Curriculum Vitae

Susan W. Hardwick

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Geography

University of Oregon

Condon Hall 175

Eugene, OR  97403

(541) 346-4557

susanh@uoregon.edu

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

                                

                                 Ph.D. in Geography

University of California, Davis

Dissertation: Ethnic Residential and Commercial Patterns in Sacramento

with Special Reference to the Russian-American Experience

 

                                 M.A. in Geography

California State University, Chico

Thesis: Chinese Settlement in Butte County, California: 1860-1920

Community College Teaching Credential in Geography, Geology, Geophysics                      

                                 

                                 B.S. in Education: Geography/ Social Science

Slippery Rock State University (Pennsylvania)

Secondary Level Teaching Credential in Geography and Social Science

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

2000-2004                  Professor and Associate Professor of Geography

                                 Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences Education Initiatives

Research Associate, Center on Critical Theory and Transnationalism

                                 University of Oregon

                                 Eugene, OR

 

1997-2000                            Professor of Geography

                                Associate Director, Gilbert M.Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education

                                 Texas State University

                                 San Marcos, TX

 

 1993-1997                 Professor of Geography

                                 California State University, Chico

                                 Chico, CA

 

1994-1997                                    Co-Coordinator, Literacy and Learning Program

                                 California State University, Chico

                                 Chico, CA

 

1986-1993                  Assistant and Associate Professor

                                 Department of Geography and Planning

                                 California State University, Chico

1983-1984                  Director of Ethnographic Research

                                 City of Sacramento, Division of History

 

1974-1986                  Instructor and Chair

Department of Earth Sciences

Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA

 

1968-1970                  Middle School Teacher

Honcut School, Butte County School District

Oroville, CA

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Books

 

Hardwick, Susan W., Fred Shelley, and Andrew Marcus. 2005  (forthcomings). Regional Geography of North America: Environment, Landscape, Political Economy, and Culture. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall (University-level textbook).

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2002. Mythic Galveston: Re-Inventing America’s Third Coast. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 382 pp. (2003 Nominee, The Alice Davis Hitchcock Award).

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Donald G. Holtgrieve. 1996. Geography for Educators: Standards, Themes, and Concepts. Englewood  Cliffs: NJ: Prentice-Hall, 455 pp. (University-level textbook).

 

Betts, Jeanette Gardner, Susan Wiley Hardwick, and Gail L. Hobbs, eds. 1996. Santa Barbara and California’s Central Coast Region: Images and Encounters. Indiana, PA: National Council for Geographic Education, 143 pp.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley and Donald G. Holtgrieve. 1996. Valley for Dreams: Life and Landscape in the Sacramento Valley. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 325 pp.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley.1993. Russian Refuge: Religion, Migration, and Settlement on the North American Pacific Rim. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 237 pp.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley and Donald G.Holtgrieve. 1990. Patterns on Our Planet: Concepts and Themes in Geography. New York: Macmillan, 414 pp. (University-level textbook).

 

REFEREED ARTICLES:

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and James E. Meacham. 2004. (in press). “Heterolocalism, Networks of Ethnicity, and Refugee Communities in the Pacific Northwest: The Portland Story,” The Professional Geographer.

 

Chalmers, Lex, David DiBlase, Karl Donert, Susan Hardwick, and Michael Solem. (forthcoming). “Internationalized Geographic Education for Professional Development through Distance Learning,” Journal of Geography in Higher Education.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. (in press). “Mentoring Early Career Geographers: Issues and Strategies,” The Professional Geographer.

 

Gabrys-Alexson, Randy, Christopher Kemnitz, Scott Bell, and Susan W. Hardwick (in review). “Embarking on Collaborative Research in Geographic Education,” International Journal of Research in Environmental and Geographic Education.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Susan E. Hume (in review). “The Geography of Refugee Resettlement: A 21st Century Hull-House in the Pacific Northwest,” Focus in Geography.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2003. “An Early Twentieth Century ‘Network of Ethnicity:’ The Galveston Movement,” Historical Geography.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2003. “Migration, Embedded Networks and Social Capital: Toward Theorising

              North American Ethnic Geography,” International Journal of Population Geography 9: 163-179.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2003. “Galveston: Ellis Island of Texas,” The Journal of Cultural Geography 20: 69-91.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2002. “Women in Geographic Education: An Agenda for the New Century,” The Journal of Geography 101: 224-226.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2001. “Identity, Place, and Locale in Galveston,” The Geographical Review 91: 335-341.

 

Hardwick, Susan W., Kathy Alexander, Lydia Bean, and Fred Shelley. 2000. “Gender vs. Sex Differences: Factors Affecting Performance in Geographic Education,” The Journal of Geography 99: 238-244.

 

Reeve, Derrick, Susan Hardwick, Karen Kemp, and Teresa Ploszajska. 2000. “Delivering Geography Courses Internationally.” The Journal of Geography in Higher Education 24: 228-237.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2000. “Humanising the Technology Landscape Through a Collaborative Pedagogy,” The Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 24: 123-129.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Fred Shelley. 2000. “Gender and Geographic Education,” Introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Geography compiled and co-edited by Hardwick and Shelley. 98: 247-252.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1998. “Going the Distance: Post-Graduate Educational Reform in Geographic Education,” Open Praxis: The International Journal of Distance Learning 1: 18-22.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1995. “Looking Toward the Future: A Concepts, Themes, and Standards Approach to Pre-service Education.” Journal of Geography 94: 513-518.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 1993. “Religion and Migration: The Molokan Experience.” Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 55: 127-141.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley.1993. “Origin and Diffusion of Russian Baptists and Pentecostals in Russia and Ukraine.” The Pennsylvania Geographer 31: 2-13.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley.1991. “The Impact of Religion on Ethnic Settlement: Russian Old Believers.” The California Geographer 31: 19-36.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley and Donald G. Holtgrieve. 1991. “Relicts of a Time of Turbulence: Autocamps by the River,” The Californians 9: 14-18.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley.1990. “Using City Directories to Teach Geography,” The Journal of Geography  89: 266-271.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley and Donald G. Holtgrieve. 1989. “Themes and Concepts in Geography,” Social Science Review 28: 12-21.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley.1987. “Suburban Commercial Development in the Shadow of Downtown Sacramento,” Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 49: 51-64.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and D. Smith. 1982. “Residential Front Yard Fences in the Sacramento Urban Area,” The California Geographer 22: 1-12.

 

Hardwick, Susan W.1979. “A Geographical Interpretation of Ethnic Settlement in an Urban Landscape: Russians in Sacramento,” The California Geographer 19: 86-104.

 

Book Chapters

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Susan E. Hume. 2004 (forthcoming). “Migration, Culture, Place: the Impacts of Refugee Resettlement on the Portland Urban Area,” (in) Immigration and Metropolitan Transformation in the United States. Kavita Pandit and Steve Holloway, eds. Publishers TBD.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2005 (forthcoming). “Invisible Bonds? The Earthly and Ethereal Transformations of  Russian and Ukrainian Refuges in the Pacific Northwest,” (in) Immigrants Outside Megalopolis: Ethnic Transformation in the Heartland, R. Jones, ed. (New York::Altimira Press).

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 2004. Teaching Human Geography, Gary S. Elbow, ed. Jacksonville, AL: National Council for Geographic Education: 131-140.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2003. “Teaching Geography in the U.S.A.,” (in) Teaching Geography at the Beginning of the New Century, Jose W. Vesentini, ed. Sao Paulo, Brazil: Papirus Press.

 

Estaville, Lawrence, Susan W. Hardwick, James Allen, and Ines Miyares. 2002 (in press). “American Ethnic Geography,” (in) Geography in America. G. Gaile and C. Wilmott, eds. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2002. “California’s Emerging Russian Homeland,” (in) Homelands:A Geography of Culture and Place Across America. R. Nostrand and L. Estaville, eds. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press: 210-224.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 2001. “Russian Acculturation in Sacramento,” (in) Geographical Identities of Ethnic North America: Race, Space, and Place, K. A. Berry and M. L. Henderson, eds. Reno: University of Nevada Press: 255-278.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley and Jeanette G. Betts. 1998. “Reading, Recording and Analyzing Ethnic Landscapes,” (in) Teaching Ethnic Geography. L. Estaville and C. Rosen, eds. Indiana, PA: National Council for Geographic Education, pp.15-22.

 

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1998. “Finding Our Way Toward the New Century: Training Pre-Service Teachers in Geography,” (in) Outstanding Teaching and Learning Practice. M. Flachmann, ed. Long Beach: California State University Systemwide Press, pp.85-96.

 

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Elizabeth Renfro. 1997. “Cognitive Site Mapping: Placing Yourself in Context,” (in) Teaching About Culture, Ethnicity, and Diversity. T. Singelis, ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp.199-207.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1997. “Meeting the Needs of Special Populations in Geography: Key Issues and Research Questions,” (in) The First Assessment: Status of Research in Geographic Education. R. Boehm and J. Peterson, eds. San  Marcos, TX: Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education, pp.147-162.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 1993. “Clinging to the Old in a New Land: Russian Old Believers and Doukhobors in the Pacific Northwest,” Chapter 4 in The Pacific Northwest. Bellingham, WA: Department of Geography, pp.78-93.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley.1992. “Russians in California,” Modern Encyclopedia of Religions in Russia and the Soviet Union. P. Steeves, ed. Gulf Breeze, Fl: Academic International Press, pp.53-61.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley.1992. “Russian Settlement on the North American Pacific Rim,” (in) Geographical Snapshots of North America. D. Janelle, ed. New York: Guilford Press, pp.222-29.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1987. “A Bend in the River: Russians in Sacramento.” Chapter 3 in A Feeling for Place. C. Burr, ed. Chico: The University Press, pp.9-18.

 

BOOK REVIEWS:

 

Hardwick, Susan W. (2004, in press). Negotiated Memory: Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse by Julie Rak. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2004 (in) American Review of Canadian Studies.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2002. The California Cauldron by William Clark. New York: Guilford Press, 1998  (in) Progress in Human Geography 26: 121-123.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2002. Imperial Visions: National Imagination and Geographical Imperialism in the Russian Far East, 1840-1865 by Mark Bassin. New York: Cambridge University Press (in) The Professional Geographer 53: 559-561.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Lydia L. Bean. 2000. Fieldwork and Dissertations in Geography by I. Livingstone, H.Matthews, and A. Castley. Cheltenham, UK: Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, 1998 (in) The Journal of Geography 99: 180-181.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Lydia L. Bean. 2000. Transferable Skills and Work-based Learning in Geography by B. Chalkley and J. Harwood. Cheltenham, UK: Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, 1998 (in) The Journal of Geography 99: 181-182.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Hardwick, Susan W. 1999. The Ethnic Quilt: Population Diversity in Southern California by J. P. Allen and E. Turner, California State University, Northridge, Department of Geography, 1997 (in) The Social Science Review, 80: 422-425.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1999. Values in Geography Education by Michael Naish, ed. London: Institute of London, 1998, (in) International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2: 46-51.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 1998. The Lie of the Land: Migrant Workers and the California Landscape by Don Mitchell, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996 (in) The Journal of Historical Geography, 7: 18-24.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1995. Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West by D.L. May, Cambridge University Press, 1994  (in) The Journal of Historical Geography, 4: 23-29.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1989. “Nemesis of a Small Town’s Anti-Chinese Campaigns, 1876-1888,” by M. Shover. California History, 1988 (in) Diggin’s, 26: 7-11.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Donald G. Holtgrieve. 1984. Graphicacy and Geography Teaching  by D. Boardman (in) The Journal of Geography, 87: 29-34.

 

SHORTER CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Binko. James, Gil Latz, and Hardwick, Susan W. 2002. Teaching Geography: A Professional Development Workshop for Grade 7-12 Teachers. Cambridge, MA: Annenberg/CPB and Cambridge Studios, Inc.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 1998. “Integrating the National Geography Standards and Distance Learning into Post-Graduate Teacher Training,” Ubique 18(1): 6-7.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1998. “Measuring Gender vs. Sex Differences in Geographic Learning.” Finding a Way Bulletin 2: 4-5.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1997. “Distance Learning Goes Global: A Faculty Perspective.” The Distance Educator 3: 3-6.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 1995. “Self-Evaluation of Non-Biased Behavior,” Educational Equity Review 3: 6-9.

 

Hardwick, Susan Wiley. 1987. “Finns of the American West,” Finnish-American Report 3: 1-4.

 

PUBLISHED COURSE STUDY GUIDES:

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Brock Brown. 2000. Teaching World Geography: The Russian Realm. San Marcos, TX: Southwest Texas State University Office of Correspondence and Extension Studies.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. 2000. Seminar in Geographic Curriculum. 1999. San Marcos, TX: SWT Office of Correspondence and Extension Studies.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Brock Brown. 1998. Contemporary Issues in Geographic Education. San Marcos, TX: Southwest Texas State University Office of Correspondence and Extension Studies.

 

Brown, Brock and Susan W. Hardwick. 1999. Teaching World Geography: North Africa and the Middle East. San Marcos, TX: Southwest Texas State University Office of Correspondence and Extension Studies.

 

Brown, Brock and Susan W. Hardwick. 1999. Teaching World Geography: South and Southeast Asia. San Marcos, TX: Southwest Texas State University Office of Correspondence and Extension Studies.

 

Brown, Brock and Susan W. Hardwick. 1999. Teaching World Geography: North America. San Marcos, TX: Southwest Texas State University Office of Correspondence and Extension Studies.

 

PUBLICATIONS in PROGRESS

 

Hardwick, Susan W. Slavic Dreams: The Post-Soviet Refugee Diaspora to the Pacific Northwest. Scholarly book manuscript.

 

Edmonston, Barry, Susan W. Hardwick, and Sharon Lee. “Persistance and Change in Immigrant Destinations: A Pacific Northwest Case Study of Portland, Oregon” (for) The Journal of International Migration and Integration.

 

Hardwick, Susan W. “Testing Zelinsky’s Heterolocalism in the Pacific Northwest,” Invited paper for a special issue of The Geographical Review.

 

 

Hardwick, Susan W. and Marilyn Olson. “(Re) Constructing a Community of Collaboration at a Research Institution between the Colleges of Education and Arts and Sciences,” (for) The Journal of Teacher Education.

 

EDITORIAL SERVICE and MANUSCRIPT and TENURE  REVIEWS

 

2004. Tenure and Promotion Outside Reviewer. Hunter College, New York City.

 

2003. Tenure and Promotion Outside Reviewer, Department of Geography, Northern Arizona University.

 

1998-2004. Invited member, National Editorial Board for the Journal of Geography.

 

2000-2004. National Science Foundation: Geography and Regional Science Proposal Reviewer

 

2002 and 1999.  The Center for American Places. Outside Reviewer for scholarly book.          

 

2002.   Tenure and Promotion Outside Reviewer. Department of Geography, Portland State University.

 

2001.   Outside Reviewer, Department of Geography, Southern Oregon State University.

 

2000. Tenure and Promotion, Outside Reviewer, Florida State University.

 

1999. U.S. Department of Education, “Learning Anytime Anywhere” Proposal Reviewer, Washington, DC.

 

 

1999. Invited guest co-editor for special issue of the Journal of Geography on gender issues in geographic education (with Fred Shelley).

 

1999. National Science Foundation: Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education Division,         Proposal Reviewer, Washington, DC.

 

1999. Prentice Hall, Instructional Technology Reviewer of GeoTutor and Human Geography                      Web Sites, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

 

1999. National Science Foundation: Geography and Regional Science Proposal Reviewer, Washington, DC.

 

1999. University of Maryland. Outside Tenure and Promotion Reviewer.

 

1999. The California State University Systemwide Office. Outside Evaluator for the Annual Presidential Assessment, Long Beach, CA.

 

1999. Portland State University. Outside Tenure and Promotion Reviewer.

 

1999. Routledge Press, Outside Reviewer of Human Geography Series.

 

1998. Harcourt Brace, Textbook Reviewer, Orlando, FL.

 

1998. California State University, Humboldt. Outside Tenure and Promotion Reviewer.

 

1997-1998. Harcourt Brace Publishers, Social Studies Textbook Reviewer, Orlando, FL.

 

1994-1995. Prentice Hall Publishing Company, Geography K-12 Textbook Reviewer, New York, NY.

 

1987-1988. Merrill Publishing Company, K-12 Geography Textbook Reviewer, Columbus, OH.

 

 

RECENT AWARDS, GRANTS, and EDUCATION CONSULTANCIES

Awards

 

Rippey Innovative Teaching Award, University of Oregon.  2003-2004.

 

      Outstanding Service to the Department Award, University of Oregon, 2002.

 

Nominee, Alice D. Hitchcock Outstanding Book Award for Mythic Galveston:

Re-inventing America’s Third Coast, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

 

Distinguished Scholar Award,  Ethnic Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, 2001.

 

      Outstanding Faculty Service Award. Texas State University Graduate Forum. 1999.

        

Outstanding Professor of the United States – Nominee. Carnegie Foundation, 1999.

 

Statewide Outstanding Professor Award. California State University System. 1995.

 

Outstanding Professor Award. California State University, Chico. 1995.

 

Outstanding Teaching Award. California State University, Chico. 1994.

 

Distinguished University Educator Award. National Council for Geographic Education. 1994.

 

Panhellenic Faculty Member of the Month Award. California State University, Chico. 1994

 

Professional Achievement Award. California State University, Chico. 1994.

 

Professional Achievement Award. California State University, Chico. 1994.

 

Outstanding Statewide Geographical Educator Award. California Geographical Society. 1988.

 

Outstanding Faculty Member Award. Honors Council, California State University, Chico. 1987.

 

      Meritorious Professional Promise Award, California State University, Chico. 1987.

 

Grants

 

2004-2007.     US. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education.

“Quality Content Teaching: Changing and Exchanging Expertise Through Lesson Study (PI).

 

2004-2008. National Endowment for the Humanities. “Through Galveston’s Gates: Immigration into Texas and America, 1845-1914.” Texas State History Museum Traveling Exhibit (Content Consultant).

 

 

2002-2004.     National Science Foundation, “Refugee Heterolocalism, Social Networks, and Migration in
the Pacific Northwest,” (PI).

 

2002-2003. Educational Technology Curriculum Development Award. “Visualizing, Analyzing, and Exploring our Environment Using Digital Files from the Atlas of Oregon” (Co-PI).

 

2002-2003. Northwest Academic Computing Consortium. “Active Learning Approach to Understanding our Environment: A Web-Based Project Using Materials from the Atlas of Oregon” (Co-PI).

 

2001. University of Oregon Summer Research Award,  “Diversity in Ecotopia” (PI).

 
Multi-Institution Funded Projects:

2001-2006. National Science Foundation. “Mentoring New Geography Faculty in Colleges and Universities in the U.S.” (outside consultant).

 

2001-2002.     Oregon University System Chancellor’s Office, “Creating a Teacher Licensing Guide for

Middle/Secondary Social Studies Teachers in Oregon.”

 

2001-2002. National Science Foundation, “The Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers.”

 
1998-2001. U.S. Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education.  “Step Up to Geography through Distance Learning” (Co-PI).

 

1998-2001. The National Science Foundation. “ARGWorld Project,” Development of World Geography              Curricular Materials by the Association of American Geographers” (Project development and member of Steering Committee).

 

1999. Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund. “Making Connections: Reaching Teachers in the Rio Grande Valley for Instruction in World Geography” (PI).

 

1997. California State University Technology Productivity Project, "Integrating Technology into a General Education Course" (PI).

 

1996. California State University Systemwide Technology Productivity Project,  “Going Geo-Digital: Creating Computerized Maps for a Historical Geography Course” (Co-PI).

 

1993-98. National Science Foundation, “Finding a Way: Reaching Young Women of Diverse Ethnic and Racial Backgrounds in Geography” (Co-PI).

 

1994-97. National Science Foundation. “Activities and Readings in the Geography of North America” (ARGUS Project) (Project and proposal development and member of Steering Committee).

 

1992-1995. National Geographic Society Education Foundation, “Integrating Geography into California Course Models” (PI).

 

1991-1992. Geographic Education National Implementation Project and The National Geographic Society Education Foundation, “Encouraging Young Women in Geography” (PI).

 

1991-1993. The National Science Foundation. “US/USSR Curriculum Development Project” (with the Association of American Geographers).  Member of Project Advisory Board (PI).

 

1987-1988. California Dept. of Forestry, California Dept. of Parks and Recreation,and U.S. Bureau  of Land Management, Sacred Sites of the Konkow Maidu in Butte County, CA” (Co-PI).

 

Other Research Grants:

1995. California State University Summer Scholar’s Grant, “Russia: A Regional Geography for the New Century” (PI).

 

1993. California State University Summer Scholar’s Grant, “Historical Geography of the Sacramento Valley” (PI).

 

1992-1994. California State University Associated Students Fund, “Ethnic Survival at CSU, Chico” (PI).

 

1991. Slavic Research Fellowship: Russian and East European Center, University of Illinois (PI).

 

1990. Association of American Geographers Research Grant, “The Religious Geography of Russians on the North American Pacific Rim” (PI).

 

1990. California State University Summer Scholar’s Grant, “Religious Geography of Russian Sectarian Groups in the US and Russia” (PI).         

 

1989. California State University Faculty Development Grant, “Origin and Diffusion of Russian Pentecostals in the US and Russia” (Project and proposal development and member of Steering Committee).

 

1988. California State University Sponsored Project's Grant, “Ethnic Neighborhoods in Sacramento” (PI).

 

1987. California State University Faculty Development Grant, “Suburban Commercial Development in West Sacramento” (PI).

 

1986. California State Department of Education Environmental Education Grant, “Enhancing Environmental Education in California Public Schools” (Co-PI).

 

 

Educational Consultancies

 

2000-2002.  Cambridge Studios, Primary Content Consultant in Human Geography. “The Power of Place” Annenberg/PCB Video Series.

 

2001 Department of Geography, Southern Oregon University, Outside Reviewer.

 

2001. Department of Geography and Human Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, Outside Reviewer.

 

2001. Harcourt-Brace Content Reviewer. Social Studies Textbook Series, Grades K-6.

 

1997-1998. The Ford Foundation, Geography Assessment Consultant, New York.

 

1988-1997. Northern California Planning and Research Company, Director of Research on Geographic Education and Historical Geography, Forest Ranch, CA.

 

1994-1995. American College Testing and NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress,             Geography Education Content Advisor, Iowa City and Washington, DC.

 

1993-1994. The College Board, Head Curriculum Developer and Writer,  “Pacesetter Series: Geography,” New York, NY and Concord, NH.

 

1992-1994. Florida State Department of Education, “Connections, Challenges, Choices,” K-8 Social Studies CD-ROM Project, Tallahassee, FL

 

1991-1996. California State Department of Education, "Creating and Evaluating State Standards in Geography" (1996); “Integrating Geography into California Course Models” (1993-1996); Curriculum Development: History/Social Science Division (1986, 1987, 1991-92). Outside Evaluator, Educational Technology Statewide Programs  (1987-1988); and Evaluator, California Model Schools, Sacramento, CA.

 

1991-1992. Highlights Magazine, Design of Scope and Sequence for five books on Geographic              Education, Chicago, IL

 

 

1986-1990. National Geographic Society, Educational Media Division, Curriculum Development

Washington, DC.

 

1977-1980. Sacramento City Unified School District, In-Service Faculty Workshop Coordinator

Sacramento, CA.

 

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS:

International, National, State, and Regional Conferences:

 

2004. Association of American Geographers Conference on Race/Ethnicity and Place.  “The Geography of Whiteness,” Washington, DC.

 

2003. Population Association of America (co-authored with Barry Edmonston and Sharon M. Lee). “Persistence and Change in Immigrant Destinations: A Pacific Northwest Case Study,” Minneapolis, MN.

 

2002. National Council for Geographic Education. “The Impact of Geography Instruction on Student Attitudes Toward Diversity.” Philadelphia, PA.

 

2002. The Association of Pacific Coast Geographer. “Impacts of Refugees on Metropolitan Transformation in Portland.” San Bernardino, CA.

 

2002. The Association of American Geographers. “Future Directions in Ethnic Geography.” Los Angeles, CA.

 

2001. The Association of American Geographers. “Galveston: Pivot of a New American Region?” New York.

 

2000. The Association of American Geographers. “Toward Theory in Distance Education: Intersections of Reflective Pedagogy, Collaborative Learning, and Constructivism.” (With Lydia Bean). Pittsburgh, PA.

 

1999. International Conference on Research in Geographic Education. “Funding Distance Education Programs in Geography,” San Marcos, TX: Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education.

 

1999. International Symposium on Teaching and Learning Geography in Higher Education, “Delivering Courses Internationally,” (With Karen Kemp, and Derrick Reeve). Honolulu, HI.

 

1999. National Council for Geographic Education. “Theory and Method in Distance Education,” Boston, MA.

 

1999. U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education Annual Project Directors Conference. Invited Workshop Leader - “Going Global with Distance Education,” Washington, DC.

 

1999. Southwestern Association of American Geographers. “Global City or Germantown? Ethnic Patterns and Processes in Pre-Civil War Galveston,” San Marcos, TX.

 

1999. The Varenius Geographic Information Sciences Project, University of California, Santa Barbara’s Transitions from Childhood to the Workforce NSF Conference, “Spatial Problem Solving in the Undergraduate and K-12 Arenas,” Santa Barbara, CA.

 

1999. Association of American Geographers, “Acculturation of Child Migrants in Galveston,” Honolulu, HI.

 

1999. Texas Library Association: Keynote Speaker at State Conference, “Integrating Technology into Student Research through Distance Learning,” Dallas, TX.

 

1998. International Geographical Union Commission on Geographic Education. “Geographic Education and Distance Learning: Key Questions,” Oporto, Portugal.

 

1998. National Council for Geographic Education, “Distance Learning at SWT: The Wave of the Future?” Indianapolis, IN.

 

1998. Southwestern Association of American Geographers. “The Galveston Movement.” Baton Rouge, LA.

 

1998.All-Texas Conference of the Texas Alliance for Geographic Education, “Step Up to Geography in Distance Learning,” Austin, TX.

 

1998.Association of American Geographers, “Creating and Implementing Active Learning Strategies in Geography,” and “Nature or Nurture? Sex Vs. Gender in Geographic Education,” Boston, MA.

 

1997. National Council for Geographic Education, “Assessing Psychological Type: Cognitive and Conative Style and Prior Knowledge of Distance Learning in Geography Education,” and “Training NCGE Mentors in Geography Education,” Orlando, FL.

 

1996. Russian and East European Research Center, University of Washington. Regional Conference, "Pedagogy and Politics:  Teaching an Upper Division Course on the Geography of Russia," Seattle, WA.

1996. National Council for Geographic Education,  "Mapping Our Stories" and “Encouraging Students to Consider Graduate School in Geography (panel), Santa Barbara, CA.

 

1996. Conference on Composition and Communication, Ohio State University, "Using Personal  Narratives in the Social Sciences,"  Columbus, OH.

 

1996. California Geographical Society, "Russian  Roulette in the 1990s: Russian Crime Patterns     in California,"  Columbia, CA.

 

1995. California Geographical Society, “Geography for Life: Using the Standards to Teach Geography,” Fresno, CA.

 

1995. Association of American Geographers, “The New Immigrant: Acculturation Processes and Residential Patterns of Russian Immigrants,” San Francisco, CA.

 

1994. National Council for Geographic Education, “Where is Your Sunbelt?” (workshop). Lexington, KY.

 

1993. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, “The Status of Geography in California’s Community Colleges,” Berkeley, CA.

 

1993. Association of American Geographers, “Religion and Migration: The Russian Molokan Experience,” Atlanta.

 

1992. National Council for Geographic Education, “Discovering the Road Less Taken: Encouraging Young Women in Geography,” Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

 

1992. Association of American Geographers, “God and Glasnost: Soviet Emigrés on the Pacific Coast,” San Diego, CA.

 

1991. National Council for Geographic Education, “Women as Mentors in Geography,” St. Paul, MN.

 

1991. Association of American Geographers, “Geographer as  Ethnographer:  Migration Decisions of Russian Old Believers,” Miami, FL.

 

1990. Association of American Geographers, “The Religious Geography of Russian  Pentecostals in the American West,” Toronto, Canada.

 

1990. California Geographical Society, “Russian Pentecostals in California and Oregon,”Los Angeles, CA.

 

1990. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, “Back to the Future in Chico” (Opening Session Address), Chico, CA.

 

1989. Association of American Geographers, “Rural Ethnicity in California’s Heartland,” Baltimore, MD.

 

 

1988. Association of American Geographers, “Ethnic Neighborhoods and Banner Streets,” (With Larry Ford). Phoenix, AZ.

 

1987. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, “The Role of Women in Geography,” Davis, CA.

 

1987. California American Studies Association, “Autocamps by the River,” Davis, CA.

 

1986. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, “Business Patterns in Sacramento,” Eugene, OR.

 

1986. Association of American Geographers, “Ethnic Commercial Patterns in Sacramento,” Minneapolis, MN.

 

1986. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, “The Russian Sense of Place in West Sacramento,” Los Angeles, CA.

 

Other Presentations

 

2004.  “Russian and Bosnian Refugee Resettlement in the Willamette Valley,” University of Oregon Honor’s Program.

 

2003.   “Becoming a Teacher in Oregon,” Lane Community College.

 

2003.  “Refugees in Oregon,” University of Oregon, Learning in Retirement Program.

 

2002. “The Geography of Refugees in the Pacific Northwest,” AAG Visiting Scholar Lecturer, Sponsored by the Association of American Geographers. Portland State University and Humboldt State University.

 

2001 and 2002. “Building Collaborative Networks between Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Education,” Oregon University System Chancellor’s Office Education Summit, Salem, OR.

 

2001. “Fostering an Advising Network for Pre-Education Students,” OCEPT Advising Conference, Salem, OR.

 

2000. Delaware Valley Geographical Association, Keynote Address on Geographic Education. Philadelphia, PA.

 

2000. Faculty Advancement Center Invited Workshop Leader, Southwest Texas State University. “Faculty Transformation: The Key to the Virtual Campus.”

 

 

1999. Greater San Marcos Area Seniors Association and Parks and Recreation Department, City of San Marcos. “Galveston: Ellis Island of Texas,” San Marcos, TX.

 

1998-1999. Texas Alliance for Geographic Education, “Big Issues in World Regional Geography: The Russian Realm,” San Marcos, TX.

 

1999. Hanover Exchange Project. “Galveston: German or Texan?”

 

1998-1999. Texas Education Agency Educational Service Center, Distance Learning Opportunities in Geography, Edinburg, TX

 

1998. Texas Alliance for Geographic Education, “World Regional Geography: Sub-Saharan Africa, San Marcos, TX.

 

1997. University of Texas Geography Department Colloquium, “Historical Geography of the   Sacramento Valley,” Austin, TX.

 

1996. Southwest Texas State University Geography and Planning Colloquium, “Integrating Technology and Collaborative Pedagogy into Geography Education,” San Marcos, TX.

 

1996. Colusa County Historical Society Annual Banquet Address."Settlement and Survival in the Sacramento Valley," Colusa, CA.

 

1996. Sacramento River Conservancy Fall Convocation, “Life and Landscape in the Sacramento Valley,” Red Bluff, CA.

 

1996. Butte County Branch of the National League of American Penwomen, “Women Ethnographers Working Abroad: Problems and Prospects,” Chico, CA.

 

1996. Tahoe-Baikal Institute Five Year Reunion Keynote Address, “The Geopolitics of Russia in an Election Year: Field Notes and Experiences,” South Lake Tahoe, CA.

 

1996. Butte County Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, "Publishing a Scholarly Book in Today's Changing Market," Chico, CA.

 

1995. Association for Northern California Records and Research Annual Banquet Address), “Valley for Dreams: Life and Landscape in the Sacramento Valley,” Chico, CA.

 

1995. California State University Primetimers. “Historic Chico Landscapes Then and Now,” Chico, CA.

1995. Global Affairs Club, “Russian Ethnic, Religious, and Environmental Issues,” Chico, CA.

 

1994. CA State University Anthropology Forum, “Immigrant Communities,” Chico, CA.

 

1993. Tahoe-Baikal Institute: International Exchange Project, “Russians in Siberia and California,” South Lake Tahoe, CA.

 

1993. Shasta College All Faculty Conference Keynote Address, “Ethnic Settlement and Survival in the Sacramento Valley,” Redding, CA.

 

1993. Chico Heritage Society, Keynote address, “Chico Historic Architecture,” Chico, CA.

 

1993. CA State University International Forum, “Russia: One Year Later,” Chico, CA.

 

1993. Cosumnes River College, Women’s History Week Keynote Address, “Courage: Moving Beyond Barriers,” Sacramento, CA.

 

 

1992. Southeast Asian Awareness Day Opening Address, “Settlement History of the North Valley,” Chico, CA.

 

1992. Northern California Geographical Society, “Historic Landscapes in Chico,” Chico, CA.

 

1992. CA State University Anthropology Forum, “The Russian People: Here and There,” Chico, CA.

 

1991. CA State University Anthropology Forum, “Nowhere Left to Hide: Russian Old Believers in Oregon and Alaska,” Chico, CA.

 

1991. Northern California Geographical Society, “To Russia with Love,” Chico, CA.

 

1991. Sonoma State University Anthropology/Geography Forum,“ Russian Religious Groups in North America and Russia,” Rohnert Park, CA.

 

1991. The Society of Women Geographers, “Russian Religious Landscapes in the American  West,” Berkeley, CA.

 

1990. Western Washington University, Department of Geography, Distinguished Visiting Professor for National Geography Awareness Week, Bellingham, WA.

 

1990. Cascade School District. Geography Curriculum Workshop, “Geographic Concepts and Themes,” Mt. Shasta, CA.

 

1989. Butte County Historical Society, “The Russians of Early California,” Oroville, CA.

 

1988.California State Office of Education Conference Opening Address: “The California History/Social Science Framework: Making it Work,” Sacramento, CA

 

1988. History/Social Science Framework Conference, “Teaching Geography

In an Integrated Curriculum,” Redding, CA.

 

1988. Northern California Geographical Society, “Summer in Sweden,” Chico, CA.

 

1987. CA State University Academic Honors Council Keynote Address, “You Can Make a Difference,” Chico, CA.

 

1986. Sacramento Meteorological Association, “Measuring The Urban Heat Island: A Sacramento Example,” Sacramento, CA.

 

1986. International  Finnfest  Keynote Address, “Finnish Settlement in California,” Berkeley, CA.

 

1986. Los Angeles Geographical Society, “The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!” Los Angeles, CA.

 

 

PUBLIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Service to the Profession

international

International Network on Learning and Teaching Geography 

Founder and Steering Committee Member, Honolulu, HI and Plymouth, UK (1998-2002)

 

Texas International Education Exchange

Member of Technology Advisory Board, Austin, TX (1999-2000)

 

International Geographical Union, Commission on Geographic Education

Conference Organizer, Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal (1997-1998)

 

Tahoe-Baikal Institute

International Board of Directors, South Lake Tahoe and Irkutsk, Siberia (1994-1997)

 

national

American Geographical Society

Councilor and Fellow

Member, Focus in Geography Editorial Selection Committee

 

Association of American Geographers

Honors Committee (1999-2004)

J.B. Jackson Scholarly Book Award Selection Committee (2002-2004)

National Membership Committee (1999-2000)

Visiting Geographical Scientist Program Scholar-in-Residence  (1993-2002)

Committees on Committees (1994-1996)

Regional Representative to the AAG Executive Council (1993-1996)

Chair: Regional Councilors (1995-1996)

National Geography Standards Dissemination (1994-1995)    

Committee on the Status of Women (1990-1994)

Advisory Board, US/USSR Project (1989-1992)

Community College Geography Committee (1994-1996)

 

National Council for Geographic Education

President (2002-2003)

Vice President of Research and External Relations (1999-2002)

Endowment Committee (1997-2000)

Executive Board: Curriculum and Instruction (1993-1996)           

Chair: Task Force on Underrepresented Groups (1991-1994)

Chair: Committee on Women in Geographic Education (1991-1993)

 

EDUCATION 2000: The National Geography Standards Project

Chair: Content Development Committee (1993-1994)

 

NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Programs)

National Geography Consensus Committee (1992-1994)

 

 

regional

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers

Women’s Network (Co-founder 1986-2002)

Executive Council Representative to the AAG Council (1993-1996)

Committees on Membership, Budget, Nominations, Honors and Awards (1988-1997)

 

state

Oregon Geographic Alliance (2000-2002)

Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers (2001-2003)

California Geographical Society

President (1986-1988)

Vice President (1984-1986)

Chair: Committees on Membership, Awards, Nominations (1980-1989)

 

Northern California Geographic Alliance

Founding member of Steering Committee (1984- 1988)

State Coordinator: National Geographic Society Geography Bee (1990)

 

CA State University System Academic Senate: California Articulation Committee (1989-1996)

 

university

At the University of Oregon:

Chair, Canadian Studies Committee (2004-2006)

Graduate Council (2001-2004)

Research Director and Member, Executive Committee, CODAC (Center on Diversity and Community) (2001-2004)

Summer Research Awards Selection Committee (2001-2003)

Campus Scholarships and Grants Committee (2001-2002)

Coordinator, UO Advising Network for Future Teachers (2000-2003)

Coordinator, Social Science Pathways, “A Sophomore Experience” (2002-2003)

Freshmen Interest Group Instructor “College Connections” Seminar (2001-2002)

Canadian Studies Committee (2002-2003)

 

At Texas State University:

Associate Director, Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education (1997-2000)

President’s Telecommunications Advisory Board (1998-2000)

 

At California State University, Chico:

Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Advisory Board (1994-1997)

Accreditation Committee for Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Member of University Steering Committee and Chair, Educational Standards Committee (1995-1996)

Faculty Recognition and Support Committee (1994-1997)

Graduate Studies Board  (1988-1997)

Graduate Council (1987-1997)

Faculty sponsor - Graduate Student Council (1990-1992)

Research Council (1988-1990)

 

college

At the University of Oregon:

Coordinator, College of Arts and Sciences Education Initiative (2000-2002)

At  Southwest Texas State University:

School of Liberal Arts’ Technology Advisory Committee (1999-2000)

Developed and wrote draft policy for the “Geography Distance Learning Graduate Courses and Distance Learning Degree Program” to submit to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (1999)

At California State University, Chico:

Personnel Committee (1995-1997)

Professional Development Committee (1995-1997)

American Studies Advisory Board (1988-1997)

Social Science Advisory Committee (1987-1997)

Graduate Committee  (1994-1997)

Scholarship Committee (1989-1992)

 

department

At the University of Oregon:

Director, Undergraduate Education (2000-2002)

Personnel Committee (2002-2004)

Director, Summer School Graduate Program for K-12 Teachers (2001-2004)

Coordinator, Department Tea Talks (2001)

Co-Advisor, Gamma Theta Upsilon Honorary International Geography Society (2001-2004)

 

At Texas State University:

Personnel Committee (1997-2000)

Graduate Committee (1997-2000)

Chair, Colloquium Committee (1997-1999)

 

At California State University, Chico:

Personnel Committee (1989-1997)

Graduate Coordinator (1988-1994)

Affirmative Action Liaison (1987-1990)

Curriculum Committee (1987-1993)

Chair: Library Committee (1987-1988)

Scholarship Committee (1986-1989)

 

Community College Service

Asilomar Future Educational Administrators Training Seminar (1985-1986)

Coordinator: Sacramento Math/Science Annual Conferences (1979-1984)

Chair: Committee on International Education (1979-1982)

Coordinator: Gifted Children’s Program (1988-1989)

State Coordinator: California Women in Higher Education Conference (1987)

 

 

 

 

GRADUATE STUDENT DISSERTATION AND THESIS SUPERVISION

Ph.D. Dissertations:

Susan E. Hume. 2004. (Committee chair). Becoming African in America.

 

Margaret Knox. 2004. (Committee chair). Native American Reservations as Sites of Renewed Identity.

 

Gwen G. Scott. 2003. (Committee chair). Locating Transnationalism through Fijiian Transmigration.

 

Torrie Hester. 2004. (Committee member) Deportation: The Origins of a National and International Power, 1875-1924.

 

Kyle Evered. 2002.(Committee member).  Romancing the Region: Mapping the Discursive Terrains in Turkish Constructs of a ‘Turk Dunyasi,1990-2000.

 

Justin Holman 2004. (Committee member). Quantitative Comparison  of Categorical Maps with Applications for the Analysis of Global Environmental Data.

 

Patrick Hurley 2004. (Committee member). Title to be determined.

 

Anna-Minna Pavulans . 2004. (Committee member). Identities in Motion: Citizenship, Language, and Ethnicity in an Era of Multiculturalism.

 

Mitchell Power. 2004. (Committee member).  Early versus Late Holocene Drought in the Northern Rocky Mountains.

 

Hunter Shobe. 2004. (Committee member). Local Identity and Nationalism in Spain.

 

Jan McCoy. 2003 (Committee member, College of Education).

 

Todd Twyman. 2003. (Committee member, College of Education). Effects of a Conceptually Framed Problem/Solution/Effect Graphic Organizer on Content Comprehension and Problem-Solving Skills for Seventh Grade Social Studies Students.

 

Hugh Johnson, 2004 (Committee member, Department of History). Bend, Oregon: A Community Transformed.

 

Judith Dykes-Hoffman. 2003. (Committee member). On the Edge of the Balcones Escarpment: Urban and Cultural Development of New Braunfels and San Marcos, TX, 1845-1880.

 

Jennifer Helzer. 2001. (Committee member). The Italian Ethnic Substrate in Northern California: Cultural Transition and Regional Identity. University of Texas at Austin.

 

Master’s Theses:

 

At the University of Oregon:

Minie Choi. 2004. (Committee chair). Koreans in Portland.

 

Barbara Cates. 2004 (Committee chair). Redevelopment in the Pearl District, Portland.

 

Megan Lawrence. 2004. (Committee chair). Brain Mapping, Cognition, and Spatial Learning.

 

Brittany Jones. 2004. (Committee chair). Title to be determined.

 

Nancy Heimstra. 2004 (Committee member). Mexican Social Networks in Leadville, Colorado.

 

Earen Russell. 2004. (Committee member, Historic Preservation). Interpretation of Agricultural Landscapes: The Railroad Ranch.

 

Allison Dahlin. 2004 (Committee member, Landscape Architecture). Heritage Tourism in Jacksonville, Oregon.

 

Anika Juhn. 2003. (Committee chair). Ethnic and Racial Cluster Analysis of the Pacific Northwest and the Boston CMSA.

 

Maureen Ray. 2003.  (Committee chair). Latino Community in Independence and Woodburn, OR.

 

James Jarvis. 2003. (Member of committee, Historic Preservation Program). Oregon’s Role in the National Register of Historic Preservation.

 

Philip Waugh. 2003. (Member of committee, Historic Preservation Program). Historic Preservation in Oregon.

 

Bryan Ellis. 2003. (Primary research advisor, McNair Scholar’s Program, Department of History). Latino Migration to the Oregon Coast.

 

Erin Aigner. 2002. (Committee chair). Cartography and Visualization of the ‘New’ Ethnic Geography.

 

Jeremy Zhe. 2001. (Committee chair, Environmental Studies Program).  Education for an Ecological Citizenship.

 

Terry Slocum. 2001. (Member of committee, Interdisciplinary Program).  Building Up the Bogs: The Cultural Landscapes of the Danish Bogs and Wetlands.

 

Heather Stoneberg-Henry (Primary research advisor, McNair Scholar, Dept of Ethnic Studies). Spatializing Race: Cartographies of Power in Portland, Oregon, 1905-1952.

 

At Texas State University (all in Geography):

Craig Weaver.2000. (Committee chair). Ethnicity and Education in Texas.

 

Joy Adams.1999.  (Committee chair).  Ethnic Tourism in Three Central Texas Communities.

 

Vanessa Hudson-Eckert. 1999. (Committee member). Pathways to the Discipline: Predilections of Female Undergraduate Geography Majors

 

Lydia Bean. 1999. (Committee chair). A Comparison of Student Performance and Satisfaction in an Introductory Geography Course: Traditional vs. Distance Learning.

 

Rebecca Sheehan. 2000. (Committee member)  Attachment to Place in an East Austin Neighborhood

 

Buck Buchanan. 1999. (Committee chair). The Net Affect: Evaluating the affective Potential of Internet-Based Curricular Materials in Geographic Education.

 

Josephine Jarrell. 1999. (Committee chair). Research on Exemplary Schools in Texas

 

Marc Lefavre. 1999. (Committee member). River Tourism in Central Texas.

 

Allison Moore. 1999. (Committee chair). Collaborative Learning: A Student-Centered Approach to Geographic Education.

 

Rainy Day. 1999. (Committee member). A Geographical Information Systems Analysis of Women’s Health Care Systems in Austin, Texas.

 

Ann Miller.1998. (Committee member). An Analysis of Nonformal and Environmental Education.

 

Fran Sherpa, 1998. (Committee member).  Migration Decisions in International Marriages: A Case Study of Foreign Wives of Sherpas.

 

At California State University, Chico:

Tassannee Chitcharoen. 1999.  (Committee chair). Cultural Ecology of Hmong Gardens in Chico, California.

 

Jeanette Gardner Betts.1997.  (Committee chair).  Women’s Role in Migration, Settlement, and Community Building: A Case Study of ‘Okies’ in a Migrant Farm Workers Camp in Marysville, California.

 

Michael Claussen. 1997. (Committee chair).  The Evolution and Landscape of Lavender Heights.

 

Matthew Bockmeier. 1995. (Committee member). Origin and Diffusion of the Caterpillar Tractor in the Central Valley of California.

 

John Tryon.1995.  (Committee chair). Ensenada Blanca: An Understanding.

 

Richard McMonagle. 1994. (Committee chair). 1994. The Historical Geography of Plumas National Forest.

 

Marne Cottreil. 1993. (Committee chair). Romanian Pentecostals in Sacramento, California.

 

Steven Lucas.1992.  (Committee chair). Historical Geography of Forest Ranch, California.

 

Anita Chang.1992.  (Committee member). Historical Geography of the Old Humboldt Road, Butte County, California.

 

Jennifer Helzer. 1992. (Committee chair)  Hmong Settlement in Chico, California.

 

Kari Forbes-Boyte.1989.  (Committee chair). Sacred Sites of the Konkow Maidu in Butte County, California.

 

 

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES TAUGHT

 

Courses taught at the University of Oregon (2000-2004):

·         Graduate Seminars: Ethnic Geography and The Geography of Immigration

·         Society, Culture, Place (large upper division class)

·         Regional Geography of the United States and Canada (large lower division class)

·         North American Historical Landscapes (large upper division/graduate level class)

·         Urban Geography (large upper division/graduate level class)

·         Instructional Coordinator, America in Context: A Pathway through the Social Sciences for Future Teachers

 

Other courses taught (1987-2000):

 

Graduate-Level Courses

      Historical Landscapes of North America

Advanced Research Design

Spatial Graphics

            Applied Human Geography

Contemporary Issues in Geographic Education

Advances in Human Geography

Seminar in Cultural Geography

Seminar in Ethnic Geography

Seminar in Historical Geography

      Seminar in Geographic Education

 

Upper-Division Courses

Geography of the Russian Realm

Historical Geography of North America

Urban Geography

American Cultural Landscapes

Geographic Education

Regional Geography of the United States and Canada

      Spatial Concepts

 

 

Lower-Division COURSES

             Cultural Landscapes

             The Cultural Environment

             Advanced Human Geography

 Economic Geography

 Physical Geography

 California’s Cultural Landscapes

 Geography of the American West

 European Field Studies

 

Active Professional memberships

International:

International Network of Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education

International Council on Open and Distance Learning

International Geographical Union

International Geography Honor Society, Gamma Theta Upsilon

International Association for the Scholarly Study of Russian Old Ritualism in the U.S. and Russia

 

National:

American Geographical Society (National Councilor)

Association of American Geographers (Regional Councilor, Chair, Committee on Committees, Geography Education Materials Development Committee, Membership Committee)

National Council for Geographic Education (President, 2003-2004, Vice President, Research and External Relations)

The National Geographic Society

The Society of Women Geographers

National Council for the Social Studies

Association of American Colleges and Universities

The National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

Golden Key National Honor Society

National League of American Penwomen

 

 

Regional:

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (Representative to the Association of American Geographers, Chair, Membership Committee and Trussell Award Committee, Coordinator, Women’s Network)

Southwestern Association of American Geographers

 

 

State:

Oregon Geographic Alliance

Association of Oregon Geographers

Oregon Academy of Sciences

Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers

Texas Council for the Social Studies

Texas Alliance for Geographic Education

California Geographic Alliance

California Geographical Society (President, Vice President, Chair, Membership Committee, Awards Committee)

Association of Northern California Records and Research