; and decision making, risk objective of this effort is to identify, devel- National Geodetic Survey and uncertainty. There will be no compe- op, and transition environmental technolo- Workshops tition for infrastructure in 2005. gies that relate directly to defense mission NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey For further information see www.nsf. accomplishment. SERDP intends to fund (NGS) is broadening outreach efforts in gov/home/crssprgm/hsd/ or contact Keith multiple projects within each area selected order to transfer its extensive expertise in Crank at 703-292-4880 or [email protected]. through a competitive process. positioning technology. NGS continues to Pre-proposals for the non-federal sec- conduct workshops throughout the U.S. in Summer Workshops for New tor are due by Friday, January 6, 2005. cooperation with universities, state and local and Early Career Faculty Proposals for the federal sector are due governments, and various organizations Two professional development work- by Thursday, March 10, 2005. Detailed representing surveying and mapping profes- shops will be held in June 2005 for early instructions for federal and private sionals. Information and a schedule of career faculty in geography—instructors, sector proposals are available on the lecturers, assistant professors, and other current workshops may be found at www. SERDP website: www.serdp.org/funding/ untenured faculty. The aim of the work- ngs.noaa.gov/pc_pord/workshops/. funding.html. shops is to provide early career faculty—as SERDP will also be funding environ- well as advanced doctoral students—with “Developing Cartographic mental research and development the theoretical and practical knowledge Literacy with Historic Maps” through the SERDP Exploratory Devel- needed to excel in the lecture hall, seminar Summer Seminar opment (SEED) program. The SEED room, and laboratory. Stress will be placed From June 27 to July 15, 2005 the New- program is designed to provide initial on methods of active pedagogy, inquiry- berry Library's Hermon Dunlap Smith Cen- funding for high-risk, high-payoff proj- based learning, and teaching with technolo- ter for the History of Cartography will hold ects in all five areas. For FY06, SEED is gy, but participants will also address topics a summer seminar entitled "Developing Car- focusing on compliance and conserva- often overlooked in today's graduate cur- tographic Literacy with Historic Maps." tion. All SEED pre-proposals are due by riculum—course planning, student assess- Teachers nationwide are invited to apply. Thursday, March 10, 2005. Detailed ment, discussion leadership, lecturing skills, The three-week seminar led by Jim Aker- instructions for both federal and non- field study, and evaluation methodologies. man (The Newberry Library) and Jerry federal proposals are available on the In addition to the workshops, follow-up Danzer (Emeritus, University of Illinois at SERDP website at www.serdp.org/ seminars, panel discussions, and paper ses- Chicago) is designed to promote an under- funding/funding.html. sions will be scheduled at the annual meet- standing of the culture and history of car- ings of the AAG and the NCGE. tography, to develop cartographic literacy, Continued on page 15
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Cartography SG for the best doctoral dissertation and the must have been presented orally to a The Cartography Specialty Group best student paper. These awards will be recent or upcoming regional or national (CSG) and National Geographic Society made in Denver at the AAG Annual Meet- meeting of the AAG. Papers may be theo- welcome applications for their student ing in April 2005. The doctoral disserta- retical, empirical, or methodological in award. The application deadline for the tion awardee will receive $250, and the orientation, and will be judged based on annual CSG/National Geographic Award in best student paper awardee, $100. their contribution to the sub-field of eco- Mapping is February 19, 2005. The award The dissertation award will be for a nomic geography, and their innovation, recognizes student achievement in the art, dissertation completed in the field of clarity, and quality of presentation. Papers science, and technology of cartography. economic geography in the period January should be single-authored, in eleven-point Students submit information on mapping 2003 through October 2004. Those inter- font, and no longer than twenty pages of projects and academic performance. Last ested in entering the competition are text, excluding a required abstract, refer- year's winner was John Nelson, a geogra- asked to submit a copy of their dissertation ences, tables, and figures. The author’s phy student at Central Michigan Universi- to: Dr. Jaime Peck, Department of Geogra- name should appear only on the first page. ty; he received $1,200 and a National Geo- phy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Entrants should submit two copies of graphic Atlas of the World. Application infor- Madison WI 53706. Email: japeck@ their paper, together with a letter indicat- mation and John Nelson’s award-winning wisc.edu. The competition is global; ing the AAG meeting at which the paper map project are at www.nationalgeographic. participants do not have to be EGSG was or will be orally presented. Students com/maps/caward, or contact David Miller, members. In recent years the competition interested in submitting a paper for this Senior Editor, National Geographic Maps, has attracted dissertations from applicants competition are asked to send a copy of at [email protected]. around the world. their paper to: Dr. Kris Olds, Department The EGSG Student Paper Award is of Geography, University of Wisconsin- Economic Geography SG Paper given in recognition of outstanding Madison, Madison WI 53706. Email: and Dissertation Competitions achievement by a student member of the [email protected]. The Economic Geography Specialty EGSG. While the competition is based on The deadline for submission to this Group (EGSG) announces its 2005 contest evaluation of a written manuscript, papers contest is February 15, 2005.
Grants and Competitions from page 14 Map Design Competition Geographic Society (NGS) atlas, and a and application forms please visit the The Cartography and Geographic certificate of award. Runner-ups will center’s website at http://fhss.byu.edu/ Information Society (CaGIS) of the Amer- receive a NGS map or atlas. reddcent/. ican Congress on Surveying and Mapping The deadline for this year's competition (ACSM) are pleased to announce this is January 15, 2005. Maps completed Cartography and Geographic year's map design competition. during 2004 are eligible. Further informa- Information Society Scholarship The competition is open to all map- tion is available at www.acsm.net/cagis/ The Cartography and Geographic makers in the United States and Canada. mapcomp.html. Information Society (CaGIS), a member Noted cartographers judge the entries Organization of the American Congress based on: color, overall design and Intermountain West on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM), impression, craftsmanship, and typogra- Research Grants offers a $1,000 scholarship for excellence phy. Entries will be displayed at a The Charles Redd Center for Western in cartography, GIScience, or the other number of national and international Studies at Brigham Young University mapping sciences. The CaGIS scholarship professional functions and will then offers research grants ranging from $1,500 is designed to encourage, recognize, and become part of the permanent collection to $3,000 to students, professors, and support the exceptional student. of the U.S. Library of Congress. Note independent scholars who are studying The deadline for this year's award is that the focus of this competition is map topics pertaining to the Intermountain extended to January 22, 2005. design; therefore, judging will be based West (defined as Arizona, Colorado, This award is available to both on cartographic design criteria, such as Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, graduate and undergraduate students, creativity, text (including spelling and Utah, and Wyoming). Researchers from although preference will be given to grammar), balance, unity, clarity, use of any discipline in the sciences, humanities, undergraduates with junior or senior color, and subject matter. and social sciences may apply. Applicants standing. To apply, see www.acsm.net/ The competition is open to all college- are not required to utilize collections cre- scholar.html. For additional information, level student mapmakers who have com- ated or maintained by the Redd Center or contact: Ilse Genovese at ACSM, 6 pleted and/or published the submitted by Brigham Young University. Applica- Montgomery Village Avenue, Suite 403, map during 2004. Each student award tions for 2005 must be submitted by Gaithersburg, MD 20879. Email: ilse. consists of a cash prize ($200), a National March 15, 2005. For more information [email protected].
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Crime Mapping Research Canada, June 8-10, 2005. The scientific David Johnston, Stephen Kelly, and John The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) program is open to sessions on theoreti- Thompson. Mapping & Analysis for Public Safety pro- cal, experimental, and operational studies Proposals of 500 words should be sub- gram (MAPS) invites presentations and of snow, ice, and winter hydrology. We mitted by January 30, 2005 to: Dr. professional development workshops for anticipate sessions discussing the Interna- Stephen Kelly the 8th Annual Crime Mapping Research tional Polar Year, climate change, and Place and Cultural Translation confer- Conference. The conference will be held, hydrological and hydro-chemical impacts ence School of English Queen’s University September 7-10, 2005, at the Savannah of snow and ice. Abstracts are invited for Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Northern Ireland. Westin Golf & Spa Resort, in Savannah, an oral or poster presentation. An abstract Email: [email protected]. Georgia. of 150-200 words should be submitted by Further information is available at The conference, hosted by the MAPS February 25, 2005. A student paper www.qub.ac.uk/betwixt/. program, brings together researchers and competition is also taking place. Addi- practitioners to learn about recent innova- tional information is available at: The Pennsylvania Geographer, tive research and share practical experi- www.easternsnow.org/. Climate and Arid Lands ences with crime mapping and analysis. The editors of The Pennsylvania Geogra- This year’s theme is “Research & Practice Place and Cultural Translation pher, a peer reviewed, semi-annual journal Affecting Public Policy.” Betwixt and Between - Place and Cul- of the Pennsylvania Geographical The NIJ will reimburse travel, lodging, tural Translation will be held at Queen’s Society, are soliciting manuscripts for and conference registration fees for one University Belfast, April 8-10, 2005. This the Spring/Summer 2005 edition. The speaker per presentation or workshop. interdisciplinary conference invites pro- general topic for this issue is climate and All prospective presenters are required posals with interests in a wide range of arid lands. to submit an abstract and brief description cultural and historical situations. The deadline for submitting material of their presentation or workshop. The The conference is intended to extend for this issue is February 15, 2005. Con- forms are available for download at discussions of the role of translation in, tact Editor William B. Kory or Associate www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/maps/savannah among other subjects, practices of inter- Editor Greg Faiers at The Pennsylvania Geo- 2005/ and should be completed and cultural exchange, the rhetoric of state grapher, Geography Department, Universi- returned to Ron Wilson at ronald.wilson@ formation and political conflict and the ty of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, usdoj.gov, no later than January 25, elaboration of local, national and interna- PA 15904. Email [email protected]. 2005, at 5:00 pm EST. tional identities, with a specific focus on Topics for future issues are environ- locality, place, and space. mental hazards (Fall/Winter 2005), eco- Snow Conference Proceedings will be published as a col- tourism (Spring/Summer 2006), and The 62nd Eastern Snow Conference lection which reflects the conference geography and terrorism (Fall/Winter (ESC) will be held in Waterloo, Ontario, themes, to be edited by Ciaran Carson, 2006). Necrology
Robert Russell "Rusty" Churchill systems and his fascination with maps Clemons was one Longtime professor of geography at drove his research and publishing. Bob was of the original mem- Middlebury College, Robert Russell passionate about teaching and was an avid bers the Los Angeles "Rusty" Churchill, died November 14, outdoorsman, leading field trips to Alaska group that was the 2004, in Burlington, Vermont. and northern Canada. beginnings of the He was born in Belvidere, Illinois on Geographic Alliances. November 19, 1946, the son of Robert and Joan Clemons She served as coordi- Marjorie (Vandeburg) Churchill. Bob Joan Clemons died November 28, nator of the alliance, received his BS and MS from Northern Illi- 2004, in Los Angeles, California. An advo- Clemons working to make it a nois University, and his PhD from the cate for K-12 teacher empowerment, valuable asset for K-12 educators. Clemons University of Iowa. He joined the geogra- women in geography, and community col- also worked on the California state stan- phy department faculty of Middlebury lege instructors, she had recently returned dards for K-12 education and served on the College in 1978. His interest in cartogra- from Australia after spreading the last of California Geographical Society Board of phy led to the establishment of Middle- her husband Tom McKnight's ashes in one Directors for many years. She was a bury's program in geographic information of their favorite locations. Continued on page 17
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Necrology from page 16 founding member of the Women’s Navajo Atlas, published by the University of the University of Colorado at Colorado Network in the Association of Pacific Coast Oklahoma Press in 1982. After Jim retired Springs from 1990 until his death. A his- Geographers and recently wrote the Histo- from OU, he served as geographer-in-resi- torical geographer by training, Poulton’s ry of the Women’s Network. dence at the National Geographic Society specialty was in Western water policies As the first community college faculty in Washington, DC, for two years before and law, with a particular emphasis on the member to be elected President of the moving with his wife Mary to Santa Fe, Pikes Peak region. Fluent in German, his Association of Pacific Coast Geographers New Mexico. latest work was a translation of My Farm she fought for recognition of the contribu- on the Mississippi by Heinrich Hauser tions that community college instructors James Murry Hunter (University of Missouri Press). make to geography. She served as Chair of James Murry Hunter, aged eighty-three, On his tombstone, he had the title “Geo- the Department of Geography at her a longtime professor of geography at grapher” inscribed, along with the words: “I community college before moving to Georgetown University, died October 15, regret that the only thing I found myself UCLA and working with the chancellor’s 2004, at his home in Rockville, Maryland. helpless to teach was curiosity—Oh, that, office. Her research included development Hunter joined the Georgetown faculty and the proper use of the apostrophe.” He and culture, and the linkages between com- in 1946 and taught political geography was a member of the AAG since 1981. munity colleges and four-year institutions. until he retired in 1986. He was the author The Curt Poulton Memorial Scholarship Clemons was chosen to receive the 2005 of Perspective on Ratzel's Political Geography, has been established in his name through AAG Gilbert Grosvenor Honors for Geo- published in 1983, and he co-wrote several the CU Foundation. Remembrances and graphic Education, which she will be other books on geography with other pro- thoughts may be sent to Eve Gruntfest at awarded posthumously at the 2005 AAG fessors. He also was a visiting professor at [email protected]. Annual Meeting Awards Luncheon. Boston University and wrote numerous arti- William Wallace A memorial gathering in celebration cles for professional journals. Retired forty-year University of Born in Homer City, Pennsylvania, of her life will be held January 29, 2005, New Hampshire professor, William H. Hunter graduated from Indiana University from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at 3240 Tilden Avenue, Wallace died of liver cancer on October 29, of Pennsylvania. He earned a master's Los Angeles, California. 2004. He was born in Chicago, December degree in geography from the University of 10, 1924. After attending Beloit College in Jim Goodman Pittsburgh and a doctorate in geography Wisconsin, Wallace entered the graduate Long-time faculty from the University of Santo Domingo in program in geography at the University of member and former the Dominican Republic. Wisconsin in Madison, receiving his MS Chair of the Depart- During World War II, he served in the degree in 1950 and his PhD in 1956. His ment of Geography Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Belvoir. first academic position was at the Universi- at the University He was a member of the AAG and ty of Auckland in 1952. After returning to of Oklahoma, Jim the American Association of University the U.S. in 1954, Wallace joined the facul- Goodman died on Professors. ty of Rutgers University. November 15, 2004. Wallace began an appointment at the Goodman James M. Goodman Curt Poulton University of New Hampshire in 1956 and was born in Henryetta, Oklahoma on July Curt A. Poulton, senior instructor at served on the faculty for forty years, retiring 23, 1929. He earned his BA at the Univer- University of Colorado at Colorado in 1997. He introduced the major program sity of Oklahoma in 1952 and his MS and Springs, died on November 22, 2004. in geography in 1964 and established PhD at Northwestern University in 1953 Born in St. Louis in 1931, Poulton served the Department of Geography in 1968. and 1961, respectively. He taught at four years in the Air Force, and worked for Wallace served as chair of the Department of Western Kentucky State University 3M in Minnesota as a Product Design Engi- Geography for twenty-four years. He was (1956-64); Wisconsin State University- neer for much of his life. After leaving the awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow- Oshkosh (1964-66); Oregon College of position of Chief Engineer at a Colorado ship in 1963 and was a Fulbright Education (1966-67); and the University of Springs firm in 1977, he set out to change lecturer in Norway in 1971. Wallace was Oklahoma (OU) (1967-93), where he was his life by moving into academic geography. active in the AAG, the New England-St. Chair of the Department of Geography in Poulton received a BA in geography from Lawrence Valley Geographical Society and his last seven years. During his tenure at CU-Colorado Springs, his MA from CU- the Eastern Historical Geography Associa- OU, Goodman was President of the Boulder, and then his PhD from the Univer- tion. His most recent scholarship focused on National Council for Geographic Educa- sity of Minnesota in 1989 at the the Historical Geography of New tion (1980-81). He was founder and the age of fifty-eight. He was employed as a England, particularly issues of colonial settle- first Director of the Oklahoma Alliance for senior instructor in the Department of ment and land division. Earlier in his career Geographic Education. He authored The Geography and Environmental Studies at he wrote extensively about railroads.
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January 2005 New Members
AAG welcomes the following new members whose memberships were processed during November.
Ababneh, Linah, Tucson, AZ Chan, Roger, C.K., Hong Kong Gary, Robin, Austin, TX Abizaid, Christian, Montreal, QC, Canada Chang, Eunsuk, Buffalo, NY Gentry, Glenn W, Syracuse, NY Aboagye, Dacosta, Norman, OK Chatterjee, Sudip, Memphis, TN Geverdt, Doug, Annapolis, MD Abood, Paul, Longmont, CO Chen, Xianfeng, Morgantown, WV Ghosh, Debarchana, Manhattan, KS Abu-Zahra, Nadia, Oxford, UK Chinniah, Sivagurunathan, Portage, MI Gong, Gang, Worcester, MA Addie, Jean-Paul, Oxford, OH Clark, Andrew, Durham, UK Green, Kyle, Morris, NY Adom, Cynthia, Worcester, MA Clinton, Philip, Goodyear, AZ Griffith, Andrew, S., Austin, TX Agbobli, Ebenezer, Shippesnburg, PA Cloke, Jonathan, Leicester, UK Gunasekera, Kumudu, North Waltham, MA Al-Thaibani, Najat, Salt Lake City, UT Clough, Nathan, Burlington, VT Haisch, Tina, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Aldrich, Serena, College Station, TX Cole, Alexander, Frederiksberg, Denmark Hamada, Yuki, San Deigo, CA Alexander, Melinda, Tempe, AZ Coles, Pamela, Laramie, WY Hannah, Joseph, Seattle, WA Allen, David, Plymouth, MI Conklin, Nikki, Binghamton, NY Hanson, Molly, Salt Lake City, UT Alper, Rebecca, Worcester, MA Conradson, David, Southampton, UK Harrison, Jill, Santa Cruz, CA Anderson, Pamela, Brookings, SD Cox, Rosie, London, UK Hartman, Jessica, Salt Lake City, UT Armstrong, Harvey, Sheffield, UK Crawford, Priscilla, Norman, OK He, Shenjing, Southampton, UK Arsel, Murat, Chicago, IL Crowell, Kelly, Los Alamos, NM Herzfeld, Ute Christina, Boulder, CO Atle, Hauge, Uppsala, Sweden Daniel, Nelson, San Marcos, TX Hester, Leslie, Raleigh, NC Backus, Vickie, Bozeman, MT Darian, Laurie, Bozeman, MT Himley, Matthew, Syracuse, NY Baer, Paul, Salt Lake City, UT Davidson, Mark, London, UK Hineline, Mark, Escondido, CA Baletti, Brenda, Austin, TX Dawley, Stuart, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Hipwell, William, T., Daegu, Korea Bato, Victorino, East Lansing, MI DeBernardi, Lyle, Spring Hill, FL Hoffman, Lisa, Tacoma, WA Bengtson, Jessica, Iowa City, IA Degrassi, Christian Hogue, Jennifer, Corvallis, OH Berry, E. Helen, Logan, UT Demetrakopoulos, Melissa, Ipswich, MA Holt, David, Harms, Oxford, OH Berry, Stacie-Ann, Kingston, Jamaica Dittemore, Miles, Broderick Leighton, Hook, Peter, Bloomington, IN Beyer, Kirsten, Iowa City, IA Long Beach, CA Houston, Serin, Seattle, WA Biggs, David, Riverside, CA Dobbs, Mary, Manhattan, KS Howell, Philip, Cambridge, UK Biglin, Kevin, Burlington, VT Doelker, Jeremy, C., Columbus, OH Hruska, Linnea, Kalamazoo, MI Binnian, Emily, Anchorage, AK Doherty, Kathleen, Brookfield, WI Hubbard, Philip, Leicestershire, UK Bitetto, Michael, Sunrise, FL Donohoe, Holly, Ottawa, ON, Canada Huber, Matthew, Worcester, MA Blissett, Shawn, Sandy, UT Dougall, Janice, Portland, OR Hultgren, Torrin, Boulder, CO Blunt, Alison, London, UK DuBois, Michael, Salem, MA Hunter, Sue, Leicester, England Bohland, Jon, Blacksburg, VA Ducey, Craig, Portland, OR Hurd, John, Cincinnati, OH Bose, Pablo, Toronto, ON, Canada Dyson, Jane, Edinburgh, UK Iwan, Gregory, Littleton, CO Boshara, Jay, Iowa City, IA Egger, Meleia, East Lansing, MI Jackson, Sara, Vancouver, BC, Canada Bowen, Kristin, J., Chicago, IL Eidem, Nathan, Carbondale, IL Jacobs, Jessica, Amman, Jordan Brand, Ralf, Nuremberg, Germany Elcock, Tracey, Kingston, Jamaica James, Ford, Guelph, ON, Canada Bray, Jeff, Tallahassee, FL Engelen, Ewald, Amsterdam, Netherlands Jason, Hackworth, Toronto, ON, Canada Brettschneider, Alecia, San Marcos, TX Ensor, Leslie, Bloomington, IN Jensen, Kari, Bolstad, State College, PA Brettschneider, Brian, San Marcos, TX Erickson, Kristofer, Seattle, WA Jeter, Gavin, Lawrence, KS Brickey, Jill, Knoxville, TN Eveleigh, Timothy, McLean, VA Joassart-Marcelli, Pascale, Cambridge, MA Brower, Barbara, Portland, OR Fall, Juliet, Vancouver, BC, Canada Johnson, Elizabeth, Minneapolis, MN Brown, Constance, Bloomington, IN Faulkner, Mark, Norman, OK Johnson, Tamara, Chapel Hill, NC Brumley, Seth, Umpqua, OR Faustini, John, Corvallis, OR Jones, Roy, Perth, WA, Australia Bunn, Jason, TN Folker, Geoffrey, Olathe, KS Jones, Trevor, Gareth, Worcester, MA Burnett, Kari, Los Angeles, CA Foreman, John, Austin, TX Judy, Clark, Louisville, CO Burnum, Jessica, Manhattan, KS Fort, Sarah, San Rafael, CA Jung, Wook Rak, Austintown, OH Byrd, Brandon, Arlington, TX Freeman, Eveily, St. Cloud, MN Kelly, Peter, Kingston, Jamaica Cameron, Stephen, R., East Lansing, MI Furcron, Thomas Kiechle, William Cao, Ying, Fairfax, VA Gallagher, Rory, Cambridge, UK Kim, Myung, Columbus, OH Carey, Matthew, Albany, NY Garcia, Belen, Lopez, San Marcos, TX Kindon, Sara, Wellington, New Zealand Carmalt, Jean, Brooklyn, NY Gardner, Todd, Washington, DC King, Karen, Hamilton, ON, Canada Carr, John, Seattle, WA Garrett, Steven, Tacoma, WA Kirschbaum, Sara, Colorado Springs, CO
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Klemens, Michael, Green Bay, WI Meehan, Katharine, Oxford, UK Rowland, Peter, San Jose, CA Knauf, Meredith, Boulder, CO Mercado, Ruben, Hamilton, ON, Canada Roy, Michelle, Salem, MA Kocis, Whitney, Knoxville, TN Mestrovich, Michelle, Santa Rosa, CA Ruddy, Lydia, Seattle, WA Kondo, Akio, Tokyo, Japan Michael, Timothy, Slippery Rock, PA Ruth, Matthias, College Park, MD Kopko, Jennifer, Morgantown, WV Mihevic, Nicole, Highland Hts., OH Sabra, Samah, Dundas, ON, Canada Koppany, Sven, Worcester, MA Milbrandt, Anelia, Golden, CO Saliba, George, Tucson, AZ Kouadio, Bertin, Yao, Urbana, IL Miller, Matt, Salem, VA Salo, James, Oxford, UK Kraatz, Lindsey, Wilmington, NC Minckley, Thomas, Terre Haute, IN Sarathy, Brinda, Berkeley, CA Kuan, Da-Wei, Honolulu, HI Mizuoka, Fujio, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan Sarlitto, San, Yarmouth, ME Kumar, Mukesh, Jackson, MS Moore, Christopher, Oshkosh, WI Scarpellino, Martha, Iowa City, IA Lafferty, Michael, Sean, Austin, TX Moore, Susan, London, UK Schmidt, David, University Park, PA Lambourdiere, Eric, Schoelcher, Mooser, Ian, Ellensburg, WA Schneider, Brett, Fullerton, CA Martinique Moreno, Christopher, Cardiff by the Sea, CA Schneider, Philipp, Santa Barbara, CA Lane, Bradley, Bloomington, IN Mostern, Ruth, Merced, CA Schnell, Izhak, Tel Aviv, Israel LaPerriere De Gutierrez, Renee, Laredo, TX Mueller, Daniel, Berlin, Germany Scholten, Bruce, Durham, UK Larsen, Eric, Stevens Point, WI Murai, Emily, Minneapolis, MN Schubert, Janis, L, Richardson, TX Lecklider, Elizabeth, Ann, Akron, OH Murray, Robert, State College, PA Schwanen, Tim, Utrecht, Netherlands Lee, Elizabeth, Vancouver, BC, Canada Murton, James, Vancouver, BC, Canada Schwartz, Sarah, Columbia, SC Lee, Gunhak, Columbus, OH Myers, Paul, Francis, Denver, CO Sforza, Peter, Blacksburg, VA Leipnik, Mark, Huntsville, TX Nakamura, Nobutaka, Maryville, MO Sharkey, William, Milwuakee, WI Levine, Philippa, Los Angeles, CA Napieralski, Jacob, West Lafayette, IN Shears, Andrew, B, Muncie, IN Lewis, Geoffrey, Ann Arbor, MI Neault, Guillaume, Kingston, ON, Canada Shin, Jungyeop, Amherst, NY Li, Shujuan, College Station, TX Neidel, John, Carmel, CA Shubin, Sergei, Saskatoon, SK, Canada Li, Yingru, Cincinnati, OH Neill, Holly, Springfield, MO Silva, Timothy, Hingham, MA Liang, Wei, Baton Rouge, LA Nelson, Mark, Eau Claire, WI Simenson, Chris, Dunkerton, IA Light, Adam, Portland, OR Neuenschwander, Amy, Austin, TX Simoneau, Wayne, Dripping Springs, TX Lindesay, Janette, Anne, Canberra, Australia Newton, Zachary, Kalamazoo, MI Sivak, Henry, Los Angeles, CA Lobell, David, Stanford, CA Nuckolls, Margaret, Lee, Salt Lake City, UT Slatton, Russell, Hancock, MI Logan, Shannon, Dawn, Toronto, ON, Canada Nyema, Guannu, Rancho Cucamonga, CA Sleeter, Benjamin, Menlo Park, CA Long, Joshua, Lawrence, KS Omariba, Walter, London, ON, Canada Slick, Daniel Lu, George, Fairfax, VA Ording, Amy, J, Iola, WI Smith, Brady, Starkville, MS Ludden, Thomas, Davidson, NC Paglen, Trevor, Berkeley, CA Smith, JennLee, Los Angeles, CA Luebke, Michelle, Athens, GA Palis, Joseph, Chapel Hill, NC Smith, Melanie, Missoula, MT Lunkapis, Gaim James, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Parsons, Mark, Boulder, CO Smith, Rebecca, State College, PA Malaysia Pavelsky, Tamlin, Los Angeles, CA Snow, Mary, Daytona Beach, FL Luttrell, Stephen, Arlington, VA Penfold, Robert, Columbus, OH Snow, Richard, Daytona Beach, FL Maas, Jacob, Kalamazoo, MI Perry, Marc, J., Washington, DC Sobolowski, Stefan, Brooklyn, NY Mackay, David, Buffalo, NY Peters, Paul, A, Austin, TX Sowers, Jacob, Manhattan, KS MacLennan, Andrea, Bellingham, WA Peterson, Kim, Anchorage, AK Spiking, William, MO Mamadouh, Virginie, Amsterdam, Peterson, Rorik, Wamego, KS Spruance, Catherine, Lee, Salt Lake City, UT Netherlands Pomara, Lars, Austin, TX Stefan, Buzar, Oxford, England Mandeville, Julie, Salem, MA Postigo, Julio, Austin, TX Steinhart, Gail, Ithaca, NY Mann, David, Knoxville, TN Pratt, Kathryn, Minneapolis, MN Stephens, Philip, San Diego, CA Marryatt, Jason, Anaheim, CA Prishchepov, Alexander, Stillwater, OK Stevens, Austin, Austin, TX Marsh, Meredith, Santa Barbara, CA Propen, Amy, MN Stewart, Susan, Kingston, Jamaica Martin, Derek, Springfield, MO Qianhong, Tang, Charlotte, NC Straatman, Bas, St. John's, NFL, Canada Martin, Nina, Chicago, IL Rasor, Noel, Lawrence, KS Su, Lihong, Montclair, NJ Masse, Jeffrey, Seattle, WA Rauscher, Sara, Pallisades, NY Sullivan, Thomas, Lafayette, LA Matsui, Kenichi, Columbus, OH Read, Bryce, Tallahassee, FL Sun, Wenjie, Bloomington, IN Mattison, Colin, Spring Valley, CA Reid, Kereen, Kingston, Jamaica Taylor, Russel, Tuscaloosa, AL McClure, Robert, Northfield, MN Roberts, Sanderson, Perry, San Francisco, CA Taylor, Stephen, Monmouth, OR McElwee, Pamela, Lawrence, KS Rodgers, Scott, London, England Thein, Brad, Salt Lake City, UT McGregor, Stephen, Chapel Hill, NC Roman, Ron, New York, NY Thornbrugh, Casey, Tucson, AZ McKay, Deirdre, Canberra, Australia Ross, Johnson, Anaheim, CA Timothy-Burgess, Margaret, Kingston, Jamaica McNabb, Ashley, Austin, TX Roussie, Sue, Amherst, NY Continued on page 20
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2005 22. CaGIS Scholarship. www.acsm.net/ Peck at [email protected]. For student paper JANUARY scholar.html. competition contact Kris Olds at olds@ 1. Rural Geography SG John Fraser Hart geography.wisc.edu. Award for Research Excellence, Donald Q. FEBRUARY 19. Cartography SG and National Geo- Innis Award, and Lifetime Achievement 1. Asian Geography SG Student Paper graphic Award in Mapping. Contact David Award for Excellence in Rural and Agricul- Competition. Contact Dennis Wei at weiy@ Miller at [email protected]. tural Geography. Contact Kenneth Dagel at uwm.edu. 23. NSF Human and Social Dynamics [email protected]. 1. SWG Pruitt National Fellowship for full research proposals. www.nsf.gov/home/ 6. Fellowships at the International Dissertation Research Program. Contact crssprgm/hsd/. Center for Advanced Studies at NYU. Ruth Shirey at [email protected]. 25. Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/icas. 1. U.S. Community Forestry Research Specialty Group Student Paper Competi- 6. Department of Defense SERDP Fellowships. Email cffellow@nature. tion. Contact Malcolm Cutchin at mpcutchi funding for non-federal sector. www.serdp. berkeley.edu. @utmb.edu. org/funding/funding.html. 1. Arctic Institute of North America 7. Cultural Geography SG Student Paper Grants. www.ucalgary.ca/AINA/education/ MARCH Competition. Contact Soren Larsen at grants_AINA.html. 1. Rural Geography SG Student Paper [email protected]. 1. Regional Development and Planning Competition. Contact Kenneth Dagel at 10. U.S. Institute of Peace, Peace Scholar and Asian Geography SGs Student Paper [email protected]. Awards. www.usip.org/fellows. Award. Contact Jayati Ghosh at jghosh@ 1. Developing Cartographic Literacy with 14. Disability SG Student Paper Compe- dominican.edu. Historic Maps” Summer Seminar at the tition. http://courses.temple.edu/neighbor/ 1. Historical Geography SG Student Newberry Library's Hermon Dunlap Smith service/disability&geography.html. Research Awards. Contact Jeffrey Smith at Center for the History of Cartography. 14. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum [email protected]. www.newberry.org/smith/L3rsmith. html. Commission Scholars in Residence Program. 9. NSF Human and Social Dynamics 10. Department of Defense SERDP www.phmc.state.pa.us. exploratory research proposals and research funding for federal sector. www.serdp.org/ 15. Latin America SG Student Paper community development proposals. www. funding/funding.html. Competition. http://sites.maxwell.syr.edu/ nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/hsd/. 15. Intermountain West Research Grants at clag/lasg.htm. 15. Geography of Religions and Belief BYU. http://fhss.byu.edu/reddcent/. 15. American Antiquarian Society Fellow- Systems SG David E. Sopher New Scholar ships. www.americanantiquarian.org. Award. Contact Michael Ferber at mferber APRIL 15. CaGIS Map Design Competition. @geo.wvu.edu. 15. Best Practices in Science Modeling www.acsm.net/cagis/mapcomp.html. 15. Spatial Analysis and Modeling SG Competition. www.esri.com/sciencemodeling. 15. Remote Sensing SG Early Career Student Paper and Emerging Scholar Paper Award. Contact Doug Stow at stow@mail. Competitions. Contact Fahui Wang at MAY sdsu.edu. [email protected]. 15. SWG Pruitt National Minority 18. Biogeography SG Graduate Student 15. Economic Geography SG Disserta- Fellowship Program. Contact Ruth Shirey Research Grant. www.departments.bucknell. tion and Best Student Paper Competitions. at [email protected]. edu/geography/The_Biogeographer/. For dissertation competition contact Jaime
New Members from page 19 Toyama, Kentaro, Redmond, WA Warner, Timothy, Pittsburgh, PA Woods, Clyde, College Park, MD Trageser, Andrea, Baltimore, MD Waterinckx, Philippe, Tucson, AZ Wright, Elijah, Bloomington, IN Traub-Werner, Marion, Minneapolis, MN Watkins, Raymond, A. Wright, Stewart, Lakewood, CO Travis, Sabrina, Laramie, WY Watson, Jr., Darrell G., Columbia, SC Wu, Li, Ypsilanti, MI Trendell, Harold, R., Kennesaw, GA Watson, Richard, P., Albuquerque, NM Yamane, Akiko, VIC, Australia Tsukernik, Maria, Boulder, CO Watt, Steve, Santa Cruz, CA Yang, Chun, Hong Kong Van Auken, John, Denver, CO Way, Henry, Lawrence, KS Yang, Xiaoying, Iowa City, IA VanLeer, Cristel, Lakewood, CO Weidler, Christa, Champaign, IL Yang, You-Ren, Taipei, Taiwan Vargas, Alma, Chino, CA Weng, Yen-Chu, Madison, WI Yost, Chad, Saint Cloud, MN Venn, Laura, Coventry, UK West, Rebecca, Marysville, CA Yu, Jeremy, San Diego, CA Wade, Alisa, Fort Collins, CO White, Roger, St. John's, NF, Canada Zademach, Hans-Martin, Munich, Wagstaff, Jeremiah, College Station, TX Wildblood-Crawford, Bruce, Christchurch, New Germany Wahab-Twibell, Rima, Worcester, MA Zealand Zeitler, Ezra, Lincoln, NE Waite, Louise, Leeds, England Willits, Brendan, Greeley, CO Zhang, Tong, San Diego, CA Wallner, Barbara, WI Wolaver, Joanna, Austin, TX Zhao, Tao, Hong Kong Wang, Man, Seattle, WA Wong, Theresa, Columbus, OH Zhou, Guirong, Seattle, WA Wang, Tan, Hong Kong Wood, Christopher, Springfield, MO Zier, Jim, Dayton, WY
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Anella, Anthony and John B. Wright. Saving the Ranch: Conservation McKendrick, John H., ed. First Steps: A Primer on the Geographies of Easement Design in the American West. Washington, DC: Island Press, Children and Youth. London: Limited Life Working Party on Chil- 2004. 172 and 4 pp., ISBN 1-55963-473-1. dren, Youth and Families of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, 2004. 24 pp., n.p., ISBN 0- Baker-Lewis, Carolyn, ed. The Winter Sailor: Francis R. Stebbins on 902447-23-8. Florida’s Indian River, 1878-1888. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2004. 200 and 26 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-8173- Meinig, D.W. The Shaping of America: A Geographical Perspective on 500 5129-9. Years of History. Volume 4, Global America, 1915-2000. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004. 467 and 16 pp., $45.00, Bhagat, Pamela. India: An Oxfam Country Profile. Oxford, UK: ISBN 0-300-10432-4. Oxfam, 3rd rev. ed., 2004. 90 and 4 pp., ISBN 0-85598-495-3. Mitchell, Timothy. Rule of Experts: Egypt, Techno-Politics, Modernity. Blatt, Harvey. America’s Environmental Report Card: Are We Making the Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002. 413 and 13 Grade? Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. 277 and 14 pp., $27.95, pp., $19.95, ISBN 0-520-23262-3. ISBN 0-262-02572-8. Norwine, James, John R. Giardino, and Sushma Khrishnamurthy, Bremer, Thomas S. Blessed With Tourists: The Borderlands of Religion and eds. Water for Texas. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Tourism in San Antonio. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Car- Press, 2005. 271 and 12 pp., $65.00, ISBN 1-58544-326-3. olina Press, 2004. 207 and 12 pp., $19.95, ISBN 0-8078-5580-4. Robbins, William G. Landscapes of Conflict: The Oregon Story, 1940- Brenner, Neil. New State Spaces: Urban Governance and the Rescaling of 2000. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004. 414 and 23 Statehood. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 351 and 19 pp., $35.00, ISBN 0-295-98442-2. pp., n.p., ISBN 0-19-927006-6. Sagan, Iwona and Mariusz Czepczynski, eds. Featuring the Quality Graham, Stephen, ed. Cities, War, and Terrorism: Towards an Urban of Urban Life in Contemporary Cities of Eastern and Western Europe. Gdan- Geopolitics. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2004.384 and 23 pp., $39.95, sk and Poznan, Poland: Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 2004. ISBN 0-4051-1575-0. 295 pp., n.p., ISBN 83-89290-71-5. Jett, Stephen C., ed. Charles F. Gritzner, series consulting ed. Scarpaci, Joseph L. Plazas and Barrios: Heritage Tourism and Globaliza- France. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2004. 126 pp., n.p., ISBN 0- tion in the Latin American Centro Historico. Tucson: University of Ari- 7910-7607-5. zona Press, 2005. 267 and 19 pp., $45.00, ISBN 0-8165-1631-6. Lapping, Mark B. and Owen J. Furuseth, eds. Big Places, Big Plans: Shaw, Diane. City Building on the Eastern Frontier: Sorting the New Nine- Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, teenth-Century City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. 187 and 9 pp., $79.95, ISBN 0-7546-3586-4. 2004. 209 and 11 pp., $45.00, ISBN 0-8018-7925-6. Makagon, Daniel. Where the Ball Drops: Days and Nights in Times Wilson, Robin. Four Colors Suffice: How the Map Problem Was Solved. Square. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004. 268 Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. 262 and 12 pp., and 23 pp., $29.95, ISBN 0-8166-4275-3. $16.95, ISBN 0-691-12023-4. Members of Note F. Robert Bielski, AICP and professor Joseph Oppong, associate professor emeritus of geography and planning at of geography at the University of West Chester University, received the North Texas, and Chair of the AAG Distinguished Leadership Award for a Medical Geography Specialty Group, Professional Planner from the Pennsylva- was profiled in a feature article entitled nia Planning Association. “Mapping Outbreaks” in the publication Resource: Research, Scholarship & the Arts at Barry Wellar, professor of geography at the University of North Texas. The article the University of Ottawa, has received the describes Oppong’s work in mapping the 2004 Rector’s Award for Service to the Uni- spread of infectious diseases such as versity Through Media and Community Buruli Ulcer (skin-eating disease) and Relations. The Rector’s Award was given to tuberculosis. Wellar in recognition of outstanding service to the University of Ottawa and the larger Oppong community through the news media. Photo by Angilee Wilkerson
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UNITED STATES full-time, tenure-track assistant professor of uaahrs or by contacting UAA/HRS at (907) 786- geography. All specialties will be considered; 4608; Hearing Impaired TTY Phone: (907) 786- ALABAMA, AUBURN 36849. The Department candidate with research and teaching interests in 1420. UAA is an AA/EO employer & educational of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, historical, political or economic/global geogra- institution. Applications for employment are sub- Alabama, invites applications for the position of phy and regional specialties in North Pacific/Far ject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Chair of the Department of Geology and Geog- East is preferred. A strong commitment to Records Act. Inquiries may be directed to Dorn raphy within the College of Sciences and Mathe- teaching, research, and university & departmental Van Dommelen, Chair, Search Committee, matics. The initial appointment will be for 4 years service, including assisting in the integration of [email protected] or 907-786-1765. beginning Fall Semester 2005 and renewable once geography in the history department and demon- for a second 4 year term. The department present- strated sensitivity to diverse student populations *ALASKA, JUNEAU 99801-8671. Assistant ly has a faculty of 10 geologists and 5 geographers. required. Responsibilities include the delivery of Professor of Geographic Information Systems. The department offers a Masters degree in geolo- the introductory, world regional/global issues The University of Alaska Southeast is seeking a gy and has about 20 graduate students, at least 14 course; teaching basic introductory physical qualified individual for a tenure-track position in of which receive teaching or research assistant- geography and upper-division courses in special- the Department of Natural Sciences. This posi- ships. It averages about 20 geology majors and 25 ty area; publishing in their field; and participat- tion will support undergraduate degree programs geography majors. Further information on the ing in department/community service. A Ph.D. in in Environmental Science, Marine Biology, and department can be found at http://www. geography required; candidate with ABD in hand general Biology. A Ph.D. in one of the Natural auburn.edu/academic/science_math/cosam/docs/ will be considered if Ph.D. is completed prior to Sciences or Geography with an emphasis on GIS geol_geog.html. appointment date. JAN 05-24. is required. Applicants must have a Ph. D. in geology or Apply: The complete vacancy announcement Research focus could include but is not geography and a record in research, teaching, with qualifications, responsibilities and specific restricted to: Geoscience, Environmental Sci- and service qualifying for the rank of Full Profes- application procedures is available on the ence, Oceanography, or Biology. Knowledge of sor with tenure in the department. The candidate UAA/HRS website at www.finsys.uaa.alaska.edu/ major GIS software, particularly ESRI products, is should be a dynamic leader with strong interper- sonal skills and have a record of academic excel- lence; evidence of administrative experience is “Jobs in Geography” lists positions available with US institutions who are Equal Opportunity desirable. The candidate will be expected to pro- Employers seeking applications from men and women from all racial, religious, and national origin vide leadership for programmatic development, groups, and occasional positions with foreign institutions. expansion of the graduate program, and nurtur- Rates: Minimum charge of $150. Listings will be charged at $1.25 per word. Announcements run ing existing areas of research and teaching. for two consecutive issues unless a stated deadline permits only one listing. The charge for running The applicant should submit a statement dis- an announcement more than twice is one-third the original charge for each subsequent listing. We cussing administrative philosophy, departmental will bill institutions listing jobs after their announcements appear in JIG for the first time. Deadline: JIG announcements must reach the AAG before the first of the month to appear in JIG for the vision, and personal teaching and research goals. following month (eg: 1 January for February issue). Readers will receive their Newsletter copies between Send this material along with a curriculum vitae the 5th and the 15th of the month. Schedule job closing dates with these delivery dates in mind. and the names of three references with contact Format: Announcements should be sent as an attachment or in the body of an e-mail to information to the address below. DEC 04-269. [email protected]. The announcements must be saved in Microsoft Word 5.0 or greater, or Corel WordPer- Apply: Dr. Michel Smith, Chair Geology- fect 6 or greater. No job announcements accepted by phone. Follow format and sequence of current Geography Search Committee, Parker Hall, JIG listings. All positions are full-time and permanent unless otherwise indicated. State explicitly if Auburn University, Auburn AL, 36849. Women and positions are not firm. Employers are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of their listings. Ethnic Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. Review of JIG will not publish listings that are misleading or inconsistent with Association policy. Employers applications will begin January 16, 2005 and will should notify the Editor to cancel a listing if the position is filled. The Editor reserves the right to continue until a candidate is recommended for edit announcements to conform with established format. All ads must be in English. Display ads are also available. Ads will be charged according to size: 1/6 page (2 1/4” x 5”) $335; 1/3 appointment. The candidate selected for this page vertical (2 1/4” x 10”)$475;1/3 page square (4 3/4” x 4 3/4”) $475; 1/2 page horizontal (7” x 5”) $625; position must be able to meet eligibility require- 2/3 page vertical (4 3/4” x 10”) $750; Full page (7” x 10”) $900. Display ads run for one month only. ments for work in the United States at the time Affirmative Action Notice: The AAG Affirmative Action Committee requires job listers to send the appointment is scheduled to begin and must to the JIG Editor the name, academic degree, sex, and rank of each person appointed as a result of be able to communicate in English. an announcement in JIG. Auburn University is an Affirmative Action/ Geographer Available. A service for AAG members only. Send personal listings of 50 words or Equal Opportunity Employer. less, following the format of current listings. Listings run for two consecutive issues. Enclose $25 with listing. A blind listing service is available - the editor will assign a box number and forward *ALASKA, ANCHORAGE 99508. University inquiries to the member listed. of Alaska Anchorage. The Department of Histo- * Indicates a new listing ry and Geography invites applicants for a
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essential. The successful candidate will have a through interdisciplinary teaching, research, ARIZONA, TEMPE 85287-2005. The School demonstrated record of research, publication, and community engagement. The campus of Planning (SOP) at Arizona State University is and successful teaching experience. For more serves more than 7,300 students and offers 29 searching for candidates to fill three faculty posi- information about the position and application bachelor’s degree programs, nine master’s tions beginning Fall 2005. SOP has strong process see our job posting at: www.uas.alaska. degrees, eight professional certificates and is expertise and concentrations in community and edu/envs/gis
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well as undergraduate programs leading to the Required qualifications: Ph.D. in Planning or Policy, and the Center for Applied Spatial Analy- Bachelor of Science in Planning and the Bachelor related discipline; experience in teaching and sis, is possible. The Department is seeking an of Science in Design with a major in Housing and record of scholarship appropriate to rank; research individual who is able to work with diverse stu- Urban Development. focus on analytical methods and/or economic and dents and colleagues, and who has experience Required qualifications: Ph.D. in Planning or spatial analyses; demonstrated knowledge of GIS, with a variety of teaching methods and curricular related discipline; experience in teaching and modeling, and/or gaming and simulation. Collab- perspectives. JAN 05-17. record of scholarship as well as nationally recog- orative and interdisciplinary funded research and To apply, visit the University of Arizona job nized work appropriate to rank; professional demonstrated ability to attract external resources webpage at www.uacareertrack.com, and enter experience in one or more of the following: appropriate to rank are desired. Job # 31873. Applicants should be prepared to development of housing and residential real The application deadline is January 7, 2005; if submit a CV, a letter of application outlining cur- estate, (including design and planning), construc- not filled, every other Friday until search closed. rent and future research contributions, and the tion, housing affordability, and sustainability. To apply, submit: a) a letter of interest with JO# names and addresses of three referees. Addition- Collaborative and interdisciplinary funded on it, b) current curriculum vita, c) examples of al materials, such as a teaching portfolio and research and demonstrated ability to attract research and/or creative work, and d) name and research articles, may be subsequently requested external resources appropriate to rank are address of three references. DEC 04-238. by the Department. The position is open until desired. Apply: Submittal may be by one of three filled, with applications reviewed on a continual 2. Assistant or Associate Professor in Land methods: 1) thru the mail: Chair, Faculty Search basis beginning Use or Transportation and Environmental Plan- Committee, School of Planning, PO Box 872005, December 1. Anticipated start date is Fall ning. JO# 8080. An individual is sought for a Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287- 2005. Appointment is contingent upon final tenure-track or tenured appointment to enhance 2005; 2) by courier: adding AED 158 at Univer- budgetary approval. As an equal opportunity and the curricula and the research agenda in land use sity Drive and Forest Avenue to the preceding affirmative action employer, the University of or transportation and environmental planning. address; 3) digitally to: Gloria Jeffery at gjeffery@ Arizona recognizes the power of a diverse com- This is a joint position with the Center for Envi- asu.edu. Please submit contact information munity and encourages applications from indi- ronmental Studies at ASU where the individual (addresses, phone numbers and email addresses). viduals with varied experiences, perspectives, and will be expected to contribute to the Center’s ASU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action backgrounds M/W/D/V. strong and growing research agenda dealing with employer. http://www.asu.edu/caed. urban environments, sustainability, and rapidly ARIZONA, TUCSON 85721. The Depart- urbanizing regions, among other topics. *ARIZONA, TUCSON 85721. The Depart- ment of Geography and Regional Development Required qualifications: Ph.D. in Planning or ment of Geography and Regional Development (GRD) at the University of Arizona related discipline; experience in teaching and (GRD) at the University of Arizona (http://geog.arizona.edu) seeks a technical staff record of scholarship appropriate to rank; (http://geog.arizona.edu) invites applications for member specializing in the areas of internet research and/or teaching focus on land use or a geographer at the advanced Assistant or Asso- GIS, web programming for GIS, and comput- transportation and environmental planning. Col- ciate Professor rank with an established research er cartography. Candidates must have skills in laborative and interdisciplinary funded research and teaching record in the social or biophysical user interface design for web-based applica- and demonstrated ability to attract external dimensions of water resources, with an empha- tions. S/he will have experience in working on resources appropriate to rank are desired. Candi- sis on implications for water policy at regional, team oriented, multi-disciplinary educational dates whose research and/or work includes com- national, or international levels. We are looking and research projects. S/he is expected to work puter-based environments with modeling and for an energetic scholar who can provide leader- with faculty, students, and other support staff in visualization are also desired. ship in one or more areas encompassing the the Department’s new GeoVisualization Lab. 3. Assistant or Associate Professor in Ana- socio-economic, political, health/safety, human- Close collaboration with other units on campus, lytical Methods, Economic and Spatial Analy- environmental, climatological, hydrological, bio- including the Center for Applied Spatial Analy- ses. JO# 8079. An individual is sought for a geographical, or geomorphological dimensions sis, the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, tenure-track or tenured appointment to enhance of water. Methodological expertise open, but at and the Office of Arid Lands, among others, is the curricula and the research agenda in plan- a minimum candidates should demonstrate an anticipated. Funding for the position is secured ning. The candidate for this position is expected ability to work as a member of multi-disciplinary, through December 2005. Beyond that date, to make significant contributions to the Master in multi-method research teams. Regional expert- candidates are expected to be written into Environmental ise is open, but the Department has a preference grants and contracts; additional bridge funding Planning degree program, as well as under- for someone with a strong background in semi- may also be forthcoming. For full details regard- graduate programs leading to the Bachelor of Sci- arid lands. Formal affiliation with the Universi- ing minimum qualifications and to apply, visit ence in Planning and the Bachelor of Science in ty’s Water Resources Research Center the University of Arizona job webpage at Design with a major in Housing and Urban (http://cals.arizona.edu/azwater/) is expected; www.uacareertrack.com, and enter Job # 31818. Development. We seek an individual who will collaboration with allied units, such as SAHRA Applicants should be prepared to answer a list actively participate in faculty governance and (Sustainability of semi-Arid Hydrology and of online questions pertaining to specific IT/GIS curriculum development in our program’s core, Riparian Areas), the Institute for the Study of qualifications, and to submit a CV, a letter of particularly in the areas of research and spatial Planet Earth, the Office of Arid Lands Studies, application, directions to web-based examples methods, computer applications and economic the Department of Hydrology and Water of past work, and the names of three referees. and spatial analysis. Resources, the Udall Center for Studies in Public DEC 04-270.
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The position is open until filled, with appli- especially encourages research initiatives and multidisciplinary Master’s degree program to cations reviewed on a continual basis. As an outreach projects in Northern California. selected students from across the military servic- equal opportunity and affirmative action As a university that educates students of vari- es. Most students are drawn from the Special employer, the University of Arizona recognizes ous ethnic and cultural backgrounds, we value a Operations community. The Department also the power of a diverse community and encour- diverse faculty and staff. CSU, Chico welcomes has a large group of international student officers. ages applications from varied experiences, per- applicants who are knowledgeable about and Ph.D. is preferred but we will consider candi- spectives, and backgrounds. interested in working within a crosscultural dates who are close to completing their disserta- learning environment. tion. Positions open in Spring 2005. Candidates *CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. S.V. Ciriacy- Qualified candidates should send (1) a should submit their application packet, including Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowship in Natural curriculum vitae (2) a statement of teaching expe- three letters of recommendation, to the address Resource Studies, University of California, rience and research goals (3) at least one sample below. DEC 04-241. Berkeley. of written work, and (4) names and contact infor- Apply: Professor David Tucker, Chairman, Fellowships will be awarded for the 2005-2006 mation of three references to the address below. Search Committee, Department of Defense academic year to support advanced research to DEC 04-252. Analysis, Root Hall, 589 Dyer Road, Naval Post- scholars working in the areas of Agricultural & Apply: Dr. Jacquelyn Chase, Chair of the graduate School, Monterey, CA, 93943. The Natural Resource Economics, Business, Energy Search Committee, Department of Geography position will remain open until it is filled. EOE. Studies, Environmental Engineering, Environmen- and Planning, California State University, Chico, tal Sciences, Forestry, Geography, Law, Natural CA 95929-0425. Phone: (530) 898-5587. Fax: CALIFORNIA, REDLANDS 92373. Educa- Resource Management, Public Health, and Public (530) 898-6781. Email: [email protected]. tional Products Department Manager. Join the Policy. Preference will be given to proposals Applications are due on January 15, 2005. world leader in GIS! ESRI is recruiting for an whose orientation is broadly institutional or his- Educational Products Department Manager to torical, and which are conceptually and theoreti- CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES. Global Fel- support and lead teams responsible for the devel- cally innovative. Proposals with a primarily statis- lows, UCLA International Institute. opment and delivery of technical educational tical or econometric orientation are not eligible for The UCLA International Institute will content for users of ESRI’s GIS software. Manage consideration. JAN 05-30-1. appoint up to eight new Global Fellows for the the day-to-day operations of a 30-person depart- Applications must be received, in triplicate, 2005-2006 academic year, to commence resi- ment and work closely with the Director of Edu- by Monday, January 10th, 2005. dence on 1 September 2005. Fellows will be cational Services to define new educational prod- Further information can be found at drawn from the arts and humanities (including ucts and develop new business models. Be http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/ciriacy/. literary studies and philosophy), the natural sci- responsible for ongoing staff development and Questions may be directed to Kristen Jensen by ences (including engineering, medicine, and pub- collaboration, work with clients to implement e-mail at [email protected]. lic health), and the social sciences (including law, training solutions and negotiate contracts with public policy, and management). There is no cit- third-party authors. CALIFORNIA, CHICO 95929-0425. Assis- izenship requirement. Applicants must have Successful candidates will possess a Master’s tant Professor. Tenure track position beginning received their doctoral degree no earlier than 1 degree in education, instructional technology, or in August 2005. The Department of Geography January 1998 and no later than 1 April 2005. a related field and a minimum of three years of and Planning at California State University, Appointment as a Global Fellow will carry an management experience, preferably in the field Chico seeks applicants for a tenure-track position annual salary of up to $50,472. of distance education/training for adults. Appli- in environmental geography. Successful candi- Further information is available at cants must also have knowledge of instructional dates will have expertise in water policy, natural http://www.international.ucla.edu/. Inquiries technology, design principles, and print and Web resource management or related field, and should should be directed to globalfellows@international. publishing techniques; experience with princi- have a regional focus on Northern California ucla.edu or (310) 825-4921. ples and methods for curriculum and training and/or the American West. A Ph.D. in geography Applications and nominations should be sub- design; and knowledge of applications of GIS or allied discipline is required at the time of the mitted, on-line, between 15 November 2004 and and ESRI software. appointment. Teaching assignments will include 15 January 2005. The names of the Global Fel- To apply, send your cover letter and resume to upper division courses in the successful candi- lows should be announced, and formal invita- [email protected] or apply online at date’s area of expertise, specialization courses in tions extended, by 1 March 2005. DEC 04-237. www.esri.com/careers. Please code all submis- the master’s program, and general education sions AAG/TF. DEC 04-233. courses such as Environmental Issues or The CALIFORNIA, MONTEREY 93943. The American West. Teaching responsibilities may Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Post- *CALIFORNIA, SAN BERNARDINO 92407. include courses in the Rural and Town Planning graduate School seeks to fill a tenure track posi- Geography and Environmental Studies - Assistant and in Geographic Information Technologies tion with a geographer with a background in Professor, tenure track, available beginning Sep- certificate programs, and in the Minor in Envi- strategic, political, and/or cultural geography tember, 2005, California State University, San ronmental Studies. Candidates must possess a who is interested in problems of inter-state and Bernardino, California. Candidates must have a strong commitment to quality undergraduate and sub-state conflict. Duties include teaching, thesis Ph.D. in Geography, Environmental Studies, or a graduate education and advising. Candidates advising, and research and writing on topics related discipline at the time of hiring. The posi- should be willing to seek external funding for relevant to the Department’s interests. U.S. tion will require teaching of Human Geography research projects and contracts. CSU, Chico citizenship is required. The Department offers a and Regional Geography, both at the lower and
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upper division levels, and courses in the candi- University currently has about 150 majors, graduate and undergraduate education, and three date’s area of expertise. Preference will be given to awards degrees in 5 concentrations, and incorpo- letters of recommendation no later than January candidates who can teach introductory GIS and rates coursework in six of the eight University 5, 2005. DEC 04-256. oversee the GIS lab. Candidates will also be colleges. Ph.D. in a relevant field, demonstrated Apply: Dr. Anne Hyde, Director of South- expected to do research in their area of expertise. leadership qualities, commitment to teaching and west Studies, Colorado College, 14 E. Cache La Geography at California State San Bernardino has research, and clear potential for securing external Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. The Col- a strong presence in general education and in funding. Candidates must be committed to work- lege does not discriminate on the basis of race, teacher training. The geography and environ- ing collaboratively with an interdisciplinary color, age, religion, sex, national origin, sexual mental studies programs require a dedication to group of faculty and students. Rank and salary orientation, or disability and we encourage those undergraduate teaching. Mail a letter of interest, negotiable and commensurate with experience. who share a desire to increase the diversity rep- vitae, three current letters of reference, a list of For more details on the position and ENVS resented at the College to apply. E.O.E. courses previously taught, and official transcripts Program, please visit our website at to the address below. JAN 05-19-3. http://bss.sfsu.edu/envstudies. Please send letter of Apply: Jeff Hackel, Chair, Department of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of refer- Geography and Environmental Studies, Califor- ence, and statement of philosophy of academic
nia State University, San Bernardino, CA 92407. leadership to the address below. JAN 05-15. One of the oldest institutions of higher education in Closing Date: Until the position is filled. CSUSB Apply: Chair, ENVS Search Committee; c/o this country, the University of Delaware today com- bines tradition and innovation, offering students a is strongly committed to achieving excellence Department of Geography and HES; San Fran- rich heritage along with the latest in instructional and through cultural diversity. The university actively cisco State University; 1600 Holloway Avenue; research technology. The University of Delaware is a Land-Grant, Sea-Grant, Urban-Grant and Space- encourages applications and nominations of all San Francisco, CA 94132. Review of applicants Grant institution with its main campus in Newark, qualified individuals. EEO. will begin on 1 December 2004. DE, located halfway between Washington, DC and New York City. Please visit our website at San Francisco State University, a member of www.udel.edu. CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO 92182-4493. San the California State University system, serves a Assistant Professor Diego State University seeks applicants for the diverse student body of over 28,000 undergradu- Stephen and Mary Birch Foundation Endowed ate and graduate students. The University seeks Associate in Arts Program Chair in Geographical Studies to begin in to promote an appreciation of scholarship, free- (Cultural Anthropology/Geography) August, 2005. The Department is seeking an out- dom, and human diversity through excellence in University of Delaware Associate in Arts Program at the Georgetown, Delaware Campus invites applica- standing scholar with a superlative record in instruction and intellectual accomplishment. We tions for a full time, continuing, non-tenure track research, teaching, and grant acquisition in Envi- are particularly interested in attracting women, teaching position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in September 2005. Duties include teaching ronmental Analysis and Geographic Information ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities. introductory socio-cultural Anthropology, introducto- Sciences. Departmental information can be San Francisco State University is an Affirmative ry world Geography, and other courses in those areas. A Ph.D. in Anthropology is required, as is a found at http://geography.sdsu.edu. Send letter Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. strong commitment to quality undergraduate teach- ing. Teaching experience is desirable, as is a of application describing research agenda and research focus that to some extent straddles the two teaching interests, curriculum vitae, and names COLORADO, COLORADO SPRINGS subjects to be taught. Applications will be accepted until February 1, 2005. Send a letter of application, and addresses of three references. Applicant 80903. Colorado College, Geographer: The current curriculum vitae, the names and addresses should show a commitment to working in a Southwest Studies and Environmental Science of three references, and any supporting materials (e.g., course evaluations) to: AA Anthropology multi-cultural environment with students from Programs jointly seek applicants for a tenure Search Committee, University of Delaware, AA diverse backgrounds. track appointment as an assistant professor of Program, 333 Shipley Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. The curriculum vitae and letters of reference SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employ- Southwest Studies and Environmental Science. shall be shared with departmental faculty. er and does not discriminate against individuals on The candidate will participate fully in both the The UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applica- the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual Southwest Studies and Environmental Science tions from Minority Group Members and Women. orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability programs and have primary teaching responsibil- or veteran status, including veterans of the Viet- ities in classes focusing on applying the methods nam era. of GIS and spatial analysis to research in the Applications must be received by 14 January Southwest. Specialties in hydrology, biogeogra- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHING- 2005. Applications should be sent to the address phy, climatology, American regions, cartography, TON, 20001. The Board on Earth Sciences and below. DEC 04-264. planning, ecology, land use, demography and Resources of The National Academies has an Apply: Dr. Stuart Aitken, Chair, Hiring Com- agriculture are among those of interest. Experi- immediate opening for the position of program mittee, Department of Geography, email: ence with supervision of undergraduate student officer and director of the Mapping Science [email protected]. research is especially welcome. A strong commit- Committee. The ideal candidate will have an ment to teaching at the undergraduate level is appropriate terminal degree (Ph.D preferred), a *CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO 94132. required. Candidates should have a Ph.D. or substantial knowledge base in mapping science Director (Associate Professor to Professor rank equivalent degree. Salary is commensurate with issues and its technologies, and superior oral and with tenure) for an innovative, expanding, inter- experience. Applicants should submit a letter of written communication skills. To apply, send a disciplinary Environmental Studies Program. introduction, a statement of teaching philosophy, letter of interest, vita, and the names and contact The ENVS Program at San Francisco State a discussion of research interests that can involve information for three references to the address undergraduates, a curriculum vita, transcripts of below. DEC 04-276.
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Apply: Dr. Anthony R. de Souza, Director, disability accommodations, please contact Ms. approximately 10,000 students. Faculty receive Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, The Karen Schrader at 813-974-0443 at least five all benefits provided by the University System of National Academies, 500 5th Street, NW, Wash- working days in advance. According to Florida Georgia. Salary is commensurate with experi- ington, DC 20001 ([email protected]). Review law, applications and meetings regarding them ence. Starting date is August 1, 2005. of applicants will begin immediately and contin- are open to the public. Letter of application, curriculum vita, evi- ue until the position is filled. dence of excellence in teaching, and three letters *GEORGIA, ATHENS 30602. University of of recommendation should be sent to the address FLORIDA, TAMPA 33620. University of South Georgia. Associate or Assistant Professor. below. DEC 04-268. Florida, College of Arts and Sciences. Environ- Tenure Track position starting August 2005. Apply: Dr. Edward Chatelain, Head, Depart- mental Policy Faculty Position. Joint Position, Department of Geography and ment of Physics, Astronomy, and Geosciences; The Department of Environmental Science the Institute for Women’s Studies. Ph.D. Valdosta State University; Valdosta, Georgia and Policy invites applications for a full-time required at time of appointment. The Depart- 31698-0055. Review of applications will start on tenure track position, subject to University budg- ment of Geography and the Institute for November 15, 2004, and will continue until posi- etary approval, beginning in August, 2005 in the Women’s Studies seek a Human Geographer. tion has been filled. Valdosta State University is broad area of Environmental Policy. Appoint- We seek an energetic scholar who shares our an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action ment will be at the Assistant Professor level. The concern with issues of social justice and our Employer. successful candidate will teach in the undergrad- commitment to empirically grounded research For more information, please visit http://www. uate and graduate programs in the department, that engages contemporary theoretical debates, valdosta.edu/phy/ad_page.htm or contact Dr. including the new interdisciplinary Ph.D. pro- particularly feminist theory. The successful can- Edward Chatelain, Head, Department of Physics, gram in Geography and Environmental Science didate will be able to contribute constructively Astronomy, and Geosciences; Valdosta State and Policy. Candidates must show strong evi- to our ongoing substantive and methodological University; Valdosta, Georgia 31698-0055. dence of capability for conducting vigorous dialogues, which cross traditional boundaries Voice 229-333-5752. Fax 229-219-1201. Email externally funded research. Areas of special inter- and present considerable opportunities for intel- [email protected]. est include natural resource or conservation poli- lectual engagement. Teaching responsibilities cy; marine resources; urban environments or are divided equally between Geography and *IDAHO, MOSCOW 83844-3021. The brownfields; water resources and water-quality Women’s Studies. The successful candidate is Department of Geography at the University of protection; natural hazard assessment and mitiga- expected to seek external research funding. Idaho seeks applicants for Assistant Professor to tion planning; and others that complement exist- Applicants should submit a letter of interest begin August 2005. This is a tenure-track ing faculty strengths. Competence in quantita- describing how feminist scholarship and geogra- appointment in an active department in the Col- tive research methods is desirable, and teaching phy interface in their work, a statement describ- lege of Science. We are looking for a specialist in experience in environmental policy is desired. ing research and teaching interests, a curriculum GIScience and GIS applications, who can Salary is negotiable. The applicant must have a vitae, up to three reprints/samples of written strengthen our established programs. Applicants Ph.D. in Environmental Policy, Geography, Pub- work, and letters from three referees. Applica- must show promise in building a research pro- lic Administration, Regional Planning, Econom- tions must arrive no later than January 12, 2005. gram in GIScience with applications to important ics, or a related field, in hand by the beginning of Only paper applications will be accepted. The scientific and policy related problems in either the contract date. Deadline for submitted appli- University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/ physical or human geography. We offer B.S., cation is January 10, 2005. Send letter of applica- Affirmative Action Institution. JAN 05-12-1. M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Geography, a GIS tion, curriculum vitae, statements of research and Apply: Dr. Andrew Herod, Chair, Human certificate, and are active partners in the interdis- teaching goals and experience, and contact infor- Geography-Women’s Studies Search Committee, ciplinary Environmental Science program and mation for at least three referees to the address Department of Geography, University of Geor- the National GAP analysis project. Ph.D. is below. DEC 04-240. gia, Athens, GA 30602. Voice – 706-542-2856. required, or expected by June 15, 2005. Ability to Apply: Environmental Policy Search Com- Fax – 706-542-2388. Email – [email protected] teach introductory and advanced courses in GIS mittee, Department of Environmental Science & (inquiries only). is required. Applications will be accepted until Policy, University of South Florida, 4202 East the position is filled, but screening will begin on Fowler Ave. - SCA238, Tampa, Florida 33620. GEORGIA, VALDOSTA 31698-0055. Valdosta February 15, 2005. JAN 05-43. Environmental Science & Policy is an interdis- State University invites applications for a full- Apply: for more information and application ciplinary department with faculty engaged in time, tenure-track position in Geography. ABD instructions visit www.hr.uidaho.edu. AA/EOE. collaborative research around the world and considered, Ph.D. preferred. We seek a broadly providing education that integrates the use of trained geographer with evidence of excellence in *ILLINOIS, CARBONDALE 62901 4514. environmental science in policy development teaching, who will be responsible for introductory Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. The and decision-making. Please visit our website for courses in weather and climate and upper-level Department of Geography and Environmental additional information about the department courses in climatology or meteorology. The Resources invites applications for a tenure-track (www.cas.usf.edu/esp). The department antici- ability to teach courses in regional planning and assistant professor position to begin August 16, pates adding additional faculty in the next few environmental management is an asset. 2005. This is a new “faculty hiring initiative” years to support a new Ph.D. program. The Uni- Valdosta State University is a regional univer- position that initiates a cluster hire in environ- versity of South Florida is an equal opportunity, sity within the University System of Georgia mental analysis. Candidates must have research affirmative action, equal access institution. For and is accredited by SACS. Enrollment is interests in environmental risk, environmental
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change and GIS. A Ph.D. in Geography or a Macomb, Illinois. Applicants should send a letter Lutheran Church (ELCA). The student body related field should be completed by time of describing their qualifications and experience numbers about 2,250, most of whom live in appointment; if all requirements are not complet- related to the requirements for the position, a residence halls on a wooded 115-acre campus. ed, a one-year appointment as Instructor will be resume, names and contact information for three Rock Island, Illinois is one of the Quad-Cities of offered. Applicants should have a commitment to references to the address below. DEC 04-245. Illinois and Iowa, a diverse metropolitan area on both undergraduate and graduate teaching and Apply: Norman Walzer, Illinois Institute for the Mississippi River with 350,000 residents. have a professional record that establishes their Rural Affairs, 523 Stipes Hall, 1 University Cir- Augustana College is an equal opportunity research and funding potential. The candidate cle, Macomb, IL 61455, Phone: 800/526-9943, employer and actively encourages applications will serve on M.S. and Ph.D. student committees. E-mail: [email protected]. Application review from women and persons of diverse ethnic Candidates must be proficient in English. We will begin November 30, 2004 and will continue backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on seek candidates who can contribute to our many until the position is filled. Salary is commensu- age, race, color, ethnic origin, gender, sexual interdisciplinary research teams and participate rate with experience and qualifications. orientation, disability or creed. Visit Augustana’s in our interdisciplinary Environmental Resources & Western Illinois University is an Affirmative web site at http://www.augustana.edu to learn Policy Ph.D. program (www.siu.edu/~er&p). Our Action/Equal Opportunity employer and has a more about the college. Candidates should department maintains a modern spatial analysis strong institutional commitment to diversity. In submit letter of application, curriculum vitae, GIS lab and we focus on environmental analysis that spirit, we are particularly interested in graduate school transcripts, statement of teach- and problem-solving (see www.geography. receiving applications from a broad spectrum of ing philosophy, evidence of teaching effective- siu.edu). The Department of Geography and people, including minorities, women, and per- ness and three letters of reference to the address Environmental Resources has a diverse, dynamic, sons with disabilities. WIU has a non-discrimina- below. DEC 04-259. and collegial faculty. We are located in the forest- tion policy that includes sex, race, color, sexual Apply: Jeff Abernathy, Dean of the College, ed hills between the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. orientation, religion, age, marital status, national Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois 61201- Review of applications will begin January 3, 2005 origin, disability, or veteran status. 2296. Review of applications will begin January and continue until filled. Applications should 1, 2005. include a letter describing research and teaching ILLINOIS, ROCK ISLAND 61201. Augustana experience, CV, and list of three references. Can- College, Department of Geography, Assistant ILLINOIS, SPRINGFIELD 62703. Environmen- didates should also include reprints of recent Professor. tal Studies/Policy and Planning: Interdisciplinary publications. JAN 05-29. Tenure-track appointment beginning Septem- Environmental Studies Department in the College Apply: Leslie A. Duram, Chair, Department ber 2005. This department prepares students for of Public Affairs and Administration seeks a tenure of Geography and Environmental Resources, careers and graduate study in geography, urban track Assistant Professor, beginning August 16, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Car- planning and the natural environment. The 2005. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in environ- bondale, IL 62901-4514. Phone: 618/536 3375. department has a central teaching and advising mental policy and planning or a related discipline, FAX 618-453-6465. [email protected]. SIUC is an role in the college’s interdisciplinary environ- evidence of research potential, and/or professional affirmative action/equal opportunity employer mental studies program and historically has had a experience in environmental policy, regional or that strives to enhance its ability to develop a role in teaching and directing foreign study pro- urban planning, natural resources, environmental diverse faculty and staff and to increase its poten- grams. Our relationship with local, regional, and geography or related fields. Teaching expectations tial to serve a diverse student population. federal environmental, economic, and neighbor- include the core course in environmental social hood organizations provides students rich oppor- sciences and humanities and courses in environ- ILLINOIS, MACOMB 61455. The Illinois Insti- tunities for internships and research. mental policy and planning, policy analysis and tute for Rural Affairs (IIRA) has an opening for a We will consider the best applicants from all environmental modeling with GIS. Grant-funded director who will work with the WIU central specialty areas. Our top priority is a person with research is desirable. administration, other academic units, and allied two of the following subfield specialties: physical Send letter of application describing teaching groups including federal or state departments, geography, environmental geography, water and research interests, vita, transcripts, and the universities, and/or private agencies and business resources or economic geography and strong names and addresses of at least three references organizations. Applicants should have earned a skills in Geographic Information Systems and to the address below. DEC 04-267. Ph.D. in an appropriate discipline with sufficient cartography who can work across disciplinary Apply: Search Committee, Department of publications to earn tenure and have successfully lines. Our new colleague will be committed to Environmental Studies, University of Illinois at managed an academic unit within a university. undergraduate education in a liberal arts environ- Springfield, One University Plaza, MS PAC 322, The applicants should have experience in ment; we value teaching and research and seek a Springfield, Illinois 62703. fund-raising for projects. The applicant must have candidate prepared to direct undergraduate Review of applications will begin January 10, excellent oral and written communications skills, research projects and participate in the first-year 2005 and continue until the position is filled. be self-motivated, and able to prioritize multiple general education curriculum. The tradition of The University of Illinois at Springfield is an projects with deadlines. Have successfully collegiality and small size of the department Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportu- managed an academic unit within a university and ensure our new colleague opportunities for lead- nity Employer. Persons with disabilities, women, have a history of obtaining and administering ership and innovation. and minorities are encouraged to apply. project-based grants and contracts is preferred. Ph.D. required, but ABD acceptable. This is a 12-month appropriated position. Start Augustana College is a highly selective, four- INDIANA, HANOVER 47243. The Rivers date is July 1, 2005. This position is based in year, liberal arts institution affiliated with the Institute at Hanover College (RIH) invites
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applications for the position of Director of Eco- Apply: Dr. Chris Airriess, Chair, Search Applications should be mailed to: CRP Facul- nomics Programs. RIH is a recently established, Committee, Department of Geography, Ball ty Search Committee, Iowa State University, 126 innovative, interdisciplinary organization State University, Muncie, IN 47306. (Tel: College of Design, Ames, IA 50011-3095. devoted to River Studies in three program areas: 765.285.1614; Email: [email protected]) Official For more information about the department, Culture, Economics and Science. transcripts will be required upon employment. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~design/crp/crp.html. The Director of Economics Programs will Review of applications will begin February 28, Iowa State University is an Equal Opportuni- work with the Executive Director and the other 2005, and will continue until the position is ty/Affirmative Action Employer. Minorities and Program Directors to develop initiatives with filled. (www.bsu.edu) women are particularly encouraged to apply. external partners; to coordinate the activities of Ball State University seeks to attract a cultur- scholars, students, and external partners involved ally and academically diverse faculty of the high- IOWA, DECORAH 52101. Luther College, with RIH; and to integrate RIH into Hanover est caliber. Ball State University is an equal Decorah, Iowa: Tenure-eligible position as College. There will also be opportunities for opportunity, affirmative action employer and is Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies teaching and research linked to RIH. strongly and actively committed to diversity with specialization in physical geography or For more information visit www.rivers within its community. geology beginning late August 2005. Ph.D. institute.org. expected at time of appointment. Teaching duties The successful candidate will have adminis- *IOWA, AMES 50011-3095. College of will include geography, introductory GIS, envi- trative experience in program development and Design, Iowa State University Vacancy #043773. ronmental geology and environmental science building collaborative partnerships. A Ph.D. in The Department of Community and Region- course in the candidate’s area of interest. In addi- geography or a closely related field and a strong al Planning at Iowa State University is seeking to tion, the candidate will teach in all-college, inter- record of teaching and scholarship are preferred; fill two tenure-track or tenured faculty posi- disciplinary programs. Commitment to both a background or strong interest in River Studies tions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Profes- teaching and scholarship is essential, as well as is required. sor starting August 16, 2005. willingness to contribute to a developing envi- Send letter of interest, CV, and names and Candidates at the assistant professor level must ronmental studies program. This position will be contact information of three professional refer- have, at a minimum, the following required quali- a joint appointment with another academic ences to the address below. DEC 04-249. fications: a Ph.D. in planning or related field. department depending on candidate’s expertise Apply: Hanover College, Office of Human Potential to excel in teaching, research, and and training. Luther College is a Phi Beta Kappa Resources, Attention: Jennifer Shelley, P.O. Box outreach plus AICP membership or eligibility. institution affiliated with the Lutheran Church 108 Hanover, Indiana 47243. Email to Candidates at the associate professor level must (ELCA). Women and persons of diverse ethnic [email protected] or fax to (812) 866-7195. have a Ph.D. in planning or related discipline with backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Review of Application review begins November 15, five years of experience, demonstrating a strong applications begins December 1, 2004 and con- 2004 and will continue until the position is filled. record of teaching, research, and/or professional tinues until the position is filled. Send letter of Hanover College is an EOE. practice plus AICP membership or eligibility. All application, curriculum vitae, at least three letters Hanover College is a small, private, residen- candidates should be able to teach and perform of recommendation, evidence of effective teach- tial liberal arts college with a strong endowment research in at least two of the following areas: ing, a statement of research interests and under- and innovative Academic Vision Plan. Visit spatial analysis and GIS, community design, local graduate transcripts/official graduate school tran- www.hanover.edu for more information. and state economic development, small town/rural scripts to the address below. DEC 04-239. focus and/or experience, urban design, land use, Apply: John Moeller, Chair, Search Commit- *INDIANA, MUNCIE 47306. Assistant Pro- regional planning. Candidates should also be able tee, Department of Political Science, Luther Col- fessor, Department of Geography, Ball State to work in a variety of settings and scales, to secure lege, Decorah, IA 52101. Telephone: 563/387- University. sponsored funds and grants, to conduct research 1221; FAX: 563/387-1107; E-mail: moellerj@ One-year contract position available August and outreach, and have practical experience in luther.edu. An EEO employer. 19, 2005. The department is seeking a broadly planning or related field. trained human geographer with teaching inter- Preferences will be given to candidates who KANSAS, LAWRENCE 66045. The Universi- ests in economic geography and world regional have a Ph.D. in planning and a demonstrated ty of Kansas, Department of Geography seeks geography. The successful candidate is expected record of teaching, at the university level, candidates for a tenure-track human geography to posses a strong commitment to advising research and outreach, AICP membership or eli- position at the Assistant Professor level students. Minimum qualifications: ABD in geog- gibility. Salary is competitive. with specialization in the Geography of raphy or other related disciplines; demonstrated Applicants should send a letter of interest, a East Asia (China, Japan, and/or Korea) begin- commitment to quality teaching. Preferred copy of their curriculum vitae, names of three ref- ning August 2005, contingent on final budget- qualification: Ph.D. in geography or other erences, and a copy of one publication and one ary approval. Responsibilities will include related disciplines with special emphasis in eco- course outline in the area of their specialty. The teaching at least one course per year on East nomic geography and world regional geography. letter should address the applicant’s qualifica- Asian (Chinese, Japanese and/or Korean) geog- Send letter of application, including state- tions, courses the applicant is prepared to teach, raphy. The successful candidate will be ment of teaching interests; curriculum vitae; applicant’s research interests and outreach expe- expected to follow standard departmental copies of transcripts; and the names and contact riences. Please provide an email address for com- guidelines for Teaching (40%), Research (40%) information for three references to the address munication purposes. Review of applications will and Service (20%). The normal teaching load below. JAN 05-22. begin January 10, 2005. JAN 05-30. in the department is two courses per semester,
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divided between graduate and undergraduate The department head is responsible for over- required. Ability to teach research methods and a level courses. seeing and supervising daily departmental func- regional course highly desirable. Demonstrated Salary is competitive and commensurate with tions (e.g., scheduling, budgeting, and person- willingness to seek extramural funds preferable. qualifications. The individual selected will also nel), representing the department on and off- Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, be a core member of the Center for East Asian campus, and mentoring faculty members in their and the names of three references to the address Studies, a nationally recognized Title VI Nation- research and teaching. The department head will below. DEC 04-236. al Resource Center. be involved in teaching at the undergraduate and Apply: Search Committee Chair, Depart- Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Geography graduate levels, advising undergraduate and grad- ment of Geography and Geology, Western Ken- by the time of appointment, proficiency in one or uate students, and maintaining a research pro- tucky University, One Big Red Way, Bowling more languages of East Asia, proficiency in Eng- gram in his/her areas of interest. Green, KY 42101. Review of applications will lish as the medium of instruction, fieldwork and The Department of Geography is one of begin January 15, 2005, and will continue until research experience in the region. The individual eleven doctoral programs in the College of Arts the position is filled. Detailed information about should have a strong commitment to undergrad- and Sciences. It has an excellent reputation in the Department is available online at uate and graduate teaching and advising, a com- teaching, extramural funding, research produc- www.wku.edu/geoweb/. Western Kentucky Uni- mitment to quality scholarship demonstrated tivity, and service to the discipline and the uni- versity is an EO/AA employer and strongly through potential for research productivity and versity. Drawing upon the research interests and encourages applications from women, racial and grant activity, and teaching interests complemen- experience of the faculty, the department’s core ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities. tary to existing staff. areas of geographic inquiry are: human-environ- Preferred Qualifications: teaching and advis- ment interaction, population and health, culture KENTUCKY, MURRAY 42071-3311. Assis- ing experience at the graduate level, a strong and landscape, and regional systems. At the tant Professor, Department of Geosciences, publication record, regular pattern of public pres- Ph.D. level, students are encouraged to pursue Murray State University. Full time, tenure track entation of research, a record of grant activity, research that fits with the core areas of the Environmental Geoscientist to begin August 1, and research interests in one or more of the fol- department and complements the rural emphasis 2005. Ph.D. required by date of appointment. lowing: urban, cultural, political, or historical of the doctoral program and the land grant tradi- For details visit http://www.mursuky.edu/qacd/ geography, population and migration issues, tion of Kansas State University. cos/geo/ad/. DEC 04-273. environment and development, gender in geog- Applicants must submit: (1) a letter of appli- raphy, race and ethnicity. cation that describes their qualifications, (2) a *MARYLAND, BALTIMORE 21218. The Send curriculum vitae, detailed statement of statement of leadership philosophy, (3) a per- Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geog- teaching and research interests and experience, spective on key administrative priorities within raphy and Environmental Engineering summaries of teaching evaluations, copies of geography programs today, (4) a curriculum vita, (http://engineering.jhu.edu/~dogee/) invites major publications or a writing sample, and and (5) the names, addresses, telephone num- applications for a tenure-track position in envi- names and contact information of 3 persons for bers, and e-mail addresses of three references. ronmental and/or resource economics and its letters of reference. Review of applications will These materials should be sent to the address application to public policy. The Department begin January 3, 2005 and continue until the below. DEC 04-235. anticipates that the position will be filled at the position is filled. Apply: Dr. Bimal Paul, c/o Annette Maggio, Assistant Professor level, although exceptional The University of Kansas is an Equal Oppor- Deans’ Office, College of Arts and Sciences, 117 candidates at the Associate or full Professor level tunity/Affirmative Action employer. DEC 04- Eisenhower Hall, Kansas State University, Man- will be considered as well. The Department is 228. hattan, KS 66506. concerned with understanding the nature and Apply: Professor Garth A. Myers, Committee Review of applications will begin on December dynamics of ecosystems, engineered systems, Chair, East Asian Geographer Position, Depart- 15, 2004, and continue until the position is filled. and societies and the design of engineering ment of Geography, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room Kansas State University is an equal opportu- and scientific strategies and technologies to 213, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045- nity employer and actively seeks diversity among address pressing environmental problems. This 7613. Phone: 785-864-4291, Fax: 785-864-5378. its faculty. position is a critical bridge in the interdiscipli- Inquiries are welcome and should be nary structure of the Department’s program. The KANSAS, MANHATTAN 66506. The Depart- addressed to Professor Bimal Paul, Geography successful candidate would actively participate ment of Geography at Kansas State University Head Search Committee, [email protected]. (785) in the Department’s undergraduate program in invites applications and nominations for the posi- 532-3409. Environmental Engineering and its interdiscipli- tion of Department Head. Applicants must have a nary graduate programs, especially the program Ph.D. in geography, a successful record of teach- KENTUCKY, BOWLING GREEN 42101- in Systems Analysis & Economics for Public ing and service, a national reputation for scholar- 3576. Western Kentucky University. The Decision Making. ship, and credentials for tenure and appointment Department of Geography and Geology invites Candidates should have a doctorate in eco- at the rank of associate professor or professor. applications for a tenure-track position in the nomics, public policy, management science, or Other desirable qualifications include administra- geosciences beginning August, 2005. Ph.D. other appropriate discipline, along with research tive and leadership experience, an appreciation of preferred, but exceptional ABD applicants will credentials in a relevant field of applied micro- the need for extramural funding, strong interper- be considered. economic analysis. Candidates with education in sonal communication skills, and the ability to Demonstrated teaching and research expertise engineering or physical sciences are especially relate to individuals of diverse backgrounds. in climate, paleoclimate, GIS, and geostatistics are encouraged. Experience in collaborating with
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engineers, environmental scientists, and social Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer; Boston, MA 02125-3393. Application review will scientists on multidisciplinary projects is highly women and members of minority groups are begin on 15 December and continue until position desirable. The appointee would be expected to encouraged to apply. is filled. UMass Boston is an Affirmative Action, establish a funded research program and to teach Equal Opportunity Title IX employer. graduate and undergraduate courses in microeco- *MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON 02125- nomics for engineers, as well as environmental 3393. University of Massachusetts Boston. The *MASSACHUSETTS, WORCESTER. The and natural resource economics, and quantitative Department of Environmental, Earth and Ocean Department of Physical and Earth Sciences analysis of public policy. Science (EEOS) (http://www.ecos.umb.edu) invites applications for two tenure-track posi- Send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, a seeks two tenure-track faculty for September tions at the Assistant Professor level beginning in one- to two-page summary of research and teach- 2005: fall 2005. ing competencies, relevant papers and publica- Search #525b: Assistant Professor in Coastal Position 1: Geomorphology. Minimum tions, and the names of three references to the Geology/Physical Geoscience with research requirements include a Ph.D. in Geography or address below. JAN 05-13. focused on the coastal environment. Competen- related discipline and undergraduate teaching Apply: Chair, Environmental Economics cy in GIS preferred. experience. Candidates should be broadly Search Committee, Department of Geography Search #520b: Assistant or Associate Profes- trained in Physical Geography with strong GIS and Environmental Engineering, 313 Ames Hall, sor in either Geographic Information Technolo- skills. The position involves teaching introduc- The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD gies (GIT) or Environmental Remote Sensing tory Geomorphology, sections of introductory 21218. Review of applications will begin immedi- Using GIS. For GIT, preference will be given to Physical Geography and upper level courses in ately and continue until the position is filled. applicants with experience in applying GIS for the candidate’s area of expertise. A specialization Women and minorities are strongly encouraged urban/economic applications as well as applica- in fluvial or coastal processes and environments is to apply. The Johns Hopkins University is an tions that link urban dynamics with coastal and preferred. The ability to develop a soils course EEO/AA employer. ocean environments. For Remote Sensing, and to integrate geoscience technologies into applicants should have experience with GIS, teaching and research are also desirable. MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST 01003- spatial statistics and their integration with remote Position 2: Geographic Technologies 9297. Faculty Position in GIS-Spatial Data sensing, and have experience with high resolu- (GIS). Minimum requirements include a Ph.D. Analysis-Remote Sensing. The Department of tion and hyper spectral imagery and large dataset in Geography or a related geoscience, expertise Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts management. The successful applicant is in GIS and remote sensing, research experience Amherst invites applications for a tenure-track expected to participate in the GIS certificate in a human or physical geography application, faculty position to begin September 2005. The program and the campus-wide Applied GIS Core and undergraduate teaching experience. The candidate’s primary research interest will be the Facility. The individual must have interests in position involves teaching introductory cartogra- application of geographical information science, understanding and managing the effects of phy, GIS, advanced GIS, and geographic spatial data analysis, and/or remote sensing to natural and human perturbations on linked water- research methods. The successful candidate will problems in geography, geology, and/or Earth shed-coastal or coastal-marine ecosystems. be expected to develop courses in introductory systems. Emphasis will be placed on the appli- Applicants for both positions must have a remote sensing, GIS and remote sensing applica- cant’s potential to establish a successful, external- fundamental commitment to join a multidiscipli- tions, and upper level courses in one’s area of spe- ly funded, research program in areas such as nary faculty that emphasizes linkages between cialization. The person hired will also assume pri- physical and human dimensions of environmen- the social and natural sciences. Preference will mary responsibility for managing the GIS lab. tal change, natural hazards, biogeography, geo- be given to candidates with strong quantitative Applicants must demonstrate potential for morphology, climatology, planetary geology, or skills, with a sincere commitment to interdisci- excellence in undergraduate teaching and scholar- neotectonics. A commitment to excellence in plinary research who are willing to both initiate ship, an active research agenda and a commitment teaching at the undergraduate and graduate lev- and participate in team-based research projects, to public higher education. A potential for involv- els is essential. The appointment is aimed at the and whose research complements research by ing undergraduates in research is also highly assistant professor level, however, outstanding other EEOS faculty. Applicants must have a desirable. Worcester Sate College is part of the candidates at all levels may be considered. well-conceived research and teaching program, Massachusetts state college system. The position Review of applications will begin on December capable of supporting graduate research through carries full state benefits, and the contractual teach- 15, 2004 and will continue until a successful external funding. Teaching responsibilities ing load is 12-semester hour’s credit per semester. applicant is identified. Candidates must hold a include supervising graduate and undergraduate Submit letter of interest, curriculum vitae, Ph.D. or equivalent by the time of appointment. students and teaching both undergraduate and professional resume, original transcripts (highest Applicants should send a Curriculum Vitae, a graduate courses related to their discipline. degree) and three current letters of recommenda- statement of research and teaching interests, and Qualifications: Ph.D. with post-doctoral tion to the address below. JAN 05-33. contact information (including email addresses) experience. Send a cover letter that includes Apply: Director of Human Resources, of at least three referees to the address below. statements of interests and goals in research and Worcester State College, 486 Chandler Street, DEC 04-275. teaching, c.v., and three letters of reference to Worcester, MA 01602-2597. Screening of appli- Apply: GIS Search Committee, Dept. of the address below. JAN 05-5. cants will begin November 20, 2004, and will Geosciences, 611 N. Pleasant St., University of Apply: EEOS Search, Dean of the College of continue until the position is filled. Worcester Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-9297. Science and Mathematics, Search 525b (geo) or State College is an equal opportunity/Affirmative The University of Massachusetts is an Equal 520b (GIT), UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Action Employer, M/F/D/V.
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MASSACHUSETTS, WORCESTER 01610. scholarly achievement, be particularly supportive Applications are invited for a one-year sab- Research Librarian and Director, Jeanne X. of multi-disciplinary research, and will be expect- batical leave replacement position beginning Kasperson Research Library, George Perkins ed to maintain an active and successful research September 2005, pending final administrative Marsh Institute. program. International experience is desirable. approval. Calvin College is a Christian liberal The Kasperson Library is a small environmen- Salary is commensurate with qualifications and arts college of the Christian Reformed Church tal research library at Clark University. Its mis- experience. Applications will be accepted until and is an equal opportunity employer. Ph.D. in sion is to provide research support for the Marsh December 31, 2004 or until a suitable candidate is hand or near completion is required. The suc- Institute which specializes in global environmen- selected. Letter of application, accompanied by a cessful candidate will be asked to teach courses in tal change, international development and risks curriculum vitae, a representative scholarly paper, introductory earth systems, a course in geomor- and hazards. The Director will manage internal and the names and addresses of three references phology, and an advanced course relating to the library operations while providing leadership to should be sent to the address below. JAN 05-38-3. candidate’s field of specialization. Rank and guide the next phase of the library’s development Apply: Chair PRGUS Search Committee, salary are open. Faculty members are expected to as a premier environmental research institution. Department of Political Science, Michigan State uphold the college’s religious and educational The library currently has about 20,000 volumes, University, 303 S. Kedzie Hall, East Lansing, mission. Visit the Provost’s Office web site at 300 journals and a part-time staff of three. Pre- Michigan 48824. MSU is an Affirmative http://www.calvin.edu/admin/provost/. Appli- ferred qualifications include: M.L.S. from an Action/Equal Opportunity Institution. cants should send a resume, transcripts, and three ALA-accredited institution; academic library letters of recommendation to the address below. experience; graduate degree in a field related to MICHIGAN, FLINT 48502-1950. Assistant JAN 05-36. the library’s mission; environmental research Professor of Earth and Resource Science. The Apply: Dr. Ralph Stearley, Department of interests and experience. This is a 10-month con- Earth and Resource Science Department (ERS) at Geology, Geography, and Environmental Stud- tinuing position with benefits covering 12 the University of Michigan-Flint invites applica- ies, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI 49546. months. Starting salary expected to be high $30’s tions for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Applications should be submitted by Mar. 1, to low $40’s depending on experience. Professor level starting in August 2005. Appli- 2005. Review of applications will begin immediate- cants must have a Ph.D. in Geography, Geology, ly. Position available Spring 2005 semester. or related field. ABD with 1-year timetable for MICHIGAN, KALAMAZOO 49008-5424. Please send cover letter, resume, and reference completion considered. A broad background in Western Michigan University seeks a capable information to the address below. DEC 04-265. Geography or the Earth Sciences and a specialty Chair of its Department of Geography, begin- Apply: Human Resources, Clark University, in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are ning July 1, 2005 pending budgetary approval. 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610 or prefer- desired. Sub-specialties may include, but are not Candidates should qualify for appointment at ably e-mail materials to: [email protected]. limited to: physical geography/geomorphology, senior academic rank. A Ph.D. in Geography is environmental geology, remote sensing, or quan- preferred. Candidates are expected to manifest *MICHIGAN, EAST LANSING 48824. Michi- titative geography. teaching and research excellence, including a gan State University invites applications for a full- Department faculty possess strong commit- record of publication recognized nationally- time, tenure-track position, beginning Fall 2005, ments to quality teaching and have active internationally as well as a record of managing to direct the Program for Global Urban Studies research programs in the areas of water resources, significant externally-funded research. Candi- in the College of Social Science (PRGUS). remote sensing, urban growth management, and dates should have a research program that com- PRGUS is a new multi-disciplinary graduate pro- environmental hazards. ERS is a comprehensive plements departmental strengths. The successful gram designed to further research and teaching in undergraduate program, and we are seeking a candidate is expected to provide visionary, entre- the comparative and transnational aspects of person who can compliment our existing areas of preneurial leadership, oversee development of urbanization. The rank is at either the Associate or expertise, and has the ability to develop their faculty and research programs, participate in Full Professor levels and the tenure home will be own research and teaching agendas. graduate and undergraduate teaching/learning, located in a relevant academic department. Candi- Please send curriculum vitae, a statement of and maintain a productive research program. dates should have a PhD in a traditional discipline teaching and research interests, and the names of The Department of Geography has 14 full-time such as but not restricted to Anthropology, Crim- three references to the address below. DEC 04-255. faculty, 4 part-time faculty, and 16 graduate assist- inal Justice, Psychology, Geography, Sociology, Apply: Search Chair, Earth and Resource Sci- antships. It offers Bachelors and Masters degree Economics, or Political Science. The director of ence, 516 Murchie, University of Michigan-Flint, programs concentrating in Geography, Environ- PRGUS will manage a multi-disciplinary graduate Flint, MI 48502-1950. For a view of our depart- mental & Resource Management, Geographic program, teach in the program, cultivate collabo- ment, please see www.umflint.edu/ers/home. Information Science, Tourism, Community rations within the university community, seek Application review begins immediately and con- Development & Planning, and Teaching of external funding, and be prepared to speak promi- tinues until the position is filled. The University Geography, with 37 master’s students and 135 nently, nationally and internationally, on behalf of of Michigan-Flint is a non-discriminatory/Affir- majors. Departmental information is available at urban related issues. We seek candidates whose mative Action employer and encourages women www.wmich.edu/geography. The department is background, experience, and vision for the future and minorities to apply. housed in recently renovated facilities with six will provide innovative leadership in all aspects of extensively computerized laboratories equipped PRGUS’ mission in the context of a rapidly *MICHIGAN, GRAND RAPIDS 49546. with 100 workstations for instruction and research. evolving transnational urban environment. The Calvin College, Department of Geology, Geog- Western Michigan University is a diverse ideal candidate will have an impressive record of raphy, and Environmental Studies. student-centered research institution with 28,000
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students, is listed among the nation’s top 100 uni- Geography visit www.nmu.edu. DEC 04-242. delivery. In addition to classroom responsibilities versities (U.S. News & World Report), has excellent Apply to: Dr. Michael Broadway, Department and student advising, the successful candidate library holdings, and is recognized for its excel- of Geography, Northern Michigan University, will be required to continue his/her professional lent computing environment. Kalamazoo forms 1401 Presque Isle Ave, Marquette, MI 49855. development and work with other faculty mem- the center of a medium-sized cosmopolitan met- NMU is an equal opportunity, affirmative bers in university and community service. Quali- ropolitan region of about 250,000 located mid- action employer and is strongly committed to fications: A Ph.D. or ABD in geography at the way between Detroit and Chicago, 40 miles from increasing the diversity of its faculty. time of appointment with documented schedule Lake Michigan. for completion within a year, and the evidence of Western Michigan University, a Carnegie *MICHIGAN, UNIVERSITY CENTER 48710. effective teaching are required. A doctorate is Classification Research Extensive Institution, is Assistant Professor of History/Geography. required for favorable tenure consideration. an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action The Department of History/Geography at Commitment to quality teaching is expected Employer and encourages applications from Saginaw Valley State University seeks applicants from all candidates. Applicants should exhibit an women, minorities and other underrepresented for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position interest in and the ability to teach a diversity of groups. Please submit a letter of application, a starting Fall 2005, with the possibility of begin- courses at all levels of undergraduate geography. statement of research and teaching philosophy, a ning earlier. Seeking a geographer to teach Graduate coursework in the areas of responsibil- statement regarding vision for the department introductory courses and upper-division courses ity is expected as is promise for scholarly and leadership style, vita, graduate transcripts, in her/his specializations. Introductory courses achievements. Application Information: Applicants and names and addresses of at least three refer- include World Regional Geography and should submit a letter of application, resume and ences to the address below. DEC 04-229. Introduction to Physical Geography. All special- curriculum vitae, official copies of graduate tran- Apply: Dr. David Dickason, Chair, Depart- izations considered, but applications from scripts (official transcripts are required at the ment of Geography, 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, economic, political, and physical geographers, time of employment), three letters of reference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and those with regional expertise outside North copies of publications, and teaching evaluations. 49008-5424. Review of applications will begin America, Latin America, and Africa, are especial- (Persons writing letters of reference should be December 5, 2004, and continue until the posi- ly encouraged. First priority will be given to advised of Minnesota’s open record law, which tion is filled. applicants with Ph.D. in hand, but advanced can make such letters available to applicants ABDs will be considered. The successful upon request.) JAN 05-6. MICHIGAN, MARQUETTE 49855. North- candidate will exhibit a strong commitment to Apply To: Dr. Ranae Womack, Dean, College of ern Michigan University Department of Geogra- undergraduate teaching and to developing Social and Natural Sciences, Attention: Geogra- phy invites applications for a tenure track posi- new geography programs. SVSU offers excellent phy Search Committee, Bemidji State University, tion that will be filled at the Assistant Professor benefits and retirement program. For more 1500 Birchmont Drive NE #27, Bemidji, MN level beginning in Fall 2005. We seek a broadly information about SVSU, visit our website at 56601-2699. Email: [email protected]. trained environmental geographer with the abil- www.svsu.edu. For full consideration, please send Inquiries may be directed to: Dr. Satish Davgun, 1500 ity to teach an introductory GIS course and an letter of application specifying the position of Birchmont Drive NE #23, Bemidji State Universi- introductory human or physical geography interest with curriculum vitae and contact names, ty, Bemidji, MN 56601-2699. Tel: 218-755-3350. course. Candidates must demonstrate a commit- addresses, and emails of three professional Email: [email protected] . Application ment to excellence in undergraduate teaching, references to the address below. JAN 05-3. deadline: Review of applications will begin Janu- scholarship, and have the potential to contribute Apply: Employment & Compensation Ser- ary 31, 2005, and will continue until filled. to the department’s service mission and NMU’s vices, Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay Bemidji State University is an Equal Opportu- efforts at internationalizing its curriculum. Pref- Road, University Center, MI 48710. Screening nity Educator and Employer. erence will be given to candidates who comple- of applicants will begin immediately and contin- ment existing departmental programs and who ue until the position is filled. SVSU is an EO/AA MISSISSIPPI, CLEVELAND 38733. Director can teach upper level courses in planning and/or employer. Women and minorities are encouraged of the Interdisciplinary Center for Geospatial environmental management. to apply. Information Technology. (Search Extended). Applicant must hold a Ph.D. in Geography or Starting date: January, 2005 closely allied discipline at the time of their *MINNESOTA, BEMIDJI 56601-2699. Assis- Responsibilities include developing, promot- appointment. Send a letter of application, CV, tant Professor/Instructor In Geography, proba- ing, and overseeing all aspects of the Interdisci- any evidence of teaching effectiveness, and the tionary, tenure track. Salary is competitive. Date plinary Center to include: managing the budget; names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mails of of appointment: August 24, 2005, (approximate- building partnerships with local industries; three references to the address listed below by ly). Responsibilities: The successful candidate will developing and teaching campus based and January 14, 2005. All applicants must be eligible teach courses in geography. Courses will include on-line certificate programs in GIS. to work in the U.S. both introductory and upper level courses in November 22, 2004. Review of candidates NMU is located on Michigan’s beautiful Physical Geography, GIS, Site Analysis and will begin November 23, 2004 and will continue Upper Peninsula, on the south shore of Lake Planning, and Field Geography. The faculty until position is filled. Superior. The local environment offers outstand- member will be expected to recruit more majors Master degree in related field required; PhD ing opportunities for research and instruction as and advise students in the program. The faculty preferred. Proficiency using remote sensing and well as an exceptional way of life. For informa- member should anticipate involvement with GIS technology required; ability to build part- tion about the University and Department of interdisciplinary teaching and distance learning nerships and promote the center essential;
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college level teaching experience and extensive addition the department continues to engage in expertise in broadcast meteorology and/or GIS. training in GIS, remote sensing and on-line collaborative projects with MSU’s Engineering The department has ten tenure-track faculty, course delivery systems preferred. Research Center and the GeoResources Institute. four of whom are geographers, and 12 instructors. Institution: Delta State University is a region- The department currently has 11 tenure-track B.S. and M.S. degrees are offered in five areas of al university with approximately 4,000 students. faculty and 14 full-time instructors. B.S. and M.S. emphasis in the geosciences: meteorology/clima- It is located in Cleveland, Mississippi, and serves degrees are offered. Within geosciences there are tology, professional geology, geography, environ- as an education and cultural center in the Missis- 4 areas of emphasis: professional geology, environ- mental geoscience, and GIS. The department has sippi Delta. The Interdisciplinary Center for mental geoscience, geography/GIS, and broadcast nationally recognized distance learning programs Geospatial Information Technology was created meteorology/climatology. On campus department in Broadcast Meteorology, Operational Meteorol- through funding from the Robert M. Hearin enrollments include over 150 undergraduate ogy, and Teachers in Geoscience. Additional Foundation and is housed within the College of majors and 50 M.S. students. Distance learning meteorological activities include participation in Arts and Sciences. programs within the department have enrollments the National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Commensurate with education and experience. of over 700 undergraduate and graduate students. Contest and the local Skywarn Storm Spotter Send a letter of application, Curriculum Vitae, More information about the Department of Geo- Network. Research facilities include the Mississip- and names, e-mail, and address of three refer- sciences is available on our website: http://www. pi State University Climatology Laboratory, the ences. Please address applications to the contact msstate.edu/dept/geosciences. department’s fully equipped GIS lab, and the below. DEC 04-250. Candidates must submit a letter of application Office of the State Climatologist for Mississippi. Apply: Collier Parker, Dean, College of Arts indicating the position for which they are apply- Candidates must submit a letter of applica- & Sciences, Kethley 113, Delta State University, ing, a curriculum vitae, and the names and tion, a curriculum vitae and the names of three Cleveland, MS 38733. Delta State University is addresses (including e-mail) of three people who references who may be contacted, on-line at an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action may be contacted for letters of recommendation http://www.jobs.msstate.edu. Copies of tran- Employer. on-line at http://www.jobs.msstate.edu. Copies of scripts need to be mailed to the address below. For Inquiries contact: Amy Owen Education transcripts should be mailed to the address DEC 04-235. Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Center for GIS, below. DEC 04-234 Apply: Dr. Charles L. Wax, Search Committee [email protected] or 662-846-4098. Apply: Dr. John Mylroie, Search Committee Chair, Department of Geosciences, P. O. Box Chair, Department of Geosciences, P.O. Box 5448, Mississippi, MS 39762. Voice: (662)325- MISSISSIPPI, MISSISSIPPI STATE 39762- 5448, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Voice 3915; E-mail: [email protected]. For more 5448. Mississippi State University, Department (662)325-3915. E-mail: [email protected]. information please visit http://www.msstate.edu/ of Geosciences, invites applications for an antic- edu. Screening of applicants will begin January 1, dept/geosciences. Screening of applications will ipated new full-time, tenure track, Assistant Pro- 2005 and continue until the position is filled. begin January 1, 2005, and continue until the posi- fessor, starting Fall 2005. Applicants must have Mississippi State University, a land-grant and tion is filled. Mississippi State University is an the Ph.D. in a geosciences or a closely related sea-grant Institution, founded in 1878, is a Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. field in natural science completed at the time of Carnegie Doctoral/Research-extensive Institu- appointment. Specific activities associated with tion. Mississippi State University is an Affirma- MISSISSIPPI, MISSISSIPPI STATE 39762. the position include teaching and research in the tive Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Meteorology/GIS Instructor For Geoscience areas of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Distance Learning Program. techniques and computer applications for the MISSISSIPPI, MISSISSIPPI STATE 39762. The Department of Geosciences at Mississip- geosciences. The successful candidate will teach Mississippi State University, Department of pi State University invites applications for a new introductory through graduate-level courses in Geosciences. Assistant Professor of Geography. full-time, non-tenure track instructor (9-month GIS, such as introduction to GIS, advanced GIS, Tenure-track, beginning August 16, 2005. Ph.D. appointment with additional summer teaching geodatabase design, cartographic sciences, Required at time of appointment. Physical Geo- and salary available and expected) position. An remote sensing of the physical environment, and grapher/Meteorologist with interests that will M.S. degree (Ph.D. preferred) in Geography geospatial applications. In addition the successful augment existing strengths in broadcast and with emphasis in Meteorology. Preference will be candidate is expected to teach courses in their operational meteorology and climatology. This is given to candidates with knowledge and experi- area of specialization. The successful candidate a new position created to allow the department ence in Geographic Information Systems. This must develop a research and service program in to expand its curriculum to satisfy Civil Service position is with the Geoscience Distance Learn- applications of GIS to complement department and military meteorology requirements. The ing Program and will begin August 2005. subfields. In addition, the ability to do collabora- position requires a Ph.D. degree in Geography or The instructor will be teaching a wide variety tive research with other geoscientists in the areas a closely related field with specialization in oper- of meteorology, geography, and GIS course in our of meteorology, climatology, geology and/or ational meteorology/atmospheric science. Teach- Teachers in Geosciences, Broadcast Meteorology, geography is essential. ing expectations include introductory-, upper-, and Operational Meteorology programs. Courses The Department of Geosciences has recently and graduate-level instruction. The ability to to be taught may include Introduction to Meteo- developed undergraduate and graduate curricula teach calculus-based atmospheric dynamics rology, Synoptic Meteorology, Thermodynamic in Geographic Information Systems and made a courses is also required. Research and graduate Meteorology, Satellite Meteorology, Radar Mete- commitment to the program with the develop- student direction in the field of expertise are orology, Severe Weather, World Geography, and ment of a GIS laboratory. Enrollment in this area expected and are required for advancement. Introduction to GIS. An interest in distance learn- is expected to reach 50 students in two years. 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computer knowledge and an interest in leading Applicants should send a letter of interest umt.edu/geograph. ADVANCE/PACE grant fund- summer field courses and teaching traditional describing their geospatial expertise, professional ing is available to encourage women and minori- on-campus courses is highly desirable. goals, curriculum vitae, and contact information ties to apply. The University of Montana is an The Geoscience Distance Learning Programs for three references. Review of applications will Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. offer B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geosciences. The begin November 1, 2004, and continue until the Distance Learning Programs have enrollments of position is filled. EO/AEE – We strongly *MONTANA, MISSOULA 59812. Assistant over 300 undergraduate and over 325 graduate encourage women and minorities to apply. To Professor, Integrated Natural Resource Planning. student majors. The department presently offers request ADA accommodations, please contact Nine-month, tenure track position in the Depart- seventeen undergraduate and twenty-two gradu- the ADA Coordinator at 573-884-7278 ment of Forest Management, College of Forestry ate courses via distance learning. For more (V/TTY). DEC 04-230. and Conservation, The University of Montana, to information regarding the distance learning pro- Apply: Dr. Gail S. Ludwig, Chair, Search begin Fall 2005. PhD in forestry or related natural grams please visit
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scholar-teachers of the highest caliber. Dartmouth and public dissemination, and assistance in the Applicants should have a Ph.D. in geography at has an even distribution of male and female analysis of the relationship between the spatial dis- the time of appointment. This is regarded as a students, and close to a third of its undergraduate tribution of poverty and biophysical features such long-term position with commensurate academic students are members of minority groups. as soil fertility, water availability, and transporta- promotion potential. Military experience is nei- Dartmouth is committed to diversity and encour- tion access. Work is undertaken in close collabora- ther expected nor required. ages applications from women and minorities. tion with the United Nations Millennium Project Individuals interested in applying for this Dartmouth College is an Equal Opportunity, and the World Bank. Interaction with other part- position should send a letter of application, cur- Affirmative Action employer. ners will be necessary. riculum vitae, and three letters of recommenda- The position requires a bachelor’s degree and tion by 11 February 2005 to the address below. NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011. Eugene four years related experience or Master’s degree JAN 05-23. Lang College and The New School, divisions of and two years related experience in policy-rele- Apply: Dr Jon Malinowski, Department of New School University, invite applications for a vant field with training in quantitative and spatial Geography & Environmental Engineering, Unit- joint full-time faculty position in Urban Studies. analysis. Advanced degree preferred. Must show ed States Military Academy, West Point, New We seek an excellent teacher/scholar with experience in cross-disciplinary research, and York 10996-1695. Telephone: (845) 938-4673, expertise in urban political economy, globaliza- demonstrated ability to work effectively in inter- FAX: (845) 938-3339, e-mail: [email protected] tion and urban restructuring, urban planning, disciplinary teams. Requires proficiency with sta- The United States Military Academy is an and/or urban politics and policy. Specific tistical software (SPSS, Stata, SAS, R, or equiva- Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. research interests may include international lent) and Geographic Information System soft- migration, transnational urbanism, urban social ware (ArcGIS or equivalent). Individuals should be *NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL movements, economic liberalization, state trans- able to demonstrate their effectiveness at working 27599-3220. The Department of Geography at formation, community change and resistance, in teams as well as individually. JAN 05-32. the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill among others. The ability to teach a basic urban To apply, please submit by electronic format: a invites applications for an open rank tenured or research methods course would be an advantage. letter of application including position reference tenure-track faculty position in Health and Area of geographical specialization is open but number LD67004028, a resume or C.V. that Environment. The position will begin in July, candidates with research interests that extend to includes email address; a short statement of 2005. A Ph.D. degree in Geography or a related cities outside North America are preferred. Ph.D. interest and career goals (1 page); and contact field is required by date of employment. The in a relevant discipline required. information for three references to: personnel@ position emphasizes a geographic perspective in We seek candidates at the level of beginning admin.ldeo.columbia.edu with position number research and teaching in environmental health, or advanced assistant professor. We are particu- LD67004028 also in the subject line. Screening medical geography, or health policy. Explicit larly interested in applicants with a commitment will begin after the ad appears for 30 days. Salary links to one or more department strengths in to innovative teaching in a seminar format, an is contingent upon education and experience. environmental systems, human-environment interest in community-based learning strategies interactions, globalization and development, and a willingness to advise undergraduates. *NEW YORK, WEST POINT 10996. Assistant social spaces, and geographic information sci- Send CV, cover letter, one-page statement of Professor. The United States Military Academy ence are expected. Health-environment issues teaching philosophy, outline of research program, invites applications for an Assistant Professor posi- associated with land use/land cover change, cli- sample of written work, and three letters of recom- tion within the Geography Program in the mate change, and urban and social environments mendation to the address below. DEC 04-262. Department of Geography & Environmental Engi- at local to international settings are of particular Apply: Scott Salmon, Chair, Urban Studies, neering, starting in the Fall semester of 2005, with interest. A record or promise of excellence pub- Eugene Lang College, 65 West 11th Street, New a reporting date of 1 July 2005. We are seeking an lishing, teaching and advising, and a demonstrat- York, NY 10011, or e-mail to: Environmental Geographer with a broad back- ed skill to secure external funding is expected. [email protected]. Be sure to indicate ground in physical geography or environmental The Department has a strong commitment to Search # 22584 and discipline in subject line. geography and an understanding of human - envi- multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research Only qualified candidates will be contacted. ronment interactions. Proficiency is also expected and teaching, and provides opportunities for Eugene Lang College and The New School are in several technical areas such as GIS, remote sens- interactions with other academic units including committed to building a diverse community for ing, and cartography. Principal responsibilities the Carolina Population Center, Sheps Center learning and teaching. AA/EOE. will include academic leadership, teaching, and for Health Services Research, Carolina Environ- Applications received by December 15th will scholarship in the field of geography. Specific mental Program, Office of Global Health, Center be assured of consideration; however, applica- duties will include teaching undergraduate courses for Environmental Health and Susceptibility, tions will be accepted until the position is filled. in geography, to include a capstone course in envi- Program on Ethnicity, Culture and Health Out- ronmental geography; mentoring cadets; supervis- comes, School of Public Health, the Medical *NEW YORK, PALISADES. CIESIN is seeking a ing faculty and academic programs; curriculum School and the Center for Urban and Regional Staff Associate(s) for its Poverty Mapping development; junior faculty development; service Studies. Additional collaboration with units in Project. Responsibilities will include participation on faculty committees; and research. Dedication nearby Research Triangle Park include the US in the production of a global poverty map utilizing to excellence in teaching is an absolute require- EPA National Exposure Research Lab (NERL), subnational spatial data; preparation of a ment of this position. Individuals must have a the National Health and Environmental Effects compendium of high-resolution poverty maps; strong commitment to the educational, military, Research Lab (NHEERL), and the NIH National preparation of data sets and catalogues for analysis physical, and ethical development of cadets. Institute for Environmental Health (NIEH) and
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National Toxicology Program. UNC Chapel program. Applications can be found at specialization in medical geography, environment, Hill is a top five public university, set in a pleas- http://research.unc.edu/red/postdoc.html. If rec- development, or who will contribute to our exist- ant community in the Research Triangle of North ommendation letters accompany application ing strengths in Geography. We are interested in Carolina. Close ties with Duke University and materials they should be in a sealed envelope. All hiring a faculty member who is committed to North Carolina State University extends our materials should be sent to the Carolina Postdoc- excellent teaching, and can make an interdiscipli- stimulating academic environment. toral Program for Faculty Diversity, Office of the nary contribution with the African Studies Pro- Review of applicants will begin on 7 January Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic gram, www.ohio.edu/african, which is a National 2005. Applicants should send a letter of applica- Development, CB# 4000, 312 South Bldg., The Resource Center (Title VI). Ph.D. in Geography tion that contains a complete curriculum vitae, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, desired; ABD in Geography considered. names and contact information of three refer- Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-4000, and must be The completed application must include a let- ences, as well as a statement of research (includ- postmarked by January 7, 2005. Please forward ter of application, vita, copy of transcripts, and ing a description of external funding plans), and a copy of application to the address below. DEC evidence of research and teaching experience. teaching interests. Women and minorities are 04-282. Please have three referees forward a letter of pro- encouraged to apply. Application material should Apply: L.E. Band, Department of Geography, fessional recommendation. Visit us online at be sent to the address below. NOV 04-218-3. CB #3220, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3220, or www.ohio.edu/geography. Ohio University is an Apply: Professor Stephen J. Walsh, Search [email protected] (Chair, Department of affirmative action/equal opportunity employer Committee Chair – Health and Environment, Geography). Incomplete or late applications will that strives to enhance its ability to develop a Department of Geography, University of North not be accepted. diverse faculty. Review of applications will begin Carolina – Chapel Hill. For additional informa- on February 1, 2005 and continue until the posi- tion: [email protected] (email); 919-962- NORTH CAROLINA, CULLOWHEE 28723. tion is filled. DEC 04-279. 3867 & 919-966-2153 (voice), 919-962-1537 Western Carolina University: Remote Sensing. Apply: Dr. Ronald Isaac, Chair, Department (fax); www.unc.edu/depts/geog/ (department The Natural Resources Management Program of Geography, Ohio University, Athens, OH web page). invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant 45701-2979. Voice 740-593-1138. Fax 740-593- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an Professor of Remote Sensing beginning August, 1139. E-mail [email protected]. Equal Opportunity Employer. 2005. Candidate will develop and deliver courses in the NRM curriculum including introductory OHIO, ATHENS 47501-2979. Ohio Universi- NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL 27599- and advanced remote sensing, and the Universi- ty. The Department of Geography invites applica- 4000. As part of a continuing commitment to ty’s liberal studies program. Ph.D. required by tions for a tenure-track position at the Assistant advance underrepresented scholars in higher date of appointment. Applicants are required to Professor rank in Cartography/ Geographic Visu- education, The University of North Carolina at have training and experience with current remote alization beginning Fall, 2005. We are seeking a Chapel Hill is pleased to announce the availabil- sensing software and in applied remote sensing in faculty member who can work in an interdiscipli- ity of 5 positions in the Carolina Postdoctoral one or more aspects of natural resources manage- nary environment, is committed to excellent Program for Faculty Diversity. Postdoctoral ment. Applicants must demonstrate a commit- teaching, and who promises to make substantial Scholars will spend essentially full time on ment to excellence in teaching and research at contributions in research with the expectation to research, but will be allowed to teach no more the undergraduate level. University teaching secure external funding. The Ohio University than one course per year. Applications for study experience preferred. To apply submit a state- Cartographic Center, housed within the Depart- in any discipline represented at the University ment of teaching philosophy, teaching and ment of Geography, offers a wide range of are welcome. Department of Geography at the research interests and experience, CV, and con- resources to support this position and to sustain an University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tact information for three referees to the address active research agenda. For this position, the suc- strongly encourages candidates interested in below. DEC 04-271. cessful candidate must hold a Ph.D. in Geography Earth Systems Science, Globalization, GISci, Apply: L. Kolenbrander, Geosciences and Nat- and demonstrate research and teaching expertise Social Spaces, Human-Environment to apply. ural Resources Management Department, Western in the area of geo-visualization and the interface The stipend will be $35,625 per calendar year. Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723. between cartography and geographic information Health benefits are available. Some funds are Application review will begin January 15, 2005 science. Secondary background that complements available for research expenses, including travel. and continue until position is filled. The Univer- existing departmental strengths in human/environ- Minority students who will have completed their sity is an equal opportunity employer and encour- mental interaction, urban analysis, and resource doctoral degree no later than July 1, 2005, and no ages applications from women and minorities. management is highly desirable. earlier than July 1, 2001 are eligible to apply. Visit http://www.wcu.edu for further information The completed application must include a Preference will be given to U.S. citizens and about the University and this position. letter of application, vita, copies of transcripts, permanent residents. This program is funded by evidence of research and teaching experience, and the State of North Carolina and places emphasis OHIO, ATHENS 47501-2979. Ohio Universi- three letters of reference. For more information on underrepresented minorities. ty. The Department of Geography invites applica- please visit us online at www.ohio.edu/geography. A complete application will include curricu- tions for a Visiting Assistant Professor staring Fall, Ohio University is an affirmative action/equal lum vitae, sample publications and/or dissertation 2005. Applicants must have research experience opportunity employer that strives to enhance its chapters, a statement of research plans, three let- and expertise in Africa and must be able to teach ability to develop a diverse faculty. Review of ters of recommendation, an application and a advanced undergraduate and graduate courses. applications will begin on January 20, 2005. DEC statement of why you should be selected for the Preference will be given to candidates with a 04-280.
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Apply: Dr. Ronald Isaac, Chair, Department Apply: Morton E. O’Kelly, Chair; Depart- tenure-track appointment at the level of Assistant of Geography, Ohio University, Athens, OH ment of Geography; The Ohio State University; Professor starting August 2005. Ph.D. in Geogra- 45701-2979. Voice 740-593-1138. Fax 740-593- 154 North Oval Mall; Columbus, Ohio 43210- phy, Planning, or related discipline required at 1139. E-mail [email protected]. 1361. Tel: 614-292-2514; FAX 614-292-6213; time of appointment. The successful candidate will e-mail [email protected]; Department home page have the opportunity to participate in the plan- OHIO, COLUMBUS 43210-1361. The Ohio http://www.geography.ohio-state.edu. Review of ning, implementation, research and teaching in State University. Assistant Professor [full-time, the materials will begin January 15, 2005. support of a proposed Ph.D. program in the spa- tenure-track faculty member]. The Department tial social sciences at The University of Toledo. of Geography announces the availability of a new *OHIO, DAYTON 45435-0001. Geography/ Urban Planner or Urban Geographer with position in addition to the advertised openings Urban Affairs Position. teaching and research interests in one or more of appearing in JIG October 2004 [cf GIS-05, Wright State University. Tenure-track, Assis- the following areas: urban environments, land use HUM-05 and PSE-05]. This opening is in the tant Professor position beginning September planning, urban design, and community econom- area of spatial analysis methods [SAM-05]. We 2005. The Department of Urban Affairs and ic development planning. Applicants with addi- wish to hear from individuals with exceptional Geography seeks a Doctorate or exceptional tional expertise in quantitative methods and research records and potential for integration to ABD with the ability to teach and apply GIS. members of the American Institute of Certified other thematic areas. These goals might be met Applicants should have a record of, or demon- Planners are particularly encouraged to apply. through either strengthening intra-departmental strate their potential for, applied research, quali- The successful candidate is expected to have an linkages or through building connections to other ty teaching, community service, and a research established record of research and scholarship, departments. agenda likely to produce scholarly publications. will be expected to assist the department in its In particular the Department of Geography Primary teaching responsibilities, graduate and planning accreditation efforts, and will engage in seeks an individual with expertise in spatial statis- undergraduate, will be GIS courses and related community and university outreach efforts. tics, exploratory spatial data analysis, and subjects as needed such as urban geography, eco- The Department of Geography and Planning GIScience. Substantive interests in spatial data nomic location analysis, and transportation. The has an applied orientation with approximately 40 uncertainty, urban issues, or environmental sci- successful candidate will have the ability to MA level graduate students, 35 undergraduate ence are desirable. With appropriate qualifica- develop geo-spatial courses and participate in majors, and a very successful community based tions, this posting may result in a joint appoint- shaping the program’s future. They will also have internship program. The Department is a mem- ment in the Department of Geography [75%] the opportunity to lead funded applied research ber of the Association of Collegiate Schools of and in the Department of Statistics [25%]. projects supported by The Center for Urban and Planning. The Department has an active research A Ph.D. in Geography or a closely related Public Affairs within the Department. The Cen- agenda with external funding exceeding $2.5 mil- field is required at the time of appointment. ter plays a critical role in regional development lion in the last two years. The University of Tole- Demonstrated excellence in teaching and and University outreach. The successful candi- do is a Carnegie Research Extensive comprehen- research is required. A Masters degree (or equiv- date will be afforded many opportunities to work sive state institution enrolling approximately alent) in Statistics is also desired and is required with faculty, staff and students at Wright State 20,000 students with an attractive main campus in the case of a joint appointment. University and to join with seven other Ohio located in a suburban setting. The city of Toledo In the case of a joint appointment with statis- urban universities in research, technical assis- has a rich cultural life including the renowned tics, research is expected to be in one of the areas tance, and outreach addressing urban problems. Toledo Museum of Art, as well as an excellent of hierarchical or Bayesian spatial statistical mod- Please send: 1) a letter of application; 2) curricu- zoo, symphony orchestra, metropolitan park sys- eling, spatial econometrics, geostatistics, and/or lum vitae, 3) teaching evaluations (if applicable); tem, public library system, and science museum. spatial pattern analysis. Participation in the and 4) names of three references and contact Please send letter of application, curriculum Department of Statistics’ Program in Spatial Sta- information to the address below. JAN 05-11. vitae, and arrange to have at least three letters of tistics and Environmental Sciences is expected. Apply: Jack Dustin, Chair, Search Committee, reference sent. Application materials will be For more information on the SSES Program, see Department of Urban Affairs and Geography, reviewed beginning 15 January, 2005 and will http://www.stat.ohio-state.edu/~sses/index.html Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435- continue until the position is filled. The Depart- or contact its Director, Noel Cressie 0001. Review of applicants will begin January 14, ment encourages applications from minorities, ([email protected]). Information on 2005 and continue until the position is filled. women, and persons with disabilities. The Uni- the Department of Statistics may be found at Wright State University is committed to versity of Toledo is an Affirmative Action/Equal http://www.stat.ohio-state.edu. achieving full equal opportunity in all aspects of Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. DEC 04-225. The Ohio State University is an Equal university life and is a national leader in accom- Apply: Dr. Patrick Lawrence, Chair, Search Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. modating the needs of students with disabilities. Committee, Department of Geography and Plan- Women, minorities, veterans, and individuals As an EEO/AA employer, the Department ning, 2801 West Bancroft Street. Voice 419-530- with different abilities are encouraged to apply. strongly encourages applications from women, 4128: Fax 419-530-7919. Internet: PLawren2@ Letter of application, complete CV, graduate minorities, and persons with disabilities. Detailed utnet.utoledo.edu. transcripts, statement of professional interests information about the University is available at and accomplishments, three letters of reference, www.wright.edu. OHIO, TOLEDO 43606. The Department of and selected papers (published, forthcoming, Geography and Planning invites applications for a submitted) should be sent to the address below. OHIO, TOLEDO 43606. The Department of tenure-track appointment starting August, 2005. DEC 04-233. Geography and Planning invites applications for a Open Rank. Ph.D. in Geography, Planning, or
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related discipline required at time of application. OHIO, TOLEDO 43606. The University of *OKLAHOMA, EDMOND 73034. The Uni- The successful candidate will have the opportuni- Toledo invites applications for a tenure-track versity of Central Oklahoma (UCO) seeks a full- ty to participate in the planning, implementation, appointment in geography at the rank of Assis- time, tenure-track Instructor/Assistant Professor research and teaching in support of a proposed tant Professor, beginning August, 2005. Ph.D. in of Geography in the Department of History and Ph.D. program in the spatial social sciences at The geography or related discipline required at the Geography beginning August 15, 2005. University of Toledo. time of application (December, 2004). The suc- Responsibilities: Teaching introduction to Urban/Economic Geographer with teach- cessful candidate will play a critical role in the geography, world regional geography, and a wide ing and research interests in each of the planning, implementation, research and teaching range of upper-division geography courses; collab- following areas: GIS, regional development, in support of a new Ph.D. program in the spatial oration in expansion of the geography program quantitative methods, urban and economic social sciences; expertise in analysis and model- and work in cross-disciplinary courses and projects. geography. Candidates with a background and ing of spatial social science issues and expertise in Qualifications: Ph.D. in geography; ABD will experience urban and regional planning are the processing of spatial data is required. be considered if Ph.D. is completed by August particularly encouraged to apply. The success- The program will focus on the spatial dimen- 2005. Preference will be given to candidates with ful candidate is expected to have an established sion of human and social dynamics, including a specialty in cultural or political geography. Pre- record of research and scholarship in the areas interaction of individuals and society, government, vious teaching experience and regional specialty described above, and will be expected to partic- and market participants. This position will be in Europe and/or Asia are also preferred. ipate in the department’s Geographic Informa- housed in the Department of Geography and Salary: Commensurate with credentials and tion Science and Applied Geographics Planning that will maintain responsibility for eval- experience. (GISAG) Center in both a research capacity uation of research, teaching and service. In addi- Position open until filled with preference given and in outreach efforts directed at regional tion, this position will involve active collaboration to applications received by February 1, 2005, development in Northwest Ohio. in funded research at the university’s Geographic when applicant screening begins. JAN 05-26. The Department of Geography and Planning Information Science and Applied Geographics To Apply: Submit the following materials has an applied orientation with approximately 40 Center in partnership with an interdisciplinary online to http://jobs.ucok.edu: Letter of applica- MA level graduate students, 38 undergraduate team from the departments of Economics, Geog- tion; list of three references with contact informa- majors, and a very successful community based raphy & Planning, Political Science & Public tion including e-mail addresses; curriculum vita; internship program. The Department is a member Administration, and Anthropology & Sociology. and copies of transcripts for all college degrees. of the Association of Collegiate Schools of The candidate should have expertise in theo- UCO is an Affirmative Action/Equal Oppor- Planning. The Department has an active research retical, methodological and applied aspects of tunity Employer. agenda with external funding exceeding $2.5 mil- geographic information science, including GIS, For more information about the position, con- lion in the last two years. The department’s GISAG remote sensing, spatial analysis, and environmen- tact Dr. Kenny Brown, Chairperson, Department Center provides the focus for interdisciplinary tal geography. Successful candidates would have a of History and Geography at (405) 974-5277 or research with other academic units that include commitment to: an active research program; pub- [email protected]. Earth, Ecological and Environmental Sciences, lishing research in internationally recognized jour- Civil and Environmental Engineering, Economics, nals; attracting external research funding; research OKLAHOMA, STILLWATER 74078-4073. Business Administration and Political Science. supervision of graduate students; and developing Oklahoma State University. The Department of The University of Toledo is a Carnegie effective University teaching at all levels which Geography invites applications for the tenure-line Research Extensive comprehensive state institu- includes directing undergraduate research. position of Assistant Professor. We are searching tion enrolling approximately 20,000 students Please send letter of application, curriculum for a geographer specializing in Transportation with an attractive main campus located in a sub- vitae, transcripts, evidence of teaching effective- Geography with strong abilities in GIS. A second- urban setting. The city of Toledo has a rich cul- ness, and arrange to have at least three letters of ary interest in city/urban/regional planning is tural life including the renowned Toledo Museum reference sent. Applications via e-mail will not be desirable. This is a new tenure line position to aug- of Art, as well as an excellent zoo, symphony accepted. Letter of application should outline ment and expand the research and teaching capa- orchestra, metropolitan park system, public candidate’s interest in spatially integrated social bilities of the Department in these sub-disciplines. library system, and science museum. science and potential contributions to proposed The selected individual will be required to Please send letter of application, curriculum Ph.D. program. Review of applications will begin teach/develop courses in their area of expertise, as vitae, and arrange to have at least three letters of on December 15, 2004 and will continue until well as in appropriate lower division courses reference sent. Application materials will be position is filled. Applications from minorities, offered within the Department. Excellence in reviewed beginning 15 January, 2005 and will women and persons with disabilities are encour- instruction is required. It is also expected that the continue until the position is filled. The Depart- aged. The University of Toledo is an Affirmative successful candidate will have or develop a strong ment encourages applications from minorities, Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. extramurally-funded research agenda in transport women, and persons with disabilities. The Uni- DEC 04-243. geography or a closely related area. Opportunities versity of Toledo is an Affirmative Action/Equal Apply to Chair, Social Science Cluster Search for collaborative research with current faculty in Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. DEC 04-226. Committee, C/O Department of Geography and the Department and throughout the campus exist, Apply: Dr. Peter S. Lindquist, Chair, Depart- Planning, University of Toledo, Mail Stop 932, and the candidate will be able to collaborate ment of Geography and Planning, 2801 West Toledo, OH 43606-3390. Fax 419-530-7919. through existing research ties with local state Bancroft Street. Voice 419-530-4287: Fax 419- For further information consult http://www. agencies and private organizations with which the 530-7919. Internet: [email protected]. spatialsocialscience.utoledo.edu. Department has strong ties. OSU co-hosts the
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multi-disciplinary Oklahoma Transportation three references (with contact information) to non-standard industry-specific geographies; and Center (Engineering, Geography, Business, etc.), the address below. DEC 04-274. Production of both simple and multi-layered and this individual will be expected to take on a Apply: Dr. Dawn Wright, Search Committee maps for a variety of projects. significant role in this effort. Chair, Dept. of Geosciences, 104 Wilkinson Requirements: Detailed working knowledge OSU Geography is a doctoral-granting Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5506. Fax: 541-737- of all levels of US geography, including both department housed in the College of Arts and 1200, Voice: 541-737-1229. E-mail: petersom@ census and postal definitions; Experience with Sciences, and currently has 12 tenure-line geo.orst.edu. For full consideration, apply by mapping software such as MapInfo; Experience faculty, 60 undergraduate majors, and 45 gradu- January 15, 2005. with commercial and/or governmental data ate students. OSU is a Land Grant University Oregon State University is an Affirmative sources (e.g., 2000 Census and CPS data); Expe- with a student population of approximately Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and has a rience with demographic data, including inter- 23,000. Stillwater is an attractive community of policy of being responsive to the needs of dual pretation, aggregation and report generation; 40,000 equidistant from Tulsa and Oklahoma career couples. For more information about OSU and Familiarity with one or more of SAS, SPSS, City. Further information on the department is and Corvallis, see http://oregonstate.edu/. MS Excel, MS Access. available at http://www.geog.okstate.edu. A statistical background a definite plus. Applicants must submit a letter of application, PENNSYLVANIA, EDINBORO 16444. The Applicant must possess excellent analytical and curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference by Department of Geosciences at Edinboro Univer- communication skills, be comfortable working January 15, 2005. Women and minority candi- sity of Pennsylvania invites applications for a independently and in a multi-team environment dates are strongly encouraged to apply. EO/AAE. tenure-track, Instructor/Assistant Professor posi- with internal staff and clients. DEC 04-251. tion in Applied GIS/Cartography #35011131 Marketing Systems Group offers a competi- Apply: Dr. Dale Lightfoot, Head, Depart- beginning Fall 2005. Teaching duties will include tive benefits package and casual working envi- ment of Geography, Oklahoma State University, cartography, GIS, and quantitative methods/spa- ronment. Only resumes with salary expectations Stillwater, OK 74078-4073. Voice: 405-744- tial analysis, as well as upper division courses in will be reviewed. No phone calls will be accept- 6250. FAX: 405-744-5620. E-Mail: drlight@ the candidate’s area of expertise. ed. You can mail, fax or email your resume to the okstate.edu. A Ph.D. in geography or related field is address below. JAN 05-21. expected (ABD considered). Open to any spe- Apply: Marketing Systems Group Attn: OREGON, CORVALLIS. Oregon State Univer- cialization that will complement the program’s GEODEM, 565 Virginia Drive, Fort Washing- sity. The Department of Geosciences seeks to existing strengths. Preference will be given to the ton, PA 19034. 215-653-7115. human hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in applicant who demonstrates a willingness and [email protected]. resource geography/land-use planning. ability to collaborate in interdisciplinary faculty Marketing Systems Group is an Equal Oppor- We are searching for an outstanding scholar /student teaching and research initiatives. Salary: tunity Employer. and teacher who will support undergraduate and very competitive; commensurate with experi- graduate instruction in the department’s Geog- ence. DEC 04-257. PENNSYLVANIA, MILLERSVILLE 17551- raphy Program including some combination of Deadline: Applications must be postmarked 0302. Geography Department. Assistant Profes- land-use policy, planning, resource use, regional January 31, 2005. Application Procedure: Appli- sor, full-time, tenure-track beginning August geography, and courses appropriate to the can- cations should be submitted to Dr. Eric Randall, 2005. didate’s areas of specialization. The successful Dean of Science, Management and Technology, Human geographer to teach four undergrad- candidate’s research will contribute to at least Arts and Sciences Center, Edinboro University of uate classes per semester (two or three different one of the department’s focal areas (see Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA 16444. Visit our web courses). Additional responsibilities include http://geo.oregonstate.edu/research.htm). A page at www.edinboro.edu. AA/EOE. ongoing professional/scholarly activity and range of specializations will be considered, but service to the department, university, and/or the ideal candidate will have specific training in *PENNSYLVANIA, FORT WASHINGTON community. rural land-use planning as applied to the United 19034. Position: Geodemographer Employee Required: ABD in geography with specializa- States as well as international research experi- Type: Full Time. tion in health geography from a human-environ- ence. Because the state of Oregon is a national Leadership through Innovation… Marketing Systems mental perspective and with a regional specialty leader in comprehensive land-use planning, this Group is a dynamic and growing full-service in Latin America and/or Asia. (All requirements position offers a dynamic scholar and teacher statistical sampling company located in Ft. Wash- for the Ph.D. must be completed by the time of unusual opportunities to provide leadership in ington, PA. Our clients include all the major re-appointment to the third year.) Must show applied research at the state, national, and inter- social science research firms, Federal agencies ability to teach World Regional Geography; pro- national levels in resource management and pol- (e.g., CDC, US Census Bureau) and commercial vide evidence of commitment to teaching, schol- icy for earth, aquatic, and marine resources and survey research firms. We have an opening for a arly growth, and service. Must have successful for climate. Candidates must have a PhD in geodemographer. interview and teaching demonstration. geography or a closely related field. Preferred Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Preferred: Ph.D. in geography in the above qualifications include a demonstrable commit- Fulfilling both internal and client requests for specialties, GIS skills, teaching experience, and ment to promoting and enhancing diversity. demographic reports/information; Researching good record of scholarship. Favorable teaching Submit a letter of application describing your sources for demographic information and resolv- evaluations, as applicable. research interests, teaching experience, qualifica- ing discrepancies; Defining geographic-specific Full consideration given to applications tions for this position, CV, and the names of sample frames for client-defined areas and received by January 15, 2005. Send letter of
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application addressing qualifications, a descrip- PENNSYLVANIA, SLIPPERY ROCK 16057. the undergraduate and graduate levels, to direct tion of your teaching philosophy, syllabi for Slippery Rock University is seeking applicants student projects and theses, and to mentor stu- classes, evidence of scholarly activity, curriculum for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with dents. The normal teaching load is 12 credit vitae, and the names, addresses, and phone num- expertise in cartography in the Department of hours per semester. Candidates should have a bers of three references to the address below. Geography, Geology, and the Environment minimum of two years experience in using GIS DEC 04-260. beginning September 2005. The department software. Preference will be given to the candi- Apply: Dr. Kathleen V. Schreiber, Search consists of 13 faculty and approximately 110 date with demonstrated teaching and research Committee Chair, Geography Department/ undergraduate majors and offers programs in experience and skill in working with undergrad- AAG1204, Millersville University. P.O. Box 1002, environmental science and studies, geography, uate and graduate students, a willingness to par- Millersville, PA 17551-0302. http://muweb. and geology. ticipate in multi-disciplinary projects, and millersville.edu/~geograph/. Qualifications: ABD in Geography required potential for initiating GIS-based projects with An EO/AA Institution • www.millersville.edu. (PhD must be completed by August 2005). Broad public and private agencies. training, with expertise in cartography and the The West Chester University Department of *PENNSYLVANIA, SLIPPERY ROCK 16057. ability to apply them to environmental concerns Geography and Planning has exceptional facilities Slippery Rock University is seeking applicants are required. Successful performance in an on-cam- to support strengths in GIS and mapping science. for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with expert- pus interview, including a teaching presentation, is West Chester University places great empha- ise in remote sensing and geomorphology in the also required. Expertise in planning preferred. sis on both excellence in teaching and sustained Department of Geography, Geology, and the Responsibilities: Teach Cartography I and II, scholarship. Located in Chester County, Penn- Environment beginning September 2005. The planning, introductory courses, and potential sylvania’s leading residential environment by all department consists of 13 faculty and approxi- development of advanced courses in area of measures of economic growth and education, mately 110 undergraduate majors and offers pro- expertise. Demonstrate excellent teaching and West Chester University enjoys easy access by grams in environmental science and studies, maintain an active program of research, including auto or train to Philadelphia and all major cities geography, and geology. Qualifications: ABD in peer-reviewed publication, mentor undergraduate on the east coast. Geography or Geology required (PhD must be student research and participate in university serv- Review of applicants will begin immediately, completed by August 2005). Broad training, ice and student advising. Teaching load is 4 cours- and continue until the position is filled. Finalists with expertise in remote sensing and geomor- es per semester, which includes 3 preparations. must successfully complete interview and/or phology, including applications to environmental Send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, state- teaching demonstration. concerns are required. The candidate must ment of research and teaching interests, graduate Send application letter, vitae, and names of demonstrate a commitment to the education of and undergraduate transcripts (official transcripts three referees. JAN 05-41. diverse populations. Successful performance in required before hiring) and the names, addresses Apply to: Dr. James P. Lewandowski, Depart- an on-campus interview, including teaching (postal and email) and phone numbers of three ment of Geography and Planning, West Chester demonstration is also required. Responsibilities: references to the address below. DEC 04-272. University, West Chester, PA 19383. Voice 610- Teach remote sensing, geomorphology, introduc- Apply: Jack Livingston, Search Chair, 436-2343. Fax 610-436-2889. Internet jlewando@ tory courses, and potential development of Department of Geography, Geology, and the wcupa.edu. Women and minority candidates are advanced courses in area of expertise. Demon- Environment, Slippery Rock University, Slippery encouraged to apply. West Chester University is strate excellent teaching and maintain an active Rock, PA 16057, Phone: 724-738-2897, Fax: 724- an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. program of research, including peer-reviewed 738-4762, Email: [email protected] publication, mentor undergraduate student Review of applications will begin January 31, *RHODE ISLAND, PROVIDENCE 02908. research and participate in university service and 2005 and continue until position is filled. Slip- Assistant Professor of Geography (pending student advising. Send letter of interest, curricu- pery Rock University of PA is a member of the budgetary approval). Rhode Island College, lum vitae, statement of research and teaching State System of Higher Education and is an affir- anticipates a vacancy for a full-time, tenure- interests, graduate and undergraduate transcripts mative action/equal opportunity employer. Visit track Assistant Professor position in Geography, (official transcripts required before hiring) and our web page at www.sru.edu. Fall 2005. Required: Ph.D. and teaching the names, addresses (postal and email) and experience in geography or a closely-related phone numbers of three references to the address *PENNSYLVANIA, WEST CHESTER, 19383. discipline, strong background in world regional below. JAN 05-40. West Chester University. Department of Geogra- geography, and ability to teach undergraduate Apply: Carol Prorok, Search Chair, Depart- phy and Planning, seeks an Assistant Professor, geographic methods courses with an emphasis ment of Geography, Geology, and the Environ- full-time, tenure-track position starting Fall 2005. on GIS. ment, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Ph.D. preferred in Geography, Planning, or other Responsibilities will include teaching geogra- Rock, PA 16057, Phone: 724-738-2384, related field; ABD considered. phy courses for majors in geography as well as in Fax: 724-738-4762, Email: carolyn.prorok The department is seeking a candidate with secondary and elementary education, at both the @sru.edu Review of applications will begin qualifications to teach undergraduate and gradu- introductory and upper division level, and partic- March 1, 2005 and continue until position is ate courses in Geographic Information Systems ipation in various college endeavors, including filled. Slippery Rock University of PA is a mem- (GIS). the activities of the Center for Public Policy and ber of the State System of Higher Education and The successful candidate is expected to the preparation of K-12 teachers. is an affirmative action/equal opportunity teach introductory geography courses, to teach Applications must be received by February 4, employer. Visit our web page at www.sru.edu. courses in GIS theory and applications at both 2005. Mail or fax (email not accepted) cover
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letter, resume, Transcripts and three current let- candidates may be considered. This person will fullest consideration. For more information, see: ters of references to the address below. JAN 05-7. help anchor our Ph.D. programs in Geosciences http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/geoscience/. Apply: Office of Human Resources, Attn: and especially Geographic Information Sciences, UTD is an Affirmative Action/Equal Oppor- Search Code: GEOG 1-05 Rhode Island Col- an interdisciplinary initiative presently at the tunity Employer that is committed to fostering lege, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI M.S. and expected soon to be at the Ph.D. level, diversity in its student body, faculty and staff, 02908. Fax # 401-456-8717. TDD # 401-456- a unique program shared by UTD’s Schools of and scientists of diverse backgrounds are strong- 8216. Natural Science and Math, Social Sciences, and ly encouraged to apply. An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Engineering and Computer Science. We antici- Employer. pate rapid growth in this area. We look for a TEXAS, DENTON 76203-5279. University of scientist with strong geoinformatic skills and a North Texas. P.O. Box 305279. Tenure-track, TEXAS, ARLINGTON 76019-0588. The keen interest to apply these to Earth’s rapidly Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2005. The School of Urban and Public Affairs (SUPA) at the changing surface, for example geospatial infor- Department of Geography seeks an individual University of Texas at Arlington invites applica- mation systems, frontier fields of remote sensing, with demonstrated potential for excellence in tions for a tenure-track faculty position at the 3-D digital geology and multi-dimensional, time teaching and research in applied economic Assistant Professor level with expertise in Urban lapse studies of surface or near-surface change. geography, transportation geography, smart Geography beginning Fall 2005. Interest in pop- Research focus in fundable areas, such as environ- growth or a related field. Preference will be ulation and/or economic issues in metropolitan mental and hydrogeological studies, hydrology, given to candidates with the ability to apply GIS areas, as well as knowledge of Geographic Infor- geomorphology, neotectonics, land cover- land to contemporary urban/economic problems at mation Systems (GIS) technologies and pro- use, and planetary geoinformatics, is expected. various scales. The successful candidate will be gramming language a plus. Applicants must have The successful candidate will teach both under- expected to play a major role in expanding our completed their doctorate in Geography, Plan- graduate and graduate courses in their area of master’s track in Urban Environmental Manage- ning, or a related field by Sept. 1, 2005. The specialization and will supervise and help super- ment. The Department has an applied orienta- School is especially interested in candidates who vise M.S. and Ph.D. students, and is expected to tion with approximately 30 master’s students, 105 have an established research record with interest start in Fall 2005. bachelor’s students, and a very successful intern- in working in a multidisciplinary environment as UTD is a rapidly growing public university, ship program. The capacity to work effectively in well as a commitment to community service. with a talented student body of about 14,000 a dynamic, collegial and interdisciplinary envi- The School offers excellent teaching and with mean entering freshmen SAT of >1200. We ronment is also required. Teaching responsibili- research support, and its location in the heart of emphasize science and technology education and ties will include developing a new course(s) that the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area pro- presently graduate the most students with com- bridge existing offerings in economic and urban vides an ideal urban laboratory for research and puter science degrees in the nation. UTD is situ- geography and existing courses related to the community service. The School, with an interdis- ated in the NE part of the Dallas/Fort Worth individual’s areas of expertise. The average teach- ciplinary faculty of 19, offers five graduate metroplex, with five million inhabitants and five ing load is two courses per semester. Ph.D degrees including: Ph.D. in Urban and Public major universities (UTD, UT-Arlington, Texas required at time of appointment. See www. Administration, Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Christian University. Southern Methodist Uni- geog.unt.edu for more information about the Public Policy, Masters in Urban Affairs, Masters versity, and University of North Texas). Department. Send application letter including in Public Administration, and Masters in City Applicants are expected to hold a Ph.D. at the teaching philosophy and research interests, cur- and Regional Planning. time of appointment and to have a strong com- riculum vita, teaching evaluations, and three let- Letter of application indicating research and mitment to building an externally funded ters of reference to the above address. Review of teaching interests, vitae, and three letters of rec- research program as well as excellence in teach- applicants will begin January 15, 2005 and con- ommendation should be sent to the address ing of undergraduate, M.S. and Ph.D. students. tinue until the position is filled. UNT is an below. DEC 04-247. This is one of several positions we anticipate AA/ADA/EOE. NOV 04-211-3. Apply: Dr. Jianling Li, Chair, Search Commit- filling over the next few years due to impending tee, School of Urban and Public Affairs, Box retirements. The successful candidate will play an *TEXAS, HUNTSVILLE 77341-2148. The 19588, The University of Texas at Arlington, important role in shaping the department during Department of Geography and Geology invites Arlington, TX 76019-0588. Review of applica- this transition. Applications, including statement applications for an Assistant Professor, tenure- tions will begin on December 15, 2004. Applica- of research and teaching objectives, curriculum track, beginning August 2005. The department tions received by December 15, 2004 will be vitae, and contact information for three refer- seeks a broadly trained geographer or earth sci- given first consideration although we will contin- ences should be sent to the address below. DEC entist with a commitment to both teaching and ue to accept applications after that date. The 04-331. research in one or more of the following areas: University of Texas at Arlington is an Equal Apply: Academic Search #2070, The Universi- GIS; Remote Sensing; 3xD Visualization of sub- Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. ty of Texas at Dallas, P.O. Box 830688, M/S AD 23, surface phenomena; Computer Cartography. Richardson, TX 75083-0688. Indication of sex and Starting salary will be within the range of $55k- TEXAS, DALLAS 75083-0688. The Depart- ethnicity for affirmative action statistical purposes $65k. Appointees will be expected to have a ment of Geosciences at The University of Texas is requested as part of the application but not clearly articulated plan for externally funded at Dallas (UTD) seeks a new tenure-track faculty required. Informal inquiries can also be made research and for regular publication of refereed member at the rank of assistant professor in the directly to [email protected]. Applications must scholarship, and as a successful faculty member area of Geoinformatics, although more senior be received before February 15, 2005 to receive will need to demonstrate an evolving mastery of
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both teaching and scholarly productivity. *TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO 78249-0655. The Information Systems, pending budget approval. Teaching courses closely linked to their University of Texas at San Antonio, Department Begins August of 2005. Responsibilities include research focus will constitute a core activity but of Political Science and Geography, College of teaching lower division, upper division, and candidates also will be expected to teach in our Liberal and Fine Arts, seeks candidates for an graduate GIS courses. Courses will be offered at broad introductory program in Geography. To open rank, tenure-track or tenured position in the UTSA 1604 or Downtown Campus, and may apply submit a letter of application that includes Social Geography, pending budget approval. include evening classes. Required Qualifications: the following: an outline of teaching experience Begins August of 2005. Responsibilities include Candidate must demonstrate commitment to and a summary of teaching philosophies, a sum- teaching introductory and upper level geography quality teaching, research, and development of mary of present research experience and an and social science courses. Courses will be the geography program in the university and outline plan of the next four years of research offered at the UTSA 1604 or Downtown Cam- community. Ph.D. required at time of appoint- and scholarly activity; CV, transcripts; and the pus, and may include evening classes. Required ment. Preferred Qualifications: ability to teach names and e-mail addresses of at least three Qualifications: Candidate must demonstrate sections of physical geography and introductory referees via snail mail to the address below. JAN commitment to quality teaching, research, and survey courses in geography; experience in 05-1. development of the geography program in the obtaining external grants. With respect to rank, Apply: Dr. Chris Baldwin (Chair, Search university and community. Ph.D. required at time qualifications are as follows: Assistant professor Committee), Sam Houston State University, of appointment. Preferred Qualifications: spe- applicants should have demonstrated scholarly Department of Geography and Geology, Box cialization in Medical Geography; experience in expertise in their field. Associate professor applicants 2148, Huntsville, TX 77341-2148 or electronical- obtaining external grants. With respect to rank, are expected to have a substantial publication ly to [email protected]. For more information qualifications are as follows: Assistant professor record and evidence of emerging leadership in visit http://www.shsu.edu/~gel_geo/. SHSU is an applicants should have demonstrated scholarly their field. Applicants must submit (by mail) a equal opportunity/affirmative action employer expertise in their field. Associate professor applicants letter of application that specifies which rank(s) that welcomes applications from all underrepre- are expected to have a substantial publication they wish to be considered for, and their qualifi- sented groups. record and evidence of emerging leadership in cations for that rank. The applicant must also their field. Full professor applicants are expected to submit curriculum vita; a copy of graduate tran- * TEXAS, KINGSVILLE 78363. Texas A&M have an established national or international rep- scripts (official not required); samples of written University-Kingsville. utation as an acknowledged leader in their area of work; two syllabi for geography courses taught The Department of Physics/Geosciences has scholarship. Applicants must submit (by mail) a or proposed by the applicant; and teaching eval- a tenure-track opening at the assistant or asso- letter of application that specifies which rank(s) uations (if available). Applicants should submit ciate professor level for a GIS/Remote Sensing they wish to be considered for, and their qualifi- names and addresses (including position, email expert. Candidates should have a Ph.D. from a cations for that rank. The applicant must also address, and phone number) of three references regionally accredited institution n Geology, submit curriculum vita; a copy of graduate tran- who are familiar with the applicant’s work. Appli- Physical Geography, Environmental Science, or scripts (official not required); samples of written cants who are not U.S. citizens must state their related field A demonstrated ability to obtain work; two syllabi for geography courses taught current visa and residency status. UTSA is an external funding via grants and contracts is also or proposed by the applicant; and teaching eval- affirmative action/ equal opportunity employer. required. The final candidate will be expected uations (if available). Applicants should submit Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. to work with other units on campus, particular- names and addresses (including position, email JAN 05-35. ly with our College of Agriculture, Environ- address, and phone number) of three references Apply: Chair, GIS Recruitment Committee, mental Engineering department, Biology who are familiar with the applicant’s work. Appli- Department of Political Science and Geography, department, and the College of Education, on cants who are not U.S. citizens must state their The University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 N. GIS/Remote Sensing projects. In line with the current visa and residency status. UTSA is an Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249-0655. department’s strategic vision, preference will affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Review of completed applications will begin upon be given to those candidates that can also sup- Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. receipt and continue until the position is filled. port our planetary sciences group. Materials JAN 05-34. needed for review include a cover letter, vita, Apply: Chair, Social Geography Recruitment *UTAH, LOGAN 84322. Utah State Universi- proposed research program, statement of teach- Committee, Department of Political Science and ty is seeking applicants for a Ph.D. Research ing philosophy, and contact information for Geography, The University of Texas at San Assistantship available starting Fall 2005 in a three references. Send these to the address Antonio, 6900 N. Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, shrubsteppe ecosystem research program below. JAN 05-2. TX 78249-0655. Review of applications will focused on threatened and endangered species Apply: Dr. Daniel Suson, GIS Search Commit- begin December 1, 2004, and continue until the management, disturbance and restoration ecolo- tee Chair, Department of Physics/Geosciences, position is filled. gy, and landscape change detection (http://www. MSC 164, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, cnr.usu.edu/shrubmap). One student will be Kingsville, TX 78363. Review of applications will *TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO 78249-0655. The recruited for remote sensing topics and will work begin on Jan. 15, 2005, although applications will University of Texas at San Antonio, Department with multiple years of 1m-resolution satellite be accepted until the position is filled. Materials of Political Science and Geography, College of imagery collected at three times during each needed for a complete application can be found at Liberal and Fine Arts, seeks candidates for a growing season. Responsibilities will include: http://www.tamuk.edu/jobs/faculty_positions.htm. tenure-track or tenured position at the Assistant Developing and implementing landscape change EEO/AA/ADA. or Associate Professor level, in Geographic metrics; Mapping land cover; Working closely
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with other project scientists and students to persons with disabilities. USU offers competi- until the position is filled. This is a new position develop remote sensing driven models to predict tive salaries and outstanding medical, retirement with a potential starting date of July 1, 2005. JAN animal habitat; and Assessing scaling functions and professional benefits. 05-44. associated with degrading the spatial resolution Applicants should submit a cover letter Apply: Send letters of interest, vitae and three of remote sensing inputs. describing their present research and teaching letters of reference, or nominations, to Dean J. Stipends are $20,400/year and include tuition interests and experience, along with copies of Steven Ott, Search Committee Chair, University waivers worth $12,500 per year. Minimum entry any relevant publications, and a current resume of Utah, 260 S. Central Campus Dr. Rm 205, Salt requirements are a 3.0 GPA and 1100 combined with the names, addresses, phone numbers and e- Lake City, UT 84112. GRE scores. Candidates must apply to the USU mail addresses of three references. Screening will The University of Utah is an Equal Opportu- School of Graduate Studies (http://www. begin on 01 January 2005 and continue until a nity, Affirmative Action Employer, encourages usu.edu/gradsch) and the S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney successful candidate is found. DEC 04-277. nominations and applications from women and Ph.D. Fellowships Program (http://www.cnr. For additional information, please contact: minorities, and provides reasonable accommoda- usu.edu). Also send copies of application materi- Dr. Clifford B. Craig, Search Committee Chair, tion to the known disabilities of applicants als, CV, copies of letters of reference, and a state- Department of Environment and Society, Col- and employees. ment of interest to the address below. Applica- lege of Natural Resources, Utah State University, tions to the Quinney Fellowships MUST state Logan, UT 84322-5215. 435-797-1370 (phone), VERMONT, MIDDLEBURY 05753. Middle- they are interested in the Shrubsteppe Modeling 435-797-4048 (fax). e-mail: [email protected]. bury College seeks a Visiting Instructor (ABD) Program. JAN 04-39. or a Visiting Assistant Professor (Ph.D) for a one Apply: Thomas C. Edwards, Jr., USGS Utah *UTAH, SALT LAKE CITY 84112. Position year leave replacement. We seek a broadly Cooperative Research Unit, College of Natural Advertisement: Public and International Affairs. trained human geographer who can teach the Resources, 5290 Old Main Hill, Utah State Uni- Responsibilities: The University of Utah is department’s senior seminar in geographical versity, Logan, UT 84322-5290. Contact seeking an accomplished senior scholar with thought and research design and who can con- [email protected] for information. Application expertise in public policy who would hold a joint tribute to the GIS/cartography curriculum. In review begins 15 January 2005. appointment as a senior associate or full profes- addition, the candidate may teach courses in his sor in the newly established Institute of Public or her areas of specialization. A strong commit- UTAH, LOGAN 84322-5215. The Depart- and International Affairs (IPIA) and one of the ment to undergraduate education is essential. ment of Environment and Society, located in the seven departments in the College of Social and Please send a letter of application, curriculum College of Natural Resources at Utah State Uni- Behavioral Health Science (CSBS). Departments vitae, and three letters of recommendation at versity, invites applications for a full-time (9- in CSBS include anthropology, economics, fami- least two of which address teaching ability by month), tenure-track position in Human Geog- ly and consumer studies, geography, political sci- January 10, 2005. Middlebury College is an equal raphy or closely related field at the Assistant ence, psychology, and sociology. Research areas opportunity employer, committed to hiring a Professor level, with expertise in an area of might include, but are not limited to, communi- diverse faculty to complement the increasing social science relevant to the human dimensions ty-based planning, economic policy, environ- diversity of the student body. DEC 04-266. of natural resources and/or the environment. A mental policy, family policy, public participation Apply: Tamar Mayer, Chair, Department of Ph.D. at time of appointment is required. A GIS, social welfare policy, and urban affairs. Geography, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT strong interest in the sustainability of human Qualifications: Applicants should have a 05753. and natural systems is desirable, along with Ph.D. and outstanding records of scholarly pub- competence in GIS or automated cartography. lication and externally funded research that have VIRGINIA, FAIRFAX 22030. Assistant or Associ- Applicants must have a strong commitment to contributed to policy debates in their areas of ate Professor of Geography. The Department of undergraduate and graduate education, along expertise. The successful candidate must be Geography at George Mason University’s Fairfax with an extramurally-funded interdisciplinary familiar with current issues in public policy, have campus, seeks applications for a new tenure track research agenda leading to refereed publica- effective interpersonal skill, and an established position in socio-economic or urban systems tions. Teaching will include introductory cours- research program, and will contribute to core geography. Preference will be given to candidates es in World Regional Geography and upper- public policy teaching, undertake research proj- whose interests enhance the existing programs of division/graduate-level courses in the candi- ects that will advance the IPIA's public policy teaching and research in the department. Further date’s area of expertise. Service to the university emphasis, and assist leadership in building the details can be found on the department’s web site: and professional community commensurate IPIA's national reputation. We encourage appli- http://geog.gmu.edu. George Mason University, the with the land grant mission of the university is cations from individuals who are excited about largest university in Virginia, enjoys a proximity to expected. Utah State University is a Carnegie working in a multi-disciplinary environment. the many resources of the nation’s capital region. Research Doctoral Extensive University, an Prior experience as a public policy practitioner Application should include a cover letter stat- affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, will be considered favorably. The appointment ing teaching and research experience, and pres- and was recently chosen as a National Science will be at the full or senior associate level, ent fields of interest and activity; a current CV; Foundation ADVANCE Gender Equity Program depending on the applicant's qualifications. and contact information for at least three refer- recipient. The University is sensitive to the Application Deadline and Start Date: Appli- ees. Send to the address below. DEC 04-234. needs of duel-career applicants and dedicated to cations should be received by March 1, 2005 for Apply: Chair, Search Committee, The recruiting stellar candidates from a diverse pool earliest consideration. The search committee Department of Geography, George Mason Uni- including women, minorities, veterans and may consider applications received after this time versity, 4400, University Drive, MS 1E2, Fairfax,
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VA. 22030. Rank and salary will be commensu- teaching, applied research, and public service, annual to multi-year Assistant or Associate rate with experience. Review of applications will invites application for the following tenure track professor appointment in the Environmental begin February 1, 2005, and will continue until positions beginning in mid-September 2005. Science Program. This appointment is open with position is filled. GMU, an AA/EO institution, Biogeographer (Assistant or Associate Pro- regard to specialization and will begin Fall 2005. actively seeks diversity amongst faculty, staff, and fessor) with a focus on mid-latitude ecosystems Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Environmental students. The selection committee encourages and expertise in related GIS/RS/GPS and field Science or a related field (e.g. Geography, applications from women, minorities, persons technologies. Teaching responsibilities include Biology, Chemistry, etc.) by September with disabilities, and veterans. introductory physical geography, biogeography, 2005. Carthage values excellence in teaching, geotechniques, regional geography, and a interaction with students and faculty-student *VIRGINIA, HARRISONBURG 22807. The graduate Resource Management course. Prefer- research. The successful candidate must demon- Geography Program within the Department of ence given to applicants with research interests strate an enthusiastic commitment to teaching Integrated Science and Technology at James in western North American ecosystems and asso- undergraduate students and faculty-student Madison University invites applications for a ciated environmental change. research within a small liberal arts college envi- tenure-track Assistant Professor of Geography Resource Geographer (Assistant Professor) ronment. The ideal candidate will be broadly position with an emphasis in Environmental with a focus on natural resource management, trained in Environmental Science and: (1) teach a Studies to begin in August 2005. The successful policy, planning, and law. Teaching responsibili- variety of Environmental Science courses at both candidate will have an academic focus and field ties include introductory geography, natural the introductory and upper division level; (2) experience in Natural Resource Management for resource management and policy, regional geog- facilitate faculty-student research; and, (3) teach water, soil, or forest resources, with appropriate raphy, and a graduate resource policy and law in the College’s core curriculum Discovery pro- skills in GIS for Environment or GPS. Applicants course. Preference given to candidates with gram or Heritage program. Opportunities to with an international research focus and experi- research interests in western North American teach/develop courses in other areas of interest ence are especially desirable. Primary teaching watershed management, tribal sovereignty and will also be available. responsibilities support the environmental stud- treaty rights, political ecology, and/or human Founded in 1847, Carthage is located on the ies and global studies concentrations for B.A. and dimensions of environmental change. shore of Lake Michigan, midway between Mil- B.S. degrees in Geography, as well as a general Qualifications: PhD in Geography or allied waukee and Chicago, and is affiliated with the education geography service course. Applicants discipline required by time of appointment. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The should have enthusiasm for teaching and department values dynamic applicants who 1) are college has experienced strong growth in recent research in a growing Geography degree pro- committed to high quality teaching; 2) have the years, as evidenced by the creation of our Envi- gram with over 100 majors. Ph.D. in Geography ability and desire to enhance student speaking, ronmental Science Program which is now in its [or advanced ABDs with imminent defense date] critical thinking, and writing skills; 3) involve third year. is required. undergraduates and graduates in their research; Those who are interested in applying should JMU is located in the beautiful Shenandoah and 4) have the potential for securing grant/con- send a cover letter outlining their teaching phi- Valley nestled between Shenandoah National tract funding. losophy and research interests, three letters of Park and George Washington National Forest. To apply, send letter of application (specify- recommendation, teaching evaluations, curricu- Additional information on the University and the ing the position for which you are applying), lum vitae, and other supporting documents to the Geography program can be found at vita, and the names, telephone numbers and address below. JAN 05-18. http://www.jmu.edu. Interested candidates addresses (email and postal) of three referees to Apply: Professor Charlotte Chell, Chair, Natur- should submit a letter of application, current cur- the address below. DEC 04-278. al Sciences Division, Carthage College, Kenosha, riculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, Apply: Search Committee, Geography and WI 53140-1994 [email protected] , (262) 551- and supporting materials regarding teaching and Land Studies Department, Central Washington 5729. Review of applications will begin immediate- research to the address below. JAN 05-28-1. University, 400 East University Way, Ellensburg, ly and continue until the position is filled. Apply: Geographic Science Search Commit- WA 98926. Screening begins 17 January 2005 tee, James Madison University, Integrated Sci- and continues until candidates are selected. WISCONSIN, KENOSHA 53140. Carthage ence and Technology Department, MSC 4102, The Geography and Land Studies Department College, Department of Geography. The Geog- Harrisonburg, VA 22807. The deadline for supports the general education, Environmental raphy Department invites applications for a receipt of applications is January 17, 2005 and a Studies, Asian Studies, and Latin American Studies tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor of review of applications will continue until the undergraduate programs, and the Resource Man- GIS Applications and Human Geography. The position is filled. James Madison University is an agement graduate program. For more information, successful candidate will be expected to teach equal opportunity/Affirmative Action/equal see the Geography and Land Studies Department’s introductory courses in the department, courses access employer and especially encourages appli- webpage: http://www. cwu.edu/~geograph/. in the candidate’s specialty and in the College’s cations from minorities, women, and persons CWU is an AA/EOE/Title IX Institution. core curriculum Heritage program. A broad with disabilities. For further information about CWU see range of subspecialties in GIScience or human www.cwu.edu. geography are welcome. The position will begin WASHINGTON, ELLENSBURG 98926. Cen- in August 2005 and applicants should have a tral Washington University. The Geography and *WISCONSIN, KENOSHA 53140. Carthage completed Ph.D. at the time of appointment. Land Studies Department, a medium-sized College, Environmental Science Program. Founded in 1847, Carthage is located on department with a strong commitment to Carthage College invites applications for an the shore of Lake Michigan, midway between
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Milwaukee and Chicago and offers quick urban Resolving the global water cycle and deter- program: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, access from the relaxed environment of a small mining how human activity is altering this cycle Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Geography. city. The Carthage curriculum is designed to pro- is recognized as a “grand challenge” in the new Three of these appointments will deal specifical- mote critical thinking while challenging students inter-departmental undergraduate program in ly with the area of water, a resource of increasing to express themselves effectively through a vari- Earth System Science (ESS). Because hydrology global value. The appointees will be expected to ety of media. More information can be found on is a key connection between the terrestrial bios- participate in team-teaching of the core courses the College website (http://www.carthage.edu). phere and the atmosphere and oceans, the suc- of the ESS program, establish links and collabo- Those who are interested in applying should cessful candidate will make a crucial contribution rations with researchers in other units (e.g., Brace send a cover letter outlining their teaching both to the introductory courses in Earth System Centre for Water Resources Management, philosophy and research interests, three letters of Science and to the development of upper level McGill School of Environment) and maintain an recommendation, teaching evaluations, curricu- and graduate courses in ESS. Expertise in global active research program. lum vitae and other supporting documents to the terrestrial hydrology will be an obvious asset in Applicants should submit a letter of applica- address below. DEC 04-263. McGill’s FQRNT-funded Global Environmental tion, curriculum vitae, statements of research Apply: Professor Ruth Fangmeier, Chair, The and Climate Change Centre, and complement interests and teaching philosophy, and the names Division of the Social Sciences, Carthage Col- existing expertise in land use/land cover change, and addresses of three referees to the address lege, Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140 E- biogeochemistry, landscape ecology, and fluvial below. JAN 05-20. mail: [email protected]. Voice: 262- and periglacial geomorphology in the Depart- Apply: Prof. Gordon Ewing, Chair, Depart- 551-5482 Fax: 262-551-6208. ment of Geography, and atmospheric and ocean- ment of Geography, McGill University, 805 ic geophysics in the Department of Atmospheric Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, and Oceanic Sciences. Canada, H3A 2K6. INTERNATIONAL Land Use and Land Cover Change (Full The anticipated start date for the positions is Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair July 1, 2005. Review of the applications will CANADA, ONTARIO, WINDSOR N9B 3P4. nomination) begin in February 2005 and continue until the The University of Windsor invites applications Human driven landscape change is altering positions are filled. for a tenure-track faculty position in the Depart- aspects of the biosphere that are important to life All qualified candidates are encouraged to ment of Political Science in political geography on Earth. These include local and regional cli- apply. However, Canadian citizens and permanent with a specialization in International Relations mates, biogeochemical and hydrological cycles, residents of Canada will be given priority. McGill and/or Comparative Politics at the rank of Assis- soil fertility, and the availability and reliability of University is committed to equity in employment. tant Professor commencing July 5, 2005. This ecosystem services. We are searching for an indi- position is subject to final budgetary approval. vidual whose teaching and research will focus on * NEW ZEALAND, DUNEDIN. University of The candidate must have a research and teaching building a cross-scale understanding of the drivers Otago, Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food interest in environmental studies, including natu- and consequences of land use and land cover and Environment (CSAFE), Post-Doctoral Fel- ral resource management and/or policies and change. The ideal candidate will have a strong lowship. other interdisciplinary issues, such as Canada-US interdisciplinary approach to Earth System Sci- Applications are invited for the position of transboundary resource/environment or sustain- ence, integrating biophysical, ecological, econom- Postdoctoral Fellow based in CSAFE. This posi- able development. ic, political and social processes in a manner that is tion is attached to the research cluster Sustainable To view full ad, please see www.uwindsor.ca/ consistent with the goals of programs such as the Agriculture uniting research programmes within facultypositions. DEC 04-244. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Departments of History, Zoology and CSAFE. (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Appointee must have completed requirements *CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL H3A Programme on Global Environmental Change for the PhD, or equivalent, and require skills and 2K6. The Department of Geography invites (IHDP), which address the critical role of land research interests in sustainable agriculture, farm- applications for the following positions: Terres- use/cover change in Earth system functions ing systems or agri-environmental analysis. They trial Global Hydrology And Climatology (Asso- through the Land Use and Land Cover Change will have a disciplinary background in geography, ciate Professor). Project (LUCC) and the new Global Land Project history, sociology, or anthropology, with a strong The successful candidate’s teaching and research (GLP). Given the influence of land use/cover on interest in environmental or ecological issues in will focus on modelling large basin, continental or climate change, the appointee’s expertise would be agriculture and transdisciplinary research. Position global-scale movement of freshwater. We are partic- an obvious asset to McGill’s Global Environmental is for two years. Applications close January 7th, ularly interested in someone whose research cou- and Climate Change Centre. 2005. Direct enquiries to the address below. JAN ples hydrology with changes in climate, land The two appointees will make up part of the 05-37. cover/use, and/or water utilization, and their effect core faculty in the newly established undergrad- Apply: Associate Professor Hugh Campbell, on the freshwater hydrological cycle. The emphasis uate Earth System Science program at McGill Director, CSAFE, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New should be on geophysical controls, biogeochemical University. Six new positions will be filled with- Zealand, Tel +64 3 479 8749, hugh.campbell@ transfers, links with climate, and/or integration in the next year to support this program, two in stonebow.otago.ac.nz, Visit the CSAFE website at across scales in hydrological systems. each of the departments directly involved in the http://www.otago.ac.nz/nzpg/csafe/index.htm.
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MyCOE Update y Community, Our Earth submissions is March 1, 2005. Several group of six students from the Wolmer (MyCOE): Geographic Learning awards will be made to selected projects Girls School undertook a broad commu- M for Sustainable Development and many entries will be featured on the nity effort to rejuvenate a neglected encourages youth from secondary school MyCOE website and at international downtown area. To view the video, visit and university levels to work as individuals meetings which address geographic www.geography.org/sustainable/2003- or teams to create a project that applies learning and sustainable development. 2004programs/partner.htm and follow the geographic methods to study and propose All posters submitted by students to the link to "View MyCOE Video." solutions for sustainable development AAG Annual Meeting are eligible to Also, MyCOE is still accepting issues in their communities. MyCOE is a receive MyCOE awards. Any students volunteer mentors to assist students with partnership originally developed in con- presenting papers at the AAG meeting project submissions. If you are interested junction with the 2002 World Summit for on topics of sustainable development can in learning more about being a MyCOE Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. submit a map and a brief summary (500 mentor, please visit www.geography.org/ Currently, MyCOE is accepting stu- words or less) describing their research sustainable/mentors/index.cfm. dent map or poster submissions as part of at www.geography.org/sustainable/2003- Partners for the MyCOE project the upcoming United Nations Decade of 2004programs/submission_intro.cfm. include the AAG (which serves as Secre- Education for Sustainable Development A new five-minute documentary tariat), the National Geographic Society, (2005-2014). To learn more about sub- short/public service announcement featur- ESRI, UNEP, the State Department, mitting a map or poster project visit ing a 2002 MyCOE project from USAID, USDA, NOAA, IDB, ONR, and www.geography.org/sustainable/youth. Kingston, Jamaica is now available on the USGS. The deadline for student project MyCOE website. The film shows how a
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