 Thomas (Tom) Huber
Professor
Columbine 1031
719.255.3790
thuber@uccs.edu
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curriculum vitae
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Education:
- PhD, Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1980
- MA, Geography, Syracuse University, 1976
- BS, Geography, USAF Academy, 1969
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Research Interests:
- Colorado Geography
- Mountain Geomorphology/Soils
- Remote Sensing for Resource Management
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Research Projects:
- Currently most of my time is writing a book (An American Provence) comparing the North Fork Valley of the Gunnison River in Colorado with the Vaucluse in southern France.
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Courses Taught:
- Statistical Analysis in Geography
- Writing Place
- Mountain Environments
- Geography of Colorado
- Soils
- Intro to Remote Sensing
- Image Processing
- Map and Compass
- Geomorphology
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Awards and Honors:
- UCCS Teacher of the Year
- University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar
- Fulbright Fellowship
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Selected Publications:
- Colorado - An Aerial Geography of the Highest State, Western Reflections Publishing, 2002. (w/Jim Wark).
- Colorado - The Place of Nature, The Nature of Place, University Press of Colorado, 1993.
- “In This Issue - Symposium on Water Issues,” Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, 4 (3), 2006, pp. viii - xi.
- “Spectral Signatures in the Classroom” Journal of Geography, 103 (1) (2004), pp. 38-42.
- “The Pikes Peak Highway as a Case of Environmental Conflict” Papers of the Applied Geography Conference, 26 (2003), pp. 408-415.
- “Campus-Based Geographic Learning: A Field Oriented Teaching Scenario” Journal of Geography, 102 (5) (2003) (w/ Steve Jennings).
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Outreach and Service:
- Board member - Rocky Mountain Field Institute
- Board member - Catamount Center for the Geography of the Southern Rockies
- Chair, Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Task Force (2007-2008)
- Member, University of Colorado President Search Committee (2005)
- Member, Heller property Oversight Committee
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