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Curriculum Vitae
December 1, 2010

John P. Harner

Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150
jharner@uccs.edu
http://www.uccs.edu/jharner
(719) 255-4054

Education
                Ph.D., Geography, December 1996
                Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

                M.A., Geography, August 1993
                Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

                B.S., Geography, Cartography & Remote Sensing Option, May 1986
                The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Areas of Specialization

Urban and cultural geography, Mexico, and GIS. Research interests: Political economy of place, U.S.-Mexico connections and integration, the American urban landscape.

 

Academic Positions

Chair, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2010-present

Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2003-present  

Visiting Professor, Departamento de Geografía y Ordenación Territorial, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico.  January 2005– January 2006.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1997-2003.

Graduate Associate, Department of Geography, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1991-1996.

Courses Taught

Introduction to Human Geography	World Regional Geography
Introduction to GIS	Urban Geography
Advanced GIS	The Cultural Landscape
Geography of Food	Geography of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
Geography of the American Southwest	Research Writing
Seminar: Geographic Research	Geography of Latin America
GPS with GIS	Estadisticas Espaciales (Spatial Statistics)
Field Studies: Northern Mexico	Field Studies: Panama
Field Studies: Guadalajara	Humanities: U.S.-Mexico Border

Other Professional Experience
Geographic Information Systems
GIS Analyst: Geraghty & Miller, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, November 1996 - May 1997

Remote Sensing
Consultant for The Salt River Project, Phoenix, Arizona, January 1994 - September 1994

Image Analyst: Earth Satellite Corporation, Rockville, MD, August 1989 - February 1991

Image Analyst: KRS Remote Sensing, Landover, MD, February 1988 - August 1989

Photogrammetry
Digital Map Editing Supervisor: Quinn Associates, Inc., Horsham, PA, August 1986 - February 1988

Surveying
Survey Aid: Bureau of Land Management, Georgetown, CO, Summer 1985.

 

Books

Kuby, Michael, John Harner, and Patricia Gober. 2010.  Human Geography in Action, 5th Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Kuby, Michael, John Harner, and Patricia Gober. 2007.  Human Geography in Action, 4th Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Kuby, Michael, John Harner, and Patricia Gober. 2004.  Human Geography in Action, 3rd Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Kuby, Michael, John Harner, and Patricia Gober. 2002.  Human Geography in Action, 2nd Edition. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

Kuby, Michael, John Harner, and Patricia Gober. 1998. Human Geography in Action. New York: John Wiley and Sons.

 

Research Articles and Book Chapters

Harner, John, Edith Jiménez, and Heriberto Cruz Solís. 2009. Buying Development: Housing and Urban Growth in Guadalajara, Mexico. Urban Geography 30(5):465-489

Harner, John P., and Kevin Knapp. 2009. Advances in Web-Assisted Planning Tools: A Land Use Impact Calculator for Guadalajara, Mexico. Journal of Urban Design 14(4):557-563.

Harner, John P. 2007. Globalization of Food Retailing in Guadalajara, Mexico: Changes in Access Equity and Social Engagement. Journal of Latin American Geography 6(2):33-53.

Harner, John P. 2003. Elaboración de muebles rústicos en México y su popularidad en los Estados Unidos. Tiempos de América 10:43-55.

Harner, John. 2002. Muebles Rústicos in Mexico and the United States. Geographical Review 92(3):354-371.

Harner, John, Kee Warner, John Pierce, and Thomas Huber. 2002. Urban Environmental Justice Indices. The Professional Geographer. 54(3):318-331.

Harner, John, and Robert Larkin. 2002. Introduction: The Urban West. Journal of the West 41(2):8-9.

Larkin, Robert, and John Harner. 2002. Low Slung and Far Flung: The Urban Southwest. Journal of the West 41(2):41-49.

Harner, John. 2001.  Place Identity and Copper Mining in Sonora, Mexico. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 91(4):647-667.

Harner, John. 2000. The Mexican Community in Scottsdale, Arizona. Yearbook, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 26:29-45.

Harner, John.1998. Dependency and Development in the Copper Mining Region of Sonora, Mexico. Yearbook, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers 24:17-30.

Harner, John. 1996. Place Meaning and Neoliberalism in Sonoran Copper Mining Towns. Geographical Review 86(1):115-116.

Harner, John.  1995. Continuity Amidst Change: Undocumented Mexican Migration to Arizona. The Professional Geographer 47(4):399-411.

Harner, John.  1995. Historical-Cultural Continuity Between Sonora and Arizona.  Journal of Cultural Geography 15(2):17-33.

 

Professional Dialog, Reports, Proceedings, and Invited Contributions

Harner, John, and Kevin Knapp. 2009. Calcular la compatibilidad de uso de suelo en Guadalajara, México, usando una aplicación de SIG por el internet. Memorias de la Conferencia Latinoamericana de Usuarios ESRI. Bogotá, Colombia: Procalculo Prosis. (Peer-reviewed conference proceedings). 

Harner, John. 2003. Dr. Dan Arreola: Recipient of the 2003 Carl O. Sauer Distinguished Scholar Award. Journal of Latin American Geography 2(1):128-130.

Harner, John. 2003. Learning from Mexico, Learning in Mexico: A Field Course to Chihuahua. Pacifica. (Spring 2003):1, 8-12.

Harner, John. 2003. Interactive Learning with Human Geography in Action, Third Edition. Proceedings, Applied Geography Conference. Colorado Springs, Colorado.  (Peer-reviewed conference proceedings).

Gober, Patricia, John Harner, and Mike Kuby. 1999. Geographers Practice Active Learning. Geography: A Newsletter for Educators 9(1):8.

Warner, Kee, David Melendez, John Harner, and Bill Leon. 1998. Enrollment Projections: Methodologies and Uses in Aurora Public Schools. Colorado Springs: Center for Community Development and Design.

Kuby, Michael, John Harner, and Patricia Gober. 1997. The Computer as a Geographer’s Tool. Geography: A Newsletter for Educators 7(2):1-5.

Harner, John, and Ken Houser. 1997. Geraghty & Miller’s Geographic Information System (GIS) Capabilities. Technical Exchange 12(2):6-9.

Kuby, Michael, John Harner, and Patricia Gober. 1997. Student-Centered Human Geography. Geography: A Newsletter for Educators 7(1):8-11.

Harner, John. 1992. Patterns and Processes of Undocumented Mexican Migration to Arizona. Population Geography Specialty Group Newsletter, Fall.

  ok Reviews

Harner, John. 2007. Review of Metropolitan Phoenix, by Patricia Gober. Journal of Cultural Geography 24(2):106-108.

Harner, John. 2006. Review of The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for our Time, by Jeffrey Sachs. Journal of Latin American Geography 5(2):137-139.

 

Popular Media
                Harner, John. 2007. UCCS Dream Turns Sterile. Colorado Springs Independent, April 26-May 2: Page 9.

 

Editorial Service

Guest editor (with Robert Larkin), thematic issue on “Urbanization in the West” in Journal of the West 41(2), Spring 2002.

 

Presentations at Professional Meetings

From Smart Growth to Strip Mall: University Village in Colorado Springs. April, 2010, Washington, DC. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (with Frank Kinder).

Calcular la Compatibilidad de Uso de Suelo en Guadalajara, México, Usando una Aplicación de SIG por el Internet. October 8, 2009, Bogatá, Colombia. XVI Conferencia Latinoamerica de Usuarios ESRI (With Kevin Knapp).

Dimensiones Espacial y Social de la Vivienda en Guadalajara, México. January 8, 2009, Granada, Nicaragua.  Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers.

An Interactive Sustainable Land Use Planning Tool for Guadalajara, Mexico. September 29, 2007, Denver, Colorado. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the AAG (With Kevin Knapp).

A Web-Based GIS Application for Calculating Impacts of Land Use Change Using Sustainable Development Indicators in Guadalajara, Mexico. June 1, 2007, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. (With Kevin Knapp).

Contradictions in the Ownership Society: Housing and Urban Growth in Guadalajara, Mexico. April 20, 2007. San Francisco: Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

Neoliberal Reforms and Social Equity in Guadalajara, Mexico. March 10, 2006. Chicago, IL. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

Sustentabilidad Urbana: Caso de Guadalajara.  September 5, 2005. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. La Geografía Posmoderna: La Identidad en la Diversidad. University of Guadalajara.

Interactive Learning with Human Geography in Action, Third Edition. November 2003. Colorado Springs, Colorado.  November 2003 Applied Geography Conference.

Teaching Globalization of Agriculture and Land Use Change in Latin America for Introductory Students. January 2003, Tucson, Arizona. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers.

Teaching Urban Sprawl: The Colorado Springs Example. Poster presentation, September 27, 2002. Colorado Springs, CO. Colorado’s Future: How Can we Meet the Needs of a Changing State?

Human Geography in Action: Problem Based Learning using GIS. June 5, 2002. Boulder, CO. Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference.

Rustic Furniture Production in Mexico. March, 2002, Los Angeles, CA. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

  Hands-on learning about urban sprawl. Central Arizona - Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project, Fourth Annual Poster Symposium, January 17, 2002. Presented with Michael Kuby and Patricia Gober.

 Elaboración de Muebles Rústicos y su Popularidad en Los Estados Unidos. June, 2001, Benacassim, Spain. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers.

Human Geography in Action: NSF Workshops and Second Edition Changes. March 2001, New York, NY. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

Evaluating Environmental Justice Indices in Colorado. September 2000, Provo, UT. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the AAG.

Developing a County Level Database in a University GIS Lab.  April 2000, Pittsburgh, PA. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

GIS Facilities and Instruction at UCCS. September 1999, Colorado Springs, CO. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the AAG.

Human Geography in Action Summer Workshop. October 1998, Indianapolis, IN. Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education.

 Resort-Town Labor: Mexicans and Chicanos in Scottsdale, Arizona. October 1998, Santa Fe, NM. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers.

Human Geography in Action. March 1998, Boston, MA. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

Place Meaning, Regional Identity, and Copper Mining in Sonora, Mexico. April 1997, Ft. Worth, TX. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

Copper Mining and Enclave Economies in Sonora, Mexico. April 1996, Charlotte, NC. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

Dependency and Development in the Copper Mining Region of Sonora, Mexico. January 1996, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers.

Arizona Migrant Connections With Northwest Mexico.  September 1994, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers.

Patterns and Processes of Undocumented Mexican Migration to Arizona.  March 1994, San Francisco, CA. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.

Sonora to Arizona Undocumented Migration: Old Links and New Changes.  September 1993, Berkeley, CA. Annual Meeting of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers.                                             

 

Other Professional Meeting Participation

Workshop organizer and presenter, WileyPlus for Human Geography in Action, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC, April 2010.

Workshop organizer and presenter, WileyPlus for Human Geography in Action, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, NV, March 2009.

Chair of paper session Spatial Analysis, 2007 Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Sept. 29, 2007.

Chair of paper session GIS and Planning in Latin America, 2007 Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Colorado Springs, CO, June 2.

Panelist, Building International Ties as a Fulbright Scholar: Opportunities and Experiences at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, March 9, 2006.

Field Trip Leader to Guadalajara, 2005 Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico, October 29-30.

Panelist, Higher Education Showcase at GIS in the Rockies 2004, Denver, Colorado, October 7, 2004.

Chair of paper session Geographic Education and Application at the 2003 Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Tucson, AZ, January 6, 2003.

Panelist, Lessons Learned about Teaching with Technology: A Panel of Technology Award-Winning Faculty. Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference, Boulder, CO, June 6, 2002.

Chair of illustrated paper session GIS and Geographic Education at the 2001 Conference of the Association of American Geographers, New York, NY, March 1, 2001.

Chair of paper session Geographical Methods and Approaches at the 2000 Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Colorado Springs, CO, September 2000.

Chair of paper session GIS Applications at the 1999 Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Colorado Springs, CO, September 1999.

Organizer and Chair of the paper session  Landscapes, Chiles, Water, and Work in the Mexican-American Borderlands at the 1998 Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 1998.

 

Invited Lectures

Colorado Springs and MexAmerica. TEN Executive Netowork, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 24, 2009.

Landscapes of Integration between the United States and Mexico. Annual Preston Lecture, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT, April 13, 2007.

Globalizing Guadalajara: Creating Consumers in Urban Mexico. Café Scientifique, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 20, 2007.

Reformas Neoliberales y Sustentabilidad en Guadalajara. Cátedra Inaugural, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, September 1, 2005

Los Sistemas de Información Geográfica en la Actualidad y sus Aplicaciones. Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, February 13, 2004.

Relict Landscapes of the Colorado Springs Automobile Strips. Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Lecture Series, October 18, 2003.

Changing Paradigms in Development: The Case of Copper Mining in Sonora, Mexico. United States Air Force Academy, October 10, 1997.

 

Honors, Grants, and Awards

Fulbright-García Robles Scholar, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2005-2006. Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Professor Researcher program. $16,550.

Consuming the Mexican City. 2005. Research Grant, Committee on Research and Creative Works, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. $5,000.

Innovations in Teaching with Technology Award, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, January 2002. $2,000.

Presidents Faculty Excellence Award for Advancing Learning Through Technology, University of Colorado, May 2002.  I was a finalist in the competition, with an award of $2,000. 

Program of Excellence.  Awarded to the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies from the Colorado Commission for Higher Education. July 2000. Five year grant for $350,000.

Compensation survey of companies in the GIS/Spatial Data fields. 2000. Grant awarded by Merrick & Co.  for $5,000.

Departmental Sponsorship Grant from Merrick & Company. 2000. $2,000.

Supplemental GIS Database development for Southeast Colorado Power. 2000.  $2,700.

Literature: The Geographical Perspective. 2000. Teaching with Technology Partnership Award, UCCS Teaching and Learning Center.$2,000.

Developing GIS-based Archaeology Lab Projects. 1999. Teaching with Technology Partnership Award, UCCS Teaching Technology Center. $2,000 course offload.

Develop a GIS Database for Southeast Colorado Power. 1999. A 13-month project employing 4 student employees. $64,297.28

Implementing University-Wide Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Capabilities. 1998 Changing the Learning Paradigm Through Technology Initiative grant, Office of the President, University of Colorado. $5,500.

Mexican Furniture in the U.S. - The Growth of a Traditional Industry. 1998 Research Grant, Committee on Research and Creative Works, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. $4,988.

Teaching Enhancement Grant, UCCS Committee for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service, December 1997.  Awarded for the purchase of Smart Places, a landuse planning GIS software package. $495.

Mapping Social Worlds. 1997 Faculty Technology Grant, Professional Development Academy, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Principal Investigators: Kee Warner, John Harner, Robert Hughes, and Thomas Huber. $9,695.

Graduate Student Travel Grant, Graduate College, Arizona State University. Awarded for participation in the Charlotte AAG meeting. $200.

Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers Student Honor Award, First Place, December 1995. Awarded for the paper Dependency and Development in the Copper Mining Region of Sonora, Mexico, presented at the 1996 CLAG Conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. $400.

Regents Graduate Academic Scholarship, Graduate College, Arizona State University, academic year 1995 - 1996. $1600 Tuition waiver.

Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, Graduate Professional Student Association, Arizona State University, April 1993.

Association of American Geographers, Population Specialty Group Student Paper Award 1992. $250.

Student Marshal of graduating class of Geography, Penn State, May 1986. 

Graduated With Distinction, Penn State, May 1986.

Edwin L. Drake Memorial Scholarship, Penn State, 1984-85 and 1985-86.

Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society, Penn State, 1982-83.

 

Professional Memberships
                Association of American Geographers

                Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers

 

Peer Manuscript Reviewer
                Annals of the Association of American Geographers                  Geographical Review

                The Professional Geographer                                                          Journal of Historical Geography

                Journal of Latin American Geography                                           Political Geography

                Journal of Transport Geography                                                     Economía, Sociedad, y Territorio

                Papers of the Applied Geography Conference                             Food and Foodways

                Environment and Planning A

Professional Service

Honors Committee, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. 2006-2009. 

Co-organizer, 2007 Meeting of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Colorado Springs, June 1-3, 2007.

Member of the Board of Directors, Catamount Center for Geography of the Southern Rockies, 2005-present.

Elected to the Board of Directors, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, April 2006 - April 2009.

Planning Committee, 2005 Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Denver, CO. Dec. 4, 2004.

Alternate Geography Representative to the U.S. Panamerican Geography and History Commission on Teaching and Professional Development for the Panamerican Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH). Four year term, 2002-2006.

Honors Committee, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. 2002-2003.

Elected to the Board of Directors, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, April 1999 - April 2002.

 

University Service

Faculty Associate for International Education, 2008-2009.

UCCS International Education Advisory Board, 2009-present.

College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences Representative, Faculty Assembly. 2007-2009.

College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences Planning Committee, 2008-2011.

Campus Travel Demand Management Committee, 2007-2008.

Teaching and Learning Center advisory board. 2006-2007.

College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences Research Committee, 2006-2009.

Chancellor’s International Initiative Committee, 2006-2008.

Rosa Parks and Cesar Chávez Scholarship Committee, 2006-2007.

Interim Chair, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Fall 2004.

Graduate Director, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 2002-2009.

Landscape Architect Selection Committee, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, May-June 2002.

Campus Landscape Committee, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 2002-present.

Graduate Executive Committee, Graduate School, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 2002-2009.

Curriculum and Requirements Committee, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.  2000-2002. 

Women in Geography Scholarship Committee, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 2000 - 2004.

Committee on Research and Creative Works, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 2000 - 2007. Committee Chair, 2001 - 2003.

Social Science Symposium Series Committee, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 1997 - 2008.  Committee Chair, 1999 - 2005.

Student Fees Committee, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 1998.

Master Plan Steering Committee, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 1997 - 1998.

Graduate Student Faculty Representative, January 1995 - December 1995, Department of Geography, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Organizer of departmental Brown Bag Lecture Series, Fall 1993, Spring 1994, Fall 1994, Spring 1995, and Fall 1995. Department of Geography, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

 

Chair of MA Committee

Owen, Zachary. 2009. The Commercially-Based Mormon Cultural Landscape: A Proposed Update to the Agricultural Standard. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Putt, Tyler. 2009.  Factors that Drive the Prevalence of Turfgrass Lawn in Colorado Springs, Colorado. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Kinder, Franklin. 2008. The Breakdown of Sustainable Development in Colorado Springs: University Village in North Nevada Avenue Urban Renewal. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Rhatigan, Robert. 2008. Preservation or Disneyfication? The Colorado Limited Gaming Act of 1990 and its Effects on the Historic Landscape and Character of Black Hawk, Central City, and Cripple Creek, Colorado. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Walsh, Jon. 2008. Subdivision Entrances: Imagineering Identity through Marketing, Place-Naming, and Gateway Construction. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Knapp, Kevin. 2007. A Web-Based GIS Application for Calculating Impacts of Land Use Change Using Sustainable Development Indicators in Guadalajara, Mexico. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Hotop, Cynthia. 2007. The Family Farm as a Community Resource: A Case Study of the Venetucci Farm. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

O’Brien, Jason. 2006. The Political Economy of Residential Development in a Fast-Growing, Second-Tier City: An Application of the Growth Machine Theory. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Humber, Thomas.  2005. Explorations of Geographical Thought and Development: An examination of travel narratives in search of a nineteenth century geographical epistemology. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Kogan, Linda. 2004. Measuring Institutional Sustainability: The Ecological Footprint of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Carlson, Troy. 2004. Recreational Land Use Planning and Conflict Mitigation with the Incorporation of Geographic Information Systems and Image Processing: A Case Study within the Monument Open Space, Monument, Colorado. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Barry, Peter. 2003. Structure Vulnerability Assessment in the Wildland-Urban Interface using GIS and Remote Sensing. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Haefner, Lori.  2003. Commodification of Place: Boosters, the Growth Machine, and the Built Landscape in Northwest Colorado Springs.  University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Burkey, Tara Suzanne.  2002. Using Literature to Explore Environmental Perception and the Human-Nature Relationship in 20th Century America. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

 

MA Committee Member

League, Cedar. 2008. What Were They Thinking?: YouTube and Flash Flood Driving Behavior. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Chair: Eve Gruntfest.

Reyes, Andrea Melissa. 2008. Analysis of Backscatter Intensity of Known Ship Targets Using Polarimetric Data. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Chair: Tom Huber

Worthey, Marshall. 2007. Rapid Field Verification: A New Method for Assessing Accuracy of Land Cover Data in the Field. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Chair: Tom Huber

Radil, Steve. 2007. Global Patterns of Terrorism 1998-2005: A Geographic Overview and Root Cause Analysis. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Chair: Roger Sambrook

Olson, Nancy. 2006. Analyzing the Behavior of Transportation Mode Choice: Reducing Single Occupancy Vehicle Travel at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Chair: Curt Holder

Kirschbaum, Sara. 2003. Tornado Watches and Warnings: Regionalized Vulnerability and Prospective Responses. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Chair: Eve Gruntfest

Waterinckx, Philippe. 2000. El Paso County Natural Hazards Clearinghouse: A GIS-Web Dynamic Map. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Chair: Tom Huber