DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW

COMPREHENSIVE REPORT: 1998-2003

PROGRAM NAME: BS in Geography and AS in Meteorological Technology and GIS Certificate Program WKU REFERENCE NUMBER: 674 (BS), 674P (BS Prep) 269 (AS) and 174 (GIS) DEPARTMENT NAME: Geography and Geology NAME OF DEPARTMENT HEAD: David J. Keeling NAMES OF FULL-TIME FACULTY WHO REGULARLY TEACH COURSES IN THIS PROGRAM: Algeo, Katie Crawford, Nicholas Keeling, David All, John Deal, Richard Kenworthy, Stephen Bingham, James Dobler, Scott Kreitzer, Debbie Blackburn, Will Foster, Stuart Mahmood, Rezaul Cary, Kevin Groves, Chris Trapasso, Michael ** Crawford, Dobler, and Groves also teach courses in the Geology program occasionally. NAMES OF OPTIONAL RETIREES WHO REGULARLY TEACH COURSES IN THIS PROGRAM: Petersen, Albert NAMES OF PERSONS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING THIS REPORT: David J. Keeling, with contributions from all the faculty DATE OF SUBMISSION: December 1, 2003

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ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW Department of Geography and Geology

December 1, 2003 OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT The Department of Geography and Geology comprises 20 full-time faculty and serves about 210 undergraduate majors, 40 minors, and 28 graduate students in a variety of specializations. The Department offers a B.S in Geography, a B.S. in Geology, and an MS in Geoscience (with separate reports provided on each program), as well as an AS in Meteorological Technology and a 12-hour GIS Certificate. Several educational, research, and public service facilities are housed within the Department that provide exciting opportunities for a combination of theoretical and practical work. A major goal of the Department is to involve undergraduate and graduate students actively in all aspects of research as an integrated part of their academic programs with the purpose of nurturing their intellectual growth, critical-thinking skills, and technical experience. The Center for Cave and Karst Studies serves as a major research center dealing with all aspects of cave and karst studies, with an emphasis on solving environmental problems associated with karst terrain. The Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, part of the Center for Water Resource Studies, another of the University's Applied Research centers, is a consortium of scientists and students dedicated to research and higher education at the cutting edge of environmental science. Its primary mission is to be a leader in the development of innovative, basic, and applied research programs aimed at understanding the dynamics of human-landscape-atmosphere interactions. The College Heights Weather Station maintains a fully equipped weather station with remote radar capability. The Kentucky Climate Center, directorship of the State Climatologist for Kentucky, is the certified state climate office for Kentucky and a member of the National Climate Services Partnership. The Center archives climatic data for Kentucky, provides access to state, national, and global climatic data, and is active in a wide variety of service, research, and educational outreach activities. The Department’s new Geographic Information Science (GIS) Laboratory provides a state-of-the-art educational and research facility. The Lab maintains licenses for ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, and S-Plus software and provides access to a variety of spatial data, including digital geologic quads, digital elevation models, digital raster graphics, digital orthophotos, and other commonly used map data. Applied and basic field research by faculty and students is conducted continually in the local area, surrounding states, and throughout the world.

II.A. Mission Statement/Relation of the Program to the University Mission The Department of Geography and Geology at Western Kentucky University offers the B.S. Degree in Geography, as well as the AS in Meteorological Technology and the 12-hour GIS Certificate (Geographical Information Science). These programs share the common goal of preparing undergraduate students for careers in the geosciences and for further education at the graduate or professional level. The Department offers an academically rigorous and flexible program of study that prepares students for success in a global society by providing training in the following areas: critical thinking and reasoning; geographical analysis; global environmental change; the

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physical and cultural contexts of social development, growth, and change; planning; and policy development (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. Discipline-Centered Graphic of the Department Mission

MISSION STATEMENT

The Department aims to provide students with an outstanding and practical educational experience and it strives to achieve three fundamental goals: Excellence in Teaching, Excellence in Research, and Excellence in Service. The Department is committed to providing current knowledge and leadership development in the geographical sciences to enhance the career success of students, and to engage in scholarly activities that develop new information in the geographical sciences while providing services to constituents.

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The Department’s fundamental philosophical goal is to instill in each of its graduates the following qualities:

These qualities are achieved in the undergraduate program through a solid grounding in geographical analysis, critical thinking and reasoning, written and oral communication, student-centered research, and quantitative interpretation. However, the program also offers sufficient flexibility in course offerings and program tracks to allow students to develop emphases in GIS, planning, education, meteorology, environment, and sustainable development. The Department also contributes to the General Education mission of the university by offering courses in Category C (Social Science), Category D (Science), and Category E (World Cultures). Indeed, the Department’s programs are critical to the institution’s mission of preparing students for success in a global society,

STUDENT ENHANCEMENT GOALS • Openness to others and the ability to communicate with clarity and precision; • Self-confidence and intellectual curiosity, with the geographical and analytical skills

required to satisfy both; • A sense of scale and context in the worlds of nature and society; • An appreciation for the richness and variety of human experience and expression; • An intellectual mastery in and passion for the geosciences; • A commitment to ethical and responsible citizenship, including respect for, and an

ability to get along with, others; • A sense of direction, with the self-discipline, personal values, and moral conviction

to pursue life-long learning goals.

Vision and Mission of Western Kentucky University • Western aspires to be the best comprehensive public institution in Kentucky and among the best in the nation. • Western aspires to be the university of choice for students and faculty who are dedicated to academic excellence. • True to the Western spirit, the University offers an inviting, nurturing, and challenging environment, which is responsive to the intellectual, social, and cultural needs of a diverse learning community. Western’s success is reflected in the success of its alumni, who are known for their leadership, adaptability, enterprise, and commitment to Western. • Western aspires to produce nationally and globally competitive graduates and to provide optimum service and life-long learning opportunities for its constituents. • Western aims to prepare students for success in a global society.

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as success is predicated on a clear understanding of our global society, its mechanisms, structures, challenges, and opportunities. Programs and courses in the Department also clearly mesh with the vision and mission of Western Kentucky University.

Students in the B.S. in Geography must complete 44 hours in general education courses, of which 9 hours can be applied to the major or minor. Every student majoring in Geography must complete an 18-hour common core, and then may choose 15 additional hours based on the chosen program track (see Appendix G for details). The common core in Geography includes 9 lower-division hours of general education/ preparatory courses (Introduction to Human Geography (Cat. C), Introduction to Physical Geography (Cat. D), and World Regional Geography (Cat. E)) and 9 upper-division hours of skill-centered courses. The skill courses are Geographic Research Methods (focus on critical thinking, writing, and communication skills), Cartographic Design for GIS (focus on maps, GIS-centered spatial analysis, and reading the landscape), and Data Analysis and Interpretation (focus on quantitative skills in data management). The major in Geography is supported by a major or minor in another discipline, for a total of at least 48 unduplicated hours in a major-minor or double major combination. Students completing the Associate Degree in Meteorological Technology complete 23 hours in the sciences (13 hours in Meteorology/Climatology, 3 hours in Math, 3 hours in Computer Science, and 4 hours in Physics), in addition to 41 hours in general education courses, for a total of 64 hours. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Certificate requires 12 hours of GIS courses and can be completed as a stand-alone program or as part of a major or minor in Geography. In summary, the Department’s mission is to recruit the best students possible, to continue to provide an up-to-date and relevant program, and to review the program and its graduates regularly through ongoing assessment, appropriate capstone courses, internships, examinations, and surveys. The program is continually enhanced through the assessment process by “closing the loop” between student-centered outcomes and program purpose and quality. With its broad spectrum of geographically centered analysis, interpretation, practice, and communication, the Geography undergraduate program subscribes to the University’s aspiration to be the best comprehensive public institution in Kentucky and among the best in the nation. The Department reflects Western’s emphasis on rigorous academic standards, creative and diverse scholarship, and appropriate and relevant service to the community, region, and profession. Geography program graduates have a strong impact on the Commonwealth and nation in the fields of GIS, planning, location analysis, environmental management and consulting, business, social and economic development, teaching, and other pro-fessions requiring strong skills in spatial analysis, critical thinking, communication, and science-based reasoning. The Geography program prepares students for success in a global society. B. Comments/Clarifications related to Institutional Research Data

Data provided by the Office of Institutional Research significantly under-report the actual number of majors in the Geography program. The Department regularly counts +/- 40 majors over the number recorded by OIR. Overall, the number of majors has remained steady over the past five years, with 178 majors recorded by the

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Department at the beginning of the Fall 2003 semester (see Appendix E.1, Table E.1.1). Compared to geography program majors at other Kentucky institutions (see Appendix E.1, Table E.1.2), the Geography major is very healthy at Western, recording more than twice as many majors as the University of Kentucky and more than all the other majors combined at the University of Louisville and the other state comprehensive institutions. Student credit hours have undergone significant fluctuation over the past five years for several reasons (see Appendix E.1, Table E.1.3, and Appendix F, Section 1.A.4). First, significant program and course restructuring has occurred since 1998 as a consequence of several retirements and the hiring of younger faculty with new types of teaching and research expertise. Second, course additions in GIS and in several advanced areas of study, including a reinvigoration of the MS program in Geoscience, have caused a downward trend in the average class size, as many of the lab-centered courses are now limited to 20 students each (see Appendix F, Section 1.A.5). Third, the Department has routinely had student/faculty ratios in the 22-27 range and has made a concerted effort to reduce this to a ratio more approximating the average for Ogden College (17:1) (see Appendix F, Section 1.A.8), the desired ratio for Western, and for other geography programs nationwide. Indeed, for most of the 1990s, the Department routinely proved to be one of the most efficient in terms of actual expenditures per SCHP, at $82 per student credit hour (see Appendix F, Section 1.C.2). The Department also has aimed to reduce the average student credit hours produced per full-time equivalent faculty (SCHP/FTEF) from an average of 425-450 to an average of 275-300, again more approximating the average for Ogden College and for many departments across the university and nationwide (see Appendix E.1, Table E.1.2). These changes are necessary to continue improving the quality of undergraduate instruction and to prepare students more effectively for success in a global society. Although instructional efficiencies can be achieved through offering larger sections of some introductory classes, many of the hands-on, skilled-based, laboratory centered, or technique-driven courses offered by the Department at both the lower- and upper-division levels require class sizes of 20 or less. Project-centered course work or courses that require demanding pedagogies cannot be delivered effectively or productively to large groups of students. Other data, such as average ACT scores and high school GPA (see Appendix F, Section 1.B.1), show consistency over the review period, although the average GPA of students declaring geography as a major increased from 3.0 in 1998 to 3.2 in 2002. OIR data on the number of program graduates are consistent with departmental data, and show the average number of graduates per year at 32 (see Appendix F, Section 1.A.2), which is approximately one-third of all Geography degrees awarded in Kentucky and typically twice as many as graduated each year from the University of Kentucky (see Appendix I). The number of full-time equivalent faculty (FTEF) teaching geography courses grew from a nadir of 13.5 in 2001 to the current 17 positions in Fall 2003. One of these positions is dedicated, effective Fall 2003, to servicing the Glasgow campus, with 13 FTEF at the main campus (plus a ½ time faculty assignment for Department Head duties and a ½ time faculty assignment for directing the GIS Facility) and one optional retiree and several adjuncts comprising the other two FTEF positions.

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C. Teaching and Learning The teaching and learning mission of the Department is to provide a relevant, up-

to-date, and integrative educational experience in Geography for its majors and minors. The Department strives to prepare students for engagement with local, national, and global issues; to instill in students ethical and moral values related to citizenship and community; and to help students develop a set of integrated theoretical and practical skills that can be applied to solving community issues and problems. The Department aims to integrate the curriculum with marketplace needs and to prepare students for careers in the public and private sectors or for advanced graduate study.

1. Program Faculty: Fifteen full-time faculty in the Department of Geography and Geology teach courses in the Geography program, with three of those faculty also teaching occasional courses in the Geology program. One instructor is dedicated to the Glasgow campus full-time. • Rank of full-time geography faculty: 4 tenured professors, 1 tenured associate

professor, 1 tenured assistant professor, 5 tenure-track assistant professors, and 4 instructors.

• The four instructors and one tenured assistant professor hold M.S. or M.A. Degrees in Geography, and the 10 tenured or tenure-track faculty hold Ph.D. degrees in geography. One faculty member also holds the J.D.degree.

• Faculty in the Geography program participate, or have participated in, the Latin American Studies Program, the Women’s Studies Program, the Honor’s Program, the Freshman Seminar experience, and various Gifted Studies programs. Three faculty also teach courses in the Geology program, and all Ph.D. faculty teach courses in the MS Geoscience program.

• The Department currently employs one half-time optional retiree. • The Department employs several adjunct faculty each semester at the extended

campus locations of Owensboro, Glasgow, and Elizabethtown/Ft. Knox. Typically, their contributions equal 1.0 to 1.5 FTEF each semester.

2. Program Students: Driven by the CPE mandate of “more students going to college,” enrollment has not been limited in the Department. The overall educational quality of students varies tremendously, with some students ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class and others ranked in the lower 50 percent. OIR data, such as average ACT scores and high school GPA (see Appendix F, Section 1.B.1), show consistency over the review period, although the average GPA of students declaring geography as a major increased from 3.0 in 1998 to 3.2 in 2002. There is no geography requirement in the Kentucky high-school curriculum, so most students come to the introductory, general education classes completely unprepared for geographical study and generally ignorant about the world around them. The issue of geographical illiteracy among Americans has received national and international attention and much remedial work has to be done at the entry level for most incoming freshmen (see an article addressing this issue online at: http://www.wku.edu/echo/archive/2003feb/stories/geography.htm). Nonetheless,

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despite these challenges, many students successfully complete the program and go on to professional or graduate school or become productive members of the community. In terms of recruiting majors, very few high-school graduates arrive at Western pre-declared in Geography. Only the Meteorology-Climatology track in Geography attracts students directly from high school, with many of them interested in careers in broadcasting or desirous of getting involved somehow in the “exciting” area of storm chasing. Approximately 80 percent of all Geography majors and minors are recruited from the introductory, general education courses, primarily Geog 110 (World Regional) and Geog 100 (Physical Geography). Many of these students “discover” Geography well into their sophomore or junior year, and this often causes an extension of their college careers as they rush to catch up on required and sequenced courses. 3. Indicators of Teaching and Advising Quality: From a philosophical perspective, the Department has articulated a set of program goals and outcomes related to teaching, advising, and learning.

TEACHING GOALS AND OUTCOMES PROGRAM GOALS: • To develop students' fundamental communication skills; • To develop students' critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities; • To instill in students core values and ethics for life; • To instill in students an awareness of their social and civic responsibilities; • To enable students to understand and engage with the concepts and practices of

global interdependence; • To promote in students a desire for continual personal development; • To encourage students to enhance their aesthetic perception and ability; • To develop students' professional proficiency. PROGRAM OUTCOMES: • Students have developed the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that lead toward life-long

learning and enhanced life opportunities; • Students understand and appreciate the diverse nature of people who live together in

a world of diminishing distance; • Students can apply the technological knowledge, skills, attitudes, and flexibility

needed to succeed in a rapidly changing environment; • Students have developed the cognitive processes and dispositions necessary to think

critically, to analyze problems in context, and to make sound and intelligent decisions;

• Students have acquired and utilize the body of knowledge, and have developed the constellation of skills, associated with their discipline, interdisciplinary areas of specialty, or professional field;

• Students can gather and utilize information to enhance knowledge, and can use communication skills to convey meaning effectively and accurately;

• Students have developed fundamental skills in the geosciences, use geoscience in their chosen fields, and understand how the geosciences can be used in analysis and problem solving.

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Teaching Quality: Since 1998, four faculty have been nominated for College awards in teaching (Dr. Siewers in the Geology program won the Ogden Teaching Award in 2002). Four faculty were awarded sabbatical leaves to facilitate more in-depth research in their disciplines. Over the past five years, 15 of the Department’s students have gone on to advanced degree programs around the country (in addition to program graduates continuing on in the Department’s Geoscience Master’s program), a tribute to the educational preparation they receive in the Department. Most faculty in the Department have incorporated digital technology and web-assisted learning into the curriculum, with several faculty using personal web pages to support their teaching. Faculty have developed new courses in Introductory GIS, Advanced GIS, Global Environmental Change, Environmental Ethics in Geography, Physical Climatology, Dynamic Meteorology, and Food and Agriculture, and have taught one-time experimental courses in World Music, Globalization, Geohazards, and Storm Water Management. Faculty have also developed a series of one-hour introductory courses targeted at non-science students to attract them to the geosciences. These courses include Volcanoes and Earthquakes, Tornadoes, Mid-latitude Cyclones, Hurricanes, Floods, Droughts, and Natural Disasters. A special section of University Experience (GEOG 175) is offered each Fall semester for students pre-declared in, or considering, Geography. One faculty member team-teaches an interdisciplinary course in Latin American Studies with the History, Modern Languages, and Political Science departments, and three faculty teach Honor’s Program-designated courses, with at least one Honor’s section offered each semester. The Department also contributes courses to the Leadership Studies Certificate Program and a faculty member in the Department supervises student projects in the LEAD 400 and LEAD 600 capstone courses. All faculty are willing to offer enhanced Honor’s designation to any upper-division course upon request. The Department of Geography and Geology is committed to ongoing faculty development in the area of teaching. Faculty members have attended 15 workshops or activities sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Department’s University Distinguished Professor has agreed to a half-time appointment with the CTL commencing during the 2003-2004 academic year to promote teaching quality. The Department strongly believes that a firm link exists between excellence in teaching and excellence in research. Faculty who consistently rank high on University S.I.T.E. evaluations for student engagement and excellence in teaching are typically productive researchers. Appendix A.1 details the scholarship produced by the Geography faculty since 1998. Much of this scholarship is either a result of student-centered collaborative research or finds its way into the classroom as case studies, exemplars, or component parts of the course curriculum. Retention: Over the past five years, the Geography program has averaged 30 graduates per year, with a calculated 5-year retention rate of approximately 76.5%, well above the University six-year graduation rate of 42 percent. Data show that over 80% of all students pre-declaring in Geography complete an official degree program and go on to finish the program. The Department has one or two “Peer Tutors” employed each semester, typically juniors or seniors who have earned “A” grades in each of the introductory-level courses, to assist “at-risk” students. The Department relies on the

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University’s 6-week assessment process, as well as individual faculty reports, to identify poorly performing students in the introductory courses and to encourage them to seek assistance from the Peer Tutors. Internal investigations have determined that over 90% of pre-declared majors in Geography who fail an introductory course do so because of poor study habits (defined as chronic absenteeism, poor note-taking strategies, intellectual laziness, and an inability to read and interpret textual material). The same problems affect non-geography majors taking general education, introductory-level courses, with approximately 6-9 percent of enrolled students each semester taking a “W” by the official drop date. Almost all of these students have problems with excessive absenteeism and a lack of serious engagement with the course material; only a few withdraw for financial or other personal reasons. Advising Quality:

The Department has a student-centered, faculty responsive system for student advisement. Every faculty member is expected to be a good advisor, as the Geography program has seven tracks that require discipline-centered expertise in terms of advising. All students meet with the Department Head for advising when completing the official degree program, and, typically, all pre-declared freshmen students meet with the Department Head or a faculty member who specializes in the chosen area prior to registering for courses. In 2002-2003, Debbie Kreitzer received a Master of the Spirit award for participation in the Freshman Seminar program and for focusing on advising, retention, and preparing freshmen for the university experience. She also participated in the M.A.S.T.E.R. Plan (August 2003), another program designed to help retain students by easing the transition from high school to college. In addition to personal contact with a faculty member, students have access to specific departmental “major sheets” (see Appendix H, Tracks in the Geography Major) and to detailed program and course information posted on the Department’s website (www.wku.edu/geoweb/info/program.htm). Every major or minor track, along with descriptions of every course offered in the Department, is described on the website, and the Department has a four-year degree plan posted on the website to help students plan their progress through to graduation. Informational pages are available online for many courses, as are the syllabi. These offer an option for interested students to learn more about both content and approach for these courses. The Department strives to offer all sequenced courses on a regular basis so that students can graduate on schedule. 4. Indicators of Student Learning: Currently-enrolled students:

Many of the program’s students choose an internship experience during their junior or senior year, and many have participated in local, national, and international supervised research projects. Forty-four students have completed external internships or an internal practicum since Summer 1999 (see Appendix K). Thirty-five of the program’s students have participated in a study abroad or departmental field camp over the past five years (including geography, geology, and geoscience students). The Department assesses each graduating senior through a written exam that comprises a basic discipline-centered knowledge survey and six written analytical and critical-thinking essays based on the student’s track in the program. Data and student feedback

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from the senior assessment are used to enhance student learning through program and course revisions, thus “closing the loop” between student learning outcomes and program goals. Students also engage in supervised course-centered and independent research, presenting posters and papers at local, regional, national, and international conferences. During the review period, over 100 student-authored papers and posters were presented at conferences and other academic meetings. Another forty-five students enrolled in directed study, independent research, or other supervised learning experiences in the Department. Program Graduates The majority of the graduates in Geography find employment in one of the many specialty areas of the discipline. A major barrier to successful career placement for many graduates is an unwillingness to seek employment beyond Kentucky. Moreover, a lack of career opportunities in location analysis, transportation planning, environ-mental management and consulting, city and regional planning, climate-related positions, and business enterprise within the state continue to limit the ability of graduates to find suitable employment beyond graduation. The Department is attempting to address this problem through program restructuring, a new focus on GIS-related courses, and more structured research-centered experiences that might better prepare students for career opportunities. Those students who have gone on for graduate study in major geography programs around the country (e.g., Indiana State, Washington, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida, and Kansas) have been successful. Five program graduates have successfully completed the Ph.D. since 1998. According to data gathered through alumni surveys via the departmental GEOGRAM, over two-thirds of the respondents reported that they had found full-time employment in areas strongly or moderately related to their major focus within two years of graduation (see partial alumni data in Appendix G). D. Research/Creative Activity

Faculty in the Department conduct applied and basic research in local, regional, national, and international environments on a wide variety of issues related to human-environment interactions. The Department aims to involve all of its students in applied research activities, facilitated through the activities of the Programs of Distinction and the research institutes, with particular emphasis on local and regional development issues. Appendix A.1 details the scholarship of faculty assigned primarily to the Geography program. During the review period 33 articles, books, and book chapters were published in peer-review outlets, with another 168 articles, technical reports, book reviews, editorials, and comments published in other non-peer-reviewed forums. Appendix B.1 details the academic presentations made by the faculty during the review period at conferences, university seminars, and other meetings locally, nationally, and around the world. For example, faculty in the Department have presented 279 research papers and seminars in the United States, China, Britain, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, South Korea, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Belgium, and Greece, a remarkable global reach of scholarship! Dr. Chris Groves won the 2000 Ogden College Award for Research and Scholarly Activity.

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E. Service The Department strives to provide relevant, practical service to the university, the

community, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and to the disciplines of Geography and Geology. Both faculty and students are encouraged to serve on committees, to be active in their communities, to provide expertise and advice to a variety of constituents, and to work towards improving the human-environment condition. During the review period, literally hundreds of different types of service activities were recorded by the Geography faculty, and Appendix D.1 details the myriad institutional, community, P-12, and discipline-related service activities engaged in by faculty during the review period. The quality and volume of service provided to the Department, college, institution, community, region, state, and nation distinguish this Department from many others on campus. Dr. Stuart Foster has served as the Kentucky State Climatologist since August 2000, replacing D. Glen Conner, who served in that position from 1978 with distinction until his retirement in 2000. Dr. Ken Kuehn (detailed in the Geology program section) received the Ogden College Award for Public Service in 1999 (and was also named University Distinguished Professor in 2001), and Dr. Nick Crawford received the same award in 1996. Both Drs Crawford and Kuehn have been recognized by the American Institute of Professional Geologists and the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists respectively for distinguished service. Faculty have served with distinction in many professional organizations, including service as manuscript reviewers, officers, webmasters, grant proposal reviewers, paper-session coordinators at professional meetings, and spokespersons. F. Grant Activity Since 1998, faculty have been actively seeking grants and contracts from a variety of external and internal sources to support student-centered research. The Department has three research centers that function as part of Ogden College’s Applied Research and Technology Program: The Center for Cave and Karst Studies, the Kentucky Climate Center, and the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute. Over the five-year period, faculty applied for over $18 million in 204 individual grants and contracts and received total funding in the amount of $3.53 million (approximately a 20 percent success rate). Of this amount, $108,843 came from internal sources and $3.25 million came from external sources (see Appendix E.1, Table E.1.4, for summary details, and Appendix C.1 for grants detailed by faculty member). G. Other Indicators of Program Achievement and Contributions 1. Program Viability: The Geography program remains a strong and popular major at Western, with the average numbers of majors hovering between 160 and 175 over the past five years. The majority of majors in Geography are recruited directly from the introductory, general education courses. The strength of the program is based on student-centered learning, good advising, excellent teaching, and faculty/student research that is integrated into the curriculum. Although geography enrollments have suffered nationally over the past generation of students as a consequence of P-12 systems failing to appreciate the importance of a geographically centered education, several changes have occurred that are reinvigorating the discipline and drawing more students to the major. First, a new

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Advanced Placement test in Human Geography has been introduced into high schools. Second, the development of advanced spatial mapping techniques, encapsulated in Geographic Information Science (GIS), and new satellite-based locational tools, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS), have captured the imagination of the latest generation of students. This interest in advanced spatial mapping tools and techniques will translate into a growing demand for spatially centered courses and programs over the coming years. Tables E.1.6 and E.1.7 in Appendix E.1 detail the anticipated growth in demand for GIS-related courses and the 12-hour GIS certificate program.

2. Contributions to University Programs:

In addition to providing discipline-centered technical, theoretical, and applied courses in Geography, the Department offers several courses in General Education: Category C - Social Science • Geog 101 Principles of Human Geography • Geog 350 Economic Geography • Geog 360 Geography of North America • Geog 471 Natural Resource Management • Geog 480 Urban Geography Category D – Science • Geog 100 Introduction to Physical Geography (Honors Designated) • Geog 121 Meteorology (Lab Designated) • Geog 280 Introduction to Environmental Science Category E – World Cultures • Geog 110 World Regional Geography (Honors Designated) • Geog 200 Introduction to Latin American Studies The Department also contributes to the Honors Program by offering Honors designated sections of Geog 100 and 110, and offers upper-division Honors-augmented classes at the request of Honors students. Courses in the Department also fulfill requirements in the Latin American Studies program (#408), the Asian Studies program (#317), the Russian and East European Studies program (#451), the Canadian Studies program (#198), and the Middle East Studies Certificate program. Nine hours in Geography are required for the Major in Social Studies (#592), and geography courses are also accepted as concentration requirements or electives, or suggested electives, in Political Science (#686), Broadcasting (#726), News/Editorial Journalism (#716), Photo-journalism (#750), Public Relations (#763), Elementary Education (#527), Middle Grades Education (#579), Industrial Sciences (#571), and Biology (#525). Several courses in the Geography program are cross-listed with the Geology program, and the Department teaches one section each Fall of University Experience for Geography and Geology majors (Geog 175). Geography faculty also collaborate with faculty in the Departments of Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Education, and Public Health in graduate and undergraduate research projects. The Department of Geography and Geology contributes to University programs by offering study abroad and geography field-camp opportunities. Study abroad programs

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help prepare students to participate in a global society. In July 2002, twenty students from five university departments enrolled in courses offered by two Geography faculty through the Department’s summer program in Australia. This study abroad experience exposed students to global issues like World Heritage Site management, the effects of tourism on sensitive environments, deforestation, air and water pollution and planning issues in a way that is impossible to duplicate in the classroom. In summer 2003, eight students and two faculty toured the southwestern United States as part of a geography field camp. Students actively engaged in experiencing different cultures and physical landscapes, which broadened their understanding of national and regional peoples and lands. In 2004, the Department is offering study abroad courses in the Bahamas (Spring Break Geology program) and in the British Isles (field-based geoscience program). Approximately 40 students have expressed interest so far in these programs. Although geography and geology students constitute the majority of the students that participate in these programs, they are open to all students at WKU. Each summer, the Center for Cave and Karst Studies offers a series of workshops based at Mammoth Cave National Park. Now in its 26th year, this program offers both university credit and continuing education credit courses. These opportunities play a significant role in Western Kentucky University’s Quality Enhancement Plan as they enhance student “engagement” and prepare students to live and work in a global society. 3. Use of Technology: Technology has been thoroughly incorporated into the teaching, research, and service strategies of the Department during the review period. The Department has made a concerted commitment to the use of digital instruction technology to enhance student learning. Digital projectors and computers are available for instructional use in all classrooms, either permanently installed or on a mobile cart. Faculty routinely use presentation technology in conjunction with PowerPoint, interactive web sites, and various specialized software. Digital media's power lies in its ability to combine photographs, maps, and text, allowing instructors to illustrate abstract concepts with real world examples and to meet the needs of visual as well as aural learners. Through institutional Action Agenda funds, the Department developed, in partnership with the Agriculture and Architectural and Manufacturing Sciences departments, a state-of-the-art GIS facility. GIS courses are taught in the facility, which seats twenty students. All computers are networked to the internet and to the campus network. Specialized hardware in the lab includes a flat bed scanner and nine digitizing tablets. A system-wide license with ESRI Corporation provides an unlimited number of licenses for ArcGIS 8.3, an advantageous arrangement vis-à-vis future expansion of GIS facilities. Additional software includes ERDAS Imagine, CorelDraw, Visual Basic, Java, C++, S-Plus, SPSS, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, AutoDesk Map, and Mathematica. In addition to regular use for GIS instruction, the lab is scheduled on an as-needed basis by other geography and geology classes for demonstrations and hands-on analysis. The GIS Research and Development lab, containing four workstation-class computers, two file servers, a large format scanner, large format printer, and two Trimble Pro GPS units, provides advanced GIS computing facilities for student and faculty research. The lab also meets, on a contractual basis, local business and community needs for GIS services.

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Through judicious use of grant funds, specialized equipment has been purchased to support student-centered research activities, including computers and other electronic equipment, scanning electron microscopes, micro-gravity meters, and other supporting materials. The Department has expended funds from its own operating budget to provide zip disks, memory-chip upgrades, faster computer processors, and other ancillary computer hardware needed to support faculty teaching and research activities. The standard computer set-up provided by the institution is completely inadequate for basic teaching and research needs in the sciences. Several of the more senior faculty are still running computers with outdated operating software, inadequate RAM and hard-drive capabilities, and without the ability to run more sophisticated analytical software (ArcGIS, S-Plus, etc.). The Department maintains a strong web presence with its departmental website (www.wku.edu/geoweb/) (see Appendix L, copy of the home page), which hosts several thousand visitors each year. The website has hundreds of information pages, with course descriptions, program summaries, and details about faculty and student research projects, as well as links to all of the important teaching, research, and service activities within the Department. The website is maintained by the Department Head and is updated monthly, or more frequently as news or changes occur. 4. Uniqueness of Department and Program: • The Department of Geography and Geology is the only one of its kind in the

Commonwealth of Kentucky and it holds the largest concentration of earth scientists in the state.

• The Department is strategically located near Mammoth Cave National Park, along the 31W Heritage Corridor, and near important coal resources. Its location offers significant research advantages.

• The Department has the only program in the United States with a specific emphasis on karst hydrogeology and on the numerous problems associated with development upon karst terrain.

• This is the only department in the Commonwealth with a curriculum in atmospheric science, and it is the only department on campus with three Programs of Distinction (The Kentucky Climate Center, the Center for Cave and Karst Studies, and the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute through the Center for Water Resource Studies).

• The Kentucky Climate Center, housed in the Department, is nationally recognized by the American Association of State Climatologists and acknowledged by the National Climatic Data Center as the State Climate Office for Kentucky.

• Faculty are diverse in training and research interests, yet provide an integrative approach to human-earth issues that spans the human and physical sciences. Several faculty are internationally respected as experts in their research areas.

• The Department's unique focus on the spatial dynamics of human-earth relationships provides an analytical perspective not offered by any other discipline on campus.

• The Department's history of successful programs in city and regional planning, environmental management, and geologic sciences places it in a unique position to integrate business, community, academic, and governmental approaches to addressing human-earth issues.

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• The Department's expertise in spatial and geologic analysis gives it a distinct advantage in teaching, developing, and promoting GIS (Geographical Information Science) approaches to problem solving.

• The Department is distinctive in providing professional public service through the State Climatologist and the Kentucky Climate Center, through its weather information broadcasts from the College Heights Weather Station, and through the Center for Cave and Karst Studies that addresses karst-related environmental problems.

• The Department is internationally recognized for its well-marketed and high-quality summer research programs at Mammoth Cave National Park that address environmental problems associated with development on the karst terrain.

• The Department is distinctive in the University for its long history of successful professional public service related to human-environment issues in the local community, the Commonwealth, nationally, and internationally.

• Two faculty in the Department recently launched the Human-Environment Linkages Program (HELP), which represents a new direction for the Department of Geography and Geology (see more on this initiative below in Section I).

5. Contributions to Diversity Goals:

The Department has a long history of integrating issues of ethnic diversity, gender equality, and personal orientation into the curriculum. Both GEOG 101 and GEOG 110, which are general education courses, address issues of diversity and gender both in U.S. society and in cultures across the planet. The Department offers the only courses on campus that deal explicitly with the spatial aspects of diversity and gender. In the Spring 2001 semester, the Department offered a course, cross-listed with Women’s Studies, titled Women, Geography, and Development. Many upper-division courses, such as GEOG 360, North America, and GEOG 485 Population and Resources, address issues of ethnic diversity in the United States. In many of the planning courses, significant attention is given to issues of economic and political well-being among African-Americans and other ethnic minorities in U.S. society. In the Department, females comprise one-third of all majors, a trend that is average for Geography and Geology around the country, whereas most introductory-level classes are at least 50% female, also on a par with national statistics. For example, data from the U.S. Department of Education show that between 1990 and 2001, females earned approximately one-third of all BA/BS degrees granted in Geography [In 2000-2001, 3981 Geography degrees were conferred nationally, of which 1,456 went to females, or 36.5 percent]. The Department has made special efforts in past years to identify, recruit, and hire minorities and females into faculty positions, especially through personal contacts, listservs within the disciplines, recruiting at national and regional conferences, and by word of mouth. Out of twenty full-time faculty, three are female, one is South Asian, and the rest are white males. The Department recognizes that it has work to do in creating a more diversified faculty and it continues to identify ways to attract a broader and more diverse pool of applicants for advertised vacancies.

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6. Accreditation Status:

Not Applicable. There is no national or regional accreditation body for the discipline of geography. 7. Planning, Development, and other Areas: A copy of the Department’s 2001-2006 Strategic Plan is attached in Appendix L. All of the issues addressed in the Department’s Strategic Plan have been covered elsewhere in this document. The Department is pro-active in attracting development funds (with the excellent support of staff in the Development office) and it receives a steady flow of donations each year from a core group of alumni. Each year, the Department produces a 30-page alumni newsletter (GEOGRAM), detailing the activities of faculty and students over the preceding year (see 2003 version of the GEOGRAM newsletter in Appendix L). The newsletter is mailed to approximately 1500 alumni and typically results in direct contact from 30-50 alumni each year. This past year the Geology program received a $100,000 gift ($50,000 with a $50,000 state match) from the Gildersleeve family to support student research and travel. In 2001, the Department received a gift-in-kind of 55 acres of farmland from Dr and Mrs James Taylor (a former faculty member in the Department), with a value to be determined upon liquidation of the asset. Cash and in-kind donations from generous alumni contribute to student support each year for travel to conferences, field research sites, and for study abroad programs and field camps. 8. Additional Indicators for Career Preparation Programs: “The Association of American Geographers (AAG) conducted an extensive survey of employment trends among geography graduates in the 1990s. Not surprisingly, the top three categories of jobs listed were (1) environmental, (2) GIS/Remote Sensing, and (3) cartographer. College professors came in fourth. A large number of recent graduates had found employment in the private sector (40 percent), with slightly over 30 percent finding work in government. Although there is some privatization of government activity, geographers already have a strong foothold in the private sector. Globalization may export jobs to other regions, but high-level skills should continue to find a market in the U.S. The study’s authors pointed out that geography’s great advantage over other liberal arts resided in the ability of it practitioners to combine technical skills with other basic talents such as literacy, numeracy, decision making, problem solving, and critical thinking. This is particularly true for those who can apply their mapping science skills to a range of real world problems, and also those who can impress their employers with the value of a spatial perspective. Fluctuations in the national and global economies always affect the immediate demand. Students who finish during a downturn may have to take a less than optimum position and be patient to climb the ladder. During boom times, graduates must be prepared to take advantage of the range of new job opportunities or to advance in current work settings” (online at: http://www.aag.org/Careers/jobinfo.htm). Probably the greatest potential for employment growth lies in the area of spatial mapping, GIS, and remote sensing. The Department has identified GIS as a growth area in its curriculum (see Appendix E.1, Tables E.1.6 and E.1.7). Again, according to the AAG (online at: http://www.aag.org/Careers/jobinfo.htm): “While GIS and Remote

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Sensing encompass diverse skills and are separate specialties, increasingly the two tools are used jointly to solve problems. The technical specialties offer some of the greatest opportunities, particularly as government and business discover the nearly limitless range of applications for these skills. Those with expertise in these areas can also help with illustrations for publications. Geographic Information Science specialists can find themselves working in almost any situation. Government needs them to manage and analyze environmental, population, and transportation activity. Local governments are turning to GIS to help manage public utilities and land transactions. Business is finding it a powerful means to monitor commercial activity and to manage the movement of goods and services. In some situations a narrow expertise in one GIS software may open the door for a college graduate, but greater opportunity exists for those who have a topical specialty to go along with their technical skills. Finally, whether using satellite images or aerial photographs, there is ample opportunity for those with training in these areas. Analysis of land use/land cover change is vital to agricultural, forestry, and other environmental activities. The U.S. EPA maintains a team that uses historical aerial photographs to track past hazards-related activity. There is also opportunity to employ these tools in diverse military or national security applications.” H. Response to Previous Program Reviews or Other Assessments

The Department submitted a program review in 1998, and received no constructive feedback from the submission. The response to the review was “maintain,” with the comment “This appears to be a strong program that also makes a good contribution to general education.”

In September 2003, the Department commissioned an external review of the Department, conducted by Dr. Robert Kent, Department Head in Geography and Regional Planning at Akron State University, Ohio. His review summary stated: ”This is a strong department. It has a collegial supportive workplace environment. Department members are loyal and display a strong espirit de corps. The Department’s mission includes a strong general education component, besides granting associate degrees in meteorology, bachelors’ degrees in geography and geology, and a master’s degree in geosciences. Despite the heavy teaching load, faculty members are productive researchers, scholars, and teachers, and also are actively engaged in the local and regional community and indeed throughout the state. The Department is well respected within its college and could be considered one of the college’s more significant departments. The Department has a strong enrollment, many undergraduate majors, and a master’s program. With the recent creation of dedicated computer teaching labs, a GIS center, and a full time GIS lab manager, the Department is well positioned to build additional faculty strength in rapidly expanding areas like GIS and remote sensing. The Department should reinforce its expertise in planning and continue its outreach activities to local and regional planning agencies thorough internships, contracts, and professional interaction.”

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I. Future Directions • Geographical Information Science:

The growth potential in GIS and related technologies is discussed elsewhere in this document (see also Appendix E.1, Tables E.1.6 and E.1.7). In summary, GIS use has grown exponentially over the past decade and is now pervasive in academia, government, and industry. In environmental monitoring, urban planning, location analysis, public health, criminology, forestry, transportation, utility management and many other fields, the power of GIS is used to analyze spatial data, create comprehensible visual representations, and enhance the decision-making process. GIS technology will only continue to diffuse more widely into society. It is likely that the standard home or office computer of the future will include GIS software, much as word processors, spreadsheets, and presentation software are now standard. In the winter 1999-2000 issue of ArcNews Online, Roger Tomlinson, president of Tomlinson Associates and an early leader in GIS development, characterized the future of GIS as a pivotal technology for the twenty-first century:

Looking at GIS in the new millennium, one starts with the firm expectation that the adoption of GIS societywide and worldwide is inevitable and that GIS users will be advantaged in their work while nonusers will be relatively disadvantaged… An essential foundation of GIS usage is the availability of trained people. Perhaps the entire rate of technology take-up in the first part of the millennium will depend on training. The need is for persons who are geographically literate and able to learn how to use the technology. The training focus must be on the ability to solve geographical problems. Western Kentucky University has an unparalleled opportunity to be a leader in

this field, building on the foundation of the GIS certificate program already in place. The existing program has been singled out by ESRI Corporation, the developer of leading GIS software, as a distinguished GIS program. The certificate program provides a broad foundation in GIS concepts and techniques, familiarity with a wide variety of data sources and applications. To meet future needs, the program should be enhanced by the addition of advanced courses that focus on specialized and in-depth use of GIS in particular fields and by the greater integration of GIS into all geoscience courses. To achieve these goals, expanded lab facilities to accommodate larger number of classes and students and a commitment to ensuring adequate numbers of GIS-trained faculty are needed.

• Environmental Science:

The Department plans to take a leadership role in developing and promoting environmental science at the University. Geography is uniquely holistic and such a vision is required to pull together the disparate elements of environmental science. The Department is well-suited to coordinate individual research programs across the University and it can help to develop a curriculum for both undergraduates and graduate students. The idea is not to direct what research is to be performed, but rather to encourage synergies with other departments for grant writing while creating a standard educational curriculum. A logical outgrowth would be the development of a joint Ph.D. program with the University of Kentucky so that each institution could share its expertise for the benefit of everyone.

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Two faculty in the Department recently launched the Human-Environment Linkages Program (HELP), which represents a new direction for the Department of Geography and Geology. HELP is not just a new research lab, although cutting-edge research will occur here. The mission of HELP is to extend the benefits of research into the community by conducting research of local, national, and global significance and then disseminating that research to a variety of outlets. Environmental issues specifically commonly have both a scientific and a policy dimension and the HELP hopes to overcome the traditional failure to incorporate each in academic analyses. Coursework will focus on small sessions of motivated students doing research on environmental issues. A key component of the courses will be dissemination of the findings by the students through presentations at local high schools and to other interested stakeholders. This particular approach is unique among Kentucky institutions. HELP offers students training in computer skills, mapping, synthesis of data, and presentation skills all focused on research issues with “real-world” significance. This training and experience will be useful for students across their disciplines, it should improve retention, and it could open more career and graduate school opportunities. For example, both HELP’s Residential Radon and Karst Stormwater projects have been successful areas of undergraduate research. Students have presented their findings at research conferences and to area high schools over the past year.

Related to this is an unexploited departmental expertise in hazards research. This is a unique but pressing gap in state expertise that the Department could fill, as it has both geographers and geologists. Radon, quartz, flooding, West Nile Virus, sink-hole collapse, drought, homeland security, and even mid-continent earthquakes are all aspects that the Department could address. For example, existing faculty could develop a medical geography course and could research the emergence of new health risks such as West Nile Virus, new outbreaks of malaria, dengue fever, and SARS, as well as ecological vulnerabilities such as limits to food production due to global climate change.

• Meteorology and Climatology:

The Meteorology/Climatology track in Geography continues to be the most popular among geoscience majors and is poised for significant growth. The Department receives an average of 100 to 150 inquiries per year from prospective students interested in studying meteorology and climatology, far more that any other specialization. Nearly all pre-declared geography majors enter the Department under this track. This trend appears steady through time, with no indication of lessening, in part because the Meteorology/Climatology track is the only such specialized program in Kentucky and Tennessee. The data support regional recognition of this vibrant program, as it is strategically located and has tremendous potential to achieve national recognition.

Recently added coursework has allowed the Meteorology/Climatology program to meet the minimum coursework required by the American Meteorological Society to bestow its ‘Seal of Approval,’ to the Department’s Broadcast Meteorology students. This is an important first step towards the Department’s goal of achieving an accredited “Minor in Meteorology.”

The development of environmental monitoring capabilities in conjunction with the Kentucky Climate Center, and the increased awareness of the impacts of weather and climate on social and economic well-being, are expected to drive continued growth in

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student enrollment and opportunities for graduates in environmental careers. To meet future needs, the program should be enhanced by the addition of advanced courses that focus on in-depth use of forecasting models, radar-based remote sensing, environmental monitoring networks, and GIS. To reach these goals, expanded laboratory facilities are essential to accommodate the already high student demand. New and expanded coursework is required, along with additional faculty, trained in model-based atmospheric science. The new courses and facilities are an integral part of the Department’s future growth strategy. This growth is hindered, at this point, by an insufficient number of faculty. • Geoscience Outreach:

Outreach is another area of potential growth for the Department, which has the faculty expertise to address many local, national, and international problems. Through the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, the Center for Cave and Karst Studies, the Kentucky Climate Center, and the Human Environment Linkages Program, the Department could expand its outreach opportunities, including local presentations, regional workshops, and media outlets. The faculty have a duty to the community to assist in issues of concern, especially hazards, and the Department is uniquely positioned to offer expertise for public planning and policy.

Increased awareness of short-term climatic variability and concern about potential long-term change has contributed to growing interest in environmental monitoring from the local to the global scale. The Kentucky Climate Center is aggressively pursuing a strategic goal to develop a statewide environmental monitoring system. Realization of this goal will enhance Western Kentucky University’s national reputation for education, research, and service in the environmental sciences. The availability of real-time environmental data will greatly benefit the Department’s program in meteorology and climatology. In addition, the system will provide a basis for developing educational outreach programs for students and teachers in P-12. Finally, real-time environmental data have been demonstrated to have economic value and will create opportunities to develop value-added products for the public and private sectors. Efforts are currently underway through the University to acquire external funding for system infrastructure, and an ongoing commitment by the University will be necessary to realize the full range of opportunities created by this system. • Summary: The Department is well-placed to take advantage of changing technologies and new approaches to geoscience teaching, research, and service. It serves an important role in Ogden College and in the institution, both in terms of providing important general education courses and in terms of providing training in GIS and other spatial-analytical geoscience techniques. The faculty are productive in all areas and continually engage students for success in a global society. The Department requests an “Enhance” designation to allow it to expand in the areas of GIS, geoscience techniques, and student-centered learning.

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Appendix A. Publications by Geography Faculty, 1998-2003 PR (peer reviewed) Katie Algeo, Ph.D. [2001] (In press) Mammoth Cave National Park and rural economic development. In Contrasting Ruralities: Changing Rural Economies, Societies, and Landscapes, Richard Yarwood, ed. London: Ashgate. (In press) Mammoth Cave and the Making of Place. Southeastern Geographer. (PR) (2003) Locals on Local Color: Resisting the Construction of Identity in Appalachia. Southern Cultures 9(4): 27-54. (PR) (2003) Settlement History of the Cumberland Gap Region, pp. 3-8 in Geologic Impacts on the History and Development of Middlesboro, Kentucky. Kuehn, K.W., Milam, K.A., and Smath, M.L. (eds.). Guidebook to the 2003 Annual Field Conference, Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists. (2002) Tobacco in Transition: Issues facing burley growers and communities. The North Carolina Geographer 10: 29-34. (2000) with John Algeo. Onomastics as an interdisciplinary study. Names 48(1): 59-69. (PR) Book and Software Reviews: (In press) GIS and Public Health by Ellen Cromley and Sara McLafferty. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. John All, Ph.D., J.D. [2002] (In Press) The Colorado River Delta of Mexico: ‘Endangered’ Species Refuge, in WorldMinds: 100 Geographic Solutions to Saving Planet Earth. American Association of Geographers Publication. (In Press) with Steve Yool. Indexing Endangered Species Risk in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico using AVHRR NDVI Time Series Data. Geocarto International. (PR) (1998) with Comrie, A.C., D. K. Adams, J. D. All, J. E. Diem, A. E. Hessl, K. F. Kipfmueller, and M. W. Slazer. Seasonal and interannual climate controls on forest and wildland fire in the Southwest. Proceedings of the American Meteorological Society 23rd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, November 2-6, Albuquerque, NM. Kevin Cary, M.S. [2002] (In Press) A Project-Based Approach to Incorporating GIS into the Education Curriculum. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ESRI International User Conference Proceedings, San Diego, California, July.

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(2002) with Olaf Jonasson. GIS in Horry County South Carolina 1990-Acre Fire. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California, July. Nicholas Crawford, Ph.D. (In Press) Water Tracing History. Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science. John Gunn (ed.). New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis.

(2003) Karst Hydrogeologic Investigation for Proposed Kentucky Trimodal Transpark. Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst. Beck, B. (ed), Geotechnical Publication #122, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp 385-403. (PR)

(2003) with Kambesis, P. (graduate student), Croft, L.A., Moore. R. (undergraduate), and R. Pfaff (graduate). Dishman Lane Collapse, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Sinkholes and the Engineering and Environmental Impacts of Karst. Beck, B. (ed). Geotechnical Publication #122, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp 404-414. (2002) with Edwards, S., Nikolic, O. and M. Babic. Emission Factors into Groundwater from Municipal and Hazardous Wastes Landfills. Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Waste Management, Zagreb, Croatia, pp. 647-658. (2001) with Veni, G., Duchene, H., Groves, C.G., Huppert, G.N., Kastning, E.H., Olson, R. and B.J. Wheeler. Living With Karst: A Fragile Foundation. American Geological Institute, Environmental Awareness Series, 4, 64 p. (2000) with Fryer, S.E. (graduate student) and C.A. Calkins (graduate student). Geophysical Techniques for Locating and Mapping Caves from the Ground Surface: Microgravity Subsurface Investigation of the Egypt Parking Lot, Western Kentucky University. Proceedings of Mammoth Cave National Park’s Eighth Science Conference.

(2000) Sites Originally Proposed for the Southcentral Kentucky Trimodal Transpark: A Wake-Up Call for Everyone Concerned About the Protection of Mammoth Cave National Park. Proceedings of Mammoth Cave National Park’s Eighth Science Conference. (2000) with Brackman, T.B. (graduate student), Parker, R.G. (graduate student), Curry, W.A. (graduate student), Ek, D.A. (graduate student), Larson, R.A. (graduate student), Ryan, G.G. (graduate student), Gossett, J.M. (graduate student), Meredith, J. (graduate student) and D. Huffines. Investigation of Gasoline Vapors Rising from a Karst Aquifer into Greenwood Park Church of Christ and the Foundation Christian Academy, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Proceedings of Mammoth Cave National Park’s Eighth Science Conference. (2000) Commercialization of Research in the Geosciences. Sixth Annual EPSCOR Conference Proceedings. Kentucky State University, Frankfort, Kentucky.

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(1999) Karst Environmental Issues Manual. Edited for Karst Environmental Issues Seminar, sponsored by Science Applications International Corporation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (1999) with Tucker, R.B. Non-linear Curve Fitting Analysis as a Tool for Identifying and Quantifying Multiple Fluorescence Tracer Dyes Present in Samples Analyzed with a Spectrofluorophotometer and Collected as Part of a Dye Tracer Study of Groundwater Flow; in Beck, Pettit and Herring (eds.). Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology of Sinkholes and Karst. Rotterdam: Balkema. (PR) (1999) with Lewis, M.A., Winter, S.A. and J.A. Webster. Microgravity Techniques for Subsurface Investigation of Sinkhole Collapses and for Detection of Groundwater Flow Paths Through Karst Aquifers; in Beck, Pettit, and Herring (eds.). Hydrology and Engineering Geology of Sinkholes and Karst. Rotterdam: Balkema. (PR) (1999) Groundwater Basin Delineation and Site Conceptual Hydrogeologic Model for Sadd-Trousdale Superfund Site, CSX-Radnor Yard Site and General Electric Service Facility Site in Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee Water Resources Symposium Proceedings, Nashville, Tennessee. (1999) Lost River Cave and Valley Tour: Field Trip to Observe Onsite Wastewater Treatment and Other Groundwater Contamination Problems Associated with Karst Aquifers. Guidebook for National Environmental Health Association Onsite Wastewater System Conference, Nashville, Tennessee. (1998) Karst Environmental Problems and Solutions, South-central Kentucky. Guidebook for Joint Meeting of Friends of Karst and the International Geological Correlation Program, Project #379: Karst Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle. Edited and produced by the Center for Cave and Karst Studies, and Mammoth Cave National Park, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (1998) Surface and Subsurface Flow of the Overall Creek Karst Drainage Basin, Rutherford County, Tennessee: Hydrogeologic Investigation of Tennessee’s Proposed Site for the Superconducting Supercollider. Guidebook for Karst Hydrogeology Workshop. Edited and produced by the Center for Cave and Karst Studies, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Technical and Other Reports: (1998-2003) 73 technical and other reports to clients, attorneys, public agencies, and other constituents (see detail in Appendix J). Richard Deal, Ph.D. [2001] (In Review) An Analysis of English Regional Boundaries. Environment and Planning A. (PR)

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Stuart, Foster, Ph.D. (2002) The Impact of Drought on Municipal Water Supplies in Kentucky: A Case Study from the Drought of 1999-2001. Proceedings of 13th Conference on Applied Climatology, American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. (2001) with Troutman, T.W., M.A. Rose, and L.M. Trapasso. A Comprehensive Heavy Precipitation Climatology for Middle Tennessee. Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology, National Weather Association. Online at: http://www.nwas.org/ej/index.html Technical Reports: (2003) Climatography of the United States No. 60: Climate of Kentucky. Kentucky Climate Center, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina.

(2003) A Model of Spatial Precipitation Gradient of Heavy Precipitation Events to Estimate the Probability of Extreme Differences in Precipitation Totals at Proximate Locations. Kentucky Climate Center and Center for Cave and Karst Studies, WKU. (2001) Natural Hazards and Their Impacts on Agricultural and Urban Development in the Barren River Area. Online at: http://www.bradd.org/hazards/index.htm Chris, Groves, Ph.D. (In review) with Liu, Z., D. Yuan, J. Meiman, G. Jiang, and S. He. Controls on South China Karst Aquifer Storm-Scale Hydrochemistry. Ground Water. (PR) (In Press) with J. Meiman. Flooding Within Karst Aquifers. Encyclopedia of Caves. New York: Elsevier. (2002) Caves and Karst (in Highlights, discoveries in the Earth Sciences). Geotimes 47: 18-19.

(2002) with J. Meiman, J. Despain, Z. Liu, and D. Yuan. Karst aquifers as atmospheric carbon sinks: An evolving global network of research sites. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 02-4174, pp. 32-39. (2002) with Glennon, J.A. An examination of perennial stream drainage patterns within the Mammoth Cave watershed. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 64: 82-91. (PR) (2002) with Viles, H. and C. Wood. Soft wall capping experiments. English Heritage Research Transactions Volume 2. Stone, pp. 59-73. (2001) with Veni, G., N. Crawford, G. Huppert, R. Olson, and B. Wheeler. Living With Karst. Alexandria, Virginia: American Geological Institute, 64 p. (2001) with J. Meiman. Inorganic carbon flux and aquifer evolution in the south central Kentucky karst, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 01-4011, pp. 99-105.

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(2001) with Meiman, J. and S. Herstein. In-cave dye tracing and drainage basin divides in the Mammoth Cave karst aquifer, Kentucky, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 01-4011, pp. 179-185. (2001) with Meiman, J. Field trip guide, part 2: The Mammoth Cave karst aquifer, Geotechnical and Environmental Applications of Karst Hydrology. B.F. Beck and J.G. Herring (eds.). Lisse: Balkema Publishers, pp. 425-436. (2000) J. Meiman. Regional atmospheric carbon sink within the south central Kentucky karst. Proceedings of the Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, pp. 131-141. (2000) with Elliott, L., S. Wright, and T. Coakley. Microbial ecology of conduit stream interstitial fluids of the south central Kentucky karst aquifer and impacts on aquifer development, Proceedings of the Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, pp. 57-60. (2000) with Pfaff, R., J.A. Glennon, J. Meiman, and J. Fry. Geographic Information Systems as a tool for the protection of the Mammoth Cave karst aquifer, Kentucky, Proceedings of the Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, pp. 89-99. (2000) with Ek, D., J.A. Glennon*, and J. Meiman. Threats to surface and karst groundwater of Mammoth Cave National Park from the Arthur Oilfield, Kentucky, Proceedings of the Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, pp. 101-103. (2000) with Timmons, J., and J. Meiman. Acidic bog drainage and limestone dissolution, Mammoth Cave National Park, Proceedings of the Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, pp. 143. (2000) with Merideth, J. and J. Meiman. Carbonate chemistry variations in Showerbath Spring, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, Proceedings of the Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, pp. 145. (1999) with J. Meiman and A.D. Howard. Bridging the gap between real and mathematically simulated karst aquifers. Proceedings of the Karst Waters Institute International Symposium on Karst Modeling, Charlottesville, Virginia, pp. 197-202. (1999) with J. Meiman. Report from the US National Working Group, IGCP Project #379: IGCP #379 Meeting, Bowling Green, USA, 1998. Newsletter of the UN International Geological Correlation Program, Project #379: Karst Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle, pp. 9-17. (1999) with Vaughan, K., and J. Meiman. Carbonate chemistry of interstitial fluids within cave stream sediments. Newsletter of the UN International Geological Correlation Program, Project #379: Karst Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle, pp. 31-32.

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(1999) with J.A. Wells. Recent discoveries in the central Kentucky karst. Cave Research Foundation Newsletter 27: 10-11. Technical and other Reports: (2001) with J.A. Glennon, S. Grubbs, J. Jack, R. Pfaff, J. Despain, and K. Seadler. Task III Sourcewater Protection Program of the WKU Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality. Annual Technical Grant Report prepared for the US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. (2000) with J.A. Glennon, S. Grubbs, J. Jack, R. Pfaff, J. Despain, and K. Seadler. Task III Sourcewater Protection Program of the WKU Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality. Annual Technical Grant Report prepared for the US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. (1999) with J.A. Glennon, R. Pfaff, and M. Anderson. Threats to the Aquatic Ecosystem of the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Green River Basin, Kentucky. Final Technical Grant Report and Geographic Information Systems Database prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, Georgia. (1999) with M. May. Task III Sourcewater Protection Program of the WKU Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality. Annual Technical Grant Report prepared for the US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. (1999) with J.A. Glennon, D.M. Anthony, and K.J. Shaw. Land Use and Water Quality at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Site, Hodgenville, Kentucky. Technical Report, National Park Service, Hodgenville, KY. David J. Keeling, Ph.D. (In Press) Latin America, coauthored with David J. Robinson and César Caviedes, in Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Cort Wilmott and Gary Gaile (eds.), Oxford: Oxford University Press (In Press, Jan 2004) (PR). (In Press) “Waterfront Redevelopment and the Puerto Madero Project in Buenos Aires, Argentina." Publicaciones de la Universitat Jaume I, Valencia, Spain. (PR) (2003) “Introduction” (with Diana Liverman and Karl Zimmerer) (From the Editors), Journal of Latin American Geography, Vol. 1 (1), pp. vi-vii. (2003) Argentina. Entry for Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia (online. DVD, and CD-Rom versions). (2003) Buenos Aires. Content rewrite for Encyclopedia Britannica entry. (2002) Transport Challenges for Latin America in the 21st Century, pp. 77-103 in Latin America in the 21st Century: Challenges and Solutions, Gregory Knapp (ed.), Austin: University of Texas Press (PR).

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(2001) Conferencia Magistral: El Desarrollo de América Latina y el Imperativo de la Globalización: Nuevas Direcciones, Crisis Familiares," pp. 63-142 in Juan Ramón Pérez and Patricia Castillejos Peral (eds.) Seminaro Internacional "Nuevas Tendencias en América Latina en el Contexto de la Globalización. Texcoco, Mexico: Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. (2000) El Desarrollo Latinoamericano y el Imperativo de Globalización: Direcciones Nuevas y Crisis Consabidas. CD-Rom Publication, II Encuentro Internacional Humboldt, “Periferias, Regiones, y Países,” Argentina. (2000) Latin Americanist Research in the New Millennium, Journal of Latin American Geography, CLAG Yearbook, Vol. 26, pp. vii-viii (PR). (2000) A Graphic Representation of Suburbanization Trends in the U.S. 1940-1990, with Raina Larsen. Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1999-00: 26-32. (1999) Neoliberal Reform and Landscape Change in Buenos Aires, Argentina,” Journal of Latin American Geography, CLAG Yearbook, Vol. 25: 15-32 (PR). (1999) A Graphic Representation of Economic Integration Trends in the Southern Cone of South America, Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1998-99: 18-21. (1998) Introduction, pp. v-vi in David J. Keeling and James Wiley (eds.) Journal of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Yearbook 1998, vol.24. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. (1998) Transportation, Regional Development, and Economic Potential in Mexico, pp. 101-123 in Allen G. Noble et al. (eds.) Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century: New Priorities, New Philosophies. Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Ltd. (PR). (1998) Contemporary Argentina: A Geographical Perspective (paperback). Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp. 373 (PR). Book Reviews: (In press) Review of “Understanding the City: Contemporary and Future Perspectives” by John Eade and Christopher Mele (eds.) in Area (Journal of the Institute of British Geographers). (2001) Review of “Latin America and the Caribbean,” 2nd edn. by David Clawson for the Journal of Cultural Geography. (2001) Review of “The Place of Music” by Andrew Leyshon et al. for the Journal of Cultural Geography.

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(2001) Review of “Transforming Cities: Contested Governance and New Spatial Divisions” by N. Jewson and S. MacGregor (eds.) for the Journal of Cultural Geography. (2000) Review of “The Americas in Transition: The Contours of Regionalism,” by Gordon Mace et al. for Political Geography 19(6):798-800. (1999) Review of “Cousins and Strangers: Spanish Immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850-1930" by José C. Moya for Progress in Human Geography 23(3):491-492. (1998) Review of "Old Age and Urban Poverty in the Developing World: The Shantytowns of Buenos Aires," by Lloyd-Sherlock, P. H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine, http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/ (April). (1998) Review of "Havana: Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis," by Segre, R., Coyula, M., and Scarpaci, J.L. The Annals of the Association of American Geographers Vol. 88(3):533-534. (1998) Reviews of "The Politics of Human Rights in Argentina," by Alison Brysk, and "Revolutionizing Motherhood: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo," by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard. The Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Vol. 22(44):188-190. Editorials, Commentaries, and Editorships: (2003) Editor (with Diana Liverman and Karl Zimmerer), Journal of Latin American Geography, Vol. 1(1). (2003) “Global Ignorance–Geographic Illiteracy,” Echo Magazine, WKU, February. (2001) From the Editor: Latin America's Transportation Deficit. Intercambio Internacional Vol. 16(1):1. (2000) Commentary, “Pay for Excellence.” College Heights Herald 76(10):5. (2000) Editor, Journal of Latin American Geography: CLAG Yearbook 2000, Vol. 26, pp. 189 (PR). (2000) Editor, Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1999-00, pp. 36. (1999) Editor, Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Vol. 1998-99, pp. 21. (1999) Editor’s Commentary: Landscape Change in Britain. Newsletter of the European Specialty Group 7(1):2-3. (1999) From the Editor: Fidel Castro and the U.S. in the 21st Century. Intercambio Internacional Vol. 15(2):1.

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(1999) Commentary on “Course Scheduling.” College Heights Herald 74(43):5. (1999) Editor’s Commentary: Euros and Some Change. Newsletter of the European Specialty Group 6(2):2-3. (1998) From the Editor: Hemispheric Free Trade--Myth of Reality? Intercambio Internacional Vol. 15(1):1. (1998) From the Editor: Viva la Diferencia! Newsletter of the European Specialty Group 6(1):1. Stephen Kenworthy, Ph.D. [2003] (2002) with Wilcock, Peter R. A two-fraction model for the transport of sand/gravel mixtures. Water Resources Research 38(10):1194. (PR) (2001) with Wilcock, Peter R. and J.C. Crowe. Experimental study of the transport of mixed sand and gravel. Water Resources Research, 37(12): 3349-3358. (PR) Rezaul Mahmood, Ph.D. [2001] (In Review) with Legates, D. R. and Meo, M. Soil water availability and potential rainfed rice productivity in Bangladesh: A CERES-Rice Model-based Assessment. Applied Geography. (PR) (In Press) with Hubbard, K.G. An analysis of simulated long-term soil moisture data for three land uses under contrasting hydroclimatic conditions in the Northern Great Plains. Journal of Hydrometeorology. (PR) (In Press) with Hubbard, K.G. and Christy Carlson. Modification of growing season surface temperature records in the Northern Great Plains due to land use transformation: verification of modeling results and implication for global change. International Journal of Climatology. (PR) (2003) with Hubbard, K.G. Simulating sensitivity of soil moisture and evapotranspiration under heterogeneous soils and land uses. Journal of Hydrology 280:72-90. (PR) (2003) with Meo, M., Legates, D. R., and Morrissey, M.L. The CERES-Rice model-based estimates of potential monsoon season rainfed rice productivity in Bangladesh. The Professional Geographer 55: 261-275. (PR) (2003) with Hubbard, K.G. and Carlson, C. Estimating daily dew point temperature for the Northern Great Plains using maximum and minimum temperature. Agronomy Journal 95:323-328. (PR)

(2003) with Adegoke, O.A., Pielke Sr., R.A., Eastman, J. and Hubbard, K.G. Impact of irrigation on mid summer surface fluxes and temperature under dry synoptic conditions: A regional atmospheric model study of the U. S. High Plains. Monthly Weather Review 131: 556-564. (PR)

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(2002) with Hubbard, K.G. Anthropogenic land use change in the North American Tall Grass-Short grass transition and modification of near surface hydrologic cycle. Climate Research 21: 83-90. (PR) (2002) with Hubbard, K.G. Effect of time of temperature observation and estimation of daily solar radiation for the Northern Great Plains, USA. Agronomy Journal 94: 723-733. (PR) (2002) with Hubbard, K.G. and Carlson, C. Land use change and modification of near-surface thermal records in the Northern Great Plains. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 83: 504. (PR) (2002) with Hubbard, K.G. and Carlson, C. Land use change and modification of near surface temperature records in the Northern Great Plains: verification of modeling results. Proceedings, 13th Conference on Applied Climatology. The American Meteorological Society: Boston, pp. 262-264.

(2002) with Hubbard, K.G. Sensitivity of soil moisture and evapotranspiration to soils and land use heterogeneity. Proceedings, 13th Conference on Applied Climatology, The American Meteorological Society: Boston, pp. 265-268. (2002) with Adegoke, J.O., Pielke Sr., R.A., Eastman, J. L., and Hubbard, K.G. Modeling the impacts of irrigation on midsummer surface energy budget and the convective boundary layer (CBL) in the U. S. high plains. Proceedings, 16th Conference on Hydrology. The American Meteorological Society: Boston, pp. 192-195. (2001) with Hubbard, K.G. and Hou, Q. Soil moisture monitoring and modeling in the Great Plains, pp. 163-171 in Automated Weather Stations for Applications in Agriculture and Water Resources Management: Current Use and Future Perspectives. Hubbard, K.G. and Sivakumar, M.V.K. )eds.). Lincoln, NE: High Plains Climate Center and Geneva, Switzerland : World Meteorological Organization. L. Michael Trapasso, Ph.D. (In Press) Contributor to Encyclopedia of World Climates, John E. Oliver (ed.), Kluwer Publishing, London, England. (PR) (2003) with Robert E. Gabler and James F. Petersen. Essentials of Physical Geography. Belmont, CA: Brooks-Cole Publishers. (2003) Defenses Around the Confederate Capital: The Civil War in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Kentucky's Civil War (1860-1865). A Comprehensive Guide to Major Battles and Historic Sites, 2003-2004 Edition, Back Home In Kentucky, Inc. pp. 38-39. (PR) (2003) with et.al. Computer Exercises in Meteorology, ERIC-ChESS Clearinghouse for Social Studies and Social Science Education. Online Educational Resources, Social Studies Development Center of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

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(2001) with et.al. A Comprehensive Heavy Precipitation Climatology for Middle Tennessee, National Weather Association, Electronic Journal of Operational Meteorology, February, pp. 1-12. (PR) (2001) Indian Wars Reenactment at Pompeys Pillar, Montana. Visitor's Guide to Billings and Yellowstone County 24(5): 11-12. (2001) Battle Reenactments Seal Friendships. Custer Country Montana 2001 Vacation Guide, Summer, pp. 95-96. (2001) Tourism in the Land of the Ozone Hole: A Perception Study, Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Climate, Tourism and Recreation, A Matzarakis and C. R. de Freitas (eds.), International Society of Biometeorology, Halkidiki, Greece. Online at: http://www.mif.uni-freiburg.de/isb/ws/report.htm (PR). (2001) Report from the International Workshop on Climate, Tourism and Recreation, Sponsored by the International Society of Biometeorology. Journal of the American Institute for Biomedical Climatology. (2000) with Tim Troutman. Utilizing Established Techniques in Forecasting the Potential for Derecho Development. Preprints to the 20th AMS Severe Local Storms Conference, Orlando, Florida. (PR) (2000) Battle Reenactments Seal Friendships. Custer Country Montana, 2000 Vacation Guide, pp. 95-96. (2000) with Alethea Sayers. Racial Unity in Reenacting. Visitors Guide to Billings, pp. 24-25. (2000) Lightning Discharges and the Human Body. Journal of the American Institute of Biomedical Climatology, pp. 6-8. (PR) (1999) with Larissa Keith. Relationships Between Selected Meteorological/Pollution Parameters and Hospital Admissions for Asthma, Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 60(2): 73-77. (PR) (1998) Contributor to the Atlas of Kentucky. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, pp. 316. (PR) (1998) The Subpolar Lows of the Drake Passage (or) Surviving the Trip Around Cape Horn. South American Explorer 5: 26-29. (PR) (1998) The Effects of Weather Systems on Migraine Headaches: A Pilot Study. KAS Geography Section Proceedings, pp. 8-12.

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Book Reviews: (2000) The Civil War in Kentucky by Kent Masterson Brown. Reviewed for Blue and Gray Magazine, October Issue.

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Appendix B. Academic Presentations by Geography Faculty, 1998-2003

Katie Algeo, Ph.D. [2001] (2003) Rail, River, and Road: Transportation and Mass Tourism at Mammoth Cave.

Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, LA. (2003) Mammoth Cave National Park and Rural Economic Development. British-

American-Canadian Conference on Rural Geography, Exeter and Plymouth, England.

(2003) Settlement History of the Cumberland Gap Area. Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists Annual Field Conference, Middlesboro, KY.

(2002) Tobacco Communities in Transition. Invited lecture given at a rural development conference sponsored by East Carolina University, Curing the Future: Issues & Strategies in Remaking Tobacco-Dependent Communities, February.

(2002) The Geography of Burley Tobacco Markets. Association of American Geo-graphers, Los Angeles, CA.

(2002) Mammoth Cave and the Making of Place. Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Richmond, VA.

(2001) Appalachian Stereotypes: An Epistemological Snapshot. Invited lecture given at Ball State University, October.

John All, Ph.D., J.D. [2002] (2003) Impacts of Karst Surface Characteristics upon Residential Radon Values.

International Conference on Karst Hydrogeology and Ecosystems. Western Kentucky University, June.

(2003) with Amy Nichter and David Chaney. Public Health Impacts of Residential Radon in Karst Counties of Kentucky. Sigma Xi Student Research Conference. Western Kentucky University, April.

(2003) with Christy Harrison and Jamie Lancaster. Geographic Information System Analysis of Geologic Risk Factors for Elevated Residential Radon Measurements in Karst Regions. Sigma Xi Student Research Conference. WKU, April.

(2003) Source Water Protection for a Changing Climate and Society – Karst Regions Karst Dynamics Laboratory, Guilin, China, March.

(2003) Source Water Protection for a Changing Climate and Society – Semiarid Regions. Northwest Sci-Tech University for Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, China, March (Seminar in conjunction with the Sino-US Institutes for Soil and Water Conservation and Environmental Protection).

(2003) GIS technology and Environmental Management. Northwest Sci-Tech University for Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, China, March (Seminar in conjunction with the Sino-US Institutes for Soil and Water Conservation and Environmental Protection).

(2003) with William Sprigg, Anthony McMichael and Andrew Githeko. Global Agency Collaboration on Climate Change and Human Health Initiatives. International Sym-posium on Climate Change, Beijing, China, April.

(2002) Use of AVHRR Data to Evaluate Beneficial Flood Impacts on the Ecology of the Colorado River Delta, Mexico. Kentucky Academy of Science, NKU, November.

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(2001) Remote Sensing Techniques for Ecosystem Management in Arid River Delta Environments: From the Colorado River to the Yellow River (Translated into Chinese and Presented by Shou-shan Fan). Symposium on Potential US-Chinese Joint Institute Initiatives,April, Beijing, China.

(2001) International Application of the US Endangered Species Act: A Case Study of the Colorado River Delta and Upper Gulf of California, Mexico. The Association of America Geographers 97th Annual Meeting, February, New York, NY.

(2000) Fishermen and Farmers on the Colorado River Delta: ENSO Events, Freshwater Flows, and Socio-Economic Responses. The Association of American Geographers 96th Annual Meeting, April, Pittsburgh, PA.

Kevin Cary M.S. [2002] (2003) A Project-Based Approach to Incorporating GIS into the Education Curriculum.

22nd Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California, July. (2002) The GIS Program at Western Kentucky University. Middle Tennessee Forum on

Geographic Information Systems, October, Nashville. (2002) A GIS Demonstration for GIS Day. GIS Day at Western Kentucky University,

November. (2002) The GIS Facility at Western Kentucky University. SoKy GIS Users Meeting,

Bowling Green, December. (2002) with Olaf Jonasson. GIS in Horry County South Carolina 1990-Acre Fire. 22nd

Annual ESRI International User Conference, San Diego, California, July. Nicholas Crawford, Ph.D. (1998-2003) 75 presentations at universities, conferences, meetings, and other settings

(see detail in Appendix J). Richard Deal, Ph.D. [2001] (2003) English Devolution: A Solution in Search of a Problem? Annual Meeting of the

Association of American Geographers, March, New Orleans, Louisiana. (2002) Progress Towards Devolution in Yorkshire and the Humber. Association of

American Geographers Annual Meeting, March, New York, NY. Scott Dobler, M.S. [2000] (2002) The Influence of Tropical Events in Kentucky, Kentucky Academy of Science,

NKU, November. (2001) with Lyndsey Barnett (student), Local Precipitation Associated with Pine

Mountain in Southeastern Kentucky. Kentucky Academy of Science, MTSU, Tennessee, November.

Stuart, Foster, Ph.D. (2003) The State of the Kentucky Climate Center: An Overview of Research Activities

and Student Engagement. Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists, August, Portland, Oregon.

(2002) Developing GeoProfiles: A Progress Report. Kentucky Academy of Science, November, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky.

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(2002) The Impact of Drought on Municipal Water Supplies in Kentucky: A Case Study from the Drought of 1999-2001. 13th Applied Climatology Conference, Portland, Oregon, May.

(2002) An Overview of GIS Activities at the Kentucky Climate Center. Southern Kentucky GIS Users Group, Bowling Green, Kentucky, February.

(2001) with William P. Blackburn, Evaluating Climatological Graphs: Interpretation and Comprehension. Kentucky Academy of Science/Tennessee Academy of Science, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November.

(2001) The GeoProfiles Initiative: Implications for Climatic Research. Kentucky Academy of Science/Tennessee Academy of Science, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November.

(2001) GeoProfiles: Spatial Metadata for Weather Stations. American Association of State Climatologists, Omaha, Nebraska, August.

(2001) GIS: What are the Possibilities? Quarterly Meeting of the Warren County Local Emergency Planning Committee, Bowling Green, Kentucky, June.

(2001) with R. Taylor, Developing GeoProfiles for Kentucky’s Weather Stations. Kentucky GIS Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, May.

(2000) El Niño, La Niña, and Kentucky’s Climatic Extremes. Kentucky Academy of Science, Lexington, Kentucky, December.

(2000) with D.G. Conner, The Kentucky Climate Center. Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists, Logan, Utah, August.

(2000) The Growth and Decline of Communities in Kentucky: An Analysis of the Spatial Dynamics of Retail Sales. Kentucky GIS Conference, Bowling Green, Kentucky, June.

(1998) with W.L. Hoffman, Regional Economic Planning and Polarized Growth in Kentucky: An Analysis of Commuting Flows. Kentucky Academy of Science 84th Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, November.

Chris, Groves, Ph.D. (2003) with J. Meiman, J. Despain, Z. Liu, D. Yuan, J. Baichtal, and K. Prussian.

Improving the Global Estimate of the Carbonate Mineral Weathering Atmospheric Carbon Sink. International Conference on Karst Hydrogeology and Ecosystems, Bowling Green, Kentucky, July.

(2002) with Fowler, R., J. Ovesen, R. Moore, and S. Sahi. DNA Biomarkers to Monitor Chemoautotrophic Nitifying Bacteria With a Possible Role in Limestone Dissolution and Cave Formation, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado.

(2002) with Kambesis, P., B. Osburn, and R. Toomey. Cave Research Foundation in the Mammoth Cave System: A Half-Century of Exploring and Mapping the World's Longest Known Cave. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado.

(2002) with Meiman, J., R. Kerbo, and Z. Chapman Bailey. The Western Kentucky University Graduate Program in Resource Management for National Park Scientists. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado.

(2002) with Merideth, J., and J. Meiman. Vertical Shaft Hydrology and Evolution within the Mammoth Cave System, Kentucky. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado.

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(2002) with Talley, R.N., and J. Meiman, 2002, Unsaturated Zone Hydrology of the Edna’s Dome Shaft Complex of the Mammoth Cave System, Kentucky. National meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado.

(2002) with J. Meiman. Strong Acids and the Carbonate Mineral Weathering Atmospheric Carbon Sink. National meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado.

(2002) with J. Meiman and A. Baker. Quantitative Evaluation of Karst Landscape/Aquifer System Dynamics Using Carbon as a Tracer. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado.

(2002) with R. Finkelman and J. Centeno. Natural Geologic Conditions, Environmental Challenges, and Human Health in Southwest China. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.

(2002) with R. Finkelman and B. Zheng. An Evolving Consortium for the Study of Environmental Health in Southwest China. U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.

(2002) with J. Meiman, J. Despain, Z. Liu, and D. Yuan. Karst Aquifers as Atmospheric Carbon Sinks: An Evolving Global Network of Research Sites. 2nd U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

(2001) with Fowler, R., L. Breeding, and S. Sahi. Analysis of rRNA Gene Sequences to Study Diversity of Microorganisms and Aquifer Evolution of Interstitial Fluids of the South Central Kentucky Karst Aquifer. National meeting of the Geological Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts.

(2001) with Coakley, T., L. Elliott, and S. Wright. Microbial Ecology of Conduit Stream Sediment Interstitial Fluids of the South Central Kentucky Karst Aquifer. National meeting of the Geological Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts.

(2001) with K. Vaughan and J. Meiman. Karst Aquifer Conduit Sediment Interstitial Fluids and Aquifer Evolution. National meeting of the Geological Society of America, Boston, Massachusetts.

(2001) with Glennon, J.A. and D. Coons. Discovery and Exploration of the Martin Ridge Cave System, Kentucky. National meeting of the National Speleological Society, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.

(2001) with Seadler, K., R. Taylor, and J.A. Glennon. Pesticides in Kentucky Karst Aquifer Drinking Water Sources. National meeting of the National Speleological Society, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.

(2001) with Hawkins, W., J.A. Glennon, and J. Meiman. Dye Tracing and Groundwater Quality at the Arthur Oil Field, Kentucky. National meeting of the National Speleological Society, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky.

(2001) with Daoxian, Y., D. Groves, J.A. Glennon, D. Keeling, J. Despain, and S. Fryer. The Hoffman Institute/Cave Research Foundation China Karst Scientific Program. 13th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

(2001) with Kambesis, P. A Prerequisite to Managing Karst Systems: A Model for Evaluating the Basic Elements of Karst Development. 13th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

(2001) with Meiman, J. Protecting Karst Resources Requires an Understanding of Karst Resources. 13th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

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(2001) with Anderson, M, and J. Meiman. The Role of Suspended Sediments in the Transport of Atrazine in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. 13th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

(2001) with T. Coakley, S. Wright, and L. Elliott. Reasons Why We Should be Mindful of Microbes When we Consider Karst Systems: Impacts on Karst Development. 13th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

(2001) with Glennon. J.A., R. Pfaff, L. Demott, M. Thornton, J. Neltner, and D. Hatcher. Threats to Public Health and Safety from the Proposed Kentucky Trimodal Transpark, Warren County, Kentucky. National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

(2000) with J. Meiman. CO2/Landscape Interactions in the Central Kentucky Karst. National Meeting of the British Cave Research Association, Huddersfield, England.

(1999) with J. Meiman and A.D. Howard. Bridging the Gap Between Real and Mathematically Simulated Karst Aquifers. Invited paper, Karst Waters Institute International Symposium on Karst Modeling, Charlottesville, Virginia.

(1999) with K. Vaughan and J. Meiman. Carbonate Chemistry and Limestone Dissolution Rates of Interstitial Fluids Within Cave Stream Sediments and Their Impact on Karst Aquifer Development. National Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, Hawaii.

(1999) with J.A. Glennon, J. Meiman, and Pat Kambesis. The Role of Research and Education in Cave and Karst Management. 12th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

(1999) A New Graduate Program in Geoscience for Federal Cave and Karst Resource Specialists. Invited presentation at the National Park Service Cave and Karst Integrated Management Workshop, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

(1999) with Meiman, J. In-Cave Dye Tracing and Drainage Basin Divides in the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky. 12th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

(1999) with Glennon, J.A. Evolving Geographic Information Systems Capabilities for Management of Cave and Karst Resources. 12th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

(1999) with Pfaff, R., J.A. Glennon, M. Anderson, J. Fry, and J. Meiman. Landuse and Water Quality Threats to the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky. 12th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

(1999) with Ek, D., J.A. Glennon, W.A. Curry, and J. Meiman. Threats to Surface and Karst Groundwater of Mammoth Cave National Park from the Arthur Oil Field, Kentucky. 12th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

(1999) with Timmons, J. and J. Meiman. Acidic Bog Drainage and Limestone Dissolution, Mammoth Cave National Park. 12th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

(1998) with J. Meiman. Current Research in the Mammoth Cave Area. International meeting of the International Geological Correlation Program, Project 379: Karst Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

(1998) with Anthony, D. and J. Meiman. Seasonal Changes in the Geochemical Evolution of a Karst Flow System: Logsdon River, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. International meeting of the International Geological Correlation Program, Project 379: Karst Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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(1998) with Vaughan, K., and J. Meiman. Carbonate Chemistry of Interstitial Fluids Within Cave Stream Sediments. International meeting of the International Geological Correlation Program, Project 379: Karst Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

(1998) with Glennon, A. Quantitative Analysis of the Martin Ridge Cave System, Kentucky. International meeting of the International Geological Correlation Program, Project 379: Karst Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

(1998) with J. Meiman. Current Hydrological Research at Mammoth Cave by the Cave Research Foundation, National Meeting of the National Speleological Society, Sewannee, Tennessee.

(1998) with J. Meiman, D. Anthony, D. Carigan, R. Smith, and K. Vaughan. Recent Advancements in our Understanding of Processes With the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer. National meeting of the National Speleological Society, Sewannee, Tennessee.

(1998) with J. Meiman. Recent CRF Research at Mammoth Cave. National meeting of the Cave Research Foundation, Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Regional: (2003) with Liu, Z., D. Yuan, J. Meiman, G. Jiang, and S. He. Wet Season

Hydrochemistry of the Southwest China Peak Cluster Karst. Southeastern Region Geological Society of America Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee.

(2003) with Glennon, J.A. Measuring the Organization of a Highly Developed Karst Aquifer: Fieldwork in the Martin Ridge Cave System, Kentucky. Southeastern Region Geological Society of America Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee.

(2002) with J. Merideth and J. Meiman. Quantitative Evaluation of Vertical Shaft Evolution and Function Within the Mammoth Cave System, Kentucky. South-eastern/North Central Region Geological Society of America Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky.

(2002) with J. Meiman. Natural Carbon "Sequestration" by Weathering of Kentucky's Carbonate Minerals. Southeastern/North Central Region Geological Society of America Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky.

(2002) with J. Meiman. Biogeochemistry of Inorganic Carbon in the South Central Kentucky Karst. Western Kentucky University Biodiversity Conference, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

(2000) with J. Meiman. Regional Atmospheric Carbon Sink in the South Central Kentucky Karst. Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky.

(2000) with J. A. Glennon, R. Pfaff, M. May, and J. Jack. US Environmental Protection Agency/WKU Source Water Protection Initiative. Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky.

(2000) with Elliott, L., S. Wright, and T. Coakley. Microbial Ecology of Conduit Stream Interstitial Fluids of the South Central Kentucky Karst Aquifer and Impacts on Aquifer Development, Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

(2000) with Pfaff, R., J.A. Glennon, J. Meiman, and J. Fry. Geographic Information Systems as a Tool for the Protection of the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky, Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

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(2000) with Ek, D., J.A. Glennon, and J. Meiman. Threats to Surface and Karst Groundwater of Mammoth Cave National Park from the Arthur Oilfield, Kentucky, Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

(2000) with Timmons, J. and J. Meiman. Acidic Bog Drainage and Limestone Dissolution, Mammoth Cave National Park, Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

(2000) with Merideth, J. and J. Meiman. Carbonate Chemistry Variations in Showerbath Spring, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, Eighth Mammoth Cave Science Conference, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

(2000) with P. Kambesis and D. Coons. Landuse and Water Quality in Limestone Karst Aquifers: How Close an Analog for Fractured Basalts with Lava Tubes? Conference on Lava Tubes and Groundwater Contamination in Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii.

(1999) with Curry, W. Evaluation of karst aquifer sedimentation rates using Cesium 137 from open-air nuclear weapons testing as a tracer. Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, Kentucky.

(1999) with Armes, S., J. Bluhm, C. Calkins, E. Hirsch, J. Schmitz, T. Street, and E.A. McClellan. Correlation between landscape features and jointing within Paleozoic rocks of south-central Kentucky. Southeastern section meeting of the Geological Society of America, Blacksburg, Virginia.

(1999) with Glennon, J.A. Evolving Geographic Information Systems Capabilities for the Analysis of Karst Aquifers. Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, Kentucky.

(1999) with Ek, D., J.A. Glennon, W.A. Curry, and J. Meiman. Threats to Surface and Karst Groundwater of Mammoth Cave National Park from the Arthur Oil Field, Kentucky. Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, Kentucky.

(1999) with Timmons, J. Acidic Bog Drainage and Limestone Dissolution, Mammoth Cave National Park. Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, Kentucky.

(1999) with Meiman, J. In-Cave Dye Tracing and Drainage Basin Divides in the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky. Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, Kentucky.

(1999) with J. Meiman. Atmosphere-Landscape Interactions in the South-Central Kentucky Karst,. Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, Kentucky.

(1999) with Pfaff, R., J.A. Glennon, M. Anderson, J. Fry, and J. Meiman. Landuse and Water Quality Threats to the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky. Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, Kentucky.

(1999) with J. Meiman. Atmosphere-Landscape CO2 Interactions in the South-Central Kentucky Karst. Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, Kentucky.

(1999) with Meiman, J. In-Cave Dye Tracing and Drainage Basin Divides in the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky. Kentucky Academy of Science, Richmond, Kentucky.

(1998) with Meredith, J. and J. Meiman. Evaluation of Carbonate Chemistry within Showerbath Springs Shaft, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Kentucky Academy of Science, Louisville, Kentucky.

Seminars: (2002) with R. Finkelman and J. Centeno. Natural Geologic Conditions, Environmental

Problems, and Human Health in Southwest China. China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.

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(2002) with J. Meiman. Strong Acids and the Carbonate Mineral Weathering Atmospheric Carbon Sink. Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin, China (in English).

(2002) with I. Baren, R. Finkelman, and D. Keeling. Environmental Problems and Solutions in China's Karst Regions. Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.

(2002) Landscape, Water Resources, and Culture in the Southwest China Karst. Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

(2001) Carbonate Chemistry: Some Pretty ‘Durn’ Useful Stuff. Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

(2001) GIS, Landscape Evolution, and Big Fun in the South China Karst. Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

(2000) Are Caves Cooling the Atmosphere? School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, England.

(2000) Carbon Dioxide Work at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Department of Physical Geography, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium (in English translated into French).

(2000) with CO2/Landscape Interactions in the Central Kentucky Karst. Institute of Karst Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin, China (in English).

David J. Keeling, Ph.D. Conferences: (2003) Geography Rocks! Place, Culture, and Popular Music, Annual Conference,

Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, March. (2003) Globalization’s Challenge for Latin America in the 21st Century, Annual Meeting

of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Tucson, Arizona, January. (2002) Argentina After the Collapse: New Crises, Familiar Responses. 52nd Annual

Meeting of the Midwest Association for Latin American Studies, Nashville, October. (2001) The Puerto Madero Project and Urban Redevelopment in Buenos Aires,

Argentina. Annual Conference of the CLAG, Benicassim, Spain, June. (2001) Spatial Dynamics and Policy Consequences of Suburbanization in the United

States. Annual Conference of the IBG/Royal Geographical Society, Plymouth, England, January.

(2001) Spatial Dynamics of Suburban Growth in the United States, 1940-1990. Annual Conference, Association of American Geographers, New York, February/March.

(2000) Cooperative Research Programs between WKU’s Hoffman Environmental Research Institute and the Institute of Karst Geology, Guilin, China, with Chris Groves and Alan Glennon. Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Lexington, December.

(2000) New Directions in Latin America in the Context of Globalization. 50th Annual Meeting of the MALAS, Huatusco, Veracruz, Mexico, November.

(2000) El Desarrollo Latinoamericano y el Imperativo de Globalización: Direcciones Nuevas y Crisis Consabidas. Second Annual Humboldt Congress, Mar del Plata, Argentina, October.

(2000) Restructuring Global Landscapes in the Periphery: Buenos Aires, Argentina. 29th International Geographical Congress, Seoul, Korea, August.

(2000) Latin America, Transport, and Development for the 21st Century. Annual Conference, Association of American Geographers, Pittsburgh, PA, April.

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(2000) Transport Challenges for Latin America in the 21st Century. Annual Meeting of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, Austin, Texas, January.

(1999) Suburbanizing America: Spatial Dynamics and Policy Consequences, with Raina Larsen (grad. student), KAS annual conference, Richmond, KY. November.

(1999) Global Restructuring and Urban Policy Challenges for Latin America in the Coming Century. The Midwest Association of Latin American Studies (MALAS), Charleston, IL, November.

(1999) Urban, Political, and Economic Research in Latin America During the 1990s. (Geography in America Project), Annual Conference, AAG, Honolulu, HI, March.

(1998) Can Economic Integration Work in the Southern Cone? The Case of MERCO-SUR. Annual Conference, Kentucky Academy of Science, Louisville, KY, November.

(1998) Mexico, NAFTA, and Changes in Potential Accessibility. Annual Conference of the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies (MALAS), Bowling Green, Kentucky, October.

(1998) Lost in Space? Regional Integration, Accessibility, and Development in the Southern Cone. Annual Meeting of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG), Santa Fé, NM, September.

(1998) Social-Spatial Dynamics of Quality of Life in Urban Argentina. XXI International Congress of LASA, Chicago, IL, September.

(1998) Neoliberal Reform and Landscape Change in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Annual Conference, Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, March.

Invited Academic Presentations: (2003) Ecology and Ecotourism at the End of the World. Department of Geography and

Geology Seminar Series, Western Kentucky University, February. (2002) On the Waterfront: Land-Use Conflict in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Department of

Geography and Geology Seminar Series, WKU, January. (2002) Theory and Methodology in Land-Use Planning. Karst Dynamics Institute,

Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China, January. (2001) Argentina in the 21st Century. Department of Economics and Geography Special

Lecture, Hofstra University, New York, November. (2001) Globalization in Latin America: Revolutionary Change or Prologue to Revolution?

Latin American Studies Program, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, May. (2001) Globalization and Latin America -- Truth and Consequences. Latin American

Studies Program and Hofstra Organization of Latin Americans, Hofstra University, New York, February.

(2001) Power, Production, and Polarization: Regenerated Landscapes as Socio-Political Statements. Department of Geography and Geology Seminar Series, Western Kentucky University, January.

(2000) Sustainable Development in an Emerging Country: Brazil's “Order and Progress.” Department of Geography and Geology Seminar Series, Western Kentucky University, September.

(2000) Human-Environment Relationships in Karst Landscapes: Heritage Corridors and Sustainable Development. Institute of Karst Geology, Ministry of Land and Resources, Guilin, China, August.

(1999) Argentina at the Millennium: Optimism and Opportunity or Crisis and Chaos? Geography Awareness Week Seminars, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, November.

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(1999) Globalizing the Urban, Urbanizing the Global, Department of Geography Seminar Series, University of Kentucky, Lexington, October.

(1999) The Role of Landscape Change in Geoscience Analysis. Department of Geography and Geology Seminar Series, WKU, September.

(1999) Free Trade Systems in a Competitive Global Economy, Guest Lecture in Contemporary Agricultural Issues, Department of Agriculture, WKU, September.

(1999) Latin America's Millennium Bug? Trade, Transport, and Development in the Southern Cone, Latin American Studies and Department of Geography Special Seminar Program, The University of Auckland, New Zealand, August.

(1999) Latin America at the Millennium: New Directions, Familiar Crises. Visiting Professor Series, Department of Geography with Latin American Studies, University of Ohio, Athens, April.

(1999) Life in Hong Kong after the British: Development Patterns and Changing Urban Dynamics, Department of Geography and Geology Seminar Series, Western Kentucky University, January.

(1998) Urban Development, Economic Growth, and Globalization in Pacific Asia. ecture Series, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, China, November.

(1998) Globalization and Emerging World Cities in Asia. Visiting Lecture Series, Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, China, November.

(1998) Crossing the Millennium Rubicon: The United States, Latin America, and the Fate of Nations. The School of International Studies Visiting Lecture Series, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, October.

(1998) The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal: Continental Artery or White Elephant? Faculty/Graduate Seminar Series, Department of Geography & Geology, Western Kentucky University, September.

(1998) Urban Landscape Change in Argentina: The Case of Buenos Aires. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, April.

(1998) The Coffee Commodity System in Huatusco, Mexico. Anthropology Club, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, April.

(1998) A Basic Gravity Model Approach to Theorizing the Economic Potential of Transport Improvements in Mexico. Faculty/Graduate Seminar Series, Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, January.

Other Lectures: (2003-1998) 29 Guest Lectures in University Courses Stephen Kenworthy, Ph.D. [2003] (2002) Streambed Mobility and Dispersal of Aquatic Insect Larvae: Results From a

Laboratory Study. Poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California.

Debbie Kreitzer, M.S. [1999] (2003) with Jamie A. Lancaster and Laurie A. Myjak. Globalization Trends in Kentucky’s

Heritage Corridor. Poster Presentation at the Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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(2002) with James M. Bingham, and Stuart A. Foster. The Heritage Corridor: Local endeavors, Global Implications. Kentucky Academy of Science Joint Meeting, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights,

(2002) Environmental Globalization: The United Nation's International Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Projects. Association of American Geographer's Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California.

(2001) Tourism, Mammoth Cave National Park and September 11th. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

(2001) Environmental Globalization and the International Biosphere Reserve Project. Tennessee Academy of Science and Kentucky Academy of Science Joint Meeting, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

(2000) Changing Spatial Patterns of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky.

Rezaul Mahmood, Ph.D. [2001] (2003) Land use change, modification of soil moisture content, and near surface

temperature records in the Northern Great Plains. The 99th annual conference of the Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana, March.

(2002) An analysis of simulated point Soil Moisture for Three Land Uses Under Contrasting Hydroclimatic Conditions in the Northern Great Plains. The 57th annual conference of the Association of American Geographers, Southeastern division at Richmond, VA, November.

(2002) Climate prediction, information, and policy response: a retrospective assessment of drought management in Oklahoma. Poster presented at the PI’s conference, NOAA-OGP, South Carolina, September.

(2002) Land use change and modification of near surface temperature records in the Northern Great Plains: verification of modeling results. The 13th Conference on Applied Climatology, Portland, Oregon, May.

(2002) Sensitivity of soil moisture and evapotranspiration to soils and land use heterogeneity. The 13th Conference on Applied Climatology, Portland, Oregon, May.

(2001) Soil moisture and evapotranspiration in Great Plains: the role of heterogeneous soil physical properties and land uses. The 56th annual conference of the Association of American Geographers, Southeastern division at Lexington, KY, November.

(2001) Understanding soil water climatology of the Northern Great Plains: application of a soil water balance model. The 97th annual conference of the Association of American Geographers at New York, New York, February.

(2001) Land use change and its impacts on the soil moisture hydrology in the Northern Great Plains. The 97th annual conference of the Association of American Geographers at New York, New York, February.

L. Michael Trapasso, Ph.D. (2003) Computer Exercises in Meteorology. Annual Meeting of the Association of

American Geographers, New Orleans, Louisiana. (2001) Climate and Tourism in the Land of the Ozone Hole. Meeting/Workshop, ISB

Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece. (2000) Beginning to End: The Effects of El Niño and La Niña in Latin America. Annual

Conference, Midwest Association of Latin American Studies, Huatusco, Mexico.

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(1998) The Relationships Between Selected Meteorological/Pollution Producers and Asthma Attacks in South Central Kentucky. Annual conference of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Louisville, Kentucky.

(1998) Ultraviolet Radiation and Human Life: Perceptions in the "Land of the Ozone Hole. Annual MALAS Conference, Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Appendix C. Grant Activity by Geography Faculty, 1998-2003 Katie Algeo, Ph.D. [2001] Internal: (2003) Mammoth Cave and the Making of Place: Tourism Development 1816 – 1930.

WKU Junior Faculty Scholarship Program. Funded: $4000. External: (2003) Dimensions of Cultural Change. Silbereisen Fund. To fund research activities

related to cultural change and rural development. Funded: $5000. (2002) Dimensions of Cultural Change. Silbereisen Fund. To fund research activities

related to cultural change and rural development. Funded: $5000. John All, Ph.D., J.D. [2002] Internal: (2003) WKU ‘Special Initiatives’ Grant. Special support to launch the Human-Environ-

ment Linkages Program. Submitted. $2000. (2003) WKU Sponsored Projects. Travel Grant to China for Source Water Protection

Seminar and International Climate Change Program Meeting. Received. $963. (2003) Office of the Dean, Ogden College, WKU. Travel Grant to China for Source

Water Protection Seminar and International Climate Change Program Meeting. Received. $800.

(2003) Department of Geography and Geology, WKU. Travel Grant to China for Source Water Protection Seminar and International Climate Change Program Meeting. Received. $800.

(2002) Center for Cave and Karst Studies. Radon in Karst Regions: Risk Factors and Policy Implications. Dr. Andrew Wulff, Co-PI. Received. $3000.

(2002) WKU Sponsored Projects. Summer Grant to Study Radon in Karst Regions: Risk Factors and Policy Implications. Received. $5000.

External: (2003) National Science Foundation. REU Site: Summer Research Experience for

Undergraduates in the Mammoth Cave/ Upper Green River Watershed. P.I.’s Cathleen J. Webb and Rezaul Mahmood (see Mahmood entry).

(2003) Environmental Protection Agency. Source Water Protection and Education Project. P.I.’s Ritchie Taylor and Chris Groves (see Groves entry).

(2003) National Science Foundation CAREER Grant. Global Climate Change and Pest Insects in the Northern Rocky States. In Preparation. $500,000.

(2003) NASA Earth Science Enterprise. Vegetative Change Detection, Management, and Climate Regime in Eastern Protected and Private Woodlands. Notice of Intent Submitted. $500,000.

(2003) Kentucky Council for International Education. Travel Grant to facilitate China/US exchange of researchers and students. Declined. $500.

(2002) Kentucky Academy of Science. Radon in Karst Regions: Risk Factors and Policy Implications. Dr. Andrew Wulff, Co-PI. Declined; resubmit with new budget. $10,000.

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(2002) World Bank. (Submitted by NASA on behalf of the Organizing Committee). Improving Health in a Changing Climate and Environment: An Action Plan for the 21st Century. PI’s also include William Sprigg (Arizona, Grant Home), Anthony McMichael (Australia) and Andrew Githeko (Kenya) Note: The WKU subcontract in the proposal is for $95,193. Submitted. $824,554.

(2002) Sino-US Centers for Soil and Water Conservation and Environmental Protection. Travel Funds to Yangling, China, for Source Water Protection Seminar. Received. $2000.

Kevin Cary M.S. [2002] Internal: (2002-2003) Submitted a proposal in October for mapping the WKU campus to Facilities

Management and Information Technology. In April 2003, the GIS Facility was awarded $10,000 for a portion of the project’s first stage by Information Technology, which has agreed to fund the entire first stage of the project. The first stage of the project encompasses digitizing subsurface features that are relevant to Information Technology, such as telephone wires and video cable. The current status of the project is in progress. Funded $10,000.

Nicholas Crawford, Ph.D. External: (1998-2003) 121 grants and contracts submitted. $00.000 requested and $00.000

funded (see detail in Appendix J) Stuart, Foster, Ph.D. External: (2003) with Co-PI Rezaul Mahmood. Developing an environmental monitoring system

for Kentucky. Proposed budget: $3,248,500. Status: Pending (2001) with C. Groves, F. Siewers, M. Prante, D. Keeling, and M. May, IMPACT

KENTUCKY!, CPE 2000-02 Regional University Excellence Trust Fund, Submitted for $408,000, Funded for $87,000.

(2000) Natural Hazards and Their Impacts on Agricultural and Urban Development in the Barren River Area, Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Barren River Area Development District. Funded for $10,000.

Chris, Groves, Ph.D. Internal: (2003) Kentucky Digital Vectorized Geologic Quadrangles. WKU Action Agenda (with

match from the Source Water Protection Program and the Kentucky Climate Center), total $7,000 (funded).

(2001) WKU Summer Faculty Fellowship. Landscape/Atmosphere CO2 Interactions in the Tower Karst Region of the Li River Valley, Guanxi Province, China. $5,000.

(2001) WKU Faculty Research Grant. Landscape/Atmosphere CO2 Interactions in the Tower Karst Region of the Li River Valley, Guanxi Province, China. $1,000.

(2000) WKU Faculty Research Grant Evolving Caverns and Dissolving Cathedrals: A Cooperative Research and Exchange Program Between WKU's Hoffman Environmental Research Institute and the School of Geography, Oxford University, England. $1,000.

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(2000) WKU Development Grant for travel to the Karst Institute of the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Guilin, China (with graduate student Alan Glennon). $4,138.

External: (2002-2003) with R. Finkelman, and J. Centeno. The WKU/ McConnell Environmental

Health Research Center for China, US Agency for International Development, $1,500,000 (under review).

(2003) with Webb, K., R. Mahmood, E. Conte, W.P. Pan, Y. Shon, K. Algeo, S. Sahi, and J. Riley. REU Site: Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Mammoth Cave/ Upper Green River Watershed, National Science Foundation, $211,821 (under review)

(2003) with Hacker, M., T. Minter, L. Hose, 2003, Southwest China Caves: Biodiversity and Drug Discovery. National Institute of Health Fogarty International Center, International Cooperative Biodiversity Group Program, $300,000 (under review).

(2003) with D. Granger, I. Sasowsky, and F. Siewers. Cave Sediment Dating of River Incision and Landscape Evolution in the Geologically Active Areas of Southwest China. Grant proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation’s Kentucky EPSCoR Program, $25,000 (not funded).

(2003) Hoffman Environmental Research Institute. Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education (as part of the Center for Water Resource Studies Program of Distinction, $26,000 (funded).

(2002) with R. Taylor. Assessment of Atrazine in Agricultural Watersheds in Kentucky: Understanding Use, Drinking Water Impacts, and Stakeholder Involvement. US Environmental Protection Agency Regional Geographic Initiative/Environmental Priorities Fund, $75,000 (under review).

(2002) Source Water Protection Program (Task 3) for the WKU Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality. US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water. Funded $126,123. (This is part of the proposal by Taylor, R., C. Groves, and O. Meier WKU Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality, US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water, total $447,075 (funded)).

(2002) Hoffman Environmental Research Institute. Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education (as part of the Center for Water Resource Studies Program of Distinction, $28,000 (funded).

(2001) with R. Mahmood and S. Foster. Flooding in Karst Watersheds: A Hydro-meteorological and Hydrogeomorphic Analysis, Kentucky EPSCoR Research Incubation Grant, $20,000 (not funded).

(2001) with R. Taylor. GIS Analysis of Groundwater Sensitivity in Kentucky. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (as part of WKU's new Center for Wastewater Research, total funding $500,000), $71,728 (funded).

(2001) Mathematical Modeling of the Atmosphere/Landscape CO2 Flux in the South Central Kentucky Karst: Organic Carbon Transport. Kentucky National Science Foundation EPSCoR REG Program, $12,000 (funded).

(2001) with R. Taylor. Western Kentucky University Source Water Protection Initiative, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (as part of WKU's Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality, total funding $500,000), $163,000 (funded).

(2001) Hoffman Environmental Research Institute. Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education, $30,000 (funded).

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(2001) Proposal to Bring Foreign Scientists to the Joint North Central/Southeastern Geological Society of America Meeting, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, $3,600 (funded).

(2001) with Sahi, S., R. Fowler, J. Meiman, D. White, and R. Olson. Analysis of rRNA Gene Sequences to Study Diversity of Microorganisms in Mammoth Cave, submitted to National Science Foundation, $298,000 (not funded).

(2000) with Houston, W.E. Western Kentucky University Source Water Protection Initiative, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (as part of WKU's Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality, total funding $500,000), $132,000 (funded).

(1999) Storm-scale Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality of Sinking Spring, Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Site. National Park Service, $11,200 (funded).

(1999) Arthur Community Karst Hazard Project U.S. National Park Service, Mammoth Cave National Park, $8,000 (funded).

(1999) with W.E. Houston. Western Kentucky University Source Water Protection Initiative, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (as part of WKU's Technical Assistance Center for Water Quality, total funding $500,000), $178,000 (funded).

(1998) Travel Funding for Foreign Karst Scientists to Attend the 1998 International Meeting of the International Geologic Correlation Program, Project #379: Karst Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle. American Chemical Society, $2,000; National Park Service, $8,000; Cave Research Foundation, $2,000 (funded)

(1998) Landuse Threats to the Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, $10,000 (funded).

David J. Keeling, Ph.D. Internal: (2000) Sponsored Programs Research and Travel Grants, WKU ($2500) (2000) Faculty Research Scholarship, Western Kentucky University, April ($1000). (2000) Faculty Development Grant, Western Kentucky University, March ($250). (1999) Faculty Development Grant, Western Kentucky University, January ($250). (1998) Faculty Development Grant, Western Kentucky University, February ($200). External: (2002) Ministry and Land and Resources Travel Support Grant, Guilin, China ($500). (2000) Ministry of Land and Resources Travel Support Grant, Guilin, China ($500). (2000) NSF/AAG Conference Travel Grant (IGU), July ($1,000). Rezaul Mahmood, Ph.D. [2001] Internal: (2003) Assessing Precipitation Variability in the Mid-latitudes Using A High Density

Precipitation Measuring Network in the Mammoth Cave National Park. Funded $1,000.

(2003) with Michael Trapasso. Real-time meteorological data feed to Climate/ Meteorology lab. Perkins Grant. Amount requested: $25, 000. Status: Pending.

(2003) with Stuart Foster. Joint initiative on local and regional hydroclimatic research. Applied Research and Technology Program (ARTP), Western Kentucky University. Funded $25,000.

(2002) with Michael Trapasso. Meteorological lab upgrade. Action Agenda Funds, Western Kentucky University. Funded $24,762.

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(2002) Determining Sensitivity of a Physically-based Soil Water Model to Estimated Solar Radiation and Relative Humidity. Western Kentucky University Faculty Research Council. Funded $5,000.

(2002) with Michael Trapasso. Meteorological lab upgrade. Western Kentucky University. Proposed budget: $33, 632. Status: Not funded.

(2001) El Niño related monsoonal rainfall variability in Bangladesh and eastern India: an analysis of synoptic-scale atmospheric forcing. Western Kentucky University Faculty Research Council. Funded $3,930.

External: (2003) with Daniel Leathers, and David R. Legates. An alternative hypothesis of El Nino

related monsoonal rainfall variability in Bangladesh and Eastern India. Submitted to the National Science Foundation. Total Budget: $318,000. Status: Pending.

(2003) with Kenneth G. Hubbard and David R. Legates. Spatio-temporal variability of soil moisture and land memory processes in the Great Plains. Submitted to the National Science Foundation. Total Budget: $264, 000. Status: Pending.

(2003) with Cathleen Webb (Chemistry). Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Mammoth Cave/ Upper Green River Watershed. Proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF). Total Budget: $253,000. Status: Pending

(2003) Flash flooding in the Eastern Kentucky: A hydrometeorological case study. Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training. Budget: $10,000. Pending.

(2003) with Stuart Foster. Developing an environmental monitoring system for Kentucky. Proposed budget: $3,248,500. Status: Pending

(2003) Precipitation measurement at the Mammoth Cave National Park. Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. Funded $13,000.

(2003) An assessment of El Nino related monsoonal rainfall variability in Bangladesh and eastern India. KY NSF-EPSCoR. Proposed total budget: $49, 000. Status: Not funded.

(2002) An alternative hypothesis of El Nino related monsoonal rainfall variability in Bangladesh and eastern India. The National Science Foundation, CAREER Program. Amount requested: $491, 921. Status: Not funded.

(2002) with Kenneth G. Hubbard and Alan Basist. Soil moisture climatology and land memory processes in the Northern Mississippi and Missouri Basins. Submitted to the Office of Global Programs, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Amount Requested: $189, 223. Status: Not funded.

(2002) with Cathleen Webb. Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Mammoth Cave/ Upper Green River Watershed. Submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF). Amount requested: $314, 061. Status: Not funded.

(2002) with Chris Groves. Mammoth Cave meteorological flux measuring instrumentation. National Park Service. Proposed budget: $200, 000. Status: Not funded.

(2001) with Kenneth G. Hubbard and Alan Basist. Soil moisture climatology and land memory processes in the Northern Mississippi and Missouri Basins. Submitted to the Office of Global Programs, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Amount Requested: $267, 277. Status: Not funded.

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(2001) with Cathleen Webb. Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates in the Mammoth Cave/ Upper Green River Watershed. Submitted to the National Science Foundation (NSF). Amount requested: $284,880. Status: Not funded.

(2001) with Nevil Speer. A case study of anthropogenic inputs in a karst/non-karst watershed: stakeholder participitation in watershed management. Submitted to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Amount Requested: $590,296. Status: Not funded

(2001) with Burl I. Naugle, Christopher Groves, and Stuart Foster. Flooding in karst watersheds: a hydrometeorlogical and hydro-geomorphic analysis. Proposal submitted to: KYEPSCoR. Amount requested: $20,000. Status: Not funded.

L. Michael Trapasso, Ph.D. Internal: (2003) Faculty Development Grant, $750.00, (2001) Faculty Development Grant from Ogden College and the Department of

Geography and Geology for travel funds to the ISB International Conference in Greece, $500.00

(1998) Faculty Research Grant for my research in the Antarctic, $1,000.00 External: (2002) Perkins Grant Award for Meteorology Laboratory Computers, $24,765.00 (2000) Used Energy-Related Equipment Grant from the US Department of Energy

(Monetary value =$7,000.00) (1999) National Science Foundation UNIDATA Equipment Grant, $15,000 (1998) Research Grant from the Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA., for

research in the Antarctic, $550.00

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Appendix D. Service Activity by Geography Faculty, 1998-2003 Katie Algeo, Ph.D. [2001] Institution: Multiple departmental committees, workgroups, and Library Liaison. Community and P-12: (2003-2002) Moderator, Kentucky State Geography Bee. (2002) Habitat for Humanity, Allen County, Kentucky, Summer; Helped with home construction. Discipline: (2004-2006) Editorial board, Southeastern Geographer. (2002-2004) Kentucky State Representative, Southeastern Division of the Association

of American Geographers. (2002-2003) Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Cultural Geography. (2002) Search Committee for Editor, Names. (2001-present) Webmaster, Contemporary Agriculture and Rural Land Use Specialty

Group of the Association of American Geographers. (1998-2004) Director, Contemporary Agriculture and Rural Land Use Specialty Group of

the Association of American Geographers. John All, Ph.D., J.D. [2002] Institution: (2003) University Environmental Science Program Committee. (2003) Ogden College Space Utilization Committee. (2003-2004) University Senate Member. (2003-2004) University Senate Faculty Welfare and Professional Development

Committee Member (2003-2004) Faculty Advisor for the Graduate Geoscience Society. Community and P-12: (2003) Principles of Source Water Protection. Kentucky Rural Water Association

Training Session. Barren River Lake State Resort Park, February. (2003) Famous-Barr Used Book Sale to benefit the Southern Kentucky Festival of

Books. (2003) Kentucky Rock and Sport Trust (KRST), Board Member and Legal Analysis. (2003) Red Cross Local Disaster Response Team Member. (2003) Residential Radon Presentation to 12th graders with four undergraduate

students. May 2nd, Bowling Green High School. (2003) Residential Radon Presentation to 9th graders with four undergraduate students.

May 2nd, Bowling Green Christian Academy. (2003) Science Fair Judge, 7th Graders, Bowling Green Christian Academy. (2003) Science Fair Judge, 8th Graders, Bowling Green Christian Academy. (2002) Roadside cleanup – Clifty Hollow Road, November. (2002) Interview for Earth Day Activities, WKYU-FM 91.7 Revolution Campus Radio

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Discipline: (2002-2003) U.N. Conference on Climate Variability and Human Health Organizing

Committee Member and Promoted to Program Officer. (2002-2003) Vice President of the Geography Section, Kentucky Academy of Science. (2002-2003) Sino-US Institutes for Soil and Water Conservation and Environmental

Protection, Guest Lecturer. Kevin Cary M.S. [2002] Institution: (2002-2003) 35 meetings, conferences, consulting, and data-management discussions

about GIS with various campus groups, faculty, students, and unit directors. Community and P-12: (2003) Vice-President, Southern Kentucky GIS Users Group. (2003) Meeting with Bowling Green’s Public Works Department’s GIS Coordinator Kyle

Bearden and Assistant City Engineer Jeff Lashlee on a potential storm water project involving GIS, February.

(2003) Hosted a tour and discussion of the GIS Facility to the Bowling Green’s Public Works Department. Those that attended from the Public Works Department where the Public Works Director Emmett Wood, GIS Coordinator Kyle Bearden and Assistant City Engineer Jeff Lashlee, February.

(2003) Southern Kentucky GIS Users Group meeting at BITs Office in Glasgow, Kentucky, March.

(2003) Participated as a judge in Sigma Xi’s Student Research competition, April. (2003) Participated as an instructor & judge in Kentucky’s Science Olympiad State

Tournament’s Remote Sensing Section, April. (2002). Repaired automated weather station located at the sewage treatment planet in

Bowling Green and downloaded data from the automated weather station with Dr. Trapasso.

(2002) Represented the GIS program at the Southern Kentucky GIS Users Group meeting at Barren River Health Department, October

(2002) Hosted the December meeting for the Southern Kentucky GIS Users Group in the GIS Conference Room.

Nicholas Crawford, Ph.D.

(see detail in Appendix J). Richard Deal, Ph.D. [2001] Institution: (2002-2003) Academic Probation Committee. Community and P-12: (2003) Produced map for Greenways Commission, Bowling Green. (2003) Southern Kentucky GIS Users Group, Historian. (2003) Scorekeeper, Kentucky State Geographic Bee Finals, Bowling Green, April. (2003) Judge, Sigma Xi Western Kentucky Student Research Conference, April. (2002) Volunteer, Rocks Rock Junior Girl Scout Badge Workshop, April.

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Discipline: (2003) Association of American Geographers, European Specialty Group, Treasurer. (2003) Session Chair, The Politics of Mapping, 2003 Political Geography Specialty

Group Preconference, March, Florida. (2002-2003) World Geography Bowl, Committee Member, Southeastern Division

Association of American Geographers. (2001-2003) Association of American Geographers European Specialty Group, Chair. (2002) Session Chair, Afternoon Session, "Globalization on our Doorstep," conference

sponsored by AAG Political Geography Specialty Group and the IGU Commission on Geography and Public Policy, March, Virginia.

(2002) Moderator, World Geography Bowl, 2002 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division Association of American Geographers, November. Scott Dobler, M.S. [2000] Institution: (2001-2003) Assistant Advisor: Geo Club (2001-2003) Advisor for Taiwanese Student Association (2001-2002) Coordinated the delivery and filing of 20,000 maps and file drawers that

were donated to the department. Community and P-12: (2003) National Geographic Geography Bee – judge. (2003) Science Olympiad - Coordinator for Geoscience, and judge. (2003) Meteorology Career day at Butler Co. High School. (2003) Bowling Green Library – Wind systems, and kite construction. (2002-2003) Science Alliance member: designed to organize outreach to P-12 schools. (2002) National Geographic Geography Bee – judge University of Louisville. (2002) Science Days - Presenter with the Kentucky Climate Center. (2002) Science Olympiad - Coordinator for Geoscience, and judge (2002) Meteorology Career day at Butler Co. High. (2002) Bowling Green Library - Two outreach presentations to after school program

dealing with frozen precipitation, and butterfly movement in North America. (2002) Oakland Elementary School: Presentation: "The Phases of the Moon." (2001) Designed and built a stream table for Rockfield Elementary on a school budget

of $50.00. (2001) Weather presentation for students at Rockfield Elementary School. (2001) Regional science fair judge at Moss Middle School. (2001) Meteorology career day presentation at Butler Co. High (during spring break). (2001) Science Days presentation at Natcher Elementary School. (2001) Weather presentation at Bowling Green Library for afternoon program. (2001) National Geographic Geography Bee state judge, University of Louisville. (2001) Attendance of Kentucky Geographic Alliance meeting in Beaver Dam. (2001) Attendance and presenter at Region 7 Geography academy in Morehead, KY. (2000) Participant in Science Days at WKU. (2000) Science fair judge at a local Christian school. (2000) National Geographic Geography Bee judge, Natcher Elementary School.

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Stuart, Foster, Ph.D. Institution: Western Kentucky University, Faculty Grievance Committee Western Kentucky University, Program Review Committee Western Kentucky University, Ogden College Facilities Planning Committee Community and P-12: Bowling Green/Warren County GIS Consortium, Technical Committee Bowling Green/Warren County GIS Consortium, By-Laws Committee Southern Kentucky GIS Users Group Water Availability Advisory Group, Kentucky Division of Water, Frankfort, KY State Climatologist for Kentucky Numerous interviews for local and regional media, including Park City Daily News, Cincinnati Post, Louisville Courier-Journal, Lexington Herald-Leader, and WBKO TV. Daily activities of the Kentucky Climate Center responding to hundreds of requests for data and advice each year. Ogden College Science Days, September, 2001 Discipline: Kentucky Science Olympiad, April 20, 2002 Presented professional in-service to employees of Image Entry, Incorporated of London,

KY, November, 2001 Conducted field surveys to identify potential sites for the NOAA, NCDC, U.S. Climate

Reference Network (activity in progress) Hosted the Logan County Home Educators group in the Kentucky Climate Center,

November 2001 Chris, Groves, Ph.D. Institution: (2000-2003) University Honors Program Committee. (2000-2003) Ogden College Sabbatical Committee. (1996-2003) University Faculty Scholarship Council. (1996-1999) University Graduate Council (alternate). Community and P-12: (1998-2003) Consulting to both home owners and builders concerning sinkhole flooding

and sinkhole collapse. (1998-2003) Karst Landscapes and the Mammoth Cave System. Multiple talks and

environmentally-themed cave tours for Earthwatch Archeology Team, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky.

(1996-1999) Consulting to the National Park Service on groundwater hydrology at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Site.

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Discipline: (2000-2004) Co-director (with Yuan Doaxian) United Nations International Geological

Correlation Program, Project #448: World Correlation of Karst Geology and Relevant Ecosystems.

(2002) Co-Convener (with Alan Fryer and Jim Currens), Theme Session Ground-Water Flow and Geochemistry in Carbonate Terranes, SE/NC Regional Geological Society of America meeting, Lexington, Kentucky.

(2001) Co-convener (with Jon Martin) Theme Session Geochemistry of Karst Waters: A Window on Hydrogeology and Biota, National Geological Society of America meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.

(1996-present) Member, national Board of Directors, Cave Research Foundation. (1995-1999) Co-director, Mammoth Cave Working Group, International Geological

Correlation Program, Project #379: "Karst Processes and the Global Carbon Cycle. (1994-1998) Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology. (1993-1998) Chairman, Research Advisory Committee, National Speleological Society. (1998-2003) Reviewer of 28 manuscripts for the following refereed journals: Water Resources Research (2) Journal of Hydrology (12) Ground Water (8) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (1) Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (1) Chemical Geology (1) National Speleological Society Bulletin (1) Hydrogeological Journal (1) Journal of Hydrologic Sciences (2) (1998-2003) SERVICE AS A GRANT PROPOSAL REVIEWER: National Science Foundation (1995-99). Cave Research Foundation Graduate Fellowship and Grant Program. David J. Keeling, Ph.D. Institution: (2003-2004) Ogden College Representative, Department Heads Committee Advisory

Council. (2003-2004) Member, Search Committee, Coordinator of International Student and

Scholar Services. (2002-03) Member, International Education Council. (2002-03) Chair, Department Head Search Committee, Physics and Astronomy. (2002-03) Member, Study Abroad Advisory Committee. (2001-03) Member, Leadership Studies Certificate Program Committee. (2001-02) Department Head Representative, Ogden College Dean's Search Committee. (2001-02) Representative At-Large, University Senate Faculty Status and Welfare

Committee. (2001) Search Committee Member, Study Abroad Advisor, International Programs. (2000-01) Senator, University Senate, Representing the Department of Geography and

Geology. (2000-01) Member, Budget Sub-Committee for Strategic Planning.

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(2000) China’s New Role in the Pacific Rim Economy. Special Skills Lecture, English as a Second Language Program, November.

(2000) Europe’s 21st Century Challenges. Special Lecture to the English as a Second Language International Institute, Bowling Green, July.

(2000) Latin America and the Cultural Dynamics of Change. Special Lecture to the English as a Second Language International Institute, Bowling Green, February.

(1999) Spatial Patterns of Development in Oceania, Special Skills Lecture, English as a Second Language International Institute, Bowling Green, October.

(1999) Is Latin America on the Verge of Social and Political Collapse? Moderator and Panelist, WKU International Week Colloquia, Bowling Green, KY, April.

(1999-03) Member, Ogden College Graduate Curriculum Committee. (1999-03) Member, Ogden College Curriculum Committee. (1999-00) Member, University Tuition Policy Workgroup. (1999-00) Member, Faculty Regent’s Advisory Council. (1999) Member, Assistant Director of International Programs Search Committee. (1998-00) Member, University Budget Council (Ogden College Representative). (1998) Member, Committee on Competency in a Second Language, Oct-December. Community and P-12: (2003) American Society and the Aftermath of September 11, Outlook, with Barbara

Deeb, WKYU-TV, Western Kentucky University, September. (2003) A dialogue…24 months later. The Aftermath of September 11, WKYU-FM, the

Midday Edition with Dan Modlin, September. (2003) Leadership Studies at WKU, with Cecile Garmon. WKYU-FM, Midday Edition

Interview, September. (2003) Liberia and U.S. Policy in Africa. Rotary Club of Bowling Green, September. (2003) WBKO/ABC 13, Television News Interview, Development in Africa, July. (2003) WKYU-FM, Midday Edition Interview, Africa’s Economic and Social Problems,

July. (2003) Democracy in Iraq? Unitarian-Universalist Church Seminars, Bowling Green,

June. (2003) WKYU-FM, Midday Edition Interview, Argentina’s Presidential Elections, May. (2003) Master of Ceremonies, National Geographic Bee, Kentucky State Finals,

Bowling Green, April. (2003) WKYU-FM, Midday Edition Interview, Geopolitical Conditions in Iraq, March. (2003) Urban China in the 21st Century, WKU Chinese New Year Banquet, February. (2002) Argentina! WKU Libraries Far Away Places Series, with Barnes and Noble,

October. (2002) WKYU-FM, Morning Edition Interview, Famine in Southern Africa, September (2002) Kashmiris and Kalishnakovs in the Valleys of Shangri-La, Noon Rotary Club

Talk, June. (2002) WKYU-FM, Morning Edition Interview, The Kashmire Crisis, June. (2002) WKYU-FM, Midday Edition Interview, Argentina's Currency Dilemma, Feb. (2002) Master of Ceremonies, National Geographic Bee, Kentucky State Finals,

Louisville, April. (2001) WKYU-FM, Midday Edition Interview, The Crisis in Argentina, December. (2001) WKYU-FM, Midday Edition Interview, Rebuilding Afghanistan, November. (2001) WKYU-FM, Midday Edition Interview, Geopolitics and Afghanistan, October.

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(2001) The Afghanistan Vortex. Unitarian-Universalist Church Seminars, Bowling Green, October.

(2001) Revolution and Resistance in Contemporary Society, Unitarian-Universalist Church Seminars, Bowling Green, April.

(2001) Master of Ceremonies, National Geographic Bee, Kentucky State Finals, Louisville, April.

(2001) Brazil: Country of Contrasts. Far Away Places Series, WKU Libraries and Barnes & Noble, Bowling Green, February.

(2000) Mexico’s New Revolution: Should the U.S. Worry? Rotary Club International, Bowling Green, KY, September.

(2000) Globalization Village or Globalization Pillage? Unitarian-Universalist Church Seminars, Bowling Green, May.

(2000) Geography Outreach (4 lectures), Greenwood High, Bowling Green, May. (2000) Environmental Implications of the Airpark Project. Student Environmental Forum,

Western Kentucky University, March. (1999) Europe in the Global System, Geography Outreach Program, Holy Lutheran

Primary School, Bowling Green, September. (1999) Life in the Amazon Basin, Geography Outreach Program, Rockfield Elementary

School Academic Summer Camp, Bowling Green, KY, July. (1999) Continuity and Change in France’s Wine Country. Invited Keynote Speaker,

Homemakers Club of America Annual Gala, Amite, Louisiana, April. (1999) Geography Outreach (2 lectures), Greenwood High, Bowling Green, November. (1999) Geography Awareness Week Speaker, Middle Tennessee State University. (1999) Geography Outreach, Holy Trinity Lutheran and Rockfield Elementary Schools and English as a Second Language International. (1999) Master of Ceremonies, National Geography Bee, Kentucky Finals, University of Louisville, April. (1998) NAFTA: Problems and Prospects. Panel Debate, Bowling Green Chamber of

Commerce and the International Business Center of WKU, November. Discipline: (2003) American Geographical Society Lecturer, Hidden Treasures of Europe

Educational Tour, May/June: Hidden Urban Treasures of Europe; European Union Expansion and Integration; and Seville - A Bridge Between the Old and New Worlds.

(2002-04) President, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. (2002) Conference Co-Organizer, Midwest Association of Latin American Studies,

October. (2002) From Patagonian to the World: Chile in the Global Economy; Ecology and

Ecotourism at the End of the World; and The Falkland/Malvinas Conflict and Resource Competition. Lectures for the American Geographical Society Study Tour, Chile, November.

(2001-02) Search Committee, New Editor of the Geographical Review. (2001-04) Webmaster, The American Geographical Society (www.amergeog.org). (2001) Current Conditions in Latin America. Workshop of the Hofstra Organization of

Latin Americans (HOLA), Hofstra University, New York, February. (2000-02) Vice President, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers.

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(2000) Workshop -- Investigaciones Geográficas en América Latina: Papel y Proceso at the 2nd Annual Humboldt Conference, Mar del Plata, Argentina, October.

(2000) Workshop on La Enseñanza de la Geografía en el Contexto de las Reformas Educativas Latinoamericanas at the 2nd Annual Humboldt Conference, Mar del Plata, Argentina, October.

(1999-04) National Councilor, American Geographical Society. (1999-00) Editor, Journal of Latin American Geography, CLAG Yearbook 2000, Vol. 26. (1999-00) Chair, Latin American Specialty Group of the AAG. (1999-00) Editor, Geography and Geology Proceedings of the Kentucky Academy of

Science. (1999) Brazil 2000. Study Abroad Opportunities. Departments of Sociology, Anthro-

pology, and Geography, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, November.

(1999) Encouraging Study Abroad Participation among Kentucky College Students, Panel Discussion, Annual Conference of MALAS, Charleston, IL, November.

(1999) London as World City and Global Metaphor, American Geographical Society Study Tour with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, London, England, June.

(1999) Britain Divided at the Dawn of the 21st Century, American Geographical Society Study Tour with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Aberdeen, June.

(1999) Scottish Devolution and the Politics of Regionalism, American Geographical Society Study Tour/Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tobermory, Scotland, June.

(1999) Language Dialects and Regional Identity in Britain, American Geographical Society/Metropolitan Museum of Art Study Tour, Penzance, England, June.

(1998-01) Board of Directors, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers (CLAG). (1998-02) Editor, Intercambio Internacional, Vols. XII-XVI, Latin American Studies Program, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (1998-03) Publications Committee Member, CLAG. (1998) Transportation and Sustainable Development in Ecuador. Annual Conference of

the Kentucky Institute of International Studies in Ecuador, Quito, July. (1998) American Geographical Society Lecturer, Heartlands of Europe Study Tour,

June: Koln-Bonn, Germany - The Socio-Political Role of the Rhine River; Nurnburg, Germany - The Rhine-Main Canal: White Elephant or Dynamic Infrastructure?; Vienna, Austria - The Gabcikovo Dam and the Politics of Environment; Budapest, Hungary - Budapest: On the Edge of Greatness?

(1998) Conference Organizer, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, October.

(1998-99) President, Midwest Association of Latin American Studies (MALAS). (1998-99) Vice-Chair, Latin American Specialty Group of the Association of American

Geographers. (1998) Editor, Journal of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers: Yearbook

1998, Vol. 24, pp. 139 (PR). (1998) Session Chair, Annual Conference of the AAG, Boston, March. Manuscript Reviews and Other Professional Service: (2003) Book Proposal Reviewer, Routledge Press, July. (2003) Book Review of Urban Geography, 2nd. Edn., by Tim Hall, for Routledge Press,

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(2003) Manuscript Reviewer, Guilford Publishers, Regions and People of Latin America, January.

(2002) Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Latin American Geography, October. (2002) Book Proposal Reviewer, Routledge Publishers, June. (2002) Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Historical Geography, May. (2002) Manuscripts Reviewer, Journal of Latin American Geography, February, March. (2001) Manuscript Reviewer, Political Geography, December. (2001) Book Manuscript Reviewer, Sound Tracks, Routledge Publishers, January. (2000) Manuscript Reviewer, Progress in Human Geography, November. (2000) Reviewer, Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts 2000, John Wiley

Publishers, April. (2000) Reviewer, World Regional Geography Text W.H. Freeman Publishers, March. (1999) Question Development for the Advance Placement (AP) test in Geography,

Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, February. (1998) Manuscript Reviewer, Political Geography, November. (1998) Reviewer, World Regional Geography Text, W.H. Freeman Publishers, August. (1998) Question Development for the Advance Placement (AP) test in Geography,

Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, May and September. (1998) Reviewer, World Regional Geography Text W.H. Freeman Publishers, February. Stephen Kenworthy, Ph.D. [2003] New Faculty, Fall 2003. Debbie Kreitzer, M.S. [1999] Institution: (2003-2000) Mammoth Cave Field trips for GEOG 100 and GEOG 280 classes. (2003-2000) Faculty Advisor, Geography Club. (2002) Department Representative for Focus on Western. Community and P-12: (2003) Volunteer for National Geographic Geography Bee, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (2003-2002) Volunteer for Science Olympiad. (1999) Presentation to World Regional Geography Class at Bowling Green High School. Rezaul Mahmood, Ph.D. [2001] Institution: Multiple service activities in the Department. Discipline: (2003) Organizer and Chair, Special Session in Hydroclimatology, at the 99th annual

meeting of the AAG, New Orleans, Louisiana. (2002) External Dissertation Reviewer for Prakash K. Patil, Department of Geography,

University of Pune, India. (2001) Organizer, Special Sessions on 1) Hydroclimatology I and 2) Hydroclimatology II, at

the 97th annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, New York. (1998-2003) Reviewed manuscripts for: International Journal of Climatology

Climate Research

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Physical Geography Applied Geography Journal of Spatial Hydrology

L. Michael Trapasso, Ph.D. Institution: (2003-1998): Judging in Student Competitions: 11 Guest Lectures (On and Off Campus): 54 Masters and Ph.D. (as an outside committee member) Committees: 10 Organizational Committee Membership: University and Departmental: 7 University Recruitment Trips: 10 Community and P-12: (2003-1998) Technical and Consultation Reports: 60.

Media Interviews (TV, Radio, Newspapers): 53 (2001-2000) Weather Related Stories for the “Meeting Place” Magazine: 20 stories. Discipline: (2003-1998): Outside Reviewer (Books, Magazines, Journals, Web sites): 12 Organizational Committee Membership: Off-campus: 4

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Appendix E.1. Comparative Data, Geography Program

Table E.1.1. Geography Program Majors Semester Met. Tech Met. Tech

Prep Geography

Prep (1) Geography Total

Fall 2003 (2) 5 0 116 62 183 Fall 2002 5 0 48 81 134 Fall 2001 5 1 51 66 123 Fall 2000 2 8 52 63 123 Fall 1999 2 4 39 87 132 Fall 1998 6 2 36 97 143

(1) Students who have declared a Geography major but who have not yet filed a degree program. (2) Fall 2003 semester majors data come from Department records. Source: Fall 1998-2002 data provided by Institutional Research.

Table E.1.2. Geography Credit Hours Produced Semester Credit Hours FTEF SCHP/FTEFSpring 2004 5,538 16.25 341

Fall 2003 5,351 17 315 Spring 2003 5,874 15.5 379

Fall 2002 5,415 15.5 349 Spring 2002 5,091 14.5 351

Fall 2001 4,748 13.5 352 Spring 2001 5,439 13.5 403

Fall 1999 6,021 15 401 Fall 1997 5,979 14 427

Table E.1.3. Geography Majors compared to other Kentucky Institutions Year WKU* UofL UK NKU MSU MoSU EKU 2003 178 ** 2002 127 49 64 16 3 23 32 2001 116 50 60 13 12 14 37 2000 113 43 68 14 11 13 45 1999 117 55 60 13 15 16 47 1998 120 58 60 9 14 13 56

* Significant under-reporting of majors is occurring at WKU. ** Designated majors in Geography (674) based on Department records.

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Table E.1.4. Combined Grants and Contracts, 1998-2003

Department of Geography and Geology (Geography Faculty)

Year Submitted Funded Total Grants and Contracts

2003 YTD $ 7,326,767 $ 121,946 41 2002 $ 2,277,593 $ 796,256 60 2001 $ 3,865,200 $ 706,295 63 2000 $ 2,901,040 $ 1,101,040 17 1999 $ 1,369,293 $ 460,793 13 1998 $ 661,750 $ 167,250 10

TOTAL $ 18,401,643 $ 3,353,580 204

Table E.1.5. Geography Faculty Publications and Academic Presentations, 1998-20031

Faculty Member - Date Publications Presentations Technical Reports

and Reviews Algeo, Katie [2001] 7 7 1 All, John [2002] 3 11 - Crawford, Nick 16 75 73 Deal, Richard [2001] 1 2 - Foster, Stuart 2 13 3 Groves, Chris 20 73 5 Keeling, David 15 72 21 Kenworthy, S [2003] 2 1 - Mahmood, R l [2001] 14 8 - Trapasso, L. Michael 17 5 1 Total 97 267 104 Average per faculty per year2

3

8

3.25

Notes: 1. Only Ph.D. faculty are listed here, as non-tenured instructors are not expected to present research at conferences or to publish. 2. Pro-rated for faculty that commenced employment since 1998 (6.4 FTEF).

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Table E.1.6. Anticipated Growth of GIS Program, 2003-2008 (Students)

Offered GIS 317 GIS 319 GIS 417/417G GIS 419/419G GIS 590 Fall 03 40 20 20 - -

Spring 04 40 20 - 20 - Summer 04 - - - - -

Fall 04 60 40 20 20 5 Spring 05 60 40 20 20 -

Summer 05 - - - - - Fall 05 80 40 20 20 10

Spring 06 80 40 20 20 - Summer 06 - - - - -

Fall 06 100 60 40 40 15 Spring 07 100 60 40 40 -

Summer 07 - - - - - Fall 07 120 80 60 60 20

Spring 08 120 80 60 60 - NOTES (3) (2) (1) (1) (1)

Notes: (1) At this time, we can only offer one advanced course in the Fall (417) and one advanced course in the Spring (419), with the expert-level course (590) only available as a supervised research course (limited to one or two students depending on faculty time). (2) We can only offer one section of GIS 319 each semester (limited to 20 students) because of staffing constraints. This is a required course for the major as well as for the GIS Certificate, and two sections each semester are needed to keep up with demand. (3) Enrollment in GIS 317 is expected to increase steadily over the coming years as we design more specialized sections (GIS for Biology, GIS for Business, etc.) and as student interest in at least being exposed to the basic technical aspects of GIS grows.

Table E.1.7. Anticipated Growth in the GIS Certificate Program, 2003-2008

Academic Semester Certificates Awarded 75% CompleteProgram

50% Complete Program

Fall 2002 5 Spring 2003 9

Fall 2003 5 Spring 2004 15 8 14

Fall 2004 4 Anticipated

Fall 2004 6 10 16 Spring 2005 8 10 18

Fall 2005 4 8 20 Spring 2006 10 14 24

Fall 2006 8 12 24 Spring 2007 12 16 26

Fall 2007 14 18 28 Spring 2008 16 22 30

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Appendix G. Selected Alumni Data, 1998-2003

Alumnus/a Graduation Field Position

Alexander, Melisa 2003 Earth Science K-12 Teacher, Indiana Anthony, Darlene 1998 Geoscience Asst. Professor, Purdue Univ. Banks, Nicole B. 1999 Finance Bank Teller, Flaherty, KY Beyer, Chandra 2002 Environment Dollar General, Nashville, TN Blackburn, Will 2003 Geoscience WKU Glasgow Instructor Briggs, Michael R. 2002 Geography MS Geoscience Program, WKU Brown, Jill R. 2002 Geoscience BGCC Instructor Calkins, Craig 2002 Geology Graduate Program, U-T Austin Cary, Kevin 2001 Geoscience GIS Instructor, WKU Castelli, Angela 2002 Environment Mammoth Cave NP, Env. Ed. Coyle, Bradley 2000 Environment August Mack, Louisville, KY Crowe, Shawn 2001 Environment KHEAA, Frankfort, KY Douglas, Ramey 2002 Education Teacher, Cedar Park, TX Douglass, Bryon 2001 Climatology WFIE-TV, Evansville, IN Durkee, Joshua D. 2000 Climatology MS Program – Uni. of Georgia Firkins, Michael 2003 Geography Research Asst., CCKS, WKU Glennon, Alan 2001 Geoscience Ph.D. Program, Santa Barbara Goodnight, Shane 2000 Geology MS Program – Uni. of Kentucky Goodwin, Lloyd 2002 Geography MA History Program, WKU Graham, Mark 2002 Geography MS Geoscience Program, WKU Gunnels, Joshua 2001 Geography Baltimore Gas & Electric (Maps) Hall, Christopher 2001 Geog/Geol MS Geology Program, Vanderbilt Hambley, John 2000 Planning Planner, Kissimmee, Florida Harrison, Christine 2003 Planning BRADD Internship Hays, John V. 2002 Geography Rough River State Park Ranger Hewitt, Robert K. 1999 Planning Planner, Frankfort, KY Hight, Lance Q. 2003 Geography J.D. Program, Law School Hill, Michael 1999 Planning Community Planner, Oldham Cty Hinkle, Joy 2002 Environment MPA Program - Georgia State U. Holinde, Shane 2002 Broadcasting WBKO-TV Bowling Green, KY Howard, Brian 2001 Geoscience Planner, City of Evansville, IN Hosey, Kieran 2001 Geology Geologist, KY Geological Survey Kleeman, Brian 2003 Geology American Engineers, Glasgow Kreitzer, Debbie 1998 Geoscience Instructor, WKU Geography Dept Lindsey, Jason 2000 Broadcasting KFVS-TV Cape Girardeau, MO Littell, Patricia 2002 Geology GIS Manager, St. Louis, MO Marcum, Robert 2002 Geography US Navy - Aviator Meredith, Brandi 2000 Geography J.D. Program Vermont Uni. Law Nichter, Amy 2003 Environment Smoky Mountains National Park Overfield, Bethany 2001 Geology Geologist, KY Geological Survey Parker, Alison 2002 Geology Environmental, Nashville, TN

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Perkins, Timothy 2002 Geology MS Geology Program, Vanderbilt Peveler, Michael 2001 Geology Corps of Engineers, Louisville KYPfaff, Rhonda 2002 Geoscience Analyst, ESRI, California Pruett, Scotty 2000 Geoscience Faculty, MTSU, Murfreesboro TN Redfield, Jude 1999 Broadcasting WKRC-TV Cincinnati, OH Restall, Shana 2002 Geoscience Ph.D. Program, U.of Washington Sears, Adam W. 2002 Geology Geologist, (no info on where) Sims, Laura 2003 Environment Env. Position in Las Vegas, NV Taylor, Dan 2002 Climatology MS Geoscience Program, WKU Tenpenny, Becky 2002 Geography USDA Thompson, Noah 2002 Geography Bowling Green Airport Thornton, Melissa 2002 Geology MS Program, Uni. South CarolinaTibbs, Jeffrey 2003 Geologist Research Asst., CCKS, WKU Van Duzer, Josh 2002 Planning MA Planning Program, Akron OHVaughan, Ryan 2000 Broadcasting WSFA-TV Montgomery. AL Ward, Matthew 2002 Geology Project Geologist – TS Tech, CO Wright, Wesley 2000 Planning Hardin County KY Planning

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Appendix H. Tracks in the Geography and Geology Major and Minor 1. Tracks and Track Requirements in the Geography B.S. Program. 2. Details about the Program and about Minors in Geography. 3. Details about G.I.S. Program 4. Programs in Geology 5. Details about the Geoscience M.S. Program.

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Appendix I. System-wide Enrollment and Degree Data

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Appendix J. Report Detail for Dr Nicholas Crawford

and for Dr. Michael May (1998-2003)

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Appendix K. Student Internships (1998-2007) Student Internship Practicum Term

Alford, Keith BRADD Planning S 2002 Baines, Courtney BRADD GIS F 2006 Baldwin, William M. National Weather Sr Sum 2005 Baldwin, William M. Kentucky MesoNet F 2006 Baldwin, William M. Tennessee EMA S 2007 Barnes, Joseph Biggerstaff, Ward S 2007 Batte, Dottie US Fish and Wildlife S 2005 Benneyworth, L Nashville Met. Gov Sum 2004 Bergman, Crystal WC Emergency Mgt F 2004 Bergman, Crystal Department Teaching S 2007 Blackburn, William Department Teaching S 2002 Bourette, Cari New Story Fndation S 2007 Brandon, Jay WSMV Nashville Sum 2002 Briggs, Michael BRADD Planning Sum 2001 Brock, Kevin W. New Story Fndation S 2007 Broome, John Metro Plan Nashville F 2004 Broyles, Lucas J. BRADD GIS S 2005 Broyles, Lucas J. BR Development Cn Sum 2005 Burd, Charlynn A. BRADD Planning F 2000 Burns, Jennifer BG Public Works Dept F 2004 Burns, Jennifer US Forest Service Sum 2002 Chaney, David Departmnt Radon Study Sum 2003 Coleman, Troy Boy Scouts America S 2004 Courtney, Angie Lincoln Trail ADD F 1999 Cox, Brian WBKO-TV Weather S 2007 Douglas, Matthew City Elizabethtown Sum 2005 Douglas, Matthew City Elizabethtown Sum 2006 Dwyer, Christina BRADD Planning F 2000 Eaton, Robert J&L Chemical Co F 2004 Ede, Sarah Nat. Weather Servce Sum 2005 Franklin, Clint BRADD Planning F 2000 Glass, Matt Center for Cave Karst S 2002 Goins, Dale BRADD Planning Sum 2001 Graham, Mark Public Works, BG S 2002 Greunke, Erin Departmental Teaching S 2007 Hancock, Kristi NWS, Nashville Sum 2003 Hanvey, Steven Dollar General Sum 1999 Harris, Brandon City of Jacksonville Sum 2002 Harrison, Christy Departmnt Radon Study S 2003 Huges, Tassall A. Ogden Water Lab Sum 2004 Kays, John V. Hart State Park Sum 2001 Hamner, Jess A. SDI Louisville S 2006 Henry, Mark A. BG Police Departmt F 2004 Hewitt, Robert K. City of Roseburg Sum 1999

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Holloway, Autumn Friends of Lost Riv. F 2000 Hosey, Kieran KY NREPC Sum 2001 Jeng, Shwu-Jing GIS Campus Digitize S 2004 Katz, Marshall H. Fall Productions CA Sum 2004 Kendrick, Dasen National Weather Sr Sum 2005 Krantz, Matthew BRADD Planning Sum 2002 Lancaster, Jamie Departmnt Radon Study S 2003 Larsen, Raina BRADD Planning F 2000 Leeper, Ronnie KY Mesonet F 2006 Leeper, Ronnie Departmental Teaching S 2007 Link, Allison Kail Consult, WY S 2006 Logan, Justin W. WKYT-TV Lexington Sum 2007 MacDonald, Kami SOKY, Soccer S 2005 Maners, Nick BRADD Planning F 2001 Marcum, Robert Department Peer Tutor F 2002 Marcum, Sarah Department Peer Tutor F 2002 McCauley, David Department Computers Sum 1999 McCord, James A. City of Franklin, KY Sum 2005 McCord, James A. City of Franklin GIS S 2006 McCord, James A. BG Police Dept. F 2005 Miller, Michael Hamilton Cty - GIS F 2004 Minnich, Andrew WBKO-TV weather S 2006 Moreland, Cara B. BG Radon Study F 2005 Myatt, Kevin BRADD Planning S 2002 Myatt, Kevin BRADD Planning F 2002 Nichter, Amy C. Departmnt Radon Study S 2003 Nichter, Amy C. Gt. Smoky Mtns NP Sum 2003 Osborne, Samntha FOX 41 WDRB Sum 2005 Page, Jonathan Dollar General Sum 1999 Pendley, Leah S. BRADD GIS S 2005 Pendley, Leah S. BRADD GIS S 2006 Phelps, Mark Biggerstaff, Ward (Surveying) S 2007 Rhoads, Matt BRADD Planning Sum 2004 Rink, Timothy BG Police Deprtmnt F 2002 Rink, Timothy Water Resource Studies S 2003 Robb, Elizabeth Downtown Redev. F 2003 Scott, Amy BRADD GIS S 2006 Scott, Larry L. Fox 17 Nashville Sum 2005 Seadler, Katie Mammoth Cave NP F 2003 Shepard, Robert V. WKY-TV Lexington Sum 2006 Simpson, Shawn BG Police Dept. F 2003 Skees, William C. BRADD GIS Sum 2006 Skees, William C. BRADD GIS F 2006 Southard, Andrew Diversified Institute F 2005 Storey, Alanna WATERS Lab MCNP F 2005 Teckenbrock, Jess WPSD-TV Paducah Sum 2007

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Thieneman, Justin WLKY Louisville F 2006 Thomas, Steve BRADD Planning S 2002 Travelstead, Tonya City Plan. Comm. F 2001 Troutman, Tara Fruit of the Loom Sum 1999 Voils, Kasey L. BRADD Planning S 2004 Watson, Eric R. WEHT-TV Evansville Sum 2007 Weber, Jeremy Nashville Planning Sum 2003 Weber, Jeremy Offc. Local Govt TN Sum 2004 Wood, Jason Texas Gas - GIS F 2006 Wright, Wesley Virginia Beach City Sum 1999 Wyatt, David Water Resource Studies F 2002 Wyatt, David BRADD Planning F 2001 Young, Dennis Presnell Associates Sum 1999 Zoellner, Matthew Enscience, Inc. S 2000

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Appendix L. Department Strategic Plan (2001-2006)

Copy of Website Home Page (www.wku.edu/geoweb) Copy of 2003 GEOGRAM, the alumni newsletter