NANCY J. OBERMEYER

Associate Professor

Department of Geography, Geology & Anthropology Office phone: 812/237-4351

Indiana State University Fax: 812/237- 8029

Terre Haute, Indiana 47809 Home phone: 812/235-6788

nancyo@indstate.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Geography, The University of Chicago (1987)

Dissertation: Bureaucrats, Clients and Geography, or How clients influence the geography of public policy outcomes . (Gordon L. Clark, Dissertation Chair)

M.A. in Geography, The University of Cincinnati (1984)

Thesis: Easy Money? Block Grants to Small Cities, the Illinois Experience .

(Howard A. Stafford, Thesis Chair)

M.P.A. in Urban Affairs, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (1979).

A.B. in Political Science and Environmental Studies, Indiana University (1977) Specializations: Political Behavior and U.S. Institutions and Processes.

Intensive Turkish Program, Bogazici Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkey: Fulbright Group Project Abroad/American Research Institute in Turkey (1984).

RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Virtual Geography Department Workshop, University of Texas at Austin. Intensive, week-long program to develop skills in web-based education; this program is specifically designed for geography curricula and includes instruction in pedagogy along with hands-on practice. URL: www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/virtdept/workshops/1998/1998.html (1998).

Indiana State University Course Transformation Academy. Introduction to web-based education (Spring 1997).

AWARDS

Horwood Critique Prize Winner for outstanding paper at the National Conference of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (Washington, D.C.) 1992 (paper topic: GIS certification).

Fellow, Fulbright-Hayes Group Project Abroad in conjunction with the American Research Institute in Turkey: Advanced Spoken Turkish Program at Bogazici Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkey (Summer 1984).

Gans Memorial, Alice Foster and Tuition Scholarships, The University of Chicago (1982-1984).

Crosley Fellow, American Hospital Association, Chicago, Illinois (1983).

Graduate Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship, University of Cincinnati (1981-82).

Public Service Fellow, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs (1977-79).

Hoosier Scholar, Merit Grant Recipient and Dean’s List (six semesters), Indiana University (1973-77).

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Indiana State University

Assistant/Associate Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology (August 1990-present).

GIS, Political geography. Courses: Introductory GIS; GIS Urban Applications; Managing GIS; Political Geography; World Geography; Introduction to Human Geography; Economic Geography; Sophomore Seminar in Urban Studies; Geography of North America; University 101. Research interests: institutional and societal issues related to implementation of GIS; regional equity in governmental policy.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Adjunct Instructor in Geography, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (September 1995-1998).

Political Geography; World Geography; Political Geography of the Middle East.

University of Maine

Research Associate, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surveying Engineering

(February 1989-August 1990).

Conducted basic research on the use and value of geographic information and on institutions sharing information in conjunction with the overall research objectives of the NCGIA; provided planning and administrative support for "Use and Value" specialist meeting. Course: Geographic Theory and Models (Spring, 1990).

Research Associate/Assistant Professor, Bureau of Public Administration, Department of Political Science (July 1987-January 1989).

Developed, supervised and conducted a program of applied research in economic development, planning, intergovernmental relations, and technological innovations. Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Department of Public Administration. Courses: Introductory Public Policy; Graduate Seminar in Planning for Economic and Community Development.

Cooperating Assistant Professor, Center for Marine Studies (1988-1990).

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Teaching Assistant: Introductory Human Geography (1984-85); Geography of North America (1984-85)

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Teaching Assistant: Physical Geography (1981)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

State of Illinois

Project Manager, Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Public Transportation, Chicago, Illinois (1986-87).

Monitored implementation of grants awarded by the Illinois Department of Transportation to the City of Chicago for construction and renovation of rapid transit facilities and related infrastructure throughout the City. Responsibilities included analyzing project budgets, assuring compliance with applicable State laws, and approving and monitoring third-party contracts. Value of projects exceeded $600 million.

Strategic Planning Coordinator, Pace, The Suburban Bus Service of the

Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago, Illinois (1985-86).

Performed research and analysis leading to the development of a strategic plan for the agency, including financial, capital, operations and organizational planning.

Energy Resource Specialist, Illinois Department of Energy & Natural Resources, Office of Research, Energy Plan Unit, Springfield, Illinois (1980-81).

Performed issue analysis for development of Illinois' first state energy plan; drafted substantive chapters on energy resources and technologies in Illinois; co-author and editor of Illinois Energy Consumption Trends, 1960-2000.

Planning Analyst, Illinois Bureau of the Budget, Office of Planning,

Springfield, Illinois (1979-80).

Coordinated project reviews in the areas of natural resources and energy, transportation, and community and economic development. Assisted in the development and implementation of a spatially-referenced urban impact analysis system (an early GIS). Wrote a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to determine the unintended effects of federal assistance programs on prime farmland in Illinois.

State of Indiana

Grant Reviewer (internship),

Indiana Office of Manpower Development, Indianapolis (June 1978). Responsible for the programmatic review of projects submitted for funding under the CETA Title VI Public Service Employment Program.

Legislative Intern,

Indiana House of Representatives, Indianapolis (Spring 1976).

Performed bill analysis and constituent liaison functions; monitored the status of key legislation throughout the session, and performed general legislative support duties.

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed

“GIS Certification: An Idea Whose Time Has Come,” under revision for publication in Transactions in GIS

“Measuring the Benefits and Costs of GIS,” in Paul A. Longley, Michael F. Goodchild, David J. Maguire, and David W. Rhind (editors) Geographical Information Systems, Vol. 2, Management Issues and Applications, 2nd edition; (NY: John Wiley & Sons), 1999; pp.601-610. This is the leading English-language GIS reference publication.

“Professional Responsibility and Ethics in the Spatial Sciences,” in D.R.F. Taylor (ed.) , Policy Issues in Modern Cartography, Vol. 3 of the Modern Cartography series, pp. 215-232 (Oxford: Elsevier Science/Pergamon) 1998.

“Comment on GIS & Society,” for Cartography and GIS (forthcoming 1999).

“The Evolution of Public Participation GIS,” Cartography and GIS, special issue on Public Participation GIS, Nancy J. Obermeyer, Guest Editor, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 65-66, 1998.

“HUD’s Community Connection for Local Empowerment,” for the Public Participation GIS Specialist Meeting, National Center for Geographic Information & Analysis Varenius Project; October 14-18, 1998; available at www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/varenius/ppgis/ncgia.html. (Under review as a book chapter in a volume on Public Participation GIS.)

“GIS Education White Paper,” for the University Consortium on Geographic Information Science. Available at http:// 157.182.168.41/ucgis_education.html.

“Institutional and Societal Issues of GIS Education: An Afterthought?,” Proceedings of the GIS and Business Conference, Chicago, May 1996.

“The Hidden GIS Technocracy,” Cartography and GIS, special issue on GIS & Society, vol. 22, no. 1 (January 1995), pp. 78-83.

“GIS in Society,” (Chapter 19, Vol. 3: GIS Organization) in Andrew U. Frank, editor, Geographic Information Systems: Materials for a Post-Graduate Course, (Vienna: COMMETT - Community Action Program in Education and Training for Technology of the European Union) (1995); pp. 827-865. This book is currently undergoing revisions and will be re-published by Cambridge University Press.

“Ameliorating Inter-Organizational Conflict in Order to Share Geographic Information,” in Onsrud and Rushton (eds.), Organizations Sharing Geographic Information (New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University), pp 138-148.

“GIS: A New Profession?,” The Professional Geographer, v. 46, n. 4, November 1994, PP. 498-503.

“Spatial Conflicts in the Information Age,” Annual Proceedings of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), Volume I (Milwaukee: August 7-11); pp. 269-282.

“Certifying GIS Professionals: Challenges and Alternatives,” Journal of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (5:1) pp. 67-76; and in the Proceedings of the 1992 URISA National Conference. This paper won the Horwood Critique Prize at the ‘92 URISA Conference.

“Issues and Examples in GIS Education,” (introduction to a symposium on GIS Education, which I coordinated), Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (17:1) pp. 45-48.

“Certification and Accreditation in GIS, Prospects and Pitfalls,” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (17:1) pp. 91-102.

Refereed publications, continued

“Certification in GIS: More Trouble than It’s Worth?,” Proceedings, GIS/LIS 1991, Atlanta, Georgia (October, 1991).

“Taxonomy for Surveying the Use and Value of Geographic Information,” with Hugh Calkins, International Journal of GIS (5:3) pp. 341-351.

“Bureaucratic Factors in the Adoption of GIS by Public Organizations,” Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (14:4) November 1990.

“Regional Equity in Turbulent Times: The Experience of the Regional Transportation Authority of Northeastern Illinois,” Applied Geography (10, 147-161) April 1990.

“A Systematic Approach to the Taxonomy of Geographic Information Use,” Proceedings, GIS/LIS 1989, Orlando, Florida (November, 1989).

Books

Managing GIS, Nancy J. Obermeyer and Jeffrey K. Pinto. (New York: Guilford Press) 1994. (Currently under revision for 2nd edition at end of 2000).

Bureaucrats, Clients and Geography or how clients influence the geography of public policy outcomes. University of Chicago Department of Geography Research Papers, #216 (1990).

Other Academic Publications

“Study Guide” for Les Rowntree et al., Diversity Amid Globalization (Prentice-Hall 2000).

“Instructors Manual” for Les Rowntree et al., Diversity Amid Globalization (New York: Prentice-Hall 2000).

“Implementing a GIS,” short course, including notes and exercises, developed for the National Transit Institute Fellows Program, held at Rutgers University; New Brunswick, NJ (September 1995).

“The Indiana Dunes: A Guide to the Natural and Human Environment,” with Renae Prell, AAG Annual Meeting Field Trips (Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers) March 1995.

“Sharing Geographic Information Across Organizational Boundaries,” Proceedings of the Indiana GIS Conference; Indianapolis, Indiana (January 1991).

“Geography in History” sections in “Links Across Time and Place,” a high-school history text (Evanston, IL: McDougal-Littell) 1986.

Work in progress:

Articles

“Berlin: A Forward Capital for Germany,” (co-author with Aaron Conley) in progress for submission to Annals of the AAG.

“A GIS for Farrington’s Grove: Empowering a Neigborhood on the Edge,” in progress for submission to Journal of the American Planning Association.

Books in progress

A Modern Survey of Political Geography, I’m team leader with Georges Cravins, Mohameden Ould-Mey, Alberto Giordano; prospectus stage (working with Prentice-Hall).

GIS for Planning, I’m team leader, and have organized a cadre of planners in the US, Europe, and Australia as contributors; under review by Guilford Press.

Reports

GIS Certification, contributor (“GIS Certification: An Idea Whose Time Has Come”) to Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)/University Consortium on Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) joint position paper; under revision.

GIS Education White Paper (drafted position paper), which was amended by and for the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, available on the web: http://157.182.168.41/ucgis_education.html

Use and Value of Geographic Information Initiative Four Specialist Meeting Summary Report (co-author with Hugh W. Calkins and Harlan J. Onsrud). National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (July 1989).

Use and Value of Geographic Information Initiative Four Specialist Meeting Final Report (co-author with Hugh W. Calkins and Harlan J. Onsrud). National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, (November 1989).

RTA Strategic Planning Option Analysis, Pace (February 1986).

Regional equity in funding for public transit in Northeastern Illinois, Pace (1986).

Illinois Energy Consumption Trends 1960-2000 (co-author), Illinois Department of Energy & Natural Resources (1981).

The Value of Energy Conservation: A Local Perspective (co-author), Illinois Department of Energy and Natural Resources (July 1981).

Final Report: The Illinois Urban Impact Analysis System (co-author), Illinois Bureau of the Budget, Office of Planning (1980).

GRANTS

NCGIA/Varenius Project, with Renee Sieber, seed grant to develop an “International Conference on Geographic Information and Society,” $3,000; 1999.

National Science Foundation, Instrumentation & Laboratory Improvement, Principal Investigator, “GIS Laboratory for Indiana State University,” $38,000; 1996.

National Science Foundation, Research Planning Grant, Principal Investigator, “Spatial Conflict in the Information Age,” $9,500; 1994.

National Science Foundation (currently under revision for resubmission), Contributor, “Spatial Cognition of GIS Maps,” Douglas Hermann and Brad Brubaker, ISU Department of Psychology are the lead PIs; currently under revision for resubmission in August.

REVIEWER

National Science Foundation

Information Research & Technology Grant Program, panelist at Chicago, IL review session, February 2000.

Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Grant Program, panelist at Washington, DC review session, August 1997.

Reviewed individual proposals, 1996, 1999, 2000.

United Nations Publications

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

I reviewed several volumes of the UN’s GIS training series

Reviewer duties, continued

Professional Journals

The Professional Geographer Progress in Human Geography

Cartography and GIS Transactions in GIS

Environment and Planning-A Environment and Planning-B

The International Journal of Geographical Information Systems

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Publishers

Prentice Hall, Sallie Marston and Paul Knox: World Regional Geography (1998)

John Wiley & Sons, revisions to DeBlij and Muller: Geography: Regions and Concepts (1995); DeBlij & Murphy: Human Geography (2000).

Prentice Hall, reviewer for revisions to Star & Estes: Introduction to GIS (1993)

West Virginia University

External reviewer for Trevor M. Harris, Ph.D., candidate for promotion from Associate Professor of Geography to Full Professor of Geography (1997)

CONSULTANCIES

McDougal, Littell and Company; Evanston, Illinois (1985-87).

Wrote “Geography in History” features for A World History: Links Across Time and Place, a high-school history text; advised the editor on geographical questions related to the book.

American Hospital Association; Chicago, Illinois (1983).

Performed literature review on organization environments for use in a larger strategic plan for the AHA.

WORKSHOPS AND PANEL PRESENTATIONS

“HUD’s Comunity Connection for Local Empowerment,” Public Participation GIS Workshop and Specialist Meeting, sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis Varenius Project (refereed participation); Santa Barbara, CA (October 1998).

“Data Privacy in Agriculture and the Environment,” sponsored by the National Arbor Day Foundation (invited participation); Nebraska City, NE (November 1998).

“Certification in GIS: An Idea Whose Time Has Come,” member of an invited panel on GIS Certification at the 1998 annual meeting of the Urban and Regional Analysis Association; Charlotte, NC (July, 1998).

“Professional Ethics and Responsibility in the Spatial Sciences,” member of an invited panel on “Friday Harbor + 5: Progress on GIS & Society,” at annual meeting of the AAG; Boston, MA (March 1998).

“Public Participation GIS,” Workshop on PPGIS, sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (invited participation); Orono, ME (July 1996).

“GIS in a Democratic Society,” GIS and Society Workshop and Specialist Meeting, sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (refereed participation); Koinonia, MN (April 1996).

“Implementing a GIS,” short course for the National Transit Institute Fellows Program, Rutgers University (invited); New Brunswick, NJ (September 1995).

“GIS in Society,” Instructor/Author for this part of the European Union Post-Graduate Course in GIS (September 19-23, 1994) San Miniato, Italy.

“The Potential for Growth of a GIS Technocracy,” Workshop on GIS in Society, refereed participation, sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (refereed participation); Friday Harbor, Washington (November 1993).

“GIS and Public Policy,” Third Indiana GIS Conference, Indianapolis (March 1993).

“The Role of Bureaucratic Flexibility in Sharing Geographic Information,” Specialist Meeting of the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (refereed), San Diego, California (February 1992).

“GIS in the Public Sector” (organizer and presenter), panel presentation at the American Society for Public Administration Annual Conference, Chicago (April 1992).

“Geography in Everyday Life,” presented to three West Vigo High School Sophomore Geography Classes (Geography Awareness Week presentation); West Vigo County, Indiana (November 1990).

“National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) Progress Report - Initiative 4,” Ninth International Symposium on Computer-Assisted Cartography; Baltimore, Maryland (April 1989).

“NCGIA Progress Report - Initiative 4,” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting; Baltimore, Maryland (April 1989).

“Grant-writing” (with James Killacky), Maine Conference on Volunteerism; Augusta, Maine (September 1988).

“Comprehensive Land Use Planning in Maine” (with Kevin Archer), University of Maine Workshop for Teachers of Geography; Augusta, Maine (June 1988).

“Population Growth and the Federal Budget,” Maine Scholar Days; Orono, Maine (May 1988).

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

“Spaces of Dependence, Spaces of Engagement: Empowering a Neighborhood on the Edge,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (Pittsburgh, PA, 2000).

“GIS for Local Empowerment: an Indiana Example,” invited presentation to Michigan State University Department of Geography (East Lansing, MI, January 2000).

“A GIS For Farrington’s Grove: GIS for Neighborhood Empowerment,” Annual Meeting of URISA (Chicago, IL: August 1999)

“Developments in GIS Certification,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG); (Honolulu, HI: March 1999).

“HUD’s Community Connection for Local Empowerment,” Public Participation Workshop/Specialist Meeting, sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) Varenius Project (Santa Barbara, CA: October 1998).

“GIS Certification: An Idea Whose Time Has Come,” part of an invited panel on GIS Certification, Annual Meeting of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA); (Charlotte, NC: August 1998).

“Professional Responsibilities and Ethics in GIS,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG); (Boston, MA: March 1998).

(also presented at the University of California-Santa Barbara and San Diego State University in February 1998).

“GIS Certification,” Member of an invited panel at the Annual Meeting of the AAG (Boston, MA: March 1998).

“HUD’s GIS,” Annual Meeting of URISA (Atlanta, GA: August 1997).

“Empowering Locals: HUD’s GIS,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (Fort Worth, TX: April 1997).

“GIS & Society,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (Atlanta: March 1996).

“The Hidden GIS Technocracy,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (Chicago, IL: March 1995).

“Spatial Conflict in the Information Age,” Annual Meeting of URISA (Milwaukee: August 7-11 1994).

“Issues in GIS Education,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (San Francisco, CA: April 1994).

“GIS in a Democratic Society: Prospects and Promise,” Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) Annual Meeting, Atlanta (July 1993).

“The Diffusion of GIS Among Geographers,” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Atlanta (April 1993).

“Certifying GIS Professionals: Challenges and Alternatives,” URISA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (July 1992).

“GIS: A New Profession,?” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, San Diego (April 1992).

“The Role of Organizational Flexibility in Sharing Geographic Information,” Workshop on Sharing Geographic Information, sponsored by the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, San Diego (February 1992).

“Certification in GIS: More Trouble than It’s Worth?,” GIS/LIS 1991; Atlanta, Georgia (October 1991).

Paper Presentations, continued

“GIS Information-Sharing: An Organizational-Managerial Perspective,” invited presentation at ITC - International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, Enschede, the Netherlands (June 1991).

“Introduction to Strategic Planning,” invited presentation to Indiana State University Library staff (June 1991).

“Expropriation, Capital Flight and GIS Technology Transfer to African LDCs,” with Samory Rashid; Technology, Culture, and Development in the Third World: Lessons and Examples from Africa, (symposium); Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (May 1991).

“GIS in a Democratic Society: Opportunities and Problems,” Second Annual European GIS Conference; Brussels, Belgium (April 1991).

“Conflict Resolution and GIS: Don't Forget the Policy,” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers; Miami, Florida (April 1991).

“Sharing Geographic Information Across Organizational Boundaries,” Indiana GIS Conference; Indianapolis, Indiana (November 1990).

“Spatial Models and GIS” (with Kate Beard), GIS/LIS 1990; Anaheim, CA (November 1990).

“The Potential for GIS Information Sharing: A Managerial-Organizational Perspective,” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting; Toronto, Ontario, Canada (April 1990).

“A Systematic Approach to the Taxonomy of Geographic Information Use,” GIS/LIS 1989; Orlando, Florida (November 1989).

“Potential for Using GIS for Planning: An Organizational-Managerial Perspective,” The Atlantic Institute Research Seminar: International Seminar on Land Information Management, Land Tenure and Cadastral Systems; Orono, Maine (July 1989).

“Bureaucratic factors in the adoption of GIS by public organizations: preliminary evidence from generalists and planners,” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting; Baltimore, Maryland (March 1989).

“Striking a Balance: Regional Equity in Turbulent Times, the Experience of the Regional Transportation Authority of Northeast Illinois,” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting; Phoenix, Arizona (March 1989).

“Transportation Planning in Chicago and Its Suburbs Amidst Reorganization,” Ball State University Department of Planning; Muncie, Indiana (April 1987).

“Bureaucratic Rationality at the Dunes,” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting; Portland, Oregon (April 1987).

“Bureaucrats, Clients and Geography: How Clients Influenced Decision of the NRC on the Bailly Nuclear Generating Facility,” The University of Chicago Geography and Environment Workshop (November 1986).

“Public Policy and the Turkish Squatter Settlement,” Arizona State University Department of Geography; Tempe, Arizona (May 1986).

“The Fourth Coastline: U.S. Policy and the Great Lakes,” The University of California at Los Angeles Department of Geography (April 1986).

“The Role of Clients in Siting Decisions of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” The University of Toronto Department of Geography (June 1985).

“Planning in the 1980s: Toward a Client-Oriented Approach,” The University of Iowa Graduate School of Planning; Iowa City (March 1985).

“Targeting Community Development Block Grants to Small Cities in Illinois,” Northwestern University Department of Geography Faculty Seminar Series; Evanston, Illinois (February 1984).

“Easy Money? Grants for Small Cities, the Illinois experience,” The University of Chicago Salisbury Circle (November 1982).

“The Development of Environmental Policy in the U.S.,” guest lecture to the Physical Geography class at the University of Cincinnati (November 1981).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Association of American Geographers (AAG)

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)

American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM)

American Planning Association (APA)

American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)

University Consortium on Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)

GeoBusiness Association

American Montessori Society

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Member, editorial board of Cartography and GIS (1997-present)

Member, editorial board of URISA Journal (beginning 2000)

Guest editor, Public Participation GIS special issue of Cartography and GIS, published April 1998 (August 1997-April 1998)

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)

Chair, National GIS Certification Committee (2000) (member since ‘98)

Member, National GIS Certification Committee (1998-present)

University Consortium on Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)

Member, Education Committee (1997-present)

Member, Certification Committee (1998-present)

Association of American Geographers-GIS Specialty Group Representative to UCGIS (1999)

Technical Expert to International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee 211 (Geographic Interoperability Standards - GIS Certification), representing ACSM (1999-present).

NCGIA Varenius Project

Member, Planning Committee for “Public Participation GIS Specialist Meeting and Workshop” (January 1998-October 1998)

Member, Planning Committee for “GIS & Society” Conference (scheduled for June 1999) (November 1998-present)

Member, Planning Committee for “Public Participation GIS International Conference” (conference date still under discussion) (October 1998-present)

Author for “Meet the Author” session of the 1997 annual ESRI (Environmental Systems Reeach Institute) Users Conference (San Diego, CA, July 1997)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Founder, and President, Board of Directors, Montessori School of Terre Haute, Inc. January 1997 - present. After the unexpected closure of my son’s Montessori pre-school, I organized a group of parents and other individuals to re-create the school. Administrative and fiscal duties: application for 501(c)(3) status as a tax-exempt business, recruiting a Board of Directors, locating and hiring teachers and teachers’ asssistants (and securing Montessori training for them), finding a building, and recruiting students. Beginning as a pre-school/kindergarten, we will soon offer an early elementary program, the only secular alternative to public schools in Terre Haute, Indiana.

THESIS AND DISSERTATION COMMITTEES

Royal Berglee, “The Role of Heritage Tourism in Local Economic Development,” Ph.D. dissertation, committee member (2000).

Elise Buckner, “The Geographic Diffusion of NASCAR Stock Car Racing,” MA thesis, committee chair (in progress).

Shelia Anderson, “Evolving Water Rights in Arizona,” M.A. thesis, supervisor (in progress).

Jason Stewart, “Check Fraud in Terre Haute,” senior thesis, supervisor, (in progress).

Paul Kranawetter, “Linguistic Distinctions in Southwestern Indiana,” senior thesis, supervisor (in progress).

Aaron Shaw, “The Integration of Demographic Information in a GIS,” senior thesis, supervisor (December 1998).

Jose Javier Lopez, “The Role of Economic Development on Crime in Puerto Rico, A Spatial Analysis,” Ph.D. dissertation, committee member (May 1998).

Michael Osborne, “An Examination of Housing Values in Elkhart, IN,” M.A. thesis, committee member (May 1997).

AnnMarie Kokesh, “The Effectiveness of Curbside Recycling in a Local Setting,” M.A. Thesis, committe member (May 1997).

Jason Lane, “Specifications for a GIS for Farrington’s Grove Historic District,” senior thesis, supervisor (May 1997).

Stephen Nigro, “Annexation of Phoenix Hills: A Local Conflict,” senior thesis, supervisor (May 1997).

Vance Derringer, “Using a Global Positioning System to Orient a GIS for Farrington’s Grove Historic District,” senior thesis, supervisor (May 1996).

Brent Harrison, “The Success of Reintroduction of Eagles in Indiana,” senior thesis, supervisor (May 1995).

Aaron Conley, “Berlin: A Forward Capital for Germany,” M.A. thesis, supervisor (May 1994).

Charles Senseman, “Theoretical Foundations for US Environmental Policy,” M.A. thesis in Political Science, committee member, 1992.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Italian : reading, good; written, fair; spoken, rusty, but formerly conversational (3 years study at Indiana University and the University of Chicago)

French : reading, good; written, fair; spoken, fair (2 years high school, 2 years Indiana University)

Turkish : reading, fair; written, fair; spoken, rusty, but formerly conversational (2 years study at the University of Chicago, 9-week Intensive Turkish Program, Bogazici Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkey; Fulbright Group Project Abroad/American Research Institute in Turkey)

REFEREES

Ronald Abler, Ph.D., Professor and Executive Director

Association of American Geographers

1710 Sixteenth Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20009-3198

phone: 202/234-1450 fax: 202/234-2744

e-mail: rabler@aag.org

· Professor Abler has known my work since 1988, when he reviewed my first grant proposal to the Geography & Regional Science Directorate of the National Science Foundation (which he headed at the time); Professor Abler is on leave from Pennsylvania State University; we have remained in contact.

Michael F. Goodchild, Ph.D., Professor and Director

National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)

Department of Geography

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

phone: 805/893-8224 fax: (805)893-8207

e-mail: good@geog.ucsb.edu

· Professor Goodchild was Director of the NCGIA when I worked at the NCGIA/Maine; we have remained in contact since then.

Harlan J. Onsrud, J.D., Professor

Editor, URISA Journal

Department of Geomatics

107 Boardman Hall

University of Maine

Orono, ME 04469

phone: 207/581-2149 fax: 207/581-2206

e-mail: onsrud@spatial.maine.edu

· I worked with Professor Onsrud on the “Use and Value” Initiative (#4) at the NCGIA in Maine. We have remained in contact, and serve on committees together.

Lyna Wiggins, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair

Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development

Rutgers University

33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 302

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

phone: 732/932-3822 fax: 732/932-2253

e-mail: lyna@rci.rutgers.edu

· I am collaborating with Lyna on a book, “GIS for Planning;” we have served on several URISA committees together.

Andrew U. Frank, Ph.D., Professor and Chair

Department of Geoinformation

Vienna Institute of Technology (Technischen Universitat Wien)

Karlsplatz 13

A-1040 Wien AUSTRIA

phone: (+43 1) 58801 3787 fax: (+43 1) 504 3535

e-mail: frank@geoinformation.tuwien.ac.at

· Professor Frank was my immediate supervisor at the NCGIA-University of Maine; he invited me to participate in the European Union GIS core curriculum project, which included a short course on GIS & Society in Italy.

Gordon L. Clark, Ph.D., Sir Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography

Department of Geography

Oxford University

Mansfield Road

Oxford, OX1 3TB ENGLAND

phone: +44(0)1865 271919 fax: +44(0)1865 271929

e-mail: gordon.clark@geography.oxford.ac.uk

·Professor Clark was Chair of my dissertation committee at the University of Chicago; he is a currently a member of the editorial board of Political Geography. We have remained in contact.