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Justin H. White Department of Earth Science, Utah Valley University

800 W. University Parkway, Orem, Utah 84058

Justin.White@uvu.edu

EDUCATION

PhD Geography, University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), 2017

MS Geography, Virginia Tech (VT), 2012

BS Geographic Sciences, Geology minor, James Madison University (JMU), 2010

Professional Certificate in Data Science, Harvard University (EdX),

Expected 2021

APPOINTMENTS

2018-present Assistant Professor, Earth Science, Utah Valley University (UVU)

2017-2018 Visiting Assistant Professor, Geography, Univ. of Wisconsin, Parkside (UWP)

2015-2020 Instructor, Geography, Great Basin College

2015-2017 Instructor, Geography, UNR

2011-2017 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Geography, UNR, VT

2016 Instructor, Geography, Truckee Meadows Comm. College

2014 Field Researcher, Peregrine Fund, Ecuador

2013 Field Researcher, Peregrine Fund, Dominican Republic

2013 Field Researcher, Virginia Tech, Dominican Republic

2011 Aquatic Species Technician, Utah Dept. of Natural Resources

2010 Research Technician, U.S. Forest Service, Lake Tahoe, California

2010 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Geology, JMU

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2015-present Instructor of Record (includes online and in-person modalities):

Geog 100: Physical Geography (18x)

Geog 106: Human Geography

Geog 108: Culture and Environmental Sustainability

Geog 200: World Regional Geography (2)

Geog 2000: Sustainability and Environment (fall 2021)

Geog 323: Climate Change

Geog 3400: Environmental Remote Sensing (3)

Geog 3600: Introduction to GIS (7)

Geog 3650: Advanced GIS (4)

Geog 367: Natural Disasters (5)

Geog 405/605: GIS I laboratory

Geog 409/609: GIS Design Studio

Geog 489R: Undergraduate Research Experience

Geog 490R/NSS 475R: Geospatial Intelligence (fall 2021)

Geog 491: Advanced Explorations in GIS

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Geog 499: Undergraduate Instructional Experience

2010-2017 Graduate Teaching Assistant

Geog 1014: World Regions

Geog 103: Physical Geography (4)

Geog 210: Introduction to Geotechnology (2)

Geol 211: Oceanography GIS lab instructor

Geog 3304: Geomorphology

Geog 434/634: Biogeography

Geog405/605: GIS I (1)

Geog 5984: Paleoenvironments

Tutor: Introduction to Oceanography

Other Educational Experiences Led

Student experience: severe weather exploration in the Great Plains, USA. Postponed from May

2020.

Urban Ecology. Week-long webinar for the Davidson Institute for Profoundly Gifted Students,

Reno, NV. 2015.

Other Educational Experiences Attended

Civility in the Outrage Culture. Four-day workshop hosted by Center for the Study of Ethics,

UVU. Orem, UT. 2019.

Office of Teaching and Learning FlexStudio + Instructional Design Partnership. UVU. 2020,

2021.

Office of Teaching and Learning Scholarly and Creative Undergraduate Partnership Team

Member. UVU. 2020-present.

Module Basics. Center for High Performance computing. University of Utah. 2020.

Office of Teaching and Learning Spotting Effective Teaching: Promoting Critical Reflection

Using an Observation Tool and Student Collaborators on Teaching Program participant.

UVU. 2019.

Online Teaching Academy: Online Teaching Academy Certification. UVU. 2019.

Office of Teaching and Learning Peer Observation for the Enhancement of Teaching participant.

UVU. 2018-present.

SciComm (Science Communication) Workshop. Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV. 2018.

Teach and Take Time for You: Strategies and Tips to Reduce Stress & Burnout. Hosted by Teach

and Take Time for You. Chicago, IL. 2018.

Beyond the Classroom: Changing Culture Through Environment. Event hosted by Inside Higher

Ed. 2015

Prezi Presentations for the Classroom: Effective Design and Best Practice. Event hosted

by the National Council for Geographic Education. 2015

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Arid West, USA. Project: Quantifying vegetation dynamics and urban area change in the arid

American West (2.3 million km2) since 1985 using geospatial techniques. PI. 2019-

present. Number of students involved: 6

Utah Lake Watershed/Wasatch Front, Utah. Project: Airborne Thermal Imaging of

Groundwater Sources in the Utah Lake Watershed, UT, USA. Co-PI. 2020-present.

Number of students involved: 2

Benin. Student experience and project: Geospatial and landscape pattern metrics of Sacred

Ancestral Forests in Benin. Co-PI with Dr. Hilary Hungerford. Postponed from May 2020.

Number of involved: 7

Utah Lake Watershed, Utah. Assessing the Impact of ~75 years of Land Use and Land Cover

Change on the Utah Lake Watershed with Remote Sensing and Spatial Modeling. Co-PI

with Dr. Weihong Wang. Number of students involved: 4

Nevada, USA. Project: Raptor ecology along an urban-rural gradient in Reno-Sparks, Nevada,

USA. 2014-2017. PhD Dissertation. Examined raptor breeding ecology along an urban

gradient and human perceptions of raptors. Installed and managed 41 nest cameras and 23

researchers.

Nevada, USA. Project: Golden Eagle and Red-tailed Hawk nestling banding. PI: Dr. Pete

Bloom; March 2017. Retrieved and banded Golden Eagle nestlings. Trapped adults and

fitted transmitters.

Nevada, USA. Project: Golden Eagle nest-camera methods exploration. PI: Great Basin Bird

Observatory; May 27–30 2015. Conducted helicopter surveys of Golden Eagles nests in

northwestern Nevada; installed nest cameras.

Ecuador. Project: Andean Condor and Andean Fox Research and Conservation PI: Dr. Hernan

Vargas, the Peregrine Fund, August 2014

Tracked and monitored Andean Condors near highland cliffs and lava flows of Volcan

Antisana; helped control highland dog populations, and trapped and processed Andean

Foxes.

Nevada, USA. Project: Refinement of historical variability and the baseline for hydroclimatic

conditions within the Walker Basin, Nevada/California: a multi-elevational

dendrochronological and ecohydrological approach. PI: Dr. Scott Strachan,

Dendrochronology Laboratory: Geography Dept. UNR; May–June 2014

Cored single-leaf pinyon and juniper species, and maintained precipitation monitoring

equipment

Dominican Republic. Project: Ridgway’s Hawk Reintroduction. PI: Thomas Hayes, Peregrine

Fund; Feb–April 2013

Tracked and monitored health/behavior of released Ridgway’s Hawks around Punta Cana

Ecological Foundation, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic. Project: Late Holocene hurricane-fire interaction in coastal forests of the

Dominican Republic. PI: Dr. Lisa Kennedy, VA Tech; Feb 2013

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Collected lake sediment cores in Laguna Limon using a Russian Peat Borer system;

collected foraminifera samples from the beach, lake, and surrounding areas.

La Gonave, Haiti. Projects: Landscape dynamics on the island of La Gonave, Haiti, 1990–2010,

Do perceptions of the Red‐tailed Hawk indicate a human‐wildlife conflict on the island of

La Gonave, Haiti?, and The status of diurnal raptor populations on La Gonave, Haiti.

Utah, USA. Project: Monitor and test for aquatic invasive species in freshwater bodies around the

Uintah mountain range. PI: Natalie Boren, Utah Department of Natural Resources, May–

July 2011

Gill netted Walleye, weighed, identified stomach contents, sampled water,

inspected/decontaminated boats

Lake Tahoe Basin, USA. Project: The effects of wildlife management techniques on small

mammal populations in the Lake Tahoe Basin. PI: Pacific Southwest Research Station,

United States Forest Service, May–August 2010.

Trapped, processed, tagged, gathered genetic samples, and released small mammals

North Carolina, USA. Project: Survivorship study of Black-throated Blue Warblers in

Nantahala National Forest. PI: Univ. of Georgia, May–July 2009.

Located, identified, and helped band nesting Black Throated Blue Warblers; filmed nests,

weighed chicks, and recorded nest failures.

London, England. Project: Identify how the transportation infrastructure in London has changed

with population fluctuations since the 1880s. Conducted as a senior undergraduate student

in April 2010.

FUNDING

Awarded (*mentor for student funding):

2019 $27,400 Environmental Remote Monitoring System, College of Science PBA, UVU

$10,000 Innovative Methods for Environmental Conservation in West Africa Co-PI, UVU

$500 Center for the Study of Ethics Microgrant, UVU

$2,826 Pedagogy and Instructional Leadership Research, Undergraduate Research and

Creative Works, UVU

$3,000 Undergraduate Research Committee mentor, UVU*

$1740 Faculty Development Committee, UVU

2018 $10,000 Utah Lake Watershed Remote Sensing and Spatial Modeling CO-PI,

Undergraduate Research and Creative Works, UVU

$1,615 Undergraduate research apprenticeship program and faculty professional

development award, UWP

2017 $1,900 Gignoux Family Award

2016 $3,468 Reno Hawk Project research sponsorships*

$2,500 Research Grant Program GSA

$2,280 John W. James Award

$4,750 NSF Nexus Project: Reno Hawk Project

$225 UNR Poster and Diversity Retention Speech Competition

2014 $1,000 Geodactics Project Grant

$250 Researchers Implementing Conservation Action (RICA) Funding

$1,000 The Wildlife Society-Western Section Research Grant. Not collected.

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2013 $12,000 Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering Scholarship, UNR

2012 $300 Virginia Tech Graduate Research Development Project

$1,000 Virginia Tech Department of Geography Sidman P. Poole Endowment

2011 $100 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

2010 $423 JMU Integrated Science and Technology Department funding

Significant Unawarded Proposals:

2016 $10,000 Individual Development and Educational Assessment Impact Grant

Title: Disentangling pedagogical methods and instructor traits in higher education

geography courses

$3,200 Instructional Enhancement Grant

Title: Disentangling pedagogical methods and instructor traits in higher education

geography courses

$18,000 NASA Graduate Research Opportunity Fellowship 2016-2017

Title: Climatic effects on the breeding success, diet, and feeding behavior of an

apex predator along an urban–wildland gradient using remotely sensed methods

Other Awards:

Nominated – Stella C. Gray Teaching Excellence Award, UWP. 2019

Nominated – Nevada Wildlife Conservationist of the Year. 2018

1st – Wildlife Society-Western Section Conference Oral Presentation. Title: A versatile method of

modeling urban density for ecological research. 2017

3rd – UNR Speech Competition. 2016

3rd – UNR Poster Competition. 2016

Teaching Assistant of the Year. Virginia Tech Geography Program. 2012

PUBLICATIONS

White JH, Brown JL, Ormsby ZE (2020) A multiscale assessment of Red-tailed Hawk

reproductive success relative to urban density and habitat type. Journal of Urban

Ecology, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juaa023

White JH, Kennedy LM, Kimsey MB (2019) The Status of Diurnal Raptor Populations on La

Gonâve, Haiti. Caribbean Journal of Ornithology, 32(1):81–85

White JH, Kemmelmeier M, Bassett SD, Smith JM (2018) Human perceptions of an avian

predator in an urban ecosystem: close proximity to nests increases fondness among local

residents. Urban Ecosystems, 21(2):271–280

White JH, Smith JM, Bassett SD, Brown JL, Ormsby ZE (2018) Raptor nesting locations along

an urban density gradient in the Great Basin, USA. Urban Ecosystems, 21(1):51–60

White JH, Kennedy LM, & ME Christie (2017) Do perceptions of the Red-tailed Hawk indicate

a human-wildlife conflict on the island of La Gonâve, Haiti? Singapore Journal of

Tropical Geography, 38(1):258–268

White JH (2015) Perspectives on Urban Raptor Research from the Reno Hawk Project. Mountain

Views, 9(2):63-67. Non-peer reviewed, editor Dr. Constance Millar, USFS.

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White JH, Shao Y, Kennedy LM, & Campbell JB (2013) Landscape dynamics on the island of

La Gonâve, Haiti, 1990–2010. Land, 2(3):493–507

Copenheaver, CA, Seiler, JR, Peterson, JA, Evans, AM, McVay, JL, and White, JH

(2013) Stadium Woods: A dendroecological reconstruction of an old-growth forest on a

university campus. Dendrochronologia, 32(1):62–70

Manuscripts in Preparation

White JH, Kimsey M, Kennedy LM. Pedagogical method or instructor qualities: student values

in general education geography courses. For submission to Journal of Higher Education.

White JH, Nussear K, Brown JL, Snook JS. Prey selection and diet breadth of Red-tailed Hawks

relative to urban density. For submission to Journal of Urban Ecology.

Ormsby ZE, Nussear K, Bassett SD, Bloom P, Katzner T, White JH. Urban Avoidance by

Golden Eagles in the Great Basin, U.S.A. For submission to Journal of Urban Ecology.

Service to peer-reviewed Journals

Academic Editor

Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports

Guest Editor

Caribbean Naturalist

Reviewer

Biological Conservation

SAGE Open

Journal of Global Ecology and Environment

Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology

Journal of Raptor Research

British Journal of Applied Science and Technology

Asian Journal of Environment and Ecology

Journal of Experimental Agriculture International

Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International

Journal of Applied Life Sciences International

Advances in Research

Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International

International Journal of Geo-Information

Significant Grants Reviewed

2020 Vienna Science and Technology Fund

Figures Published

2020 Figures 1 & 2 in Marla LS et al. (in review) Migration connectivity of juvenile Pallas’s

Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) migration in Asia.

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2016 Figure 1 in Clark JH. (2016) The “Life” of the State: Social Reproduction and Geopolitics

in Turkey's Kurdish Question. Annals of the American Association of Geographers,

1-18.

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

Invited

2016 Co-organizer and Panelist. Perspectives on Displacement: A Panel Discussion on the

Middle East Refugee Crisis. Sponsors: Northern Nevada International Center, UNR Vice

President of Research, UNR Geography and Political Science Departments.

Perspectives from Working for Syrian Refugees on Lesvos, Greece. Sponsors: JMU

Humanitarian Affairs Program & Geographic Science Department

Conferences (*student co-presenters)

2020 White JH, Thomas J. Changes in urban greenness in the Wasatch Front, Utah from 1985–

2019. Association of American Geographers. Denver, CO. April 6–10.*

Ableman DK, White JH, Kimsey MB, Kennedy LM. Pedagogical method or instructor

leadership traits? GenEd geography student views. Association of American

Geographers. Denver, CO. April 6–10. Abstract accepted, presentation postponed

due to COVID-19.*

Thomas J, White JH. Quantifying vegetation and urban area change in the arid American

West since 1985. Association of American Geographers. Denver, CO. April 6–10.

Abstract accepted, presentation postponed due to COVID-19.*

Forsythe D, White JH. Surface Water Change in the Wasatch Front, Utah. Association of

American Geographers. Denver, CO. April 6–10. Abstract accepted, presentation

postponed due to COVID-19.*

2019 White JH, Thomas J, Bunds M. Remote detection of wildlife in a montane, urban-fringe

environment using ground-based thermal technology. Association of American

Geographers. Washington, D.C. April 2–6.*

Thomas J, White JH. Modeling habitat suitability for moose (Alces alces shirasi) in a

rapidly urbanizing environment. Association of American Geographers.

Washington, D.C. April 2–6.*

McGovern D, Call E, Wang W, White JH. Assessing the Impact of ~65 years of Land Use

and Land Cover Change on the Utah Lake Watershed with Remote Sensing and

Spatial Modeling. Association of American Geographers. Washington, D.C. April

2–6.*

Call E, McGovern D, Wang W, White JH. Assessing Utah Lake Shoreline Change from

1953 to 2014 and the Land Use Classification around Utah Lake in 2018. Utah

Conference on Undergraduate Research.*

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2018 Ormsby Z, Bassett SD, Nussear K, White JH, Bloom P. Urban avoidance by Golden

Eagles in the Great Basin. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Reno, NV.

October 24–27.

White JH, Brown JL, Ormsby Z, Bassett SD. Parental behavior and nestling diet of Red-

tailed Hawks relative to urban density level and land cover type. Association of

Pacific Coast Geographers, Reno, NV. October 24–27.

Patterson C, White JH, Wolf J. Sustainable use for a highly invasive urban weed: The

impact of Eurasian Milfoil to compost nutrients. University of Wisconsin Student

Showcase. Kenosha, WI. April 18.*

White JH. Optimal predictor variables of urban hawk breeding success. International

Association for Landscape Ecology, Chicago, IL. April 8–12.

Carlson J and White JH. Waukesha Diversion: Modeling River Flow Scenarios from the

Root River Dam Removal. Research in the Rotunda, University of Wisconsin,

Madison, WI. April 11.*

2017 White JH. Critical geography: a geospatial analysis of migrant death sites in southern

Arizona, USA. East Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers.

Ypsilanti, MI, October 12–13, 2017.

White JH, Snook JE, Sichera R. Extreme unhatch and fledge rates for an urban Red-tailed

Hawk population: life in the city. East Lakes Division of the American Association

of Geographers. Ypsilanti, MI, October 12–13, 2017.

Roach D, White JH, Ormsby Z, Bertain J. Identifying urban-agricultural potential using

ground-based remotely sensed methods. Geological Society of Nevada, Reno, NV,

April 21.*

White JH & Collins MJ. International experiences critical to creating a multicultural

environment at home. Northern Nevada Diversity Summit: Enhancing the Cultural

Environment for All. Reno, NV, March 30.

White JH and Smith JM. A versatile method of modeling urban density for ecological

research. Wildlife Society–Western Section, Reno, NV, February 6–10.

White JH, Curtis TL, S Bassett. Geospatial analysis of nighttime city light levels and

diurnal raptor nest-site selection. Wildlife Society–Western Section, Reno, NV,

February 6–10.

White JH, Collins MJ, P Conrad. Social survey concludes that close proximity to raptor

nests increases positive perceptions of raptors in humans. Wildlife Society–Western

Section, Reno, NV, February 6–10.

White JH, Roach D, Ormsby Z, Bertain J. Classifying quality of downtown vacant lots for

urban greenspace using Sky View Factor. Wildlife Society–Western Section, Reno,

NV, February 6–10.*

White JH, Calderon C, Ormsby Z. Prey diet of nestling Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo

jamaicensis) relative to urban density. Wildlife Society–Western Section, Reno,

NV, February 6–10.*

Lamphear CL, White JH, E Purpur. Proximity to Roads as an Indicator of Red-tailed

Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Nesting Success in Reno, Nevada. Wildlife Society–

Western Section, Reno, NV, February 6–10.

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Snook J, White JH, & Ormsby Z. An economical method of installing nest cameras near

urban Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) nests. Wildlife Society–Western

Section, Reno, NV, February 6–10.

2016 White JH. Geospatial techniques reveal little impact of noise on urban hawk nest success.

American Geophysical Union. Virtual Poster Showcase, November 3–December 5.

White JH. A novel and universally applicable method of modeling urban density. College

of Science Poster Symposium, UNR, November 28.

White JH. Modeling nighttime light emittance and traits of urban density. Graduate

Student Association 2016 Poster Symposium, UNR, November 14.

White JH. Scientific research as a public engagement and education medium. Northern

Nevada Diversity Summit: Exploring Diversity and Equity through Access,

Retention & Engagement, UNR, April 6-7.

White JH. Tier I: Increasing Retention and Success of Underrepresented Populations.

Speech at Northern Nevada Diversity Summit: Exploring Diversity and Equity

through Access, Retention & Engagement, UNR, April 6-7.

White JH, Collins MJ, Kimsey MB, Kennedy LM, & Klimaszewski-Patterson A.

Pedagogical methods and instructor traits as valued by higher education geography

students. American Association of Geographers, San Francisco, CA, March 29-

April 1.

White JH & Clark JH. The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Regional Human Displacement: A

view from Lesvos, Greece. American Association of Geographers, San Francisco,

CA, March 29-April 1.

Conrad PM, White JH, & Bassett SD. Human Perceptions of Red-tailed Hawks in Reno,

NV. Undergraduate Research Summer Poster Session, Reno, NV.*

Donkor F & White JH. The effect of noise and wealth on the Red-tailed Hawk Population

in the Reno-Sparks region (Nevada). GIS Day. Northeastern State University,

Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

2015 White JH, Wood BL, & Bassett SD. Domestic animals are not a part of Red-tailed Hawk

(Buteo jamaicensis) nestling diets in Reno-Sparks, Nevada. UNR College of

Science Poster Symposium. November 30.

White JH, Bassett SD, Smith JM, & T Albright. Nesting and Reproductive Success of

Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) Across an Urban Gradient in the Great

Basin, USA. Raptor Research Foundation Conference, Sacramento, CA, November

4-8.

White JH, Wood BL, & Bassett SD. Absence of domestic animals fed to urban Red-tailed

Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) nestlings in Reno-Sparks, Nevada. Raptor Research

Foundation Conference, Sacramento, CA, November 4-8.

Snook J, White JH, Ormsby Z, & Bassett SD. Notes on urban Red-tailed Hawk and

Golden Eagle nest camera installations. Raptor Research Foundation Conference,

Sacramento, CA, November 4-8.

*Ormsby Z, Bloom P, Lincer J, White JH, & Snook J. Viability of Mentorship in the

Raptor Community. California-Nevada Golden Eagle Working Group. Raptor

Research Foundation Conference, Sacramento, CA, November 4-8.

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*McCutcheon K, White JH, Mensing D, & Bassett S. Methods review: two citizen science

projects in the Truckee Meadows Region, Nevada. Poster presentation at Citizen

Science 2015, San Jose, CA, February 11-12.

White JH, Stewart K, & Bassett S. Methods review: How do Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo

jamaicensis) and Cooper’s Hawks (Accipiter cooperii) survive in urban areas?

Poster presentation at the Wildlife Society–Western Section, Santa Rosa, CA,

January 26-30.

2014 White JH & Heaton JS. A methods review of Morphology and habitat selection of seven

Testudine species in a diamond mining area in the Namib Desert, Namibia. Poster

presentation at the Wildlife Society–Western Section, Reno, NV, January 27.

2013 White JH, Kennedy LM, & Shao Y. Analysis of Land Cover Change on La Gonave, Haiti.

Paper presentation at the Annual Association of American Geographers meeting in

Los Angeles, California, April 9-13.

Kennedy LM, Wang H, Silvis A, White JH, Sumner DM. Soil Depth–Vegetation

Relationship in a High-Elevation Forest-Grassland Mosaic on Buffalo Mountain,

Virginia. Poster presentation at the Annual Association of American Geographers

meeting in Los Angeles, CA, April 9-13.

2012 White JH, Kennedy LM, & Shao Y. Agricultural land conversion on La Gonave, Haiti,

1990-2010. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Southeastern Division of the

Association of American Geographers, Asheville, NC.

White JH, Kennedy LM, & Shao Y. The extirpation of the Ridgway’s Hawk (Buteo

ridgwayi) from the Haitian Satellite Islands: Preliminary Findings. Poster presented

at the Annual Meeting: Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter,

Blacksburg, VA, April 14-15.

WORK IN THE MEDIA

The Review. College of Science explores options for access to supercomputers. 6 December 2020.

Available at: https://www.uvureview.com/news/college-of-science-explores-options-for-

access-to-supercomputers/

Ayibo Post, No, Haiti does not have only 2% forest cover. 7 November 2020. Available at:

https://ayibopost.com/non-haiti-na-pas-que-2-de-couverture-forestiere/

Bird Watching Magazine, Avian Ambassadors. p. 9 in print, 1 January 2018. Also available at:

https://www.birdwatchingdaily.com/blog/2017/12/26/red-tailed-hawks-help-city-

residents-connect-nature/

ThisIsReno, Hawk Research Shows More Eggs Unhatched, Higher Birth Rate. 9 February 2016.

Available at: http://thisisreno.com/2016/02/hawk-research-shows-more-eggs-unhatched-

higher-birth-rate/

The Breeze, “JMU Alumnus discusses working with refugees in Greece,” 1 April 2016.

JMU News, “Local Help for Global Refugees,” 2 March 2016.

Nevada Today magazine, “Community helps University track bird of prey habitats in Reno Hawk

Project,” 23 October 2015.

Reno News and Review (cover story, print), “Give ‘em the bird: Scientists take a look inside your

neighborhood hawk nests,” 30 July 2015.

Wild Birds Unlimited Newsletter, “Raptors in Reno Project,” 1 July 2015.

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Truckee River Guide article, “On the road with the Reno Hawk Project,” 2 March 2015.

Wildlife Society-Western Section

Newsletter, “Research Grant Awarded to Justin White,” Vol. 60

SERVICE

Search Committee, Tenure-Track Faculty Position, UVU. 2020-2021

High Performance Computing Committee. UVU. 2019-present

Classroom Visit Organizer, sub-committee of Earth Science Dept. UVU. 2018-present

Sustainability Committee. UVU. 2018-present

Dept. Liaison to Office of Accessibility Services. UVU. 2018-present

Annual GIS Day Planning Committee. UVU. 2018-present

Earth Science Department Seminar Speaker. UVU. 2018, 2019.

Panelist and Speaker at UVU Reflection Center Events. UVU. 2019.

College of Science demonstration table. UVU Homecoming. 2018

Search Committee, Hydrology Faculty Position, Earth Science Dept. UVU. 2018-2019

Panelist at New Faculty Orientation. UVU. 2019.

Founder: Maurice Haehlen Fund for Global Understanding (MauriceHaehlenFund.org). 2017

Secretary: Gamma Theta Upsilon Geography Honor Society. UNR. 2013–2014

Graduate Honor Board. VT. Fall 2012

Grant Reviewer-Graduate Research Development Program Grants. VT. Fall 2012

Dean’s Graduate Council Geography Representative. VT.2012

Graduate Student Assembly Geography Representative. VT. 2011

President/Co-founder Roots and Shoots Chapter. JMU 2010

J.C. Watts Leadership Academy: 1 of 25 in the U.S. selected to attended. 2005

Humanitarian Aid Service

2015-2016 Syrian Refugee Emergency First Aid Worker with Boat Refugee Foundation of the

Netherlands in coastal waters of Lesbos, Greece.

2015 & 2016 Samaritans Emergency Aid Field Assistant

2011 La Gonave, Haiti- Two-month humanitarian aid trip.

Community Service and Other Activities

2019 Heber Festival Presenter. Water. Heber Valley, UT

Nebo Regional High School Science Fair Judge. Spanish Fork, UT.

2018 UWP representative at Lutheran Trinity Science Fair, Racine, WI

2016 RaptorsofReno.org – Community science education medium

Public presentation of The global mobilization to Lesvos. Tucson, AZ

Global Participation, Talk at Reno-for-Refugees Fundraiser Event, Reno, NV

Public presentation of Results and Discoveries from the Reno Hawk Project.

Moana Nursery, Reno, NV.

Jobs for America’s Graduates, Damonte Ranch. Presenter: Ecological Research

Career Path

2015 Organizer and host for Awaken (sex trafficking prevention organization)

presentation, UNR

Field guide for Eagles and Agriculture event. Western Nevada

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Public presentation of Nevada’s Raptors and Local Research, Moana Nursery

2014 Lenz Elementary School. Presenter: Celebrate Nevada’s Raptors. Reno, NV

Sierra Nevada Academy Farm Day. Presenter.

Volunteer Fire Department. Manila, Utah. 2011

Eagle Scout Award –2004

Computing Proficiency

-ESRI’s ArcGIS + Pro suite

-ERDAS Imagine + ATCOR by Geosystems

-ENVI

-FLIR Thermal Infrared Products

-DJI Unmanned Aerial Systems

-QGIS

-R statistical programming language

-Python programming language

-FRAGSTATS

-Screen-cast-o-matic, Kaltura, MyMediasite, Camtasia video lecture software

-SPSS statistical software

-Remote wildlife monitoring technologies (ground- and air-based imagers)

-Topographic/GPS software programs (e.g. GIS Pro for smart devices)

-Map Tiler

-SketchUp Make

Professional Memberships

-Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum

-American Association of Geographers