Born November 19, 1952 in Henderson, Kentucky.
Married June, 1985;  two children

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, l986 (Geography)
 Dissertation title: "Climatic Change and Water and Yield Responses of Rice in California".

M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1980 (Geography - with thesis).

B.A., Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1974 (Geography major, mathematics minor).

Assistant Professor with Tenure, Department of Geography, Salem State College, September, 1997-present.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Salem State College, September, 1993-present.

Administrator, Laboratory for Computing in the Social Sciences Minor, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University at Albany, September, 1991-May, 1993.

Faculty Associate, Institute for the Study of Information Science, University at Albany, March, 1990-May, 1993.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University at Albany, September, l986-August, 1993.

Lecturer, Department of Geography and Planning, University at Albany, September, l984-August, l986.

Graduate Research Assistant/Associate, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles,  1978-1984.

Computer Consultant, Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, January-June, 1983.
Served as a part-time computer consultant for faculty and graduate students.

Teaching Associate, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA, Spring 1982.  Assisted in introductory air pollution course.

Reader/Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, UCLA, 1981-1982.  Assisted in the preparation and teaching of a three-quarter course sequence of Advanced Climatology.

Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, UCLA, 1977-1979.  Assisted in introductory physical geography courses.

Field/Teaching Assistant in Climatology Section of Geography 162 (Field and Laboratory Analysis in Geomorphology, Climatology, and Hydrology), Department of Geography, UCLA, Spring 1977 and Spring 1978.
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Extensive experience with IBM VM and DEC VMS  mainframe computers and with DOS/Windows-based and  Macintosh personal computers;
Extensive computer programming proficiency (FORTRAN);
Extensive experience with statistical and computer graphics packages, e.g., SAS, SAS/GRAPH, SPSSX and, in the  past, with BMDP;
Extensive experience with the geographic information systems Arc/Info, MAP (mainframe and Macintosh), IDRISI;
Extensive experience with mathematical modeling (process modeling) and its application to earth system science studies;
Extensive experience with incorporation of computer technologies in teaching, including Internet applications.
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Faculty Research Assistant Award, Graduate School, Salem State College, September 1996-May 1997.
 Project title: Application of Computer Technologies for Graduate-Level Instruction in Environmental
 Impact Assessment (EIA).
Faculty Research Award, Office for Research, SUNY at Albany; April l5, l989-April l4, l990.
 Project title:  "Water Requirements and Actual and Potential Yields for Selected Rain fed and Irrigated  Crops in Africa.  $l,000.
Nominated (in November, l988) as one of 25 "accomplished graduates" of the l00,000 students to graduate from  Bowling Green State Univ.  My name appeared in the Spring Commencement Program dated May 6, l989.
Discretionary Salary Awards, SUNY at Albany, SUNY Central Office, February (l987), November (l988) and  October
(l989).
Faculty Research Award, Office for Research, SUNY at Albany; April 15, 1988-April 14, 1989.
 Project title:  "An Assessment of Snow and Ice Impacts on Highway Transportation:  A Pilot Study in the Capital  District of New York State". With Co-Principal Investigator:  Dr. John S. Pipkin. $2660
Distinguished Scholar Award, UCLA Alumni Association, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, 1983;  $3000.
Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society, inducted as a Full Member, University of California, Los Angeles, 1981.
University of California Regents Intern Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles, 1975-1979.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Meteorological Society (AMS)
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Hunger Exchange Program, Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program, Brown University
National Geographic Society
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Nature Conservancy
Society of Sigma Xi
Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS)
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
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RFP-Pilot Program for Center/Institute Enhancement, Office of the Vice President for Research, SUNY at Albany;
August 15, 1987-August 14, 1988; Proposal from the Cartography and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Department of Geography and Planning; Principal Investigator: John T. Hayes; Associated Researchers:  F. M. Henderson and J.  E.  Mower, SUNYA.   Award Amount:   $3300
Experienced Faculty Travel Award, NYS/UUP Professional Development and Quality of Working Life Committee,  NYS/UUP Joint Labor-Management Committee, Albany, NY; Summer, 1987.  To assist with my  transportation expenses to Xian, China for my participation in a faculty exchange program.  See "Invited  Teaching Abroad" section of vitae.   Award Amount:  $500
Mini-Grant awarded August 23, 1985 by SUNYA's Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.  The merit-based  award for new faculty was supplied from the V.P.'s discretionary funds.   $1000
Graduate Division Research Grant, University of California, Los Angeles;  July 29, 1983-May 31, 1984;  Grant program  for doctoral dissertation research.   $500.
Research Conference Travel Grants, University of California, Los Angeles; 1980, 1983, 1984.  $140-$270 each.
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Band, L.E., Elfes, O.B., Hayes, J.T., Mearns,  L.O., O'Rourke, P.A., Stevenson, B.J., Terjung, W.H., and P.E. Todhunter (1981). 'Application of a Photosynthesis Model to an Agricultural Region of Varied Climates:  California'.  Agricultural Meteorology, 24:  201-217.

Burt, J.E., Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., Terjung, W.H., and P.E. Todhunter (1981). 'A Parametric Crop Water Use Model.' Water Resources Research, 17:  1095-1108.

Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., Terjung, W.H., and P.E. Todhunter (1982). 'A Feasible Crop Yield Model for Worldwide International Food Production.' Int. J. Biometeor., 26:  239-257.

Terjung, W.H., Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., Burt, J.E., and P.E. Todhunter (1982). 'Consumptive Water Use Response of Maize to Changes in Environment and Management Practices:  Sensitivity Analysis of a Model.' Water Resources Research, 18:  1539-1550.

Terjung, W.H., Ji, H-Y., Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., and P.E. Todhunter (1983). 'Crop Water Requirements for Rainfed and Irrigated Grain Corn in China'.  Agricultural Water Management, 6:  43-64.

Terjung, W.H., Ji, H-Y., Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., and P.E. Todhunter (1984a). 'Actual and Potential Yield for Rainfed and Irrigated Maize in China'.  Int. J. Biometeor., 28:  115-135.

Terjung, W.H., Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A. and P.E. Todhunter (1984b). 'Yield Responses of Crops to Changes in Environment and Management Practices:  Model Sensitivity Analysis.  I. Maize.' Int. J. Biometeor., 28:  261-278.

Terjung, W.H., Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A. and P.E. Todhunter (1984c). 'Yield Responses of Crops to Changes in Environment and Management Practices:  Model Sensitivity Analysis.  II.  Rice, Wheat, and Potato.' Int. J. Biometeor., 28:  279-292.

Terjung, W.H., Ji, H-Y., Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., and P.E. Todhunter (1984d). 'Crop Water Requirements for Rainfed and Irrigated Wheat in China and Korea'. Agricultural Water Management, 8:  411-427.

Terjung, W.H., Ji, H-Y., Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., and P.E. Todhunter  (1984e). 'Actual and Potential Yield for Rainfed and Irrigated Wheat in China'. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 31:  1-23.

Terjung, W.H., Hayes, J.T., Ji, H-Y., O'Rourke, P.A., and P.E. Todhunter  (1984f). 'Crop Water Requirements for Rainfed and Irrigated Rice (Paddy) in China.' Archives for Meteorology, Geophysics, and Bioclimatology, Ser. B, 34:  181-202.

Terjung, W.H., Liverman, D.M., Hayes, J.T., and Collaborators, (1984). 'Climatic Change and Water Requirements for Grain Corn in the North American Great Plains.'  Climatic Change, 6:  193-220.

Terjung, W.H., Hayes, J.T., Ji, H-Y., O'Rourke, P.A., and P.E. Todhunter  (1985). 'Potential Paddy Rice Yields for Rainfed and Irrigated Agriculture in China and Korea.' Annals, Assoc. of American Geographers, 75:  83-101.

Liverman, D.M., Terjung, W.H., Hayes, J.T., and L.O. Mearns  (1986). 'Climatic Change and Grain Corn Yields in the North American Great Plains.' Climatic Change, 9:  327-347.

Todhunter, P.E., Mearns, L. O., Terjung, W. H., Hayes, J.T. and H-Y. Ji  (l989). 'Effects of Monsoonal Fluctuations on Grains in China:  I. Climatic Conditions for l96l-l975.'  J. Climate, 2: 5-l7.

Terjung, W.H., Mearns, L.O., Todhunter, P.E., Hayes, J.T., and H-Y. Ji. (1989). 'Effects of Monsoonal Fluctuations on Grains in China:  II.  Crop Water Requirements.'  J. Climate, 2: l9-37.

Mahmood, R. and J. T. Hayes (1995):  'A Model-based Assessment of Impacts of Climate Change on Boro Rice
Yield in Bangladesh.'  Physical Geography, 16:  463-486.
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Hayes, J.T. (1991):  "Global Climate Change and Water Resources", pp. 18-42 in R.L. Wyman, ed., Global Climate Change and Life on Earth, Chapman and Hall, New York.

Burt, J.E., Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., Terjung, W.H., and P.E. Todhunter (1980):  WATER:  A Model of Water Requirements for Irrigated and Rainfed Agriculture.  Publications in Climatology 33 (3), C.W. Thornthwaite Assoc. and Center for Clim. Res., Elmer, N.J., 119 pp.

Hayes, J.T., O'Rourke, P.A., Terjung, W.H., and P.E. Todhunter (1982):  YIELD:  A Numerical Crop Yield Model of Irrigated and Rainfed Agriculture.  Publications in Climatology, 35 (2), C.W. Thornthwaite Assoc. and Center for Clim. Res., Elmer, N.J., 143 pp.

Hayes, J.T. (1984):  Application of a Crop Growth Simulation Model of Potential Sugar Beet Production to California.  Publications in Climatology 37 (2), C.W. Thornthwaite Assoc. and Center for Clim. Res., Elmer, N.J., l06 pp.
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"The Land Productivity Model", chapter in unpublished annual report, Geographical Information System for Soil Erosion Management in the Loess Plateau Region, China, Department of Geography and Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto.  Chapter co-authors:  J. Whitney, M. Dang, A. Davies, H. Hamilton,
S. Luther, Z. Wei, Z.X. Wei (1990).

Hayes, J. T. (1992):  “Crop Yield Productivity Modeling:  A Review for Purposes of GIS-Based Quantitative Evaluations of Land Productivity”,  pp. 71-82 in Proceedings,  Internat. Conf. On Application of Geographical Information System to Soil Erosion Management, held June 2-11, 1992 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China.
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"Rainfed and Irrigated Maize Yields in Africa:  Results of a Parametric Climatic Crop Productivity Model", Invited to submit to Research & Exploration:  A Scholarly Publication of the National Geographic Society.  Second author:  W.H. Terjung.

"An Interactive FORTRAN Model for the Receipt of Extraterrestrial Solar Radiation on Inclined and Horizontal Surfaces at the Top of the Earth's Atmosphere:  An Instructional Tool for Examination of Slope Angle, Slope Orientation, and Seasonal Effects".  In preparation for submission to Computers and Geosciences.

“The Systems Approach and Physical Geography:  An  Instruction-Research UsageDichotomy?”.  In preparation for submission to The Professional Geographer.

“China’s Loess Plateau Region:  A Photo Essay”.  In Preparation for submission to Sextant:  The Journal of Salem State College.
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1998:
“ArcView GIS, Modeling, and Internet Applications in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)”, abstract submitted,  workshop presentation, Massachusetts State College’s Graduate Symposium, Salem State College, April 25, 1998.
 

1997:
“Soil Science in a Physical Geography Curriculum:  A Resource for Educators”, Paper,  75th Annual Meeting of the New  England-St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society-Assoc. of American Geographers, Salem, MA,
 November 7-9, 1997.

“Non-academic Opportunities for Graduate-Degreed Geographers:  A Panel Discussion”,  Panel Discussant,  75th Annual  Meeting  of the New England-St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society-Assoc. of American Geographers,
 Salem, MA,  November 7-9, 1997.

1996:
“The Systems Approach and Physical Geography:  An  Instruction-Research Usage Dichotomy?”, Paper,  74th Annual  Meeting, New England-St. Lawrence Valley Geog. Society-Assoc. of Amer. Geographers, Clark University,  Worcester, MA, November 1-2, 1996.

“The State of Physical Geography in NESTVAL”, Panel Discussant,  Co-authors:  Sandra Clark and Barry Keim.
 74th Annual Meeting, New England-St.  Lawrence Valley Geog. Society-Assoc. of American Geographers, Clark  University, Worcester, MA, November 1-2, 1996.

“Atmosphere-Biosphere Research in Land Surface Climatology:  BOREAS Data Analysis for Climatology Instruction”,  Poster.  Co-author:  David R. Fitzjarrald, Dept. Of Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. At Albany; presented by JTH.   92nd Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers, Charlotte, NC, April 9-13, 1996.

1995:
"Review of Research on Greenhouse Gas-Induced Climate Change for Instruction in Physical Geography", Paper.
 70th Annual Meeting, New England and St. Lawrence Valley Geog. Society-Assoc. of American Geographers,
 Burlington, VT, November 3-4, 1995.

"Urban Environmental Pollution", Invited Lecture,  Summer Institute--Business and the Environment, School of  Business and Economics, Salem State College, June 29, 1995.

1994:
"Continent-wide Potential Crop Water Use Patterns for Rainfed and Irrigated Maize in Africa:  A Model-based
 Assessment", Poster.  90th Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers, San Francisco, CA,
 March 29-April 2, 1994.

"Systematic Climate Perturbation and Boro Rice Yield in Bangladesh:  Application of a Parametric Crop Yield
 Model",  Paper, Co-author:  Rezaul Mahmood; presented by RM.  90th Annual Meeting, Assoc.
 Amer. Geographers, San Francisco, CA, March 29-April 2, 1994.

1992:
"Effects of Global Climate Change on Agriculture:  Uncertainties and Directions for Future Research",
 invited panelist/discussant, Conference on Agricultural Dimensions of Global Climate Change,
 Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, October 8-9, 1992.

"Rainfed and Irrigated Cereal Grain Yields in Africa:  A Model-based Assessment of Potential Maize, Wheat and Rice  Productivity", Poster, Co-author:  W. H. Terjung; presented by JTH.  27th International Geographical  Congress, Washington, D.C., August 9-14, 1992.

"Crop Yield and Crop Growth Modeling:  A Review of Techniques", Invited Speaker, Laboratory of Resources and  Environment Information Systems, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China,
 June 12, 1992.

"Crop Yield Productivity Modeling:  A Review for Purposes of GIS-based Quantitative Evaluations of Land  Productivity", Invited Speaker, International Conference on Application of Geographical Information  System to Soil Erosion Management, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China, June 2-4, 1992.  Paper appears in
 pp. 71-82 of the Conference Proceedings.
 

"Rainfed and Irrigated Maize Yields in Africa:  A Model-based Assessment of Potential Productivity", Poster,
 Co-author:  W.H. Terjung; presented by JTH. Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers,
 San Diego, CA, April 18-21, 1992.

"Views of the Physical Environment & Review of Environmental Impact Issues Associated with the Great Whale Project",  Invited speaker and panelist, Round Table Debate on Quebec Hydro-Power in New York State, Rockefeller  Institute, University at Albany, February 13, 1992.

1991:
"Modeling of Climatic Change and Crop Yields", Invited Speaker, Biological Survey Seminar Series, New York State  Museum, Albany, NY, April 24, 1991.

"Rainfed Maize Yields in Africa:  Results of a Parametric Climatic Crop Productivity Model", Poster,  Co-author:  W.H.  Terjung; presented by JTH.  Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers, Miami, FL, April 13-17, 1991.

1990:
"Environmental Constraints to Crop Production in Africa", Invited speaker and panelist, Campus Forum Series on  "Africa in the Nineties:  Food, Society and Politics", Univ. at Albany, October 24, 1990.

"Geographic and Climatic Studies of Crop Productivity Modeling:  A Review of Techniques for GIS-Based Evaluations of  Agricultural Lands", Paper, Annual Meeting, Middle States/NESTVAL Divisions,  Assoc. Amer. Geographers,  Norwich, CT, October 12-13, 1990.

1989:
"Physical Geography:  A Discipline for Environmental Understanding", Invited speaker, Geographic Alliance  and the  Capital District Council for Social Studies, The Environment and the Five Themes of Geography:  A Workshop for  Elementary and Secondary Teachers, Albany, NY, November l7, l989.

"Amazonia:  An Important and Useful Subject Area for Geographic Education", Paper, Annual Meeting, Middle  States Division, Assoc. of American Geographers, Binghamton, NY, October l8-2l, l989.

"Geographic and Climatologic Studies of Crop Productivity and Crop Water Needs", Invited Speaker, Colloquium Series,  Department of Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, April 27, l989.

"Global Climate Change and Water Resources", Invited Speaker, Conference on Global Climatic Change and Life on Earth:   Evidence, Predictions and Policy, Held at N.Y. State Museum, Albany, NY, April 24-25, l989.

"The Disruptiveness of Snow and Ice Storms on Roadway Transportation in New York State.  I.  Snow Climatology and  Research Design", Paper, Co-author:  J.S. Pipkin; presented by JTH.  Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers,  Baltimore, MD, March l9-22, l989.

"The Disruptiveness of Snow and Ice Storms on Roadway Transportation in New York State.  II.  Time Series  Analysis of  Traffic Flow Data", Paper, Co-author:  J.S. Pipkin; presented by JSP.  Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers,  Baltimore, MD, March l9-22, l989.

"Geographic and Climatic Studies of Crop Productivity Modeling", Invited Speaker, Seminar Series, Department of  Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, February l0, l989.

1988:
"Large-Area Crop Productivity Modelling:  A Review of Methods for Application to GIS-Based Studies of Plant  Production".  Invited research seminar (one-half day) presented to the University of Toronto SEMGIS- China Loess Plateau Research Group, Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada,  November 4, 1988.

"An Agro-Climate Impact Assessment of Rice Evapotranspiration and Production in the Central Valley of California",  Paper, Annual Meeting, Assoc. American Geographers, Phoenix, AZ., April 6-9, l988.

1987:
"A Review of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and GIS Research in the United States", Invited Lecture to  Faculty of Department of Geography, Xibei University, Xian, China, June 11, 1987.

1986:
"Crop Growth Simulation Modeling:  A Research Agenda for Physical/Human Geography," Invited Speaker, Colloquium  Series of the SUNYA Department of Geography and Planning, March 14, 1986.

1985:
"An Examination of the Parameterization of the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System," Paper, Special Session for Physical  Geographers, Annual Meeting of Middle States Division, Assoc. American Geographers, Albany, NY,
 October 18-19, 1985.

1984:
"Climatic change and grain corn water use and yield in the North American Great Plains," Paper, Special Climate
Modeling Session, Co-authors:  D.M. Liverman and W.H. Terjung; presented by JTH.  Annual Meeting, Assoc. American Geographers, Wash., D.C., April 22-25, 1984.

"Research on the modeling of crop water use, crop yield production, and effect of climatic change on large-area crop  productivity and irrigation water needs," Invited paper, Co-author:  W.H. Terjung; presented by JTH.  Workshop  on Climate Variability of the Eastern North Pacific and Western North America, Pacific Grove, CA,
 March 4-8, 1984.

1983:
"YIELD:  A feasible crop yield model for worldwide international food production," Paper, Special Climate Modeling  Session, Co-author:  W.H. Terjung; presented by JTH. Annual Meeting, Assoc. American Geographers, Denver,
CO, April 24-27, 1983.

1981:
"A sensitivity analysis of a computer simulation model for sugar beet growth," Annual Meeting, Assoc. American  Geographers, Los Angeles, CA, April, 1981.

1980:
"The potential mean sugar beet production for California as determined by a seasonal plant growth model," Annual  Meeting, Assoc. Pacific Coast Geographers, Reno, Nevada, June, 1980.

"Growing season variation of relative potential canopy net photosynthesis in California."  Co-authors:  Band, L.E., Elfes,  O.B., Mearns, L.O., O'Rourke, P.A., Stevenson, B.J., Terjung, W.H., and P.E. Todhunter; presented by LOM.
Annual  Meeting, Assoc. Pacific Coast Geographers, Reno, Nevada, June, 1980.

"How does climate affect the growth of a sugar beet?:  Some lessons from a computer simulation model of crop growth,"  Invited speaker, UCLA Geography Department Colloquium Series, Los Angeles, CA, November, 1980.
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Organizer and co-Chair, Special Session for Physical Geographers, Annual Meeting, Middle States Division-Assoc.  American Geographers, held in Albany, N.Y., October 18-19, 1985.
    Session Title:  Global Biosphere Modeling.  Co-chair with  L.E. Band, Hunter College, CUNY.

Chair, Session in Physical Geography, Annual Meeting, New England-St. Lawrence Valley-Assoc. Amer. Geographers,  held in Hartford, CT, October 14-15, 1994.

Organizer and Chair, Special Session in Physical Geography, Annual Meeting, New England and St. Lawrence Valley- Assoc. Amer. Geographers, held in Burlington, VT, November 3-4, 1995.
 Session Title:  Environmental Problems Research Reviews for Instruction in Physical Geography.

Organizer and Chair, Special Session in Physical Geography I, Annual Meeting, New England-St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society-Assoc. Amer. Geographers, held in Worcester, MA, November 1-2, 1996.
 Session Title:  Research and Instructional Issues in Physical Geography.

Organizer and Co-Chair, Special Session in Physical Geography II, Annual Meeting, New England-St. Lawrence  Valley Geog. Soc.-Assoc. Amer. Geographers,  held in Worcester, MA, November 1-2, 1996.
 Session Title:  The State of  Physical Geography in NESTVAL.  Co-chair:  Sandra Clark, Bridgewater State.

Organizer and Presenter, Workshop, PALMS/Collaborative Leadership for Advancing & Integrating Math and Science  Education, held at SSC, April 10, 1997.  Session Title:  A Demonstration of Geographic Information System  Technologies and Techniques:  Possible Applications to Middle and High School Earth Science Curricula.

Organizer and Co-Chair, Special Session in Physical Geography, Annual Meeting, New England-St. Lawrence Valley
 Geog. Soc.-Assoc. Amer. Geographers, held in Salem, MA, November 7-9, 1997.    Session Title:  Research &  Instructional Issues in Physical Geography.  Co-chair:  Sandra Clark, Bridgewater State College.
Co-Organizer and Co-Chair, Panel Discussion, Annual Meeting, New England-St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society- Assoc. Amer. Geographers, held in Salem, MA, November 7-9, 1997.  Session Title:  Non-academic Opportunities  for Graduate Degreed Geographers.  Co-chair:  Adena Schutzberg, ESRI-Boston, Danvers, MA.

Organizer and Co-presenter, proposal submitted-Workshop, Massachusetts State College’s Graduate Symposium, Salem  State College, April 25, 1998.   Workshop Title:  A Demonstration of Remote Sensing and Geographic
Information System (GIS) Technologies:  Applications from Graduate Instruction and Research.
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Undergraduate courses taught:

 Salem State College:
 GGR 100P: Weather and Climate--with Lab
 GGR 101P: Physical Geography I--with Lab
 GGR 102P: Physical Geography II--with Lab
 GGR 240: Map Reading & Interpretation
 GGR 250P: Conservation of Natural Resources
 GGR 350P: Meteorology
 GGR 352: Environmental Assessment
 GGR 354P: Soils I--with Lab
 GGR 400: Directed Readings in Physical Geography
 GGR 450: Seminar in Applied Geography--Topic for Spring 1995:  Soils II--Soils and Land Evaluation

 SUNY-Albany:
 Physical Geography  [lecture course with 150-200 students]
 Climate and People: Introduction to Physical Climatology
 Topics in Physical Geography: Major Environmental Problems
 Geographic Information Systems
 Computer Applications in Geography and Planning
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 SUNY-Albany:
 Physical Climatology
 Advanced Climatology
 Geographic Information Systems
 Graduate Seminar in Geographic Information Systems
 Computer Applications in Geography and Planning
 Seminar in Physical Geography
 Topics in Geography:  "Crops, Climate, Soils and World Food: A Geographic and Biophysical Treatment of    Agriculture"
 History and Philosophy of Geography--core course for M.A.-Geography program.
 Research Design in Geography -- core course for M.A.-Geography program.

Graduate course in the Geography Department, Xibei University, Xian, China:  May-June, 1987.
 Title of course:  Crops, Climate, Soils and Food Production:  A Geographic and Biophysical Treatment of  Agriculture.  This was part of a faculty-exchange program between Xibei University, Xian and the Univ. at  Albany.
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Since arriving at Salem State College, Sept. 1993-present:

Faculty Team Leader, Living in the First Year Experience (L.I.F.E.) Program, Office of Residence Life, SSC,
 September 1997.
Scientific Consultant/Advisor/Participant, Salem Coastal Water Quality Task Force and Babbling Brook Stream  Survey Team, Salem Sound 2000, Salem, MA, June 1997-present.
Editor, NESTVAL Newsletter, annual publication of The New England-St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society- Association of American Geographers, September, 1995-present.  [published every Spring]
Member,  PALMS/CLAIMS Project Team [Collaborative Leadership for Advancing & Integrating Math and Science
 Education], Education Dept. , SSC, Jan. 1997-present.
Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Dept. of Geography, SSC, Sept. 1996-present.
Member, Departmental Space Committee, Dept. of Geography, SSC, Sept. 1996-present.
Chair, Environmental Concentration, Curriculum Subcommittee, Dept. of Geography, Sept. 1997-present.
Member, NESTVAL 1997 Local Planning Committee, Dept. of Geography, SSC, October 1995-November 1997.
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Dept. of Geography, SSC, September 1994-present.  Searches conducted during
 1994/95 and 1995/96 academic years.
Member, Curriculum Committee, Dept. of Geography, SSC, Sept. 1993-present.
Member, Massachusetts Geographic Information Committee (MGIC), Strategic Planning Bureau, EOAF-OMIS,
 Boston, MA, Jan. 1994-present.
Reviewer for journals, e.g., Climatic Change, Nature, Professional Geographer, Great Plains Research and for book  publishers, 1986-present.
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Member, Committee to Select and Award the Paul C. Lemon Ecology Award, Department of Biological Sciences,
 Spring, 1991-May, 1993.
Member, Capital District Biodiversity Group, University at Albany (February 1990--May 1993) and contributor to this  Group's written proposal for a new interdisciplinary M.S. degree in Biodiversity, Conservation Biology and  Policy, Department of Biological Sciences.
Organizer/Host, with J. E. Mower, Meeting of the Capital District Arc/Info User's Group (CAPARC), Dept. of  Geography and Planning, held at SUNY-Albany, September 11, 1990.
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Geography and  Planning, SUNY-Albany, August 1989-September, 1990.
Reviewer, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:  Working  Group II (Impacts), Section A:  Draft Report on  Potential Impacts on Agriculture and Forestry, 15 March 1990. Lead  author:  M. L. Parry, University of  Birmingham, UK.
Faculty Associate, Institute for China Studies, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY-Albany, l988-1990.
Elected Member, 3-year term in the University Senate, SUNY-Albany, 1986/87--1988/89 Academic years.
Elected Member, 2-year term, College Council, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1987/88--1988/89.
Member and Departmental Representative, Computer Committee, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences,
 January, 1985-1988.
Member, Departmental GISSA Committee (Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis), Sept. 1984-August, 1993.
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Participant, Workshop [2 full days], “Hydric Soils, Spodosol Soils, and Wetlands”, Annual Meeting and Professional
 Workshop, Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England, W. Alton Jones Campus, U. Rhode Island,
 E. Providence, RI, October 19-20, 1995.

Participant, Workshop [full-day], "Introduction to Global Positioning Systems (GPS)", Taught by staff of Trimble
 Navigation, Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers, Chicago, IL, March 14, 1995.

Participant, Workshop [one-half day], "Analysis of AVHRR Data for Regional and Global Environmental Monitoring",  Sponsored by Remote Sensing AAG Specialty Group, Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers, San Diego,
CA, April 18, 1992.

Participant, Workshop [one-half day], "Accuracy and Error in GIS", Taught by Drs. Michael F. Goodchild and  Peter F. Fisher, GIS AAG Specialty Group, Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers, Miami, FL, April 13,
1991.

Invited Speaker, "Demonstrations in Computer Graphics, Computer Mapping and Geographic Information Systems",
with F. M. Henderson and J.E. Mower, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Upstate New York Junior Science and Humanities  Symposiums, University at Albany, April l989, 1990, 1991.

 Participant, Workshop [full-day], "Mapping and More Using TIGER/Line Files", Taught by staff of U.S. Bureau of the  Census, Annual Meeting, Assoc. Amer. Geographers, Toronto,  Canada, April 18, 1990.

 Participant, ERDAS Tutorial, by ERDAS representative Mr. Andy Zusmanis, Held at Dept. of Geography and Planning,  University at Albany, February 7-9, l989.  Organizer:  Dr. Floyd M. Henderson

Participant, Short Course [one-half day], "Data Analysis and  Modeling in GIS Environments", Taught by Dr.  Michael  Goodchild, UCSB, GIS Symposium:  Integrating Technology and Geoscience Applications, Denver, CO,
 September 26-30, l988.
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Thompson, Manitoba, Canada (September, 1994).  Invited by principal investigator Dr. David Fitzjarrald (Atmospheric  Sciences Research Center, University at Albany) to participate in the field observation and data analysis phases  of the joint U.S.-Canada research project BOREAS (Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study).  I was on-site [60 km  west of Thompson, Man.] for seven days.

Shanxi Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Lishi, Shanxi Province, China (May 30-June 14, 1992).
 Invited to participate in international conference (in city of Taiyuan, Shanxi) and scientific field excursion to  study experimental soil and water conservation basins in Loess Plateau area of Sanchuang River Basin - near the  county towns of Lishi and Liuling.  Trip included visits to cities and/or areas of Taiyuan, Lishi, Wutaishan, and  Datong (all of Shanxi Province), and Beijing.  See above professional presentations dated June, 1992.

McGill (University) Subarctic Research Station, Schefferville, Nouveau Quebec, Canada (August 1990).
 Invited by principal investigator Dr. David Fitzjarrald (Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at  Albany) to design and assist with field mapping project of the NASA-funded Atmospheric Boundary  Layer Experiment (GTE/ABLE-3B) in the lichen woodland (boreal forest) near Schefferville.  I was on-site for
eight days.

Xibei University, Xian, Shaanxi Province, PR China, (May-June, 1987).  Participated in faculty exchange  program --  lectured in Xian 5 days per week for 5 1/2 weeks, visited collaborating Chinese scientist Professsor H-Y. Ji at  Zhongshan University in Guangzhou for several days, and visited Beijing and environs.  See above section,  "Invited Teaching Abroad".
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